1979–80 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

August 2016 August 2016 1979–80 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Floodlit knockout championship Hull F.C. Winners Hull Kingston Rovers 1978–79 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1978–79 22 The 1979–80 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the fifteenth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held. This year, for the last time, a new name appeared on the trophy when Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 13-3 The match was played at Boulevard, in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The attendance was 18,500, and the receipts were £16,605 The attendance was a record for a BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, never to be beaten Background This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at twenty-two. The format remained as a knock-out competition from the preliminary round through to the final. The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/bbc-floodlit-trophy/results.htmlWigan "Cherry and White" matches http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2310 Preliminary round Involved six matches and 12 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttNotesRefPTue 4 Sep 1979Bramley5–21HunsletMcLaren FieldPTue 4 Sep 1979Hull F.C.8–1HalifaxBoulevard1HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/1979PWed 5 Sep 1979Castleford22–12Wakefield TrinityWheldon Road I'm Wakefield 'til I die... http://www.wakefieldtrinity-programmes.co.uk/page_2654162.htmlPTue 11 Sep 1979Whitehaven5–29BarrowRecreation GroundPWed 19 Sep 1979Oldham9–20St HelensWatersheddings1,355Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 6 April 2014 2 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 deadPWed 26 Sep 1979Warrington4–12LeighWilderspoolWarrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093910/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 2 February 2014 dmy First round Involved eight matches and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttNotesRef1Tue 25 Sep 1979Keighley9–2DewsburyLawkholme Lane2Sun 30 Sep 1979Hull F.C.34–2HuddersfieldBoulevard2Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201979-80.pdf3Tue 2 Oct 1979Widnes27–13SwintonNaughton Park3Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18964Tue 9 Oct 1979St Helens45–17Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road3,0003 45Tue 9 Oct 1979Salford24–6WiganThe WillowsWigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 6 April 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead6Tue 16 Oct 1979Hull Kingston Rovers25–12CastlefordCraven Park37Tue 23 Oct 1979Hunslet10–12LeedsMount Pleasant38Tue 30 Oct 1979Leigh20–4BarrowHilton Park3 Second round Involved four matches with eight clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttNotesRef1Tue 6 Nov 1979Hull Kingston Rovers41–15KeighleyCraven Park32Tue 13 Nov 1979Leigh14–5WidnesHilton Park33Tue 27 Nov 1979Hull F.C.16–9LeedsBoulevard34Tue 20 Nov 1979St HelensP–PSalfordKnowsley RoadRFri 30 Nov 1979St Helens15–10SalfordKnowsley Road4,500 Semi-finals Involved two matches and four clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttNotesRef1Tue 4 Dec 1979Hull F.C.9–6LeighBoulevard32Tue 11 Dec 1979Hull Kingston Rovers10–7St HelensKnowsley Road7,7663 Final The attendance was a record for a BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final, never to be beaten. 18 December 1979 Hull 13 – 3 Hull Kingston Rovers Evans, Dennison, Birdsall Dennison (2) Hubbard The Boulevard, Hull 18,500 Billy Thompson (Huddersfield) Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.86 1979–1980 League Publications 14Macklin Keith Hull's trophy triumph has taverns ringing https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1979UKEnglish/Dec%2019%201979%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2360504%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater The Times 19 December 1979 9 Teams Hull F.C.No.Hull Kingston Rovers Teams Paul Woods1Ian RobinsonGraham Bray2Steve HubbardGraham Evans3Mike SmithPhil Coupland4Bernard WatsonSteve Dennison5Clive Sullivan (c)John Newlove6Dave HallKeith Hepworth7Allan AgarKeith Tindall8Roy HoldstockRon Wileman9Graham TyremanVince Farrar (c)10Brian LockwoodCharlie Stone11Phil LoweKeith Boxall12Geoff ClarksonSteve Norton13Phil HoganSubsGraham Walters14Steve HartleyCharlie Birdsall15John MillingtonArthur BuntingCoachRoger Millward The road to success This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures First round Second round Semi-finals Final Hull FC 34 Huddersfield 2 Hunslet 10 Leeds 12 Leigh 20 Barrow 4 Widnes 27 Swinton 13 Hull Kingston Rovers 25 Castleford 12 Keighley 9 Dewsbury 2 St. Helens 45 Rochdale Hornets 17 Salford 24 Wigan 6 Hull FC 16 Leeds 9 Leigh 14 Widnes 5 Hull Kingston Rovers 41 Keighley 15 St. Helens 15 Salford 10 Hull FC 9 Leigh 6 Hull Kingston Rovers 10 St. Helens 7 Hull FC 13 Hull Kingston Rovers 3 Notes and comments 1 * the first BBC2 Floodlit Trophy match to end with a team scoring 1 point 2 * Played in daylight 3 * This match was televised 4 * At the time this was the third highest score Postscript To date, this was the last season for the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Competition, which had taken place annually only since its inauguration in the 1965-66 season. Despite several minor disagreements between the BBC and the RFL, including over shirt sponsorship in the early 1970s, overall the competition had been a great success. However financial cutbacks at the BBC lead to its cancellation after the 1979–80 competition. Therefore, this season was to be the last. See also 1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season BBC2 Floodlit Trophy References External links https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/bbc-floodlit-trophy-1979/results.html BBC Floodlit Trophy 1979/80 – Results Rugby League Project Super League Show Rewind: The snazziest titles on television? BBC2 Floodlit Trophy https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-league/36470119 BBC Sport BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Category:BBC2 Floodlit Trophy