DB stated in 2017, that Leigh made a profit from smaller attendances. Obviously the matchday costs have gone up with the entertainment put on, and the chances are Leigh are close to the salary cap (even with a small squad) and probably paying for 2 marquee players.

Revenue is up on attendances and sponsorship, but DB is still very much bankrolling the club. Apparently the club are missing out on online merchandising sales with the website down for 9 months and stocks low at the shop. People seem to like anything spotted (who would have thought).

Last year was the key and that is where Derek bank-rolled the club with no guarantees, players like Asiata, Lam, Amone, Ipape and O'Donnell are the bedrock of this team and they all Championship rugby last season. This group are now stars of the Super League, but it was far from obvious that this would be the case.

I am guessing money is not an issue to Derek when things are going well, and things are going exceptionally well.

https://www.rugby-league.com/uploads/do ... %20Version).pdf Interesting read, and so many missed opportunities (thankfully this is a dummy run year). As previously stated many times, Leigh Leopards are missing out on so many facets of Social media. I have just looked up Tik Tok an app not designed for someone of my vintage - 28 Followers 51 Likes and 2 postings No website, even though DB promised me it would go live last week. Some people on this forum questioned my insistence on improving social media - saying it was more important to have a good team. We now have a good team, can we have world class social media to go with the success story of the season.

https://www.rugby-league.com/uploads/do ... %20Version).pdf Interesting read, and so many missed opportunities (thankfully this is a dummy run year). As previously stated many times, Leigh Leopards are missing out on so many facets of Social media. I have just looked up Tik Tok an app not designed for someone of my vintage - 28 Followers 51 Likes and 2 postings No website, even though DB promised me it would go live last week. Some people on this forum questioned my insistence on improving social media - saying it was more important to have a good team. We now have a good team, can we have world class social media to go with the success story of the season.

I understood from the Leopards’ Facebook page that Leigh had sold out the West stand for the semi-final with 3,000. Also, the last allocation of 1,200 for the South stand is reportedly on the way. So there should be many more than 1,500. I can’t be there and will have to watch on TV. But if Leigh do get to Wembley I aim to be there. I was fortunate to be at Wembley in 1971 and Whitehaven in 1982. So fingers crossed that 2023 will equal those great years.

Thanks for the correct figures Essex Leyther. The full info isn't available on their Twitter feed, which is the only one I check now and again. At the moment, we won't score very well with IMG on our social media and website presence. This is such a shame with all of the excellent work being done elsewhere. Come on, Leigh. Don't give IMG any excuses.

We sold our first allocation of 5000 and got 1200 extra south stand tickets when it was segregated. Those sales exclude corporate.

Hahahaha just laughing at Maurice the Boris