League Trivia

[G@v]

Hull FC and Hull KR are two of the greatest rivals in the history of the game, a rivalry which stretches back to the 19th century. What is unusual about thehistoryof the Airlie Birds and the Robins?

 

[ozbash]

one (hull fc) was a soccer club and the other union......
gav, i need some books on U.K league. any recomendations,,,

 

[G@v]

Hull were formed in 1865 as a Rugby Club, I think Hull KR were formed in 1882 also as a Rugby Club......it doesn't have anything to do with other sports.

Tony, depends on what type of book......you could tryhttp://www.sportspages.co.uk/index.html/spages?page=shop/browse&category_id=bookrugbbyleague&ps_session=c5a6a107d14beea6363284d8b58fc6c2 There's Rugby League 2000-2001, which is full of stats for the 2000 season, it's a good referenceannual but apparently not as good as the old Rothmans RL yearbook. There's also the totalrugbyleague.com site which has a few books I wouldn't mind. The only other British RL book I have is 'Halifax RL The First 100 Years', lot's of photo's but short on in depth info.

 

[Ramit54]

A bit more trivia.
Harry 'Jersey' Flegg as a youth had a magnificent head of red hair. He got his nickname after he went with a party of school friends to a reception for the Governor of NSW, Lord Jersey, Lord Jersey had red hair and beard.
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[Ramit54]

The Ellis brothers Tom, Keith and Allan each at one stage captained Newtown first grade sides, in what is believed to be a unique achievement. To add to the record, Allan's son, Greg, also skippered Newtown.
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[G@v]

The unusual thing about Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers is about geography or to be more precise, territory. In modern times and for at least the last 79 years Hull KR have represented the eastern half of the city which is divided in two by the river Hull (The full name of the city is 'Kingston upon Hull')Whilst Hull FC are from the western half of the city. However, KR were formed in the westernarea of the city in the 1880's, whilst Hull FC were originally from east of the river; eventually they swapped territory.

 

[ozbash]

i was looking thru the hull k r site last night gav, and they did say it was a divided city but i didnt twig on why....

 

[G@v]

Tony, the rivalry between those two clubs matches any in the game, although recent years haven't seen too many Humberside derbies. You here the typical stories of fans hatred of their nearest rivals, wether it's true or not is another thing, but I once heard of a Hull fan who wouldn't eat bacon because it is red and white. I guess some KR fans don't like Humbug.