What did we do? (Not being negative here, just wondering what we did that elevates us above the rest this season?)

Nothing like a bit of bigging up your own club, you sure your not a Troll, from another club????


How about the fantastic effort by the club to get the stadium together, not only that, but to go the extra mile and respond to the fans by adding the cladding after the event. Have a look around SL and see how many clubs have actually made strides forwards since the last franchising on developing their stadia.

It's been a huge effort by the club and sometime I think people forget how difficult it was to do.

But never mind nothing like an excuse to have another moan.

It's a recognition for the work that the CLUB has done off the field at LP. I'm sure that the recent statement made by the chairman regarding the clubs improved finances has been taken into account. And rightly so.

The continued success of the academy too. This season we have promoted more academy players into the first team than we have ever done before. It's also about the scholarship as well (which is the best in SL).

The last thing is the partnerships with Rochdale and Whitehaven. Both have been very successful.

Yes, this season has been terrible on the field in terms of the first team. But a rugby league CLUB is more than just a first team. So to say "what did we do to achieve that?", is pretty pathetic.

I'm glad we won it but not sure we deserved it and it's a funny award IMO.

To be honest if like to know what the criteria to win this award is.

Community work, academy setup, training facilities, stadium facilities , we're the best in the league by far

Which town are you from, Saddo? My guess is Wigan. Why not do the "Wigan Walk" and do us all a favour? I recommend the River Douglas - which I guess won't be far from the bridge you obviously live under......!!!

Let's give thanks to the man who's doing his best to help Saints back to the top of the game - yes, I mean Eamonn McManus and, if you think I'm still being sycophantic, does this face look bothered......??

Good news also that Danny Brough is 2013 Man of Steel. Well deserved.

Fair point, what have Saints, as a team or CLUB to achieve this over Wigan? And before you talk about roofing consider all that Wigan has acheived off the field as well as on.

Yup, Wigan have the link ups with Wales and have found several news and innovative ways to avoid adhering to the salary cap.

Leeds Rhinos won the community club of the year.
Wigan were U19's academy league leaders and champions beating Leeds 34 - 10 on Saturday in the Grand Final.

To quote the SL website: "St Helens rounded off the evening’s awards when they were named the 2013 Super League Club of the Year for their investment in developing a world class facility at Langtree Park and their continued success in the area of youth development."

We have obviously got it because we have developed a top class facility which we actually own and can play in whenever we want to, rather than being the rent boys of a football club and play when they let us. Our academy IIRC started the season very well and were blowing most other teams out of the water - sadly, the knock on effect of the injury hit season we had meant that players like Walker, Greenwood, Swift, Richards, Thompson, Hand etc have all found themselves playing first team and the academy performances suffered because of this. That said, credit must go to our youth development for the work they have done with these guys as all came in and performed very well when we needed them to.

Couple this with the fact we have formed a number of successful community partnerships, both in and out of RL, and the links with Rochdale (who have ironically just become champions of their league under guidance of one of Saints coaches) and Whitehaven and I think its well deserved.

Tbh, I don't care.

It's a meaningless award, I'm not sure why people are analysing it like we've been given the SL crown again.

It's nice recognition for the club. Leave it at that.

Not wishing to cause an argument, but only none of those players you named were eligible for the U19 academy this year.
Maybe Greenwood?