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  BBC2 Floodlit Trophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy (also known as the BBC2 Television Trophy) was a competition for British rugby league clubs held between 1965 and 1980.
It was designed specifically for television, and the then director of BBC2, broadcaster David Attenborough, was instrumental in its creation.
The tournament was not rugby league’s first foray into evening television; the 1955-56 season saw a tournament titled the ITV Floodlit Competition.
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 Midkand Floodlit Youth League Worcester | Midlands Floodlit Youth | Midland Floodlit Youth Footbal | Midland Floodlit ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 Trophy Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The most up-to-date big game records book available--containing a complete listing of over 4,000 trophies accepted in the last three years, as well as dozens of stories behind the top trophies featured in the book.
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy - The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy (also known as the BBC2 Television Trophy) was a competition for British rugby league clubs held between 1965 and 1980.
Football League Trophy - The Football League Trophy is the generic name of an English football competition for clubs in the two lower divisions of the Football League, the official name of which is frequently changed to match changes in sponsors, and which is presently called the LDV Vans Trophy.
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 Rugby League Challenge Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The first competition was held during the 1896-97 season (the second season of the new game), and 56 clubs entered to compete for the £60 trophy.
In 1946, the Lance Todd Trophy was introduced and awarded to the man of the match.
The winner is selected by the members of the Rugby League Writers' Association present at the game and the trophy is presented at a celebratory dinner at The Willows, home of the Salford City Reds.
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 Challenge Cup
The first competition was held during the 1896-95 season (the second season of the new game), and 56 clubs entered to compete for the ÂŁ60 trophy.
Initially, the final tie was held at one of the larger club grounds in the north, however, in 1927 the decision was made to relocate to the new Wembley Stadium in London.
In itself, it is a prestigous trophy presented only at the Challenge Cup Final.
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 Hull Kingston Rovers (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Rovers won the Mackeson Trophy for being the top points scorers in the R.L. Rovers won the Yorkshire Cup for the second year running in 1967/68 beating Hull 8-7 in the final.
The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was introduced and Rovers went out in the second round to Warrington.
Earlier in the season Rovers had lost in the final of the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy to Hull, in the league Rovers finished 7th out of 16.
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 BBC 2 - Review - Alternative and different
Even now whilst BBC2 has almost total coverage around the UK a top programme for viewing will attract at best 5 million viewers whereas BBC1 every week will have a dozen programmes with more than double that number.
BBC2 has a long tradition of showing programmes of a minority interest almost on a cult level.
BBC2 has probably launched the careers of more alternative or new comic talent than any other channel.
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 Roger Millward
After the unfortunate death of Rovers coach Harry Poole, Roger was named Hull Kingston Rovers' player-coach and in his first season guided the club to their first ever BBC2 Floodlit Trophy victory and, yet again was named as the Supporters "Player of the Year".
The Floodlit trophy proved to be the turning point for Rovers as they went from being the best to proving they where the best by winning every major honour in the game of Rugby League.
After winning the John Player Trophy for the first time and then becoming Division One Champions for the fifth time only the Premiership remained but it wasn't to be as Rovers lost in the final, earlier in the season Rovers had also lost in the Yorkshire Cup Final.
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 Leeds Rhinos - Past   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The present Leeds Club trace their birth to 1870 when they were originally known as the St. Johns Club, the Old "Blue and Ambers," who played on the famous Cardigan Fields ground.
As the seventies came to a close Leeds were still winning trophies and a new band of stars were establishing their claims in the first team, the likes of David Ward, John Holmes, Les Dyl, Steve Pitchford, Phil Cookson, Bob Eccles and Kevin Dick, appointing Syd Hynes as first team coach.
One thing Laughton never achieved at Leeds was a major trophy, despite reaching four major finals in his four-year spell at Headingley, which included two successive Challenge Cup finals against Wigan.
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 BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | What is Pro40?
The major change from last year is that matches have been reduced from 45 overs back to 40 and the tournament only takes place in the second half of the season.
The NatWest Trophy (1981-2000) became the C&G Trophy in 2001 and underwent a major change in format this year.
It means we can let more people get to the floodlit games after work, but for the Sunday games you can have the kids in bed by half-past eight.
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 { Widnes RLFC - History & Statistics } (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The strength of junior rugby league in the area meant the club had a steady stream of local talent to offset the losses.
The following 2 seasons, the finals of the BBC2 Floodlit trophy were reached.
Wigan were beaten in the Charity Shield but had their revenge in the Regal Trophy Final.
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 Informat.io on History Of Rugby League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
There were therefore four trophies on offer to any one club, and the "Holy Grail" was to win "All Four Cups".
David Attenborough, then controller of BBC2, made the decision to screen rugby league games from a new competition specially designed for evening televising, the BBC2 Television Floodlit Trophy.
Although it was widely seen as a gimmick, it proved a success, and rugby league has featured on television ever since, to the point where (like most sports) income from selling broadcasting rights is the single greatest source of revenue for the game.
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 Widnes Vikings Hall of Fame - Mick Burke
He was tipped for the highest honours in that game, but decided to turn professional, and joined the super-successful Widnes team of 1978, playing his first season mainly on the wing.
In that season he helped Widnes to win the Lancashire Cup, the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy and the Challenge Cup at Wembley.
The next season he was to win the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man of the match in the Premiership victory over Hull at Headingley.
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 Salford City Reds 2006
The fifties saw the friendly intrusion of television cameras at The Willows for the first time when, on Saturday 26 November 1955, the second half of the afternoon meeting with the New Zealand tourists was broadcast live on BBC Grandstand.
In 1973/74 and 1975/76 the club claimed two Championships and won the 1974/75 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy.
During the 1990s, the team rewarded Wilkinson with five trophies; Division Two Championship (1990/91), Division Two Premiership (1991), Division One (formerly Division Two) Championship (1995/96 and 1996) and Divisional Premiership 1996.
www.reds.co.uk /history3.html   (1064 words)

  
 Castleford Tigers - Wikipedia Light!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Tigers were the leading club in Yorkshire in the early 1990s, finishing in the top four sides in the competition no less than four times during this period.
The highlight was in 1994 when the Castleford Tigers defeated Wigan Warriors to claim the Regal Trophy, were semi-finalists in the Challenge Cup and were narrowly defeated in the Premiership final.
When Super League was suggested Castleford were supposed to merge with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Featherstone Rovers to form 'Calder'.
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 cherryandwhite.co.uk - A View from the Terraces - Wigan Warriors Rugby League (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Basically this was a trophy awarded to the top side in Lancashire until it was abandoned in 1969-70.
This trophy was a competition held between 1965-66 and 1979-80.
Charity Shield - The Charity Sheild was a trophy that was competed for in a one-off match at the beginning of a new season.
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 History of rugby league: History of Warrington Rugby League Club
In his time at Wilderspool Warrington won 12 major trophies in as many seasons and many of his stunning tries had proved on occasions to be the difference between disappointment and success.
The Captain Morgan Trophy competition was run for the first and only time and Wire clinched it with a final success over Featherstone.
No more trophies followed and league form suffered while finance was not available to match the kind of £440,000 transfer fee Wigan paid out to Widnes for Martin Offiah in 1991/92.
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 Great_britain_national_rugby_league_team info here at en.athletic-coaching-salaries.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
They were aded hoc with the Ashes Trophy by the Australians, which the two countries have competed for since.
In 1930 with the progression tied 1-1 & the third compliance payoffing in a 0-0 draw, an unprecedented fourth compliance is played in Britain & Australia at Rochdale.
The tournament is settled on a conference circuitous & Eric Ashton lifts the trophy after a 10-3 achievement at Odsal.
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 Paul Rose: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Paul helped the club end a trophy famine which had stretched back for 53 years when he earned a BBC2 Floodlit trophy winner's medal when, in one of the most spectacular displays in years, Rovers defeated St. Helens 26-11 with Paul scoring one of the tries.
Paul was recalled to the England squad for the match with Wales and this time he had a fresh second row partner, yet still a clubmate, in Len Casey.
On display in the pub is a glass case containing Paul's Great Britain Cap and his cup winners medals, along with his "Player of the Year" Trophy presented by the Hull Kingston Rovers Supporters Club.
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 Widnes Vikings Hall of Fame - Doug Laughton
1979/80 - Premiership Winners, Lancashire Cup Winners, Regal Trophy Beaten Finalists.
Doug Laughton has never been afraid to think big, and under him Widnes too have become big.
In his first season as coach, the club gained four major trophies.
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 MuggleNet | News Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
EA has gathered Harry Potter cast members to present the trophy to the winner of the Quidditch World Cup International Tournament Finals on Sunday, December 21st at the Tower of London.
She has lodged plans to add a copper-domed pool to the garden of her Perthshire mansion in a development expected to cost up to £500,000 ($750,000).
The floodlit swimming pool would be built adjacent to the six-bedroom Edwardian country home.
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 Forever Reds | Salford City Reds Supporters Trust (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It signalled the start one of the most successful periods in the club's history, winning the Championship twice (73/74 & 75/76), the Lancashire Cup, the Floodlit Trophy and also earning a number of other cup final apperances.
When he resigned as coach in 1977, Les was offered a place on the board and duely accepted, becoming the club's representative on the Rugby League management committee.
Debuting in 1985 against Bramley, he led Salford through a series of highs and lows, culminating in another trophy and promotion success in 1996.
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 Hull Kingston Rovers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Rovers made a move to their fourth ground down Hessle Road.
The club made probably the best signing ever when they paid £7,000 for Roger Millward from Castleford.
The 1980's was to be a tremendous time for Hull KR.
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 England_national_rugby_league_team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
England won one and drew the other of their two games against eventual winners Australia.
Due to England's defeat by Wales in their final match, Australia took the trophy by finishing one point ahead of England.
In the 1995 World Cup England reached the final, losing 16-8 to Australia at Wembley Stadium.
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 Forever Reds | About us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
With 23 caps for Great Britain (captain on six occasions with the 1974 tourists), Chris played for Salford between 1967-1979 scoring 128 tries in his 452 apperances.
During his time at The Willows, he won two Championship medals, a Lancashire cup title and the memorable victory in the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy in 1974/75 - not to mention an apperance at the 1969 Rugby League Challenge Cup final against Castleford at Wembley.
It signalled the start one of the most successful periods in the club's history, winning the Championship twice (73/74 and 75/76), the Lancashire Cup, the Floodlit Trophy and also earning a number of other cup final apperances.
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