Leigh Centurions on eBay : Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:30 pm  

As many of you know we at Leigh Centurions are in serious financial difficulties with a current shortfall of £144k. Players and staff wages have not been paid, The Inland Revenue are at the door and we are in danger of vanishing. Proposals have been put in motion to make the club a community club and to come out of this stronger but in the meantime we need to raise cash. To help with this we have started to sell on eBay under the name leighcenturionsrlfc One of our auctions can be found here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Official-Leigh-Centurions-Rugby-League-Signed-Super-League-Shirt-2XL-46-/110753830605?pt=UK_Rugby_Shirts&hash=item19c97156cd We will be listing signed shirts etc as well as items being donated to us. We really would appreciate you having a look and buying as much as you can May we also say that you can make any donations to our Survival Fund via Paypal to leighcenturions@northwestminis.co.uk Thanks for taking the time to read this and thanks for your help Leigh Centurions

As many of you know we at Leigh Centurions are in serious financial difficulties with a current shortfall of £144k. Players and staff wages have not been paid, The Inland Revenue are at the door and we are in danger of vanishing. Proposals have been put in motion to make the club a community club and to come out of this stronger but in the meantime we need to raise cash. To help with this we have started to sell on eBay under the name leighcenturionsrlfc One of our auctions can be found here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Official-Leigh-Centurions-Rugby-League-Signed-Super-League-Shirt-2XL-46-/110753830605?pt=UK_Rugby_Shirts&hash=item19c97156cd We will be listing signed shirts etc as well as items being donated to us. We really would appreciate you having a look and buying as much as you can May we also say that you can make any donations to our Survival Fund via Paypal to leighcenturions@northwestminis.co.uk Thanks for taking the time to read this and thanks for your help Leigh Centurions

Re: Leigh Centurions on eBay : Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:21 pm  

No offence, but every club has its financial problems and I'd rather support mine than yours.

Re: Leigh Centurions on eBay : Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:35 pm  

Every club has financial problems Griff but not to the extent Leigh have. It would be an absolute travesty to see them go.

Re: Leigh Centurions on eBay : Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:09 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

No offence, but every club has its financial problems and I'd rather support mine than yours.

I think you have just let your club down.
You see, at this moment, Championship Rugby is in a dire straight.
No sky money, dwindling attendances, In fact your home gates aren't that good.
A lot of clubs depend on travelling supporters, Leigh I should think bring quite a lot.
As you say, no offence, but, I think if it went to a vote most other clubs would rather see Leigh survive than Sheffield.
AND I also think that right minded supporters would like to see ALL clubs survive.

Re: Leigh Centurions on eBay : Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:20 pm  

Who actually cares who other teams would vote for between us and Leigh,What has that point got to do with anything,I hope they survive,When did Griff say he didnt want Leigh to survive?He just said hed rather give his money to his club,As you say our attendances arnt great so they need every penny from our own supporters or we could end up like Leigh,We all dont have endless money,Look after yer own and if you have spare help others,We don't so cest la vie.

Re: Leigh Centurions on eBay : Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:25 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

No offence, but every club has its financial problems and I'd rather support mine than yours.

I agree with you Griff. Please support you club in every way you can. We are not asking for you to give anything you don't want to or to take 1p from the money you give your club. What we are asking is that you have a look at our listings on eBay and consider buying anything you like. And yes, we did give our Paypal address for those who would consider donating. Do we want to have to ask? Of course not, Leigh is a proud club and it hurts. We do, however, want to pay the people we owe

Thank you for the support. John is right. No TV money next year. Super league money up, ours down. All clubs will struggle.

Re: Leigh Centurions on eBay : Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:31 pm  

Hope it all gets sorted,Would be a massive miss if Leigh are nomore,The championship is on its knees and would be a lot worse place without the likes of Leigh,All the best.

Re: Leigh Centurions on eBay : Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:07 pm  

EAGLEBLADE II wrote:

Hope it all gets sorted,Would be a massive miss if Leigh are nomore,The championship is on its knees and would be a lot worse place without the likes of Leigh,All the best.

changed you tune?

Re: Leigh Centurions on eBay : Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:25 am  

This whole this adds even further weight to my "RFL has made the gap between $L and CC bigger not smaller with licensing/franchising" arguement.

More on that later.

Re: Leigh Centurions on eBay : Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:54 am  

halifaxjohn wrote:

:MOTOR:
changed you tune?

How has he changed his tune?