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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ON THIS DAY :7 OCTOBER 1984 The Glory Boys a 3-part thriller aired between 1 & 3 October starring Hollywood legends Rod Steiger & Anthony Perkins. Meanwhile legendary maniacs from Widnes rampaged across Headingley witnessed by #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October '84 - Prince "Purple Rain" was drenching the Top 40 & Yorksher folk were in't middle of t' Miners' Strike. #RugbyLeague for #LeedsOtherPaper meant raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand attending public autopsies that were almost but not quite a facsimile of 13-a-side.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just a reminder that I pioneered getting banned from the Press Box by the entire Rugby Football League. #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur. @rememberlop.bsky.social @forty20live.bsky.social

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: 28 SEPTEMBER 1986 Whilst Annie Lennox (the Eurythmics) was tearing up the charts,others were making more kinetic use of Thorns into sides at the Victorian Pleasure Gardens of Thrum Hall as reported by intrepid #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand for #LeedsOtherPaper

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: 21 SEPTEMBER 1986 Sigourney Weaver's iconic Ripley was ripping UK cinema screens apart in " Aliens",meanwhile at the Odsal meteorite crater over in #Bradford , #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was observing an alien invasion from #Wigan.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: 18 SEPTEMBER 1988 The Roman Polanski noir-thriller "Frantic" is top of the UK cinema box office.Another kind of noir thriller is unfolding at Lawkholme Lane Black Death Burial Pits with #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand in attendance #Keighley

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: 16 SEPTEMBER 1984 Harrison Ford was raking in the treasure at UK cinemas while at Belle Vue Waste Dump,the hosts were meeting their own Doom. #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand had already seen the movie so watched this instead.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: SEPTEMBER 15 1985 "Nightmare on Elm Street" was still creeping round UK cinemas & at Clarence Street stadium, another horror story was unfolding in front of #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand #York

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: 13 SEPTEMBER 1987 Timothy Dalton's debut as 007 is tearing the UK Box Office apart and #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand is watching Cas beat the living daylights out of their opponents. #Castleford #Hunslet

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

How many voted? Demographic breakdown?Millenials & GenZ dominated hence the historic illiteracy. Players on career end 3rd clubs & those who never won a pot to piss in can't be Castleford Tigers T.o.t.C.Monkeys vote for peanuts #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Castleford Tigers,totally naff & badly prepared. A pre-1996/post 1996 split would've reflected 2 wholly incompatible playing eras of what began as a 13 a side game. T.o.t.C.? Challenge Cup winning sides '69&70, 2; '86 winning side;1. #RugbyLeague #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: SEPTEMBER 11 1988 Crushing it at No.1 at the box office "Rambo III" It was nominated in 5 categories at the 9th Golden Raspberry Awards, winning Worst Actor. Meanwhile #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was royally entertained by a true gladiatorial spectacle.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: SEPTEMBER 10 1989. The Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor comedy"See No Evil,Hear No Evil" is rocking the UK Box Office & its title inspired #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague report. The movie was funny,the game less so!

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ON THIS DAY SEPTEMBER 9 1984 For #RugbyLeague #TheManInTheStand & #LeedsOtherPaper it was the middle of the year long Miners'Strike . "Romancing the Stone" was doing good business at the Flicks.A few weeks later,Thatcher almost didn't make it out of the bathroom at the Tory conference,Brighton.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ON THIS DAY:SEPTEMBER 8 1985 Tina Turner's "Mad Max" movie theme song was nearing the end of its run in the Top 40 and #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand was watching his beloved Cas run over their 'Umbersard opponents. #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: SEPTEMBER 7 1986 BBC's "Only Fools and Horses" was into its fifth series and at Headingley #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was taken in by some dodgy geezers flogging a knock off copy of the real thing.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: SEPTEMBER 6 1987 Bruce Willis' forgettable comedy ,"Blind Date" is number 1 at the UK Box Office and at Elland Road, #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand is watching something equally forgettable - a performance installation art exhibition of water polo on mud.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: SEPTEMBER 4 1989 The Proclaimers were strolling up the Top 40 with "500 Miles" & at the Temple of the Holy Oval Relic (Wheldon Lane) ,Cas were strolling to victory.#LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand was in the congregation of worshippers. #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ON THIS DAY: 3 SEPTEMBER 1989 Timothy Dalton's 007 was killing it at the UK Box Office whilst #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManinTheStand was watching another no.7 (the name is Fox,Deryck Fox)killing Cas' hopes. #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On this day at the Nuremberg Rally Adolf Hitler addressed the Hitler Youth at the Zeppelinfeld stadium. The historic record corroborates that #TheManInTheStand was not present at either of these 2 disparate events.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

15 March 1985: "EastEnders" is in its infancy,episode 8 broadcast the previous evening; Meanwhile,barely 5 days on from disposing of Bramley in the Yorkshire Cup,this Cas side tangle with the Robust "Robins" Hull K.R. as watched by #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

February 24 1985 - Compo is trying to impress Nora Batty in "The Last of the Summer Wine" & #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand is at the historic Thrum Hall ground where 'Fax are trying & failing to impress the lot from 'Umbersard.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Cas marked a Century of existence with their customary insouciance.I understand a nationally well known Waste disposal company is showing interest in becoming Cas' major sponsor. At least they'll get someone who can take out the garbage & dispose of it. #TheManinTheStand #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's May '86 "Rock Me Amadeus" by Austrian singer Falco is top of the charts & fellow Austrian #TheManInTheStand is at Wembley for #LeedsOtherPaper witnessing the greatest game of #RugbyLeague ever.. #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ON THIS DAY - 19 August 1984: While Black Lace were busily inflicting "Agadoo", the worst pop song ever on the British public, #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was witnessing the worst ever game inflicted on the fans of Hull FC & Wakefield Trinity.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

40 YEARS AGO !! #TheManInTheStand Revolutionary #RugbyLeague correspondent of #LeedsOtherPaper engaged in Ideological Class struggle.Whose Game is it anyway? @rememberlop.bsky.social @forty20live.bsky.social

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

April '89 - #TheManInTheStand is covering the Amateur #RugbyLeague scene for #LeedsOtherPaper. The Bangles' "Eternal Flame" is rocking the charts at No1. And Normanton Knights are taking on Leigh Miners & Milford ARLFC (Leeds) are facing legendary Wigan St Patricks

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

40 YEARS AGO!! Intrepid #LeedsOtherPaper guerilla #RugbyLeague front line correspondent #TheManInTheStand was at refurbished Post Office Road,Slumquarter Featherstone & some Swedish group were top of the charts with "Dancing Queen"

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Cas have been struggling in mickey mouse superleague for bloody ages.Coach Ryan Carr has no moral obligation to try&teach basics of the game to a clueless mob of cretins who don't give a sh*t about the historical cultural sporting legacy of Castleford #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

SATURDAY NIGHT,2026 #CASTLEFORD FOLK OUT SEEKING SOLACE AFTER ANOTHER MINDLESS DEBACLE DARN T'LANE ON #YORKSHIREDAY BY #CastlefordTigers @ctrlfc.bsky.social #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

17 September 1989 - First Round of t'Yorksher Cup.While "Lethal Weapon 2" was raking it in at cinema box offices #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was watching the real blood & thunder at Headingley. (David Hobbs of Bradford Northern with the ball)

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

November 26 1988 - Saturday evening BBC-1 had 15 million viewers engrossed in " 'Allo,'Allo! ",meanwhile over in Bradford at Parry Lane with somewhat fewer speccies, #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand was engrossed in an Amateur Battle Royal.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

MAY '88 :That cinematic paean to Capitalism ,"Wall Street" was coining it at the UK Box Office,whilst #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand was revelling in the Amateur RL gladiatorial contretemps at The Pie-Eaters Coliseum.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Today's #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur opinion:- The quintessential dot above the letter "i" in the word "shit". #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

December '89 #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague correspondent #TheManInTheStand went Back to Basics with the Amateur game West Bowling(Bradford) v Bison Sports (based at Bison Concrete,Stourton) as well as the usual Nicotine Mucous Trophy. Back to the Future II was top of the Movie Box Office.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

After #LeedsOtherPaper , #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand (1983/1994) was appointed the world's first ever official Poet in Residence of a professional Rugby Club of either Code in 1999. #WakefieldTrinity #Wakefield

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

DECEMBER 1987 : "FAIRY TALE OF NEW YORK" is racing up the charts & over in Bolton #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand is watching another fairy tale unfold in the semi final of the Nicotine Mucous Trophy. Leeds - Loiners v.Wigan - Pie Eaters pre - Leeds Rhinos Wigan Warriors

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

SEPTEMBER 1984: While Harrison Ford is lighting up cinema screens in " Temple of Doom", #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur ##TheManInTheStand is watching another sort of ritualistic sacrifice in an ancient temple in #Castleford.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

As #TheManInTheStand #RugbyLeague raconteur, #LeedsOtherPaper published 245 match reports from 1983/84 to 89/90.Then another 4 seasons of match previews which I will post once this project reaches its apotheosis. Here's a progress report.A year ago it was 89 now 192. @rememberlop.bsky.social

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

IT'S SEPTEMBER 1985: "Desperately Seeking Susan" is smashing the UK box office and "Darn T'Lane" home of #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand beloved Cas ,the team from 'Umbersard was desperately seeking more points & failing.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

March 1990 : American new wave band The B-52's were storming the charts with "Love Shack",whilst at old wave Headingley, #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was watching the Loiners getting stormed by the Pie-Eaters of Wigan.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

FEBRUARY 1989: "Gorillas in the Mist" was captivating UK cinema audiences,whilst at (pre-Horizon IT scandal) Post Office Road , #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand saw alpha males of Widnes take Featherstone captive...

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

1 November 1987 "Hope and Glory" was in UK cinemas and #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was at Post Office Road open air sorting office watching Amateur National Cup Winners Thatto Heath aiming for glory with little hope against Featherstone Rovers

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

DECEMBER 1986: "The Final Countdown" by Swedish Rock band Europe was at No.1.And #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was at (Pre-Horizon IT scandal) Post Office Road watching the clash of Amateur giants. Jubilee from Featherstone & Elland RLFC of Halifax.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A week and a half before D-Day.We can have no idea of the fortitude & spirit of resilience which those of that era had as a matter of course.I can't imagine the speccies carping at the lack choice of ales available the clubhouse. #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

SEPTEMBER 26,1984 "Miami Vice" debuted 10 days earlier across The Pond,bringing glamour & glitz to Cop shows.Over at the Odsal Meteorite crater #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand didn't see any glitz or glamour but floodlights illuminated a rambunctious episode.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY : MAY 18 1986.Peter Gabriel was wrecking the Top 40 with his "Sledgehammer" & at Elland Rd.Coliseum, #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand watched Les Boyd do the same to Halifax.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

MARCH 1988 ,The Bangles version of Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter" is storming the charts, meanwhile indefatigable #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand explores the Amateur RL scene.Something the mainstream local rags never did well. @rememberlop.bsky.social

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