I played every game with my socks rolled down, just like he did. I did it because he did it. Mind you, when my own teamate stood on the back of my calf and ripped a 5 inch gash with his studs that the plastic surgeon could fit his whole hand in I sort of wish that I'd taped up my socks for that game.

Spoke to him for a while in the Skyrack before the Widnes game, He was telling me about the grief he'd been getting from Salford fans (it was the day after they got mauled by Saints) on Twitter. I asked him if most of the things he says and puts online is to get a reaction. He replied with a Smile 'sometimes, depends on the subject'.
He was my hero along with big Roy Powell when I was growing up and it made my day just have a quick chat with him!

Schofield is one of the few England/GB players to actually to be able to say he has done it at that level. As another poster alluded to he was excellent on the kiwi tour in 90' and was a major part of the team in the 90' ashes side that came within 30 seconds of winning the series, instrumental in the 33-10 hammering of Australia in the 2nd test of the 92' tour and part of the side that came within a whisker of winning the World cup in the final of that year.In that period he also won the Golden boot, not bad in an era that boasted so many greats like Meninga,Daley,Lewis,Mcghan,Hanley etc.. he would have won plenty of silverware had Wigan not been around with that awesome team. Still, doesn't stop him being a true great of the game imo.

Let's not forget Schoey was the top try scorer in the Winfield cup at Balmain and a revelation in the comp, regarded as one of the greats down here. When people ask me as an ex-pat why I follow West Tigers I just say because Schoey and Hanley played for them and the Aussies gush! The Aussies bash our game but when we produce genuine greats they are on it 100%, both the those blokes are held in the highest regard and rightly so.

People tend to forget just how good an attacking centre Schofield was in his early years too. Watch footage of him aged 18/19 scoring tries on the 84 tour to Australia as an example of the kind of play he was capable of - this after just one season as a pro (it also showcases the brilliance of Des Drummond as well, another all-time favourite player).

I still think that in his later years he showboated too much, but at his peak he was up there with the best in the world in two positions.

I consider myself lucky enough to see Schoey in his prime wearing the Blue 'n' Amber despite being the "nearly Team" or "Pretenders" for so long he was a joy to watch.
Nowadays a lot of his views etc are more constructive & spot on but go back to 03 through to 08/09 and read some of his "columns" or listen to interviews and IMHO at that time he came across as very bitter towards the likes of Sinfield ,Mags and Burrow etc indeed he made a habit of writing them and the Team off.
Still a RL Legend no matter what any "fan" says imo and a much better player than Gregory & Edwards combined imo.

I hated Shaun Edwards, but I think a slight dis-service is being done to him. What he lacked in ability (and he was still a bl00dy good player) he made up for in sheer, ferocious, competitive spirit. But no, he wasn't the same class of player that Schoey was.

Spot on. A truly great centre and a magical 6. Danny McGuire has done some similar things through his career, in his younger days a player not afraid to try exciting things and a genuinely great finisher, I guess that's why I like him so much. Both were/are winners IMO, just that Mags was surrounded by winners at a club with a clear work ethic and Gary, erm wasn't.

He did, i think a lot of that had to do with the arrival of Hanley. He was the main man at the club for 5 years and that was no longer the case.

Also when John Gallagher arrived on that massive contract how much was it by the way?

Too much as it turned out.
It may have been different had he not been subjected to that horrendous spear tackle away at St Helens.
Was it Vievers & Connolly who made the tackle?

TBH I think the idea that Gallagher would ever have been that good is a bit of wishful thinking. He was very good at reading the play and hitting the line (his score vs the touring Aussies being a highlight), but I wouldn't have him in the top 5 Leeds full backs of the last 30 years. His defence was poor and kick returns poor to average even before the spear tackle.

Gallagher's misfortune was stepping into a Leeds side where nobody really gave a monkeys about anything other than how quick they could get to the pub after training.

Must have been quite a shock coming from the background of the professional (in all senses of the word) environment of the All Blacks.

From what I'm given to understand, he was the victim of pretty serious resentment from some senior members of the ruling dressing room clique at Headingley at that time, none of which was of his own making.

Gallagher was a great Union fullback, he struggled with fullback play in league. He would however suit the more modern fullback role. He did as said above read the play very well and linked into the line superbly, and again as above never recovered and confidence shot from a terrible totally illegal spear tackle, A hefty ban would be Inflicted nowadays. He looked much better a centre, but dougie pretty much binned him when he took over. Think he still could have made it.

In 1991 we were leading Hull in the premiership semi final by a small margin going into the dying minutes, and my Abiding memory of Gallagher is of him dropping the bomb which led to a try that cost us a place in the final.