IT was a good job Lee Jackson wasn't playing last week - at least it was for one aged supporter.

Apparently, so an eye-witness says, an elderly fan was descending the Main Stand steps at the end of the game when she tripped. But before she hit the ground, Jackson, who was behind her on the steps, got his arms around her and managed to stop her falling, gently guiding her down so she could find her feet.

"He just reached down and grabbed her, he was as quick as lightning," said the onlooker. "It would have been awful had he not done that."

Meanwhile, another accident over in the Pop Stand at the end of the game saw an elderly fan trip on the terraces. He was knocked unconscious and suffered a nose injury, hence an ambulance was called, but after being checked out by hospital staff he was okay.

MATHS teacher Chris Levy might want to organise classes for one of his team-mates.

A certain Knight - I won't say who, though it won't take much to work it out - was starting last week's game against Featherstone as a substitute front-rower and as such was handed the number 17 shirt before the match.

Allegedly, however, he instead demanded to have the number 16 shirt.

"But why?" he was asked.

"Because eight is a prop's number," came the reply, "and one plus six is eight."

(NB: Yusuf Sozi was the only prop forward on the bench.)

A BIG pat on the back goes to avid fan Phil Seymour for his showbiz efforts last week.

With normal man-on-the-mike Richard "C'mon Knights fans, make some noise" Sunley away, Phil reluctantly took match-day microphone duties and indeed did it with aplomb.

However, despite his obvious talents, he won't be doing it again in a hurry. "It was a one-off, definitely," he said. "It was only out of pure desperation that they got me to do it."

GOOD news from chairman Roger Dixon.

As reported in this column, Dixon had lost his wedding ring during the Hunslet match at Huntington Stadium late last month, but you'll all be happy to hear it has been found and handed in.

Updated: 11:31 Saturday, March 12, 2005