I'm assuming that there is a missing decimal point here. Otherwise this would be just outside the top 20 highest rated TV broadcasts in UK history!

21,000,000 !!!!!
Your havin a laugh, surely ?

I think you'll find that figure is extremely accurate. IIRC there was a bus strike in Leigh that day and no away fans made it to The Willows. 98.4% of the the viewers were Leigh fans

I don't know how they calculate the TV audience figures these days but in the early 90's the numbers were determined by the number of people spread throughout the UK with special channel monitoring boxes, watching a certain channel at a certain time. If 1 in say every 2 households who had a box just happened to switch to BBC grandstand that afternoon it explains why the figure published was so high. The figure may be total b*ll*x after all it was just an average estimate based on a small percentage of the population.

I too would be taking the p*ss and laughing about it if I hadn't read it for myself!

What I find surprising is that the figure you quoted was only slightly lower than the audience for JFK's assasination. Over the years I've heard many people claim they'll never forget where they were when JFK was killed. I have yet to hear anyone say the same of a Salford - Leigh Regal Trophy encounter.

Say what you wish about the way TV ratings are calculated (I believe it's no different now) but you'll never convince me that Salford v Leigh is one of the highest rated TV events in UK history. Sorry.

Oddly being to young I don't remeber JFK getting shot by the magic bullet but do remember being on the couch with a monumental dose of the 10 bobs the day of the Leigh game, think if you'd have timed my runns (pun intended) to the crapper that day I'd have been the fastest winger on the pitch.

The only time I can remember Salford playing Leigh on Grandstand post mid 80s was that time they beat us in the mud in the mud at Hilton Park about 2000. I remember us playing Leigh at home about 1989 on TV when Granada used to show live Saturday afternoon games and it may have been Kevin Tamati's first game as coach. As far as I remember reading, RL cup finals on Grandstand used to peak at 5-6million, and the average cup tie was 2-3 million. Wasn't 20 million about the audience for England V Germany at Italia 90?

Sometimes numbers are separated by a small dot. This is often called a 'decimal point'.

It changes that magnitutde of a number quite considerably.

They are quite easy to miss when reading quickly though.

did we win in the 1980s i know we lost in the mud in the cup which was gutting @ the time because we are a ready made underdog so getting beat by leigh who @ the time were 1st divison was a kick in the teeth cos we were favourites then started our rivalry imo.........


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Yep was 1989. First time i ever watched Salford that. Use to watch the TV games and remember being surprised and excited we had a team near by when it came on. Think we drew 8-8 IIRC?

My mum took me to the next home game and thus began my love affair with Salford Rugby.

I'm sure we won the game I'm thinking of. The days of Clive Tyldesley doing the commentary.

Aye we did, I remeber it was a miserable day weather wise but I do recall it was our first win in the league that season and I seem to recall it was either Tony Rampling's first game or simply his best. (I think Brooke-Cowden played as well.)

Seem to remember Mark Moran knocking someone's teeth out as well.........

It also may have been the first game we played in the (superb) Cambrian kit with the black bands above and below the sponsors logo.

i've heard that the reason McClennan has quit is because Sinfield is signing for us!!!! ha

Is it me or has this thread become a rambling for every/any rugby topic ?



and is that better than a new topic being started or a pain in the of flicking to page 57/58...

I for one am losing the thread (excuse the pun) as when I flick to the last page I have to work back 2-3 pages to see exactly what the current topic is...

Confused.com

agreed, let it die now its doing my head in a bit

More like I'm losing the will to live and the use of my limbs.... I'm now down to my last digits Stephen Hawkin's like... tapping away ... w-h-en will -h -e ...becoming .

Any news of the Ice Berg?

Is it Burrows news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 146185.stm

Is it Burrows news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 146185.stm

calderwood has been released by us do you think salford will be intrested and do salford need another winger just a suggestion?

I would like to think the club have sounded him out at least after the Gardner deal went flat, as for do we need another winger, it wouldn't be my top priority but I think McRae feels he could do with another. Broughton and Calderwood on the wings, we certainly wouldn't lack pace out wide. Although Gibson was really good for mine last season and we've brought young Paul Steele into the squad for next season I believe but I'd certainly consider taking Calderwood.

A few months ago, Mark Calderwood was another definite, heard from a reliable source type Salford signing, according to the Hull board. Of course, it never actually happened.

He'd started to look like a decent winger during his latter days at Wigan, but he's been plagued by injuries of late (I think he only played four times for Hull last season). There's a danger he could end up like Joey Hayes - plenty of pace but hamstrung by his hamstring.

Yeah the Calderwood rumours were strong a little while ago. Tend to agree with the above posts - I think he's faded over the last year or so but we do need another winger - we've only really got Broughton and Gibson i think and I prefer Gibson in the Centres - and Calderwood would be a usefull addition if fit and not too expensive