The 1979âÂÂ80 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the fifteenth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.<br /> This year, for the last time, a new name appeared on the trophy when Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 13-3<br /> The match was played at Boulevard, in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The attendance was 18,500, and the receipts were ã16,605<br /> The attendance was a record for a BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, never to be beaten
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at twenty-two.<br /> The format remained as a knock-out competition from the preliminary round through to the final. <br /> The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen.
Involved six matches and 12 clubs
Involved eight matches and 16 clubs
Involved four matches with eight clubs
Involved two matches and four clubs
The attendance was a record for a BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final, never to be beaten.
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
1 * the first BBC2 Floodlit Trophy match to end with a team scoring 1 point<br /> 2 * Played in daylight<br /> 3 * This match was televised<br /> 4 * At the time this was the third highest score<br />
To date, this was the last season for the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Competition, which had taken place annually only since its inauguration in the 1965-66 season.<br /> Despite several minor disagreements between the BBC and the RFL, including over shirt sponsorship in the early 1970s, overall the competition had been a great success.<br /> However financial cutbacks at the BBC lead to its cancellation after the 1979âÂÂ80 competition.<br /> Therefore, this season was to be the last.