By ANDREW JACKSON OVER the 16 years since Friday Night Lights first took place, one of the biggest developments in the Challenge Cup Final has been the success of the French, with Catalan Dragons playing in the first final at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium in 2007, then lifting the cup in 2018. One French club […]
Read MoreBy ANDREW JACKSON OLDHAM have been the opposition at Friday Night Lights once before. They came to New River looking to complete the feat of winning every away game in the league season under former Skolars’ coach Tony Benson. In contrast, Skolars had won just two games all season, though a 68-22 victory against bottom […]
Read MoreBy ANDREW JACKSON AFTER Workington Town had been the opposition for the first Friday Night Lights game in 2006, their local Cumbrian rivals were the visitors in 2012. The opposition coach for both games was Ged Stokes. Skolars needed a win to keep their play-off hopes alive (they ended up missing out by two points) […]
Read MoreIN the lead-up to Friday Night Lights, we will be counting down some of our favourite fixtures since the event’s inception in 2006. Today we are revisiting our 2013 fixture which saw Skolars go down in a tight contest to Keighley. For the full match report CLICK HERE. For tickets to this years Friday Night […]
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