1986–87 John Player Special Trophy

1986–87 John Player Special Trophy National knockout championship Wigan Winners Warrington 1985–86 John Player Special Trophy 1985–86 1987–88 John Player Special Trophy 1987–88 36 This was the sixteenth season of the rugby league League Cup, again known as the John Player Special Trophy for sponsorship purposes. Wigan won the trophy, beating Warrington 18–4 in the final. The match was played at Burnden Park, Bolton, Greater Manchester. The attendance was 22,144 and receipts were £86041. Background This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-six. There were no drawn matches in this seasons tournament Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/regal-trophy/results.htmlWigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3293 Preliminary round Wigan "Cherry and White" j Player Rd 1 archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2604 Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 12 Nov 1986Halifax38-23YorkThrum Hall29622Sat 15 Nov 1986Millom4-18Wakefield TrinityCoronation Field, Millom20001Wakefield until I die http://www.wakefieldtrinity-programmes.co.uk/page_2654162.html3Sun 16 Nov 1986Batley2-8Myson (Hull)Mount Pleasant68724Sun 16 Nov 1986Workington Town16-6Huddersfield BarracudasDerwent Park420Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201986-87.pdf Round 1 - First Round Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 29 Nov 1986Wigan32-10LeedsCentral Park91122Sun 30 Nov 1986Barrow36-10Runcorn HighfieldCraven Park177133Sun 30 Nov 1986Blackpool Borough42-12Mansfield MarksmanBorough Park3764Sun 30 Nov 1986Doncaster18-14Hull Kingston RoversBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield30845Sun 30 Nov 1986Featherstone Rovers22-18Workington TownPost Office Road15216Sun 30 Nov 1986Fulham24-34CastlefordChiswick Poly Sports Grd 13747Sun 30 Nov 1986Halifax36-22Wakefield TrinityThrum Hall40768Sun 30 Nov 1986Leigh32-10Rochdale HornetsHilton Park27549Sun 30 Nov 1986Myson (Hull)11-18SwintonCraven Park (1)1648210Sun 30 Nov 1986Oldham12-22Bradford NorthernWatersheddings564211Sun 30 Nov 1986Salford12-27Hull F.C.The Willows2100HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/198612Sun 30 Nov 1986Sheffield Eagles14-6BramleyOwlerton Stadium41513Sun 30 Nov 1986Warrington11-10HunsletWilderspool3680Warrington 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 2014-02-02 14Sun 30 Nov 1986Whitehaven8-10St. HelensRecreation Ground3678Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2014-07-13 2012-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 dead15Sun 30 Nov 1986Widnes82-0DewsburyNaughton Park21384Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=189616Thu 04 Dec 1986Carlisle8-2KeighleyPenrith FC300 Round 2 - Second Round Wigan "Cherry and White" j Player Rd 2 archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2605 Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 6 Dec 1986Castleford22-26St. HelensWheldon Road 48082Sun 7 Dec 1986Blackpool Borough22-48Hull F.C.Borough Park372353Sun 7 Dec 1986Featherstone Rovers12-19Bradford NorthernPost Office Road39074Sun 7 Dec 1986Leigh26-14DoncasterHilton Park33635Sun 7 Dec 1986Sheffield Eagles8-14BarrowOwlerton Stadium51366Sun 7 Dec 1986Warrington44-10HalifaxWilderspool58047Sun 7 Dec 1986Wigan20-14SwintonCentral Park98748Mon 8 Dec 1986Widnes36-6CarlisleNaughton Park2016 Round 3 -Quarter-finals Wigan "Cherry and White" j Player Rd 3 archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2606 Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 13 Dec 1986Bradford Northern8-20Hull F.C.Odsal35452Sun 14 Dec 1986Barrow6-16WidnesCraven Park31993Sun 14 Dec 1986St. Helens20-22WarringtonKnowsley Road115714Sun 14 Dec 1986Wigan6-2LeighCentral Park11573 Round 4 – Semi-finals Wigan "Cherry and White" j Player S-F archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2607 Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 20 Dec 1986Wigan12-11Hull F.C.Headingley52452Sat 27 Dec 1986Warrington35-4WidnesCentral Park6409 Final Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 10 January 1987Wigan18-4WarringtonBurnden Park Bolton22144860417, 8Wigan "Cherry and White" j Player Final archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2615 2014-07-13 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185529/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2615 deadRaymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 XRaymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2615 2014-07-13 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185529/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2615 dead WiganNo.Warrington teams Steve Hampson1Brian JohnsonDavid Stephenson2Kevin MeadowsJoe Lydon3Paul CullenDean Bell4Joe RopatiHenderson Gill5Mark ForsterEllery Hanley6Ken KellyShaun Edwards7Steve PetersGraeme West8Les BoydMartin Dermott9Kevin TamatiBrian Case10Bob JacksonIan Roberts11Gary SandersonIan Potter12Mark RobertsAndy Goodway13Mike Gregory? Not used14Ronnie Duane (for Steve Peters 63-minutes)? Not used15Alan Rathbone (for Kevin Tamati half-time)Graham LoweCoachTony Barrow 18score44HT4 Scorers Tries Dean Bell (1)TMark Forster (1)Henderson Gill (2)TAndy Goodway (1)T Goals Henderson Gill (1)G RefereeJohn Holdsworth (Kippax)Man of the matchAndy Goodway - Wigan - lfCompetition SponsorJohn Player Special Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point Prize money As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :- Finish PositionCash prizeNo. receiving prizeTotal cash Winner?1?Runner-up?1?semi-finalist?2?loser in Rd 3?4?loser in Rd 2?8?Loser in Rd 1?16?Loser in Prelim Round???Grand Total Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ? The road to success This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Final Wigan 32 Leeds 10 Myson (Hull) 11 Swinton 18 Leigh 32 Rochdale Hornets 10 Doncaster 18 Hull Kingston Rovers 14 Featherstone Rovers 22 Workington Town 18 Oldham 12 Bradford Northern 22 Blackpool Borough 42 Mansfield Marksman 12 Salford 12 Hull F.C. 27 Fulham 24 Castleford 34 Whitehaven 8 St. Helens 10 Warrington 11 Hunslet 11 Halifax 36 Wakefield Trinity 22 Sheffield Eagles 14 Bramley 6 Barrow 36 Runcorn Highfield 10 Widnes 62 Dewsbury 0 Carlisle 8 Keighley 2 Wigan 20 Swinton 14 Leigh 26 Doncaster 14 Featherstone Rovers 12 Bradford Northern 19 Blackpool Borough 22 Hull F.C. 48 Castleford 22 St. Helens 26 Warrington 44 Halifax 10 Sheffield Eagles 8 Barrow 14 Widnes 36 Carlisle 6 Wigan 6 Leigh 2 Bradford Northern 8 Hull F.C. 20 St. Helens 20 Warrington 22 Barrow 6 Widnes 16 Wigan 12 Hull F.C. 11 Warrington 35 Widnes 4 Wigan 18 Warrington 4 Notes and comments 1 * Millom are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria, current home ground is the Coronation Field ground. 2 * Myson are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull 3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives score as 36-10 but Wigan official archives gives it as 3-10 (which must be incorrect as Barrow progressed to Round 1) 4 * The highest score, highest score by home team, and highest winning margin between professional clubs, to date 5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject and Wigan official archives gives the venue as Borough Park, the home of Blackpool Borough but Hull F.C. official archives give the venue as Boulevard, home of Hull F.C. 6 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the score as 8-14 but Wigan official archives gives it as 6-14 7 * The Rugby League Authorities were very unhappy with the television coverage of this final offered by the BBC. The broadcaster missed the first six minutes of the second half televising a horse race from Ireland. They also ignored the trophy presentation entirely and disrupted the pre match entertainment to interview Great Britain coach Malcolm Reilly, yet didn't show that interview anyway! 8 * Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers from 1895 to 1997. It hosted the 1900-01 FA Cup final replay in which Tottenham Hotspur beat Sheffield United 3.1. The record attendance was for a 6th round F A Cup match with Stoke City (Stanley Matthews played for Stoke at the time) at which, although the ground capacity was set at 70,000, an estimated 85,000 fans crowded in, and when two crush barriers broke, the result was 33 fans killed and another 400 injured. The capacity at closure was a mere 25,000 See also 1986–87 Rugby Football League season 1986 Lancashire Cup 1986 Yorkshire Cup John Player Special Trophy Rugby league county cups References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2012-03-02 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2014-02-02 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Huddersfield R L Heritage Wakefield until I die Category:1986 in English rugby league Category:1987 in English rugby league Category:Regal Trophy