From Leigh Centurions Communications Team

The club is considering a marketing exercise involving 'Legends of Leigh RLFC'. I know we have touched on this theme on a number of occasions on this website, but have never actually collated the data. The club would be grateful for nominations from the fans, on who they consider to be their heroes/most revered players, over the generations.

Please feel free to nominate your personal heroes, on this thread, and I'll gladly pass the names to the club. We are looking for about 25 nominated players.

Thanks,

Alan.

Alan,
If I understand this correctly the BOM is looking for a list of Legends covering the club's entire history. If that's the case my nomination (in no particular order) are:
1. Walt Mooney
2. Jimmy Ledgard
3. Mick Martyn
4. Trevor Allan
5 Stan Owen
6 Bill Robinson
7 Alex Murphy
8 Pete Smethurst
9 Bev Risman
10 John Woods
11 Des Drummond
12 Joe Walsh
13 Gordon Lewis
14 Mick Collins
15 Charlie Pawsey
16 Alf Wilkinson
17 Walt Tabern
18 Dave Eckersley
19 Tim Street
20 Neil Turley

...... and you think her majesty had anything to do with it or even had heard of him?
Lets agree to differ on his qualities.

To be fair - the honours system isn't the best indicator of an individual's reverential worthLORD Archer
LORD Taylor of Warwick
SIR Jimmy Savile
Stuart Hall OBE
I suspect that list could quite easily be expanded on - but you get my drift!!

AJM was, without doubt, one of the all time greats on the field - and his success as a coach/manager for this club is well documented - but the fact also remains that he dropped this club like a stone - TWICE - to further his ambitions.

Three times actually. 1971, 1982 and 1985 when St.Helens came knocking.

Fair point - although, on the first two occasions he walked out on:

a) The Challenge Cup holders
b) The League Champions

In '85 he left a newly promoted club to return to Saints..... his hometown team, and first love - so I suppose we can forgive him that one!!