Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere.
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18 Facts About Castleford Tigers
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Under the direction of coach George Clinton, Castleford Tigers won many fans in the '60s by playing an open and free-flowing style of rugby, earning them the nicknames "Classy Cas" and "High Speed Cas", the latter playing off the slogan for British Gas in use at the time.
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Castleford Tigers picked up where they left off when they were again beaten in the Championship finals in 1969, this time conceding defeat to arch-rivals Leeds.
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Castleford Tigers's finished a respectable ninth in a one-division table but Sheridan stepped down following criticism from fans.
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Castleford Tigers made the semi-final of the Challenge Cup in 2002, however the team was to fall down the table over the years to come.
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Dave Woods was appointed head coach and Castleford Tigers finished second in the Co-Operative Championship in 2005 and were back in the Super League via play-offs following victory in the playoff final, as well as competing in the Northern Rail Cup final, where they lost to Hull Kingston Rovers.
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Castleford Tigers were celebrated for playing a good brand of Rugby League however it was not good enough to stop them from contesting a relegation dog fight which was to culminate in a historic match at Wakefield Trinity's Belle Vue, dubbed 'The Battle of Belle Vue'.
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Many Castleford Tigers fans do not accept this relegation and it became a grave point of contention with the governing body.
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Castleford Tigers were relegated from second bottom in front of the newly inducted French side, Catalans Dragons, who had been given immunity from relegation that season, and behind Wigan who had been found guilty of a breach of the salary cap rules.
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In 2007, Castleford Tigers again made a quick return to Super League as they finished top of the Championship with only one loss all season and defeated Widnes 42 – 10 in the Co-Operative Championship play-off final.
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Castleford Tigers finished bottom of Super League in 2008, but were not relegated due to the newly in place franchise rules.
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In 2017, the Castleford Tigers enjoyed a phenomenal 23 game regular season as they finished 10 points clear at the top of the table prior to the split having won 20 and losing just 3 of their games.
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In 2017, Castleford Tigers finished top of the table for the first time in their 91-year history and won the league leaders shield.
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On 7 October, Castleford Tigers played in their first grand final since 1969 against The Leeds Rhinos.
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Castleford Tigers finished the Super League XXIV season in 5th place on the table.
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Castleford Tigers finished the 2021 Super League season in 7th place and missed out on the playoffs.
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Castleford Tigers have an average gate close to 8,000 per home game throughout the Super League era.
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Castleford Tigers's fanbase includes a host of celebrity supporters, including England international cricketers Chris Silverwood and Tim Bresnan, Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall, former Coronation Street actress Lucy-Jo Hudson and Notts County and former England footballer Alan Smith.
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