If the Queen had known anything about Rugby League, she'd
have ditched
Phil the Greek and made Roger King!
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Graham Handforth, Hull UK
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Hull K.R.
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13/04/2005
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I have to correct what you said about Roger's knighthood, quigs
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If the Queen had known anything about Rugby League, she'd
have ditched
Phil the Greek and made Roger King!
Roger recently contacted the Junior Robins (Rovers' U16 supporters)
to
accept our invitation to a party (at Craven Park, 30th April
2005) for
the kids to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Rovers' Wembley
win over
Hull FC
It's all a part of our plan to educate our youngsters that
there's more
to Rugby League than just the TV image they see.
We want them to know all about the history and legends of
the game and
to feel part of it.
Continued...
Great night, fantastic memories of real rugby league
and of a true rugby league hero
From Graham Handford of Hull......
A fantastic picture of 'Sir' Roger Millward.
It was taken on the night of the anniversary of Hull KR's
Wembley win against the old enemy ,Hull FC.
(It was 25 years ago but we've still got the bragging rights!)
Roger was guest of honour and we asked him to be the President of
the Junior Robins (Hull KRs 0-16 supporters group) and he agreed.
Roger said he was both surprised and humbled by the turnout (250)
and he said he couldn't believe he was still so well thought of and
the fact that the kids (who had never seen him play) could be so excited,
having their photos taken with him.
Roger spent the entire night having his photo taken, signing autographs
and chatting to the kids.
We had an auction that raised over £800, mostly cos everything
was signed by Roger - we'd have made about fifty quid otherwise! I
even auctioned a meat pie he'd signed!
The great Anniversery Cake........"what a beauty"
(Thanks Graham ......Roger is a great bloke,
no arguments this side of the world either...Quigs)
Appears in the following pages ....P85_Roger MILLWARD
Date of posting ... 23-May-2005
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