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OwenR
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Posted: 27 August 2004 at 3:17pm |
Does anyone know when the nickname Scarlets really started to be used for Llanelli? Is it quite modern (last 50 years?) or from the start?
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mAce
Founder I'm Real Joined: 04 August 2004 Location: Llanelli Status: Offline Points: 13142 |
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Good question, I'm not the greatest on LLanelli history, but I'm sure we didn't start off playing in scarlet....
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SA14
Moderator Group Wwwww mince Joined: 15 August 2004 Location: Pemberton Status: Offline Points: 23830 |
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i started a topic on this on the old website which mentioned the date i think. it also mentioned the fact that stradey is 100yrs old and something about wasps too, can u find it admin?
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SA14
Moderator Group Wwwww mince Joined: 15 August 2004 Location: Pemberton Status: Offline Points: 23830 |
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found it i found my copy of 'the scarlets' by gareth hughes earlier which is a book on the history of the club, here's wot i found '1904, this was a historic year as it saw the club move to their 'new' pitch at stradey which is still the headquarters of llanelli rugby', 'the committee bravely chose the visit of swansea on 15 october for the formal opening of the ground' now if my calculations are correct doesn't that mean it's 100 years since that date? (!) i find it incredible no one has picked up on this, especially as the ground won't be around much longer! 1879 - (50yrs) first obtained use of stradey (cricket ground) for their matches 1884 - (120yrs) first wore scarlet 1994 - (10yrs) llanelli warriors formed 1954 - (50yrs) first played Wasps (!!) |
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supertaf
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As far as I was concerned, as soon as we started wearing scarlet, the nickname was born. Previously, we wore some strange colours including chocolate and pink !!
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bin laden
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nothing wrong with chocolate and pink mind you.
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Yes,I am back with a stewards view on things.
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scarlets 4eva
Veteran Joined: 18 August 2004 Location: Llanelli, Wales Status: Offline Points: 1335 |
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haha that would sound great in the matches c'mon u chocolates or c'mon u pinks i think they used to wear blue as the home kit or thats something i heard |
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