Really ?

You must be like Mel Brooks 2000 year old man...

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Thats some achievement of yours, do I have your permission to notify The Queen to nominate you for an honour ?

End of discussion, lets face it, none of us would even go there if they didn't have a rugby team.

Apart from George Orwell fans.

Mind you, even he never went there

I suppose they might start advertising for visitors in a Beamish sort of way.

Go on then tell us, and don't cut corners.

Back on topic.

Listen To Billy Thompsons view about 40 minutes into the programme.
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That's fair enough, but I think the topic's run it's course now and we should just let it drop.

No thank you.

Very dissapointing in fact

First off the initial commentators are totally inaccurate describing it as a "late tackle" .. what a laugh it coudnt be late. Tomkons caught the ball Ablett was perfectly entitled to tackle him.

The old ref isnt any better describing it as an "elbow to the face" again totally inaccurate.

Ganson was perfectly correct in putting it on report and the charge which was also correct as it was a reckless tackle and the forearm came in contact with the head but not deliberate and without malice.

Grow up son you really must do better 3/10

Is that what someone says? a late tackle.....with ball in hand?

Sounds like a great programme

What Billy Thompson fails to mention in that interview is that if he were refereeing that game, even if he'd jumped in a time machine and still been in his prime, he would have been as unsighted as Ganson was, mainly because Billy Thompson in his prime would not be fit enough to keep up with play these days.

If he doesn't shut up I may have to put into print that story about what he was doing in the players bar late one night in the 1970s

Go back and read pages 19 and 20 of the thread and you will see the context.






As I said I know nothing about football but I do have the odd RL stat if it helps.

Wigan in my experience have always been a big draw but if you want a per head of population comparison I wonder how they would stack up against Featherstone? Especially when they were both in the same division.

Ah, Billy Thompson - if you ever wanted an unbiased opinion on all matters concerning Leeds you could always rely on Billy not to provide it, even when he was out in the middle...

Who is he? was he a ref?

Sadly, yes.

Back in the days before referees had to be able to do things like keep up with the game, when knock ons and forward passes were commonly "seen" and used as an excuse to stop the game for a minute.

Oh I don't know...he seemed to be well appreciated by at least one person who was associated with




Ah, I've said too much.

Yes and IIRC didnt he send Syd Hynes off a Wembley

Good points and probably fair result.

He got that one wrong as well. Was conned by Murphy

Billy Thompson has two claims to fame.

1) Being hoodwinked by Alex Murphy into sending Syd Hynes off in the '71 Challenge Cup final and making history in doing so

and even worse IIRC

2) Pulling GB up for a non existent obstruction that cost Steve Pitchford a try in the World Cup Final in Sydney 1977. A game Australia won 13 - 12

My favourite for that was a game away at Oldham. A long break was made, from one twenty metre area to the other, and resluted in ascrum for some reason. It was formed and fed very quickly, but John Holdsworth made them do it again for some non-existant reason, as he was blowing like a steam train from the run back.

The lengths Leeds went to to try and get Carl Ablett off the charge: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/r ... 6452382.jp

The lengths Leeds went to to try and get Carl Ablett off the charge: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/r ... 6452382.jp

Quote ="tvoc"The lengths Leeds went to to try and get Carl Ablett off the charge: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/r ... 6452382.jp'" Nothing gets past the RFL disciplinary committee these days.

Quote ="tvoc"The lengths Leeds went to to try and get Carl Ablett off the charge: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/r ... 6452382.jp'" Nothing gets past the RFL disciplinary committee these days.

Not like the days when we had them in our back pockets

Quote ="tvoc"The lengths Leeds went to to try and get Carl Ablett off the charge: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/r ... 6452382.jp'" Inexcusable from the YEP.

Quote ="tvoc"The lengths Leeds went to to try and get Carl Ablett off the charge: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/r ... 6452382.jp'" Inexcusable from the YEP.