Far better put than i could of done.
Good on you sir!

History does matter in many different guises - I adopted the wargrave of a pilot who fought and died in the Battle of Britain. Yesterday to my horror, I noticed he isnt even mentioned on his towns War Memorial. The pilot in question isnt releated to me but by God he will be remembered in this, the month he died seventy years ago.

Many memories will be there when we walk down Wembley Way towards the new arch, where once the twin towers stood. Many will remember family no longer with us who had accompanied us on our first visit there - be it to watch Leeds or some other team. The former greats of our team who gave us such happy memories (John Holmes springs to mind here!) of previous visits to this stadium who are no longer with us. Thus thoughts of previous Leeds teams that have won or lost there will come to mind, the key players and the poor performers, the memorable scores and howlers - and the sending off!

Leeds - be it the loiners or rhinos have a long and proud history and it, and all who have contributed to it should never be forgotten or dismissed as olden day twaddle and irrelevance!

is this marcel for real?
because if he's trolling on a thread like this its just not funny

Are you kidding me?

Rememberance sunday? you're comparing this to that? Of course I don't give it a miss, people died for our freedom. That's real, it's life and death sunshine. This is sport. And frankly no, I don't care about our history from that time, it's a 100 years ago, it can't be changed.

I'm more interested in the here and now with regards the club.

Is that how things work?

Opinion differing from the popular opinion = dumbfookery.

If 90 people voted conservative and 1 voted labour, is the labourite guilty of dumbfookery?

No. I ''couldn't care less'' becauase i don't care about history which I personally consider unimportant, and the history of a rugby team is right up there with who invented the sport of bowls and who played the first cricket match. It just doesn't matter to me.

Pray tell, what impact did a game of rugby 100 years ago have on you as a person today?

Try going to the George Hotel next to Huddersfield Station.

Oh,hang on! That particular location will be particularly lost on you,won't it?

why do you support this club ?if you really do.
just go on every club forum and tell them and i mean all of them their history dont mean a thing.
how far do you have to go back before leeds history in unimportant?

Because i was born in leeds, was taken to watch games as a lad and i like the sport.


I never said our history means nothing.




I don't know, i don't have a set of parametres. 96 was my first season going to watch the games, we nearly got relegated and nearly went bust. That for me is a big moment in our history and things could have been different if it didn't turn out as well with avoiding the drop and getting new ownership.

First season was 1996?

Why am I not surprised?

when the southstand is rebuilt it is reputed to include a club museum .so you must be the only fan who will not be interested

There'll be loads of fans who don't care.

The worlds bigger than southstander you know.

And yet here you said :

He probably got on the wrong bus trying to go to Odslum ....

It was a mickey take on the fact oppo fans reckon we don't care about the cc because we don't win it, but now we're at wembley we'll suddenly give it great importance.

why would I be getting on a bus going to odsal?

Anyhoo,back on topic!

I seem to remember the 2007 home jersey was a sort of homage to 1910. I seem to remember the sleeve justifying playing in a predominantly white first strip wasn't anything new as it was first done in 1910.

Maybe there's loads of fans ,like yourself, who don't care about Stevo's little heritage centre in the basement at the George ....

... Thankfully, there are loads of other fans who do and when I was there pre-game on Saturday, it was doing a 'roaring trade'.

Good.

I don't really see why people are getting so put out. It's my opinion and my choice.

I'm surprised the club haven't brought out a replica 1910 CC shirt.

Missed opportunity?

Actually I mailed them in advance of the semi-final and suggested such an idea ...

IIRC, the shirts in the early years were just plain and I think that the shirt Leeds wore back in 1910 might just have been a plain white jersey.

It was argued that because of the three week lead-time between the Semi and the Final, there wasn't enough time to produce and distribute them. Also, this year has seen the most number of jerseys ever knocked out by the club : The Diskin Testimonial, the Home shirt, the Away shirt and the John Holmes pink one ... Not to mention the independant / unofficial ones

I wouldn't be surprised if some offering is issued after we've won the final!

I know that some mildly annoying posters wont appreciate this but I found it interesting to see that the 1910 side contained a Goldthorpe.

I wonder if he was any relation to Albert?

The Goldthorpe at Leeds in 1910, who played a big role in their first Northern Union Cup triumph, was Walter the ex-Hunslet stalwart.

I expect marcel will be along shortly to fill in the family tree.