Quote: Uncle Rico "Banter aside, surely this is the draw that everybody wanted?
We are at home against a local team that are enjoying a bit of media attention having scalped a couple of SL teams in this year of potential promotion. Leigh seem to play a decent brand of RL throwing it about whilst not afraid for a bot of niggle. Then there's the 'Mickey Higham' situation to add a bit of spice.
They will bring a large noisy following, the place should be rocking, it' s got all the ingredients, I can't wait and hope that we, the team and fans are up for it...Crowd prediction 6,392 all from Leigh'"
It should be a spicy affair and surely will attract a big crowd ? Previous years cc matches against Championship sides have not left fans with a great deal of enthusiasm for the spectacle, but as you say this has a bit of everything; it's a local derby, SL v Championship, Maurice and Charlie streaking during the interval, families torn apart by loyalties, coal miners v wire makers, revenge for stealing Hilly. I don't doubt it will be on TV and watched by millions, they will probably make a film about it - one of those gritty northern epics like Kess, or Braveheart with helicopter shots of the crowds outside the HJ gates, locked out from a jam packed ground. Leigh fans will tell their kids about the day they had to walk to the match because the roads were completely blocked. ...............................and Roy Asotasi will play two whole twenty minute sessions, scoring a hat trick in each, to be carried off on the shoulders of grateful Wire fans who always knew he would come good in the end.
Yes, I reckon even though it will probably be on TV we should certainly get 10K. If people don't wan't to see this one then RL might as well pack up and join Union.