Swinton Lions Tales & More - Interviews<\/title>\r\n <meta charset=\"utf-8\">\r\n <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">\r\n <meta name=\"description\" content=\"A heritage Lottery Funded project which celebrates the illustrious history of Swinton Lions Rugby League Football Club\">\r\n <meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"rugby, football, swinton, club, lions, history, memorabilia\">\r\n\r\n<\/head>\r\n<body>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<TABLE class='gradienttable'>\r\n\r\n<tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/scottranson.jpg' alt='Scott Ranson'>Scott Ranson - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scott Ranson former Swinton winger in the nineties interviewed in 2012<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Scott-Ranson.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tommy_Frodsham.jpg' alt='Tommy Frodsham'>Tommy Frodsham - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tommy Frodsham former Swinton stand-off of the nineties interviewed in 2012\r\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tommy-Frodsham.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/adamhigson.jpg' alt='Adam Higson'>Adam Higson - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Adam Higson right centre - Interview taken on 2nd September 2012<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Adam-Higson.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DerekBate.jpg' alt='Derek Bate'>Derek Bate - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Derek Bate - Swinton winger of the eighties<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Derek-Bate.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/chrisclarke.jpg' alt='Chris Clarke'>Chris Clarke - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris Clarke interviewed in 2012 at LSV.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ChrisClarke.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/bob_fleet.jpg' alt='Bob Fleet'>Bob Fleet - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Covering Bob's career from coming up to Swinton from Torquay as a teenager.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bob-Fleet-FULL-EDIT.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Rob Dunford'>Rob Dunford - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rob has been supporting Swinton nearly 50 years. He covers the time from his early teens travelling from Prestwich to the present day.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rob-Dunford.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LordJohnMonks.jpg' alt='Lord John Monks'>Lord John Monks - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lord John Monks interviewed by pupils of Swinton High School.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lord-John-Monks.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ian_mort.jpg' alt='Ian Mort'>Ian Mort - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ian Mort interviewed in 2012 talks about his career and gives an insight on how to perfect goalkicking.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ian-Mort.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/RichieHawkyard.jpg' alt='Ritchie Hawkyard'>Ritchie Hawkyard - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interview with Ritchie Hawkyard in 2012, one of Swinton's longest serving players of the 21st Century.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Richie-Hawkyard.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dr_Bill_Kerns.jpg' alt='Dr. Bill Kerns OBE'>Dr. Bill Kerns OBE - Former Chairman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interview with Dr. Bill Kerns who recalls working with his father who was the trainer of the Lions during the glorious years of the twenties and beyond. Also he re-collects his own involvement up to his rise to chairman.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Doctor-Kerns.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dave_Robinson.jpg' alt='Dave Robinson'>Dave Robinson - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Local lad and former Moorside High pupil. Signed for the Lions from Folly Lane.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dave-Robinson.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Neil Beswick'>Neil Beswick - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neil's father played for the Lions as a scrum-half, mainly in the A team in the twenties. He started watching the Lions after the war.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Neil-Beswick.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Eddie_Turner_small.jpg' alt='Margaret Turner'>Margaret Turner - Margaret, wife of Eddie Turner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eddie played for Swinton after the war, Margaret, Eddie's wife for 65 years talks fondly of those times. She still has an impressive scrapbook of photo's from that time.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Margaret-Turner.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AlbertBlan.jpg' alt='Michael, Martin and Paul Blan'>Michael, Martin and Paul Blan - Sons of Albert<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albert's sons talk of the career of one of Swinton's greats.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Michael-Martin-and-Paul-Blan.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/RickSmith.jpg' alt='Rick Smith'>Rick Smith - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A relative youngster Rick talks about his early memories of Station Road and his many away trips.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rick-Smith.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Keith Smith'>Keith Smith - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>As someone who was brought-up on the team of the sixties, Keith remembers many big matches at Station Road.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Keith-Smith.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Nigel Boothman'>Nigel Boothman - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nigel talks about his early days playing for the colts and A-Team and his continued support.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nigel-Boothman.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IanBlease.jpg' alt='Ian Blease'>Ian Blease - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The former Folly Laner talks about his late introduction into rugby and his career with both Swinton and Salford.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IanBlease.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Jim Graves'>Jim Graves - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jim talks about his early life in Swinton, following the club before moving onto his thoughts on the breakaway and the differences between the two codes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jim-Graves.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Trevor Harvey'>Trevor Harvey - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trevor talks about his lifetime of watching the Lions through good times and back. He also recalls his days playing amateur rugby and refereeing.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/TrevorHarvey.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jack_Ducker.jpg' alt='Jack Ducker'>Jack Ducker - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jack, who played in the first match after the second world war, may well have been the oldest living player when this interview took place in 2013. The quality of the recording is not always perfect but the majority is well worth a listen as he recalls players from a team photo taken at Hull in October 1946. Jack has sadly since died.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/JackDucker.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Steve_Moyse.jpg' alt='Steve Moyse'>Steve Moyse - Former Secretary<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Steve talks about his time on the board of the Lions in the eighties as well as remembering the great players of the sixties.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Steve-Moyse.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\r\n \r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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He covers the time from his early teens travelling from Prestwich to the present day.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rob-Dunford.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LordJohnMonks.jpg' alt='Lord John Monks'>Lord John Monks - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lord John Monks interviewed by pupils of Swinton High School.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lord-John-Monks.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ian_mort.jpg' alt='Ian Mort'>Ian Mort - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ian Mort interviewed in 2012 talks about his career and gives an insight on how to perfect goalkicking.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ian-Mort.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/RichieHawkyard.jpg' alt='Ritchie Hawkyard'>Ritchie Hawkyard - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interview with Ritchie Hawkyard in 2012, one of Swinton's longest serving players of the 21st Century.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Richie-Hawkyard.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dr_Bill_Kerns.jpg' alt='Dr. Bill Kerns OBE'>Dr. Bill Kerns OBE - Former Chairman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interview with Dr. Bill Kerns who recalls working with his father who was the trainer of the Lions during the glorious years of the twenties and beyond. Also he re-collects his own involvement up to his rise to chairman.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Doctor-Kerns.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dave_Robinson.jpg' alt='Dave Robinson'>Dave Robinson - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Local lad and former Moorside High pupil. Signed for the Lions from Folly Lane.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dave-Robinson.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Neil Beswick'>Neil Beswick - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neil's father played for the Lions as a scrum-half, mainly in the A team in the twenties. He started watching the Lions after the war.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Neil-Beswick.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Eddie_Turner_small.jpg' alt='Margaret Turner'>Margaret Turner - Margaret, wife of Eddie Turner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eddie played for Swinton after the war, Margaret, Eddie's wife for 65 years talks fondly of those times. She still has an impressive scrapbook of photo's from that time.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Margaret-Turner.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AlbertBlan.jpg' alt='Michael, Martin and Paul Blan'>Michael, Martin and Paul Blan - Sons of Albert<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albert's sons talk of the career of one of Swinton's greats.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Michael-Martin-and-Paul-Blan.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/RickSmith.jpg' alt='Rick Smith'>Rick Smith - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A relative youngster Rick talks about his early memories of Station Road and his many away trips.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rick-Smith.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Keith Smith'>Keith Smith - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>As someone who was brought-up on the team of the sixties, Keith remembers many big matches at Station Road.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Keith-Smith.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Nigel Boothman'>Nigel Boothman - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nigel talks about his early days playing for the colts and A-Team and his continued support.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nigel-Boothman.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IanBlease.jpg' alt='Ian Blease'>Ian Blease - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The former Folly Laner talks about his late introduction into rugby and his career with both Swinton and Salford.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IanBlease.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Jim Graves'>Jim Graves - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jim talks about his early life in Swinton, following the club before moving onto his thoughts on the breakaway and the differences between the two codes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jim-Graves.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/supporters.jpg' alt='Trevor Harvey'>Trevor Harvey - Supporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trevor talks about his lifetime of watching the Lions through good times and back. He also recalls his days playing amateur rugby and refereeing.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/TrevorHarvey.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jack_Ducker.jpg' alt='Jack Ducker'>Jack Ducker - Former Player<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jack, who played in the first match after the second world war, may well have been the oldest living player when this interview took place in 2013. The quality of the recording is not always perfect but the majority is well worth a listen as he recalls players from a team photo taken at Hull in October 1946. Jack has sadly since died.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/JackDucker.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img style='max-width: 200px; height: auto;' src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Steve_Moyse.jpg' alt='Steve Moyse'>Steve Moyse - Former Secretary<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Steve talks about his time on the board of the Lions in the eighties as well as remembering the great players of the sixties.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><audio controls muted width='312'><source src='http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Steve-Moyse.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'><\/audio><\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\r\n \r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qlbqxga.cluster029.hosting.ovh.net\/martinm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}