ISSUE 69
On the front cover:
Les Boyd leading Warrington, plus Oldham’s Alan Davies and Bradford Northern.
Features include:
Sixty years anniversary – Great Britain’s last Ashes win on home soil.
Eric Ashton’s Lions of 1962 on tour.
Odsal Stadium - special memories of an iconic venue.
Bradford favourites – star players for Northern and the Bulls.
Rise of the Red Devils – the game’s debt to Salford.
Les Boyd back in Warrington and in the Wire Hall of Fame.
Thrum Hall familiarity - how Halifax turned their players into coaches.
Les Sheard pays tribute to the remarkable Gary Cooper.
Leigh the 1982 Champions in colour.
Trevor Walker – the try scoring Tank for Batley and Dewsbury.
Featherstone Rovers in the Eastern Division Championships.
Dewsbury’s 1973 Championship semi-final triumph at Warrington.
Claude Mantoulan – France’s most stylish player.
Broughton Red Rose and the teenage stars.
Albert Tripp and the Hull Works Amateur Rugby League.
Aussies at Fartown and the Boulevard.
Famous Stadiums of the World – Rugby League’s exotic footsteps.
Huddersfield and Castleford ‘A’ teams to remember.
Alan Hodkinson – Rochdale Hornets and Barrow hero.
Barry Johnson – ball-handling star of Castleford.
Les Chisnall – an unsung hero of Liverpool City, Huyton and Leigh.
Swinton the special Lions.
Flying high at York – Gary Smith spectacular.
Gary Charlton’s coaching success at Whitehaven.
Ian Stenton wins Castleford players’ award.
Wigan’s daylight trainers ready for the Cup in 1959.
Widnes boys of the ’sixties – Karalius and Myler.
Team photos including: St.Helens (1965-66), Wakefield Trinity (1957-58), Salford (1975-76), Dewsbury (1972-73), Great Britain (1959), Reckitt’s amateurs of Hull (1959).
Obituaries and tributes to: Tony Paskins, Gary Cooper, Stan Owen, Geoff Wraith, Les Gorley, Alf ‘Ginger’ Burnell, Ernest Holmes, Eddie Lumsden, Hugh Waddell, Mike McClellan, Sean Day, Vince Jackson, Len Clarke and others.
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