Fans of the original Lions might be interested to know that import Barry Smith went on to an impressive coaching career and he is currently based at Swedish side, Modo. Mikael Uhlin, who runs a site about the former London Lions, has kindly sent me an article about Barry that featured in a Swedish magazine, together with an English translation. You can find it in the Team History section, here.
Category: Nostalgia
New video clip
Bob Mitura has uploaded the second part of his video clips of what turned out to be an Autumn Trophy game that the Lions played against Medway Bears on 2 October 1988, winning 12-11. It’s on Bob’s Facebook page, in the History section of this site and here:
Lions v Medway Bears 87/88 video clip
Lions’ 80s netminder, Bob Mitura, has uploaded an awesome 5-mins video clip of the Lions playing at home against Medway Bears. It includes our legendary entrance and goal-scoring songs as well as a packed Clock End! I’ve put a link to it in the History section of the site, but here it is:
Ancient video clips now on YouTube
I’ve uploaded the ancient video clips from the Lions of the 90s onto YouTube. They were previously in the History section of the site in WMV format, but now they’re on YouTube instead. The Multimedia page of the History section has been updated with the embedded videos.
Nostalgia site update
Howard Wiggan, who was on the team back in the British Engine days, has contacted me so I’ve added his details to the Where Are They Now? page.