1966–67 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

The 1966–67 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the second occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.

Castleford won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 7-2

The match was played at Wheldon Road, Castleford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 8,986 and receipts were £1,692

This was to be the second of Castleford's three victories in successive seasons in the  first three Floodlit competitions

Background
This season the original eight invitees were joined by Barrow, Rochdale Hornets and Salford bringing the total of entrants up to eleven, an increase of three.

This involved the introduction of a preliminary knock-out round on a two legged home and away basis, to reduce the  numbers to eight, followed by a mini-league and with the semi-finals and final stages again being on a knock out basis.

Preliminary round – first leg
Involved 3 matches and 6 Clubs

Preliminary round – second leg
Involved 3 matches and 6 Clubs

Round 1 – first qualifying round
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Round 2 – second qualifying round
Involved 4 matches with the same 8 clubs - but NOT reverse fixtures

Qualifying league table
Pos = Finishing position  P = Games played   W = Wins   D = Drqw   L = Lose

PF = Points scored  PA = Points against   Pts = League points   PD = Points scored difference

To progress to the next stage
The rules stated that the four clubs with the greatest total winning margins were to qualify, and proceed, to the semi-final.

The four clubs in this case were Castleford, Widnes, Swinton and Barrow

Round 3 – semi-finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

Notes and comments
1 * Rochdale Hornets join the competition and play first game in the competition

2 * Salford join the competition and play first game in the competition, and first at home in the competition

3 * At the time this was the highest score, highest aggregate score and greatest winning margin, but to be broken three weeks later

4 * Rochdale Hornets play their first game at home in the competition

5 * At the time this was the highest score, highest aggregate score and greatest winning margin

6 * Barrow join the competition and play first game in the competition

7 * Barrow play their first game at home in the competition

8 * Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford. The first match was played there in 1927 and the current capacity in the region of 13,000 although the record attendance was 25,449 set in 1935 in a Challenge Cup match against Hunslet.