Leigh Centurions finished [i9th[/i from [i11[/i teams in the Co Operative Championship, the year was 2009 & [iToulouse Olympique [/i finished [i10th[/i & [iwould have been relegated[/i but for their [iExemption from relegation[/i under the [iRFL's Expansionist Empire[/i.

Toulouse Olympique could not afford to continue in the Championship & neither could Gateshead who despite a good showing were wound up (another failed expansion area).

I will welcome Toulouse Olympique back with open arms & to a degree Toronto [iCenturions[/i ,though the way they approached their recruitment will always taint them for me.

So Leigh [iCOULD[/i have been relegated but [iSHOULDN'T[/i have been relegated, in the same way that Catalan Dragons [iShould Not[/i have had 6 years direct entry, gratis, exempt at the expense of established RL Clubs & without having to work through the grades to achieve success. Note that I am pleased it worked out for Catalan & aim to visit in 2017 but it could also have worked out for Featherstone Rovers who were at the time the dominant Championship RL Club.

Give your expansionist head a little wobble for a mo & consider the worth of long standing, some founding member RL Clubs such as Leigh, Fev, Fax, Bradford & Whitehaven.

Unless you want a Yorkshire v France league with a token Cheshire, Merseyside & Canadian Club thrown in.

Why do you always randomly bold stuff for no reason? It's like reading posts written by a 12 year old.

Quote: jakeyg95 "Why do you always randomly bold stuff for no reason? It's like reading posts written by a 12 year old.'" The bigger question is why he wrote out a lengthy post ranting and raving about some 'expansionist empire' ( ) when all I said is Leigh nearly got relegated, which is true. They also nearly went bust, this was 5 years ago: www.leighobserver.co.uk/sport/le ... -1-3869577

Quote: jakeyg95 "Why do you always randomly bold stuff for no reason? It's like reading posts written by a 12 year old.'" The bigger question is why he wrote out a lengthy post ranting and raving about some 'expansionist empire' ( ) when all I said is Leigh nearly got relegated, which is true. They also nearly went bust, this was 5 years ago: www.leighobserver.co.uk/sport/le ... -1-3869577

Which you've now broken

That is comedy gold and made me chuckle. Nice one Jakey !

Because I like to & if I have to explain it to you then you should maybe sit & read with your responsible adult or carer.

Comparing Leigh and their big city neighbors is a bit like comparing Cas Tigers with Wakefield Wildcats - just the other way round.

We are now with the likes of Widnes, Wakefield, Huddersfield, & Salford that will 'probably' not get a crowd over 5K without a decent away following, or maybe a MASSIVE game for the home team. As for we are 'based in Wigan' that is an untrue bitchy remark (are you French ?), which is uncalled for. Our ground is 3 miles nearer to Bolton Wanderers stadium, than the Piedome....
And what is there 'offering anything new' to Sooper Dooper League, why do we have to ? There was life before SL pal, and for a 100 years it did OK.....don't you think ?

Is this the sort of attitude and discourse we can expect from Leigh posters next year? These boards should be even more fun...

On a different note, congrats on promotion. It'll be good to play a different side.

Not from us all.

They're the (very) vocal minority. We're not all like that

You are..You just hide behind them and play your cards at the right time..As you've done here.