Sports   (Talk about balls here.)

Chatty, As you should well know our Maurice had a few turnstiles for himself,he wasn't a bookie for nowt! But totally agree with you regard the attendances,
aussie 94, I too whacked off school that Wednesday afternoon to see that match we managed to get thro onto to Spion Cop those bars down the right hand side we were on those three quarters up absolute bloomin fantastic, That was when our captain ERIC ASHTON WAS SENT OFF FOR KICKING WILKINSON UP THE ARSE HE Wilko HAD BEEN " AT IT " ALL THE MATCH AND ERIC JUST SNAPPED ! That day aussie 94 was the c.c. replay prior to that on the Saturday at headingley my dad took me on unsworths coache's WIGAN'S GEOFF BOOTLE SCORED THE EQUALISER IN THE DYING MINUTES AT THE RIGHT SIDE CORNER PUNCHIE GRIFFITH'S LOBBED IT OVER FROM THE TOUCHLINE, THAT DAY IT RAINED ALL MATCH THE PITCH WAS COVERED IN MUD! IT was a very cold day in FEBRUARY 1961 . ON the WEDNESDAY K.O. 2.00PM WIGAN PLAYED AN ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING GAME OF RUGBY ,WITH TRIES FROM
BOSTON 2,, ASHTON 1,,BOOTLE 1,,EVANS 1,,FENTON 1,, AND LAST GRIFFITH'S THE SCORE WAS WIGAN 32 . LEEDS 7 THERE WERE 2 PLAYERS SENT OFF FOR SCRAPPING ERIC ASHTON AND LEEDS FORWARD ( GEORGE FAIRBANKS??) ALMOST SURE OF HIM, TO THIS DAY SCORES AND SCORES OF WIGAN FANS SAY THE ATTENDANCE RECORD THAT DAY WAS BOKEN,SOME SUGGESTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 THOUSAND I WAS THERE IS MY CLAIM TO FAME AND HAVE TO SAY IV'E ONLY SEEN THAT SORT OF ATTENDANCE 3/5 TIMES ONLY THOSE WERE THE HALCYON DAY'S!!
have a nice day lads!!!!!!!