Nostalgic look No 1

Tony Rowe commented that it has taken 12 years of trying to get to the Premiership, which set me thinking about how many players had been involved during that time.  Of course there are many ex-players from before this time who are still involved with the club but these lists only cover tose who played in each season.  With help from Statbunker I have compiled details of those who played in each of those twelve years (ranked on match appearances).  There's a link to the Statbunker site for each player just click their name in the lists. Those in bold are part of the 09/10 Championship winning squad, the list of those who played in this is:-

 

It has to be noted that many others played their part in preparing the players to compete so effectively.

Compiling this has brought back many memories for me and I hope it does for you.  Here's the first three years, 1997 -2000.

Season 97/98 - 11th of 12 sides, Top points scorer John Fabian 174, most tries James Alvis with 6.  Bedford won the league with 40 points, West Hartlepool 2nd on 31.

Played	Won	Draw	Lost	For	Against	Points Diff	Points
22	6	0	16	334	553	-219	12

Season 98/99 - 6th of 14 sides. Top points scorer Bryan Easson 241, most tries Mark Woodman with 9.  Bristol won the league with 44 points but 10 points better points difference than Rotherham who also had 44 points.

Played	Won	Draw	Lost	For	Against	Points Diff	Points
26	14	1	11	591	598	-7	29

Season 99/00 - 4th of 14 sides with the same points as Worcester who were 3rd on points difference. Top points scorer Sam Howard with 312, most tries Andy Beattie with 10.  Rotherham won the league with 72 points, Leeds were second on 66.

Played	Won	Draw	Lost	For	Against	Points Diff	Points
26	19	0	7	742	466	276	57