MAY 1989 - Aussie Rock band Midnight Oil were burning up the Top 40 with their powerful indictment of oppressed Aborigines. At The Boulevard, #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInStand saw Hull FC brutally oppressing aboriginal natives of a former Coal Mining town.

XMAS 1988 - The #LeedsOtherPaper Yuletide edition published 23 December continued its coverage of #RugbyLeague (but not as we know it) from #TheManInStand. Meanwhile at cinemas everywhere "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" got the No.1 Christmas Movie spot.

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AI Overview
#TheManInStand" is a social media hashtag with nostalgic posts about #RugbyLeague, particularly in Castleford,Featherstone,Wakefield etc.
It's used by Louis Kasatkin to share articles from #LeedsOtherPaper of the mid 1980s to early 90s. @rememberlop.bsky.social @forty20live.bsky.social

January 1990 ."Quantum Leap",the cult US sci-fi show started its run on BBC2.In another part of the Cosmos, #TheManInStand leapt over to the Odsal meteorite crater for #LeedsOtherPaper to observe practitioners of #RugbyLeague in their natural habitat.

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PICK OF THE PARAGRAPHS!

Its April 1993, #REM are in the charts with 'Everybody hurts' & #LeedsOtherPaper has morphed into #NorthernStar & #TheManInStand is embedded for some frontline visceral #RugbyLeague reportage. @rememberlop.bsky.social

September '84 was in the middle of the year long Miners' Strike .Ray Parker Jnr's."Ghostbusters"was Top of the Pops.A little over a month later in October ,Thatcher et al nearly didn't make it out of the bathrooms at the Grand Hotel Brighton. #TheManInStand & #LeedsOtherPaper just kept on chooglin.

Of 245 #RugbyLeague match reports by #TheManInStand in #LeedsOtherPaper, this brings it up to 69 so far posted across social media!
It's September 1988 & The Commodores "Easy" is in the charts.Meanwhile it's #Leeds v #Widnes

Of 245 #RugbyLeague match reports by #TheManInStand in #LeedsOtherPaper, this brings it up to 68 so far posted across social media! It's September 1988 & The Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be (500 miles") is in the charts.Meanwhile it's #Castleford v #Halifax

Of 245 #RugbyLeague match reports by #TheManInStand in #LeedsOtherPaper, this brings it up to 67 posted so far across social media!
It's September 1988 & the re-released 1969 Hollies hit - "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" is back at No1.Meanwhile it's #Featherstone v #Leeds

Draws in #RugbyLeague are a rare occurrence, #TheManInStand reported 2 in #LeedsOtherPaper in a space of 5 weeks back in 1988. From the ridiculous to the sublime #Featherstone v #Oldham top of the table 2nd Division clash & #Halifax v #Hull Challenge Cup SemiFinal.

ADDENDUM TO THE PRECEDING POST : #TheManInStand #RugbyLeague coverage in #LeedsOtherPaper encompassed under reported grassroots U-19s James Cook Boys High School from Australia in #Castleford

The '93 Xmas Edition of #LeedsOtherPaper aka Northern Star published 16 December.The Paper performed harakiri on 14 January'94. My last columns culminated in #TheManInStand #RugbyLeague previews & a coruscating piece on proposals for a R.L.Super League. #Castleford #Featherstone #Wigan

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#TheManInStand - original Cas fan - #rugbyleague reporter for #LeedsOtherPaper published 9 May 1986 - say no more - one of the greatest single match reports ever... @ctrlfc.bsky.social @hullkr.bsky.social