Originally Posted by
Gray77
Spot on, same here. Everyone is obviously more in awe of new stuff when they're kids, but going to KR with my mates on my road on a Sunday afternoon (especially in nice weather) was the best thing when I was a kid. The sights, the sounds, the smells, it was all fantastic even if there were only 8,000 there, and then knowing loads of other mates from school had been there and we'd chat about it all on the Monday made it even better. I loved it all, and if we had an away game too far for me to go I'd pop down the road to Naughton Park and watch a game there as well just to watch Davies, Tait, Offiah and co, because going to a game was just a load of fun. I barely watch anything not involving Saints in the comfort of my house on my TV now, let alone cadge money off my mum and wait around for buses that never showed up just to go and watch a game of RL because I loved it so much.
I suppose there were boring games and bad afternoons back then, and we all see things in a more romantic way than maybe half of them actually were, but they were good days and I'm glad (in so many ways) that I was a kid then before the internet and smart phones where I had to get off and out to experience things like watching a game of RL. I see kids at LP now and it must be fun for them as well, but I do think Friday evenings must be a pain for them and their parents half the time. I wish we played more Sunday games because I reckon it'd leave them with more memories like the ones we have from back in the day.