It was 1990 when i was 12. I used to ask my mum where dad went every sunday afternoon. She said "next week, i'll get him to take you". I went the next week and 19 years later i'm still there!!! GIANTS FOREVER

From back when they played at Leeds Road it was some extra money as not many volunteered for Rl, anyway I found the fans more approachable, some not but not as bad as the football lot. Iam a football fan first and foremost though but the banter amongst RL fans is second to none!

My 1st was either Workington or Whitehaven in 87/88 (?) - i went because the previous home game my brother and my mate went cos there was nothing else to do on a sunday so for a laugh they decided to give the Rugby a go - they enjoyed it and told me what a good time they had and so i decided to find out for myself the next home game !!

Needless to say i was hooked - cant remember the score but we won a close game and the crowd was about 600 if i remember rightly.
After that we were introduced to Keith Burhouse who was the groundsman at the time by ex Fartowner Tony Johnson and for the next 2 seasons we worked on the ground - sweeping terraces,ball boy-ing, programme selling, turnstile operating and even scoreboard operating - then Bailey came and it went bad

but we didnt stop going and are still here some 20 years later !!

Wash your mouth out.

dont worry - we'll turn her eventually

I thought that was Agent Bricks job...

er.....no comment

Less said about that the better!

Isn't it funny how selective some peoples memory can be.

John Bailey "came" in 1983, Keith Burhouse joined him as a volunteer helper on the grounds etc in 1984. In 1988 John Bailey gave away the club debt free to the Murphy/Shuttleworth/Collins consortium.

John Bailey came in 1983 as one of 8 Directors. They all left to look after their own businesses in the next 3 years and he soldiered on to keep the club alive (I will admit barely) until someone else could take over. He could have wound up the club but didn't. If it was not for John Bailey we could be in a position where we had no club to follow.

Please get facts straight before getting the digs in.

I wasnt arguing about what he did for the club Stuart i was meaning from a personal point of view as he decided that these 3 young kids who came up on a sunday morning to help make sure the games could go ahead etc and who's 'payment' was free entry into the game had to leave the ground when our work was done and queue up and pay like everyone else - needless to say we were a bit 'off' after that with Mr Bailey and decided that we would pay in future and he can get someone else in to do the crappy little jobs !!.
One game we actually missed the 1st 15 minutes becasue we were shovelling gravel into a hole at the side of the main stand to make it look nice fo rsome RFL inspectors - he still expected us to go out and pay then !

1987 v rochdale @ fartown

we were bored of watching the rock fc on sundays so decided we'd go to watch fartown, so we did and haven't looked back since

I can't remember my first game but it would probably be around 1959/60, my father used to take me to watch both Fartown and Town . I'll never forget walking from Almondbury down Kilner bank across Leeds Road and over Canker Lane to Fartown then after the match afterwords we'd walk to Birkby to my grandmas who lived up Blacker Road for tea, after tea we'd walk back in to Town and then finally catch a bus back to Waterloo and walk back up home. The good old days eh ??? folk were as fit as butchers dogs in them days, I don't think todays kids could cope with all that walking we did.
If my memory serves me well the teams, more often than not were at home on alternate Saturdays.

My first game would I believe been in 90/91 season when Fartown won the old third division?

Someone else will prob tell me this is wrong - my memory is real poor these days. Probably not helped by standing on the fartown terraces in the depths of winter - god it got cold!

Anyway - moved to West Yorks that season - and was invited along to a home game by a work colleague. Soon got hooked and have followed them home/away every game ever since.

I had only really seen RL on telly before - and only knew about teams like Wigan/Widnes/Featherstone etc... from watching occasional games on the box. No Sky TV when I were a lad.

You guys born and bred in West Yorks should think yourselves very fortunate - I grew up with only Torquay Utd or Brixham RUFC (yeah - who I hear you cry!) to watch.

Really glad I got to start watching at Fartown - and via Leeds Rd to the Galpharm. Been to some great grounds over the years - even enjoyed the eason we got relegated as opportunity to revisit some.

FARTOWN FOREVER NOW!!!

year after pal - 91/92 season

Who did we beat when we got presented with the Trophy?

Hunslet ??

what was the score


Who scored


What was the attendance


What colour shirt was the ref wearing

1947 - and though its a couple o months ago --I am pretty certain it was Warrington with a player playing called Harry Bath - I will try and confirm

Went with some lads in thee "top class" at junior school -who I knocked about with (they were 11 and dad trusted them to look after a 5 year old Ok --and they did !!--That was it

Even away games - we went up to town and went on a load of Hanson buses that left from the Square - and at Fartown -it was free admission
When you got to 11 - it had gone up to the old "threepenny bit" and inflation sent it later to "a tanner - 6 old pence - now a 5p coin!!"

When I reached 16 -- it rose to 1 shilling and tenpence (about 10 p now) and a programme was threepence - what subsequent governments have done to us eh??

Since then -- hooked and generally only miss games - now its Summer season - for annual hols
Back then in the Winter season it was usually only through "homework" / "illness"- or been grounded for something!!

But have seen em as a 11 year old lift the cup at wembley in coronation year !!--Lets hope they can do it again eh??

What a roller coaster ride its been!!

the beers in the almondbury con club put paid to most of those facts lol

Cocker Two Cocker Two Cocker Two





Dumbest song ever.

Your memory come back now

Even the trick question did not get you.



Should we make you the official Statto for the board

after the stick you lot gave me before do you think i would dare to forget it again