My story 15. Featherstone Rovers
Its true to say that without mum, dad and Featherstone Rovers I would not be putting 'pen to paper' this afternoon. Let me take you back in time. July 1952. The newly married couple, Betty and Clifford Lambert, South Cliff, Bridlington, East Yorkshire. A photographer, Yorkshire Post, asked permission to take the photo. Clifford, second youngest player, Alan Tennant, the baby, on the field, had just taken part in the world’s first, live, televised game of Rugby League; the Cup Final, Featherstone Rover V Workington Town at Wembley. The highlights were transmitted world wide on Pathe News, and now on YouTube. Clifford, just turned 22, is flush with a newfound fame, seemingly impossible for a lad from a tiny mining town. He was just one of many, Lad’s from Featherstone, who would become the name of Rugby League throughout the world. Ask any rugby player, an code, union or league, if they have heard of Featherstone Rovers and they nod. If these Lads were racehorses, t...