Memories of the year, 1981

Well I was born in June '71, so I turned double figures that year.
And remember near the end of the year, we/England finally managed to qualify for the World cup again, for Spain '82.
I remember that night in our deciding match at Wembley, against the group winners Hungary.
It was nervous and although we outplayed them, it was still only 1-0 at the end, thanks to the deciding goal from Paul Mariner.

 

For some reason Pup lad, I always thought you were a lot older.

 

East Hull ehh, does that mean your a Kingy Rovers RL fan lol.
I got into watching RL that season and I chose to support Hull Fc then, and it ended with them winning the Challenge cup.
But we still didn't do it at Wembley (against Widnes), we had to do it in the replay at Bellend road, Leeds.

 

Were you involved in the famous Kendray v Bankend battles.It was like Zulu without the spears.

 

And who can forget our amazing cricket Ashes win that summer, against the dirty Aussies lol.
Ian Botham was/is something else, and he was amazing in that series.
Although I think he got pressured into dropping his role as Captain didn't he, after some poor form.
The big match though was at Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire lol.
Bob Willis was fantastic with the ball, and he tore into them, even though we only had a small run total to defend.

 

Them were the days . All the ‘handy’ lads from Worsbro’ and Kendray sat on the bankings laughing and joking with each other, whilst rest knocked lumps off each other

 

And hey seeing as it's been Eurovision week, what about Bucks fizz winning it for us, the UK, that year lol. Yeah, especially that bit where they pulled their skirts off!!.

 

Spent the summer season working behind the bar at Butlin’s Filey, that was some education!

 

Aww yeah Benny, I loved Butlins lol. I went to every one of their sites as a kid then, in the 70s.

 

Young pup woof woof

 

It was the same over our way. Hemsworth v Sth Kirkby & Elmsall. Cringeworthy stuff really, but we scared ourselves out of going to the other areas with the stories of getting chased, or worse.

All those scary ‘big hitters’ were probably still at school

 

Yes I was! Certainly wasn't for the feint hearted lol

 

Nahh lad, its not woof woof anymore lol, its more of a case of rough rough.
But going back to the Tykesmad days, I always liked having a laugh with you kid.

 

Here's a fan review I like watching, of the top 10 films from that year.

 

Cheeky

 

I was at Headingley for the last 2 days (on holiday in the Lake District the previous week). Nearly didn't go but a cricket mad mate had travelled up from Cambridge so we went. I remember on the last day, a bloke in front of us had setup a card table full of champaign glasses and the biggest bottle I'd ever seen. I'm guessing that he'd put a few quid on an England win on the saturday when the odds were 500 to 1.