Yesterday, with the blindingly low autumn sun necessitating a salute-like shielding of my eyes, I sat Elland Road Stadium in situ with my son Jonny. Our two East Stand seats the exact same ones we secured as season tickets during his childhood. With my now twenty-something son being only 12 years old last time we…
Tag: rugby league
Tuffy Hardcase & The Rhum Deal
Thursday 17th May – I’m sat writing this monologue at the salon of my mum’s hairdresser. My attendance here that of dutiful son patiently awaiting to drive his mater home post-haircut. Despite me being firmly entrenched in middle-age, mum feel moved to promise me a bag of M&S Peppa Pig candies if I’m a good…
Poor Lad!
Perched on my sofa, I’m penning this offering with one eye on the TV screen where the Castleford v St Helens RL Challenge Cup match is being broadcast live. My other eye drawing the short straw – Consequently, it’s Saturday afternoon will be spent witnessing a narrative being crafted on a laptop screen. It has…
Wakefield Duality
Monday 7th May – Sunday afternoon I spent an hour or so as part of a team of volunteers fundraising for Wakefield Hospice – The Mobile Rocket Stadium, home of local rugby league club Wakefield Trinity, our collection point. A benevolent gesture afforded to the fund-raising arm of the end of life facility under a…