1986–87 John Player Special Trophy

2 * Myson are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull 3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives score as 36-10 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 3-10 (which must be incorrect as Barrow progressed to Round 1) 4 * The highest score, highest score by home team, and highest winning margin between professional clubs, to date 5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Wigan official archives[2] gives the venue as Borough Park, the home of Blackpool Borough but Hull F.C.

The broadcaster missed the first six minutes of the second half televising a horse race from Ireland.

8 * Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers from 1895 to 1997.

It hosted the 1900-01 FA Cup final replay in which Tottenham Hotspur beat Sheffield United 3.1.

The record attendance was for a 6th round F A Cup match with Stoke City (Stanley Matthews played for Stoke at the time) at which, although the ground capacity was set at 70,000, an estimated 85,000 fans crowded in, and when two crush barriers broke, the result was 33 fans killed and another 400 injured.