Customer Reviews
From a time long, long ago... - By: Richard Allen, 16 Mar 2008 
I have fond memories of watching Indoor League while eating my lunch on school days. In the afternoon we would try-out our Fred Trueman impressions, with imaginary pipe & pint.
Watching these DVDs now, it seems hard to believe this took place only thirty-odd years ago. It looks to have been madein a different age. Was I really aboutin these times! However, it's charmingly nostalgic. Many of the participants seem terribly middle-aged (although they were probably much younger). They play the gamesin suits & ties & the commentators gives us useful background information, such as the headmaster who competesin the bar billiards (could that happen now?).
I've thoroughly enjoyed seeing it again. Clearly it can only be targeted at people who watched it before; I suspect anybody under thirty would be bemused that this once passed as entertainment.
I'll See Thee .... - By: , 09 Feb 2006 Just got hold of a copy of the greatest DVD release of the year so far .... Yorkshire TV's Indoor League.
Forget Skinner & Baddiel taking the mickey out of it on 'Fantasy Football', this was the dogs wot-sits of tellyin the early 70s.
Fronted by sporting hero Fred Trueman & live 'from the Queens Hotelin Leeds', contestants from all across christendom (well, the Yorkshire TV area) battled it out for the top prize of £100 per sport.
Trueman was cladin what became almost a uniformin Northern England at the time, consisting of kipper tie, brown cardigan & complete with the standard tap room pint & pipe. All topped off with Fred's fantastic hair do & at last you might guess what he did with that Brylcream endorsement after he packedin test match cricket.
Contests included darts (on a Yorkshire board mind, none of this Southern 'trebles' rubbish), Shove Ha'penny, Bar Billiards, Table Football & even (Cheese) Skittles .... The programme gave gainful employment to commentating greats, the likes of Keith Macklin & Dave Lanning during the three day week & between stints of World Of Sport.
Ladies & Gentlemen .... This is the sort of thing that the public want. It got great viewing figuresin the region (providing there wasn't a power cut on) Forget Celebrity Islands or which soap star can sing, this was proper telly.
So, let us salute another great Sid Wadell idea (well before he started his 'panto' act on the Darts or even Jossy's Giants) & get your copy of Indoor League madein the days when 'goodness me, you made the best of it ...'
