... looks interesting, particularly the half hour doc after the programme about Eddie Waring.

When I was a lad (here we go), the three people we loved to hate were Fred Lindop (the ref who never gave Salford any decisions as far as I recall), Alex Murphy (obviously) and Eddie Waring - at college any discussion with southerners about the merits of our game was inevitably terminated with some knob from Kent or some other primitive place going "it's an up and underrrrr", trying to make fun of the whole game.

Some reckoned that Waring was good for the game. I was never convinced.

Nowadays I've no strong opinions about him. I wonder if anyone has any more?

I think that after tonight alot of people will realise just how much Eddie Waring actually did to raise the profile of the game and ensure we got coverage on the beeb.

I hope a lot of the younger fans bother to watch this feast of classic RL.
It should be great viewing and bring back some great memories.
Of course, the game has changed dramatically in the last 30 years (as has nearly everything else

), but I'm really looking forward to it.

In case anyone didn't know, the crowd footage they showed when talking about the formation of the game was from Salford's New Barnes stadium.

i'm watching...

It's the greatest programme ever broadcast.

oh how we crave the amount of exposure he brought to the game.

It's quite sad that all he did for the game and was made to feel bad for it.


could you imagine Eddie and Stevo being on prime time TV at Christmas and being known.

This is brilliant!

How on earth was that dog allowed to stay on the pitch for so long? Yorkshire hicks.

How good was that! Bl00dy brilliant.

This looks even better! A rosette salesman and men fuming.

David Watkins!

I'm wet. Those Wigan directors are top.

The Willows!

I've died and gone to Rugby League heaven.

Somebody pinch me.

That was my grandad talking on the stage at The Willows!!!

This is awesome

Glorious stuff is this.

Lovin it all !

"Hup-hup-hup-hup. Geddem up." Trousers fall down... Ooooh Fev. You are funny.

Get me 50 executive cigars now!

Possibly the best night of tv in my life to date. 2 NRL games followed by a RL fest on BBC4. Ooooh yes!

Absolutely wonderful: ) I feel like ive died and woke up in a world Where rugby league is the premier sport in the world! ! The images of new barnes had me all choked up. And then the willows the premier casino of the north ...I nearly had a fit... absolutley love it!!

Saints fans booming out YNWA at Wembley. They're not scouse tho!

Thought that myself