Louis Kasatkin
@louiskasatkin.bsky.social
R.L.Correspondent - The Man in the Stand- Leeds Other Paper 1983-94.Poet in Residence Wakefield Trinity 1999-2001.Poet in Residence Wakefield Cathedral 2001-2007.Founder & Administrator Destiny Poets 2011 - to date.
January '90 "Last Exit to Brooklyn"(brilliant novel!)made it onto the Big Screen & St.Helens made it onto McLaren Field to take on Bramley as witnessed by renegade #RugbyLeague reporter #TheManInTheStand for #LeedsOtherPaper
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
January '90 "Last Exit to Brooklyn"(brilliant novel!)made it onto the Big Screen & St.Helens made it onto McLaren Field to take on Bramley as witnessed by renegade #RugbyLeague reporter #TheManInTheStand for #LeedsOtherPaper
#SuperLeague AKA professional,top grade,best sport in the known universe #RugbyLeague is doing fantastic ,the new ouija board séance deal we have with SKY Necromancy means more brain dead zombies than ever can enjoy Shaun's Hyped International Test Expectations in the comfort of their own coffins.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#SuperLeague AKA professional,top grade,best sport in the known universe #RugbyLeague is doing fantastic ,the new ouija board séance deal we have with SKY Necromancy means more brain dead zombies than ever can enjoy Shaun's Hyped International Test Expectations in the comfort of their own coffins.
#TheManInTheStand on #RugbyLeague Another former bastion of working class sporting cultural & regional identity succumbed to the poison of ideological Wokery and all its nonsense.
Rugby Football League EnglandRL telling Tales told by UN idiots ,full of sound & fury & signifying nothing.
Rugby Football League EnglandRL telling Tales told by UN idiots ,full of sound & fury & signifying nothing.
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#TheManInTheStand on #RugbyLeague Another former bastion of working class sporting cultural & regional identity succumbed to the poison of ideological Wokery and all its nonsense.
Rugby Football League EnglandRL telling Tales told by UN idiots ,full of sound & fury & signifying nothing.
Rugby Football League EnglandRL telling Tales told by UN idiots ,full of sound & fury & signifying nothing.
NOVEMBER '75 #TheManInTheStand was years away from his incarnation. #LeedsOtherPaper was a fortnightly sans #RugbyLeague coverage.But EnglandRL & Rugby Football League had dreams beyond their own innate mediocrity.It's the Pink Floyd song that didn’t make it onto the "Wish You Were Here" album.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
NOVEMBER '75 #TheManInTheStand was years away from his incarnation. #LeedsOtherPaper was a fortnightly sans #RugbyLeague coverage.But EnglandRL & Rugby Football League had dreams beyond their own innate mediocrity.It's the Pink Floyd song that didn’t make it onto the "Wish You Were Here" album.
December '84 - Who are you gonna call? #LeedsOtherPaper guerilla frontline #RugbyLeague correspondent #TheManInTheStand. As "Ghostbusters"(should never have done a follow up) was bustin the UK box office,The Glassblowers were bustin The Chemics
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
December '84 - Who are you gonna call? #LeedsOtherPaper guerilla frontline #RugbyLeague correspondent #TheManInTheStand. As "Ghostbusters"(should never have done a follow up) was bustin the UK box office,The Glassblowers were bustin The Chemics
February '86,Norwegian Rock sensations A-Ha were top of the UK Top 40 whilst renegade #RugbyLeague reporter #TheManInTheStand was in historic Eboracum /Jorvik for #LeedsOtherPaper
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
February '86,Norwegian Rock sensations A-Ha were top of the UK Top 40 whilst renegade #RugbyLeague reporter #TheManInTheStand was in historic Eboracum /Jorvik for #LeedsOtherPaper
February '88,"Fatal Attraction" is top of the UK movies box office & steaming up the silver screen at the local Odeon and #TheManInTheStand is across the city watching Great Britain encounter France at #RugbyLeague for #LeedsOtherPaper
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
February '88,"Fatal Attraction" is top of the UK movies box office & steaming up the silver screen at the local Odeon and #TheManInTheStand is across the city watching Great Britain encounter France at #RugbyLeague for #LeedsOtherPaper
(Not quite on this very day) November 11 1984 -Castleford were destined to have a lousy season (it's deja vu all over again 40 years on!) Clint Eastwood in " Tightrope"was big at the Flicks & #TheManInTheStand was hanging about down t'lane for #LeedsOtherPaper for no particular reason.
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
(Not quite on this very day) November 11 1984 -Castleford were destined to have a lousy season (it's deja vu all over again 40 years on!) Clint Eastwood in " Tightrope"was big at the Flicks & #TheManInTheStand was hanging about down t'lane for #LeedsOtherPaper for no particular reason.
ON THIS VERY DAY: #TheManInTheStand renegade #RugbyLeague correspondent was at Headingley for #LeedsOtherPaper
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ON THIS VERY DAY: #TheManInTheStand renegade #RugbyLeague correspondent was at Headingley for #LeedsOtherPaper
ON THIS DAY - NOVEMBER 5th. 1989 #TheManInTheStand ever present at #RugbyLeague Yorkshire Cup Finals for #LeedsOtherPaper .N.B. the nuanced insightful pejorative ascribed to the referee.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
ON THIS DAY - NOVEMBER 5th. 1989 #TheManInTheStand ever present at #RugbyLeague Yorkshire Cup Finals for #LeedsOtherPaper .N.B. the nuanced insightful pejorative ascribed to the referee.
It'sJanuary '88 ,Kylie Minogue is at the zenith of her Pop career in the Top 40 & Castleford aren't in theirs.Renegade #RugbyLeague reporter #TheManInTheStand is at Headingley witnessing their exit from t'Cup for #LeedsOtherPaper
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It'sJanuary '88 ,Kylie Minogue is at the zenith of her Pop career in the Top 40 & Castleford aren't in theirs.Renegade #RugbyLeague reporter #TheManInTheStand is at Headingley witnessing their exit from t'Cup for #LeedsOtherPaper
It's February '89 (but that's not important right now!) The Naked Gun is sat atop the UK cinema box office ,whilst the intrepid #RugbyLeague reporter for #LeedsOtherPaper #TheManInTheStand is in the Headingley South Stand enjoying the carnage.(but that still isn't important right now).
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's February '89 (but that's not important right now!) The Naked Gun is sat atop the UK cinema box office ,whilst the intrepid #RugbyLeague reporter for #LeedsOtherPaper #TheManInTheStand is in the Headingley South Stand enjoying the carnage.(but that still isn't important right now).
It's November '84. The Pointer Sisters "I'm So Excited" is in the charts.Wheldon Road,Lagentium hosts An "Under 21s" International,providing #TheManInTheStand renegade #RugbyLeague reporter #LeedsOtherPaper with illimitable parameters for scathing invective & hyperbole.
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It's November '84. The Pointer Sisters "I'm So Excited" is in the charts.Wheldon Road,Lagentium hosts An "Under 21s" International,providing #TheManInTheStand renegade #RugbyLeague reporter #LeedsOtherPaper with illimitable parameters for scathing invective & hyperbole.
England v Australia Kangaroos #RugbyLeague #Ashes 2nd Test at Hill-Dickinson ,Liverpool. Reaffirms the RFL doctrine of Shaun's Hyped International Test Expectations. Headingley next week will be quieter than a mausoleum. Betfred Super League's finest wastrels & parkbench initinerants lose again.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
England v Australia Kangaroos #RugbyLeague #Ashes 2nd Test at Hill-Dickinson ,Liverpool. Reaffirms the RFL doctrine of Shaun's Hyped International Test Expectations. Headingley next week will be quieter than a mausoleum. Betfred Super League's finest wastrels & parkbench initinerants lose again.
#TheManInTheStand via #LeedsOtherPaper ouija board. A summary of the intellectually shrivelled drivel spouted by #RugbyLeague commentators, podcast pundits&coaches on the 2nd Test England v Australia at Hill-Dickinson Stadium ...The outcome will be decided by whichever side scores the most points!
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November 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#TheManInTheStand via #LeedsOtherPaper ouija board. A summary of the intellectually shrivelled drivel spouted by #RugbyLeague commentators, podcast pundits&coaches on the 2nd Test England v Australia at Hill-Dickinson Stadium ...The outcome will be decided by whichever side scores the most points!
Apropos of nothing in particular, except #TheManInTheStand has his origin story all the way back to the very beginning of my decades long saga of letters to the Editor.These from #PontefractandCastlefordExpress October 1975 and the conclusion of the issues raised, January 1976.
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular, except #TheManInTheStand has his origin story all the way back to the very beginning of my decades long saga of letters to the Editor.These from #PontefractandCastlefordExpress October 1975 and the conclusion of the issues raised, January 1976.
My second ever #TheManInTheStand #guerilla #RugbyLeague match report for #LeedsOtherPaper ,another 243 were to follow the next 7 seasons.This one watching the forefathers of the current 2025 Kangaroos in action. Plus ça change!!
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My second ever #TheManInTheStand #guerilla #RugbyLeague match report for #LeedsOtherPaper ,another 243 were to follow the next 7 seasons.This one watching the forefathers of the current 2025 Kangaroos in action. Plus ça change!!
#TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague correspondent indulges the hyperbole.On a historic note Tait didn't start at FB - it was Hampson who got sent off early for nutting erstwhile rapscallion Gary Freeman.
October 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague correspondent indulges the hyperbole.On a historic note Tait didn't start at FB - it was Hampson who got sent off early for nutting erstwhile rapscallion Gary Freeman.
Renegade #RugbyLeague #LeedsOtherPaper correspondent #TheManInTheStand travelled many a mile even as far as the coast of the North Sea,virtually half way to Denmark for this Olympian Classic.
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Renegade #RugbyLeague #LeedsOtherPaper correspondent #TheManInTheStand travelled many a mile even as far as the coast of the North Sea,virtually half way to Denmark for this Olympian Classic.
January '90,"Back To The Future II" is coining it at the box office & the Nicotine Mucous Trophy Final is back at the Big Spitoon,Headingley,where #TheManInTheStand rogue #RugbyLeague reporter is in the trenches for #LeedsOtherPaper
October 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
January '90,"Back To The Future II" is coining it at the box office & the Nicotine Mucous Trophy Final is back at the Big Spitoon,Headingley,where #TheManInTheStand rogue #RugbyLeague reporter is in the trenches for #LeedsOtherPaper
#TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper just listened to #RugbyLeague coverage of Wembley Test.England 6 Australia 26.Proof that English SuperLeague is nothing more than the deserved acronym, Shaun's Hyped International Test Expectations #ENGvAUS #NRL #Ashes2025 #Kangaroos
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October 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper just listened to #RugbyLeague coverage of Wembley Test.England 6 Australia 26.Proof that English SuperLeague is nothing more than the deserved acronym, Shaun's Hyped International Test Expectations #ENGvAUS #NRL #Ashes2025 #Kangaroos
#TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague reporter was there.Didn't bother writing a report.Nothing happened.The ever so polite Kumuls ent to a vicarage tea party & GB nicked all the silver.The crowd several £s lighter having been missold the match were bored into silence.
Today in 1987: Great Britain beat Papua New Guinea 42-0 at Central Park. #RugbyLeague
October 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague reporter was there.Didn't bother writing a report.Nothing happened.The ever so polite Kumuls ent to a vicarage tea party & GB nicked all the silver.The crowd several £s lighter having been missold the match were bored into silence.
October '88 - The UK box office is going wild for "A Fish Called Wanda" & #TheManInTheStand renegade #RugbyLeague reporter for #LeedsOtherPaper is watching "A Fish Called Trinity" A dead Fish in fact,one that has ceased to be..
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
October '88 - The UK box office is going wild for "A Fish Called Wanda" & #TheManInTheStand renegade #RugbyLeague reporter for #LeedsOtherPaper is watching "A Fish Called Trinity" A dead Fish in fact,one that has ceased to be..
April '93 "Unforgiven" is on at the Flicks & #TheManInTheStand is on his way to Wigan with Castleford as embedded frontline #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague correspondent.Access all areas.One of the greatest published sports article of the generations. @rememberlop.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
April '93 "Unforgiven" is on at the Flicks & #TheManInTheStand is on his way to Wigan with Castleford as embedded frontline #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague correspondent.Access all areas.One of the greatest published sports article of the generations. @rememberlop.bsky.social
Was it really 40 years ago today? #TheManInTheStand does the timewarp, again for #LeedsOtherPaper. #RugbyLeague just like it used to be.
October 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Was it really 40 years ago today? #TheManInTheStand does the timewarp, again for #LeedsOtherPaper. #RugbyLeague just like it used to be.