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Post by dixon13 on Nov 4, 2016 23:14:26 GMT
Bonfire Night.November 5th I think 1958 at Old Trafford.To see us defeated by Leeds.I am sorry I cannot remember the score.I do remember agonising most of the day the match or the bonfire.The match won did anyone else go.
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Post by kreuzberg999 on Nov 5, 2016 20:59:48 GMT
Wasn't born then, One thing I do Know this was the first ever game of Rugby league played under Floodlights. There's a plaque somewhere at old Tossord mentioning this match.
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Post by middleman on Nov 6, 2016 14:22:33 GMT
It would have been the first RL match played at Old Trafford under floodlights, they were added the season previously for the European cup games, until that point Utd had to play their European Cup & evening hosted matches at Maine Road! who had floodlights for a number of years .
Salford had played under floodlights as far back as the 20's against London Highfield at White City
in fact the oldest record of the club playing under Floodlights was as the Cavendish Football Club when they played a floodlit game at Pomona Palace Gardens on November 9th 1878!
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Post by osrd on Nov 6, 2016 15:58:31 GMT
I was there ,was 17 years old and went with several mates.Leeds won 22-17 and the crowd was 8373 not bad for a Wednesday night,we bussed it there and walked home to Brindle Heath,those were the days.
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Post by kreuzberg999 on Nov 6, 2016 17:02:39 GMT
It would have been the first RL match played at Old Trafford under floodlights, they were added the season previously for the European cup games, until that point Utd had to play their European Cup & evening hosted matches at Maine Road! who had floodlights for a number of years . Salford had played under floodlights as far back as the 20's against London Highfield at White City in fact the oldest record of the club playing under Floodlights was as the Cavendish Football Club when they played a floodlit game at Pomona Palace Gardens on November 9th 1878! Floodlights in 1878 !!! That probably involved catching thousands of Fireflys from Somewhere. It's not the first time something From Old Trafford has been proven untrue IE: David Moyes & Louis Van Gaal are Football coaches. |
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Post by middleman on Nov 7, 2016 14:41:07 GMT
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It will have been Electric Floodlights -I need to dig out the source ! An exhibition Football game had taken place a month before At Bramall lane. Sheffield where a reported 12,000 spectators had turned up . it was all the rage .. Pomona Palace Gardens rivalled London's Alexandra Palace in size at the time for exhibitions & events . |
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Post by scoot on Nov 7, 2016 16:07:29 GMT
Bonfire Night.November 5th I think 1958 at Old Trafford.To see us defeated by Leeds.I am sorry I cannot remember the score.I do remember agonising most of the day the match or the bonfire.The match won did anyone else go. I was there, we gave Leeds a good game. First time I had seen Lewis Jones, some skill there |
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Post by dixon13 on Nov 7, 2016 16:58:28 GMT
Bonfire Night.November 5th I think 1958 at Old Trafford.To see us defeated by Leeds.I am sorry I cannot remember the score.I do remember agonising most of the day the match or the bonfire.The match won did anyone else go. I was there, we gave Leeds a good game. First time I had seen Lewis Jones, some skill there SCOOT I am now agonising over the team that night can you shed some light |
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