Reading about Matt Calland got me thinking about two of the best moments I've had as a Bulls fan.[list[*His try against Leeds in the semi in 1996, brushing off Kevin Iro to put us 10-nil up[/*:m[*His try in the closing minutes at Central Park in 1997 - my brother and I ended up twenty steps down from where we started after he scored that one.[/*:m[/list:u

Other ones I can think of off the top of my head are

[list[*Being on holiday and hearing we'd beaten Hull KR to stay up.[/*:m[*Gerald Cordle sticking out an arm for Mark Preston to take in the gut, spin 180 degrees vertically and land in a heap at his feet.[/*:m[*Roy Powell's try at VP[/*:m[*Singing 'Going down' at Ellery, Schofield et al after that game finished.[/*:m[*Ringing my Fax supporting mate after the comeback at Thrum Hall (he and some other lads had come found me at half time to take the mick), only to be told by his mum that he'd come in and gone straight to bed - at a quarter to eight.[/*:m[/list:u

Plenty more where that came from, but it's a start.

Going a bit further bacK:

Phil Ford's wonder try versus Leeds in the 1988 premiership where he waved "bye bye" to Marty Gurr.

The mass brawl on half time in the 1987 Yorkshire Cup Final Replay.

Ellery Hanley's try versus Fev in the 1983 cup semi final.

I remember that one.

Was too late leaving work to get there. But I rang up and upgraded Sky to include Sky Sports 20 mins before that match kicked off.

I was quite pleased I had!

If only there was somewhere we could see the footage of that [uBradford[/u [uCastleford[/u game.

quite...

Had Eddie's commentary as a homemade ringtone for a while, got it pretty much memorised...

Quality.

I don't really know the old ones..
Mick Withers drop goal against Leeds 1999 record crowd one wasn't it?
His drop goal against Hull - that game for some reason always sticks in my mind.
Nathan McAvoys try in the CC final
The 96 - 16 game against salford was just one that was a weird game.

p.s. the game against leeds is nearly 8 years since that record crowd one

Anderson's fend at Odsal in 2003.

We were awful but still well in front, 14 points up with twelve minutes left.
They came back with three tries.
Crowther missed the touchline conversion to win it.
We went up the field and Withers dropped the goal into the travelling support with less than a minute on the clock.

I think it was the instant switch from 'How have we thrown this away?' to 'Bloody hell, we've won' that you don't often get.

I just remember the tenseness and then seeing the goal go over and then realising that it was withers.

...or when he used Alan Hunte as a doormat at the McAlpine!

Brian Mac taking on Leeds at The McAlpine in CC cup semi

Ah, another lost in the fog of time. That was props biff and no mistake.

Paul Deacon's last minute penalty to beat Wigan at Valley parade in May 2002 when we'd been losing something like 20-6 late on in the first half. Came from a controversial crossing penalty, Nobby was calling for the kick to touch and the drop but Deacs lined it up from just inside the Wigan half and nearly on the touchline. I was sat behind the goal and it came towards me and through the posts in slow motion. That always sticks in my mind.

I actually still think I have that match on video somewhere.

What a man, landing a punch on the mighty Damien Gibson

The game at Thrum Hall as mentioned before is one that sticks in my mind. I can just see that image of elliot on the sidelines telling everone to calm down. Fantastic





Wasn't that chip over Iestyn? That was superb.

The 2001 Grand final for me all the build up to the game was how the much bigger Old Trafford pitch would suit Wigan more than us. So to be sat their at half time looking at the score board and it reading 26 - 0 to us brilliant.

Robbie Paul's knock on in the 04 GF

Another game that sticks in my head is the win at Headingley the week before the Challenge Cup final in 2005. But that could be because of the fans behind me that said Keith Senior's career was over after Big Joe's tackle did his ankle in. In their words "He's well into his 30's now - there's no way he'll be back from that." He's only just turned 30 this year so was 28 at the time, me, my mate and the Rhinos fans that were stood in front of us just gave them that look.

#~It could be argued that they were right Senior has never hit the same heights since.

As a Leeds fan, the ultimate Bulls moment for me was the 1996 semi at the McAlpine. The realisation that Leeds had been completely overtaken by the Bulls was a hard pill to swallow.

I believe George Mann was at stand-off for that game

, Craig Innes had just buggered off to Manly and the club was about to implode in the first season of SL. Big contrast with the fortunes of the Bulls at the time.

Ah yes the Jon Scales semi. Another great moment.

The 97 semi was also good for the Paul Medley try.

And Masella, and Terence, I believe.

You're right about the 96 semi though - the last full year of winter rugby and the Centenary season had seen Leeds well on top of Bradford. 28-6 at the McAlpine was then followed up by 54-8 at Odsal and 56-18 at Headingley. Alf Davies, where are you now?

Here's a great moment as yet unmentioned - Dave Watson's interception at Oldham.

Iirc there were at least three Leeds players, Brian was swatting them away like flies.

You just don't get Leeds-Bradford derby games like that these days. Probably why we don't see so many Leeds players getting lengthy bans



I remember Gary Mercer deliberately decapitating someone (Bradley?) at Odsal in one heavy defeat - it was pretty obvious at the time that it wasn't just bad technique - needless to say he was sent off.

The 1998 game at Odsal was full of biff too, although less memorable from a Bradford point of view - Spruce and Cummins handbags, Blackmore blatantly elbowing ?Danny Peacock in the face, Fleary breaking ?Bradley's jaw, Edwards having a hissy fit with Calland for not passing to him - what a game (not to mention Iestyn's best ever performance at Odsal)!