: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:49 am  

The Rebel wrote:

1- MICK HOGAN - leyther
2-DES DRUMMOND - adopted leyther
3-TERRY BILSBURY - leyther
4-STEVE DONLAN-leyther
5-PHIL FOX
6-JOHN WOODS-leyther
7-KENNY GREEN
8-ALF WILKINSON-leyther
9-RAY TABERN-leyther
10 -TONY COOKE-leyther
11-GEOF CLARKSON
12-TOMMY MARTIN-leyther
13-IAN POTTER
apart from this being the team that last won the top grade championship does anything else spring to mind

Correct me if I'm wrong, wasn't Roy Howarth (Leyther) loose forward the night we won the the trophy at Whitehaven?

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:59 pm  

mr. chairman wrote:

alf , john , terry, des and mick coming through the junior system at leigh all the others started there careers at other clubs and came back later , ray and steve started in ru

thanx keith glad somebody picked up on wot I thought was obvious,the best and most consistant team we had was home grown and cost next to nothing,the problem we have now is the inability by our board and coaching staff to sell the club to decent players from leigh area.and yes roy did play in final,the team I put forward was the players that played the most games in that season.

stand off : Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:54 pm  

Wan,t bad was it ?I think we lost 5 league games in 81-2.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:26 pm  

maybe the young players in Leigh are scared of getting 'bagged' every week by the numpties on here and thats whyb they go elsewhere.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:40 pm  

imleythbenter wrote:

maybe the young players in Leigh are scared of getting 'bagged' every week by the numpties on here and thats whyb they go elsewhere.

Stop talking round shouldered.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:43 pm  

I would think every fair minded NL1 (or whatever they are calling it this week) supporter would agree Keith, gone are the days when clubs like ours could compete with SL clubs at ANY level as you say its ALL down to finance (or lack of it) and anyone who thinks different realy needs a reality check.