does anyone remember,I think it was early 1990s the name of the TV Channel that showed rugby league from our division - I remember a game against Halifax which kicked off at 1pm at HP

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It was BSB. The channel with the squareial.

Was it them or was it British Aerospace who televised games to pubs/clubs only?

I remember those transmissions.
It was pretty groundbreaking stuff at the time.

We were the leigh Bears that season, we lost the halifax at Home game Big Brendan Hill scored a couple that day, we also played huddersfield away and Rochdale away midweek that season on TV for those who can remember it was another season that the fell out of the club and we played with 7 recognised scrum halves in the team for a few games ha

They did a couple of test games,were johnathan davies was a presenter,remember them taking up all the seating in the supprters club stand,sure one was against widnes and they had a mini train track running the lenght of the pitch were a camera flew up and down

It wasn't that season Widnes were in Div1 i have the try highlights video for that season

Wrong again lapdog the 'dolly track' to give it something like a correct title was an ITV innovation.

Ah well stressed out annie my memory must be going,knew I had seen it somewhere,please forgive me....please


p.s don't forget to report me to the mods again

Explain or proof? never grassed on anyone on here must be your age or it's you that is under stress

Is it possible to clean this thread up instead of locking it,cos surely thats the next step?. I understand why they are being lock,unfortunately it just ruins it for everyone else

There's more locks on this board than in strangeways prison lets play nice people

A bit like learning Kids unfortunately J.C. a couple spoil it for the rest the next alternative is enforced time outs for the juvenile ones.

I remember that Fax game well , Woody scored a try , the ref brought him back and gave Leigh aPenalty for Fax obstruction , Woody went on in that game to break Jimmy Ledgards club record , and Tony Iro made his Leigh debut in the game , it was the last time Frank B bought a round in also .

Still reckon one game was v widnes,remember one of there massive giants from tonga or the south sea islands picking up a leigh player slaming him to the floor and then belly flopping on him,the crowd went wild it was pure asaualt was it not wayne standish or the other tiny winger we use to have?

I know its OT for this thread but the original one got locked.

With people talking about matches clashing I'd still go with our kick offs unless its a England football international but with games clashing v football is there no way the matches can be shown on the screens/bars at the LSV ?

Might not matter too much on sunday but March 08th v Batley could see a significant drop with Utd and City both on TV in Euro games.

Iv'e only been suggesting we should have at least thought about bringing this game forward a couple of hours because the football game is a cup final,other than that i don't think i would change kickoff time

I doubt the dolly track was an ITV device, it's been used to track shots in Hollywood since the 1950s (if not earlier), and for UK transmission TV since the 60s (I believe they were used in early Dr Who shows which were transmitted live)

Tracking shots have been done since cinematography started to become public viewing. The Dolly that we use today was developed from the bomb loading tools that were used towards the end of the second world war and have been developed from that. Champman who made the first hydrolic dolly held and guarded the design patent for decades before a couple of other companies managed to design one that was completely different to the Chapman dollies.

I remeber Wayne Standish having his teeth knocked out at the Willows live on ITV. 1990 I reckon.

Wasn't this in the 1st tackle of the game and was it also the same game David Stephenson made his debut?

it was an innovation at a RUGBY GAME not as in use they were in use in the cinema since Cecil b De Miles, and they were used by the ITV on their rugby shows behind the touch in goal area.

Sky have also used them along touch in the past.

Should we get Fred a skateboard?

I have one (a dolly not a skateboard, priced one up at £3K with a bit of track), went to B&q bought a couple of lengths of drainpipe and the wheels off an old coffee table and hey presto......never had the bottle to try it out though