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On the front cover:
Don Fox for Featherstone Rovers.
Features include:
The Indomitables – 80 years’ celebration of the most famous of Lions tours.
Salford and Featherstone Rovers – a battle for survival.
Billy Boston – a (very!) small part in his Knighthood.
Pride of the Rovers – all Featherstone has given to Rugby League.
Halifax the Champions – Joe Kilroy and the story of 1985-86.
Great players of Castleford – Bill Kirkbride, Lance Todd trophy winner.
Billy Langton – favourite full-back and goal-kicker of Hunslet.
Ivor Kelland – fantastic servant to Barrow and the amateur game.
John O’Neill – ‘Loppy Lugs’ of Workington Town, a great centre.
The secret of the goalposts on the night Hull won the Cup at Elland Road.
Brian Cartwright of Batley – one of Rugby League’s best known groundsmen.
Hilton Park – Leigh’s old home ground remembered by John Stringer.
Salford connections with Leeds, including a unique event at Headingley.
London Under Lights – the inside story of Highfield at the White City in the 1930s.
John Holmes – the greatest Loiner in action
James Hilton – the man who gave his name to Leigh’s home ground.
A tribute to Trevor Smith – Rugby League’s best bookseller in the heart of Wigan.
When Pipette went to Paris – the story of Puig Aubert’s sojourn with the Celtic.
40 year anniversary –an exclusive inside story of the birth of the BARLA National League.
Widnes ‘A’ team who won the ‘triple’in 1960-61.
Three of the 1960s legends of Wigan – in glorious cherry and white.
Warrington at the start of the Murphy revolution – a programme of the times.
Wakefield Trinity’s 1960 Cup winners pose – a very off-beat team photo from Belle Vue.
Leeds 1961 Championship winners on their way to the Final at Odsal.
A special landmark for Hunslet’s Geoff Gunney remembered.
Johnny Whiteley honoured at Hull’s stadium.
Doncaster’s comeback in 1995 when they battled against the Rugby Football League.
Swinton dreams of coming home – a new ground for the Lions?
Great photos of Swinton’s Championship winning stars Ken Gowers and Alan Buckley.
Warrington’s 150th birthday – a very special new book on the Wire.
25 of Rugby League’s finest nicknames – fun from Cumbria, Australia and Yorkshire.
Team photos: Salford (1973-74 Champions in colour), Halifax (1986 Champions), Hull F.C. (Challenge Cup winners 1982), Bramley (1971-72), Barrow (1967), Whitehaven (1986-87), Eastern Division (1962), Widnes ‘A’ (1960-61), Hull K.R. ‘A’ (1965).
Obituaries and tributes to: Arnie Morgan, Ken Geatorex, Alan Briers, Martin Murphy, Alf Meakin, Les Moore, Bill Adair, Fred Clarke, Geoff Smart, Ronnie Barritt, Allan Garratt, Frank Moss, Martyn Ward, Tony King, Fred Hall, Garry Coulter, Ken Southward, Eric Gregory, Gary Smith (New Zealand), Peter Burke (Australia), Honoré Conti (France).
PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE.
