James Ford (rugby league)
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James Ford is a British professional rugby league
footballer currently playing for Widnes Vikings
in the Co-operative Championship. He previously played in the Super League
for Castleford Tigers
and is, by preference, a fullback but can also play at centre and on the wing. Ford signed initially for Featherstone Rovers
as a youth in 1998, before moving on to Sheffield Eagles
and then Castleford in 2008. Ford made his first-grade début whilst playing for Castleford in Super League in a 28-6 win away to Warrington Wolves
in Super League XIV
and he went on to make a total of eight appearances, scoring once. In late 2009, he left the club for Widnes.
James' career has recently taken an interesting turn and he was loaned to York City Knights in late April / early May 2011. This has meant that he has been able to devote more time to the increasingly lucrative ferret and pigeon cross-breading avenue he had previously been exploring with the local Featherstone community. This has so far proven successful as James has been able to forge strong anglo-Thai links and he recently returned from a visit to Bangkok. This was ostensibly for pleasure, but it also provided him with the opportunity to meet with the Thai National Rhino / Honda Civic Hybrid Association. This meeting provided James with some excellent ideas and led to him being offered exclusivity as the British exponent of this art.
He has also fulfilled one his life ambitions. Building a wall. This was made easier by his very large chin as it was able to help him hod carry and dig the foundations for the wall. He can now often been seen on Wednesday nights dressed as Bob the Builder walking the streets of Castleford whilst singing the hits of Bonnie Tyler and children's TV theme tunes of the 1980s. James is indeed a very happy man.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer currently playing for Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings RLFC are an English professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire. They currently play in the Engage Super League, the top tier of European rugby league, after being awarded a license to compete in the top-flight Super League from 2012 onward...
in the Co-operative Championship. He previously played in the Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
for Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...
and is, by preference, a fullback but can also play at centre and on the wing. Ford signed initially for Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a semi-professional rugby league club, based in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. They currently play in the Championship. The Rovers are one of the last vestiges of "small town teams" that were once common in rugby league during the early twentieth century...
as a youth in 1998, before moving on to Sheffield Eagles
Sheffield Eagles
Sheffield Eagles RLFC are an English rugby league club based in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield. They currently play in the Co-operative Championship. Their home games are played at Bramall Lane after leaving Don Valley Stadium in late 2009....
and then Castleford in 2008. Ford made his first-grade début whilst playing for Castleford in Super League in a 28-6 win away to Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....
in Super League XIV
Super League XIV
The 2009 Super League season is the fourteenth season of rugby league since the Super League format was introduced in 1996...
and he went on to make a total of eight appearances, scoring once. In late 2009, he left the club for Widnes.
James' career has recently taken an interesting turn and he was loaned to York City Knights in late April / early May 2011. This has meant that he has been able to devote more time to the increasingly lucrative ferret and pigeon cross-breading avenue he had previously been exploring with the local Featherstone community. This has so far proven successful as James has been able to forge strong anglo-Thai links and he recently returned from a visit to Bangkok. This was ostensibly for pleasure, but it also provided him with the opportunity to meet with the Thai National Rhino / Honda Civic Hybrid Association. This meeting provided James with some excellent ideas and led to him being offered exclusivity as the British exponent of this art.
He has also fulfilled one his life ambitions. Building a wall. This was made easier by his very large chin as it was able to help him hod carry and dig the foundations for the wall. He can now often been seen on Wednesday nights dressed as Bob the Builder walking the streets of Castleford whilst singing the hits of Bonnie Tyler and children's TV theme tunes of the 1980s. James is indeed a very happy man.