A night of Roughyeds Rugby League Stories
A great night of Rugby League memories and nostalgia is guaranteed at the next major Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust event at the Broadway Suite on Thursday July 10th.
Oldham stars of the 1960s, 80s and 90s will be there in the shape of John Donovan, Mick Worrall and Neil Flanagan.
Listen to the stories of how John signed in the bleak mid-winter of the 1962-63 season, making his debut in the only match Oldham would play between December 62 and March 63 on a frozen pitch at Widnes. Later that season he played in the last 20,000 plus crowd at Watersheddings against Wigan before going on to play in those epic Challenge Cup semi-finals against Hull KR a year later.
How Mick graduated for the “all-conquering” academy team in the company of the likes of Terry Flanagan, Andy Goodway, Ray Ashton and Paddy Kirwan to become a full Great Britain International and go on the 1984 tour to Australia and New Zealand. He also played a starring roll in the 1986 match against the mighty Kangaroos when the Roughyeds gave the Aussies the fright of their lives under the ’Sheddings lights before going down 16 – 22, the smallest winning margin on the tour.
Teenage Neil had a stern introduction to first team football on his Oldham debut against the star-studded Widnes team including Martin Offiah, Jonathan Davies, Phil McKenzie, Darren Wright and many more top-class names of the era. The match was played on a freezing Watersheddings night in a snow blizzard! After that ‘baptism of fire’, he would go on to be the Oldham captain just two years later and resume as club skipper to lift the Law Cup at the emotional first match for the reformed club on New Year’s Day 1998.
Tickets are £20 and can be booked on 07801 741070 for the event at the Broadway Suite, Boundary Park, including a pie and peas supper, starting at 7.30pm.
