| FORUMS > Leigh Leopards > statue at wembley |
 |
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 1532 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Jan 2009 | 16 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Dec 2019 | Nov 2017 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
Black Backgrounds/Statler.gif
only the heartaches are waiting for us:Black Backgrounds/Statler.gif |
|
|
presently on one of the Wigan world forums they are discussing plans for a statue to be erected at Wembley stadium, and who it should be of. I of course have been on there and posted that the only possible contender for it is the one and only Alex Murphy O.B.E.
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 275 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Sep 2009 | 15 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Feb 2015 | Jan 2015 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
: |
|
| it should be allan rowley after wednesday night what a compare that guy is  |
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Board Member | 2448 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Nov 2002 | 22 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Dec 2020 | Sep 2020 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
3390_1304612784.gif
:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_3390.gif |
|
| Quote: leyth1978 "it should be allan rowley after wednesday night what a compare that guy is ![]()
compare to what? 
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Moderator | 3533 | |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Feb 2009 | 16 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Aug 2023 | May 2022 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
42910_1337432023.jpg
[i:5a56um9q]Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.[/i:5a56um9q]
[b:5a56um9q]George Orwell [/b:5a56um9q]
[i:5a56um9q]There are none so blind as those who will not see. [/i:5a56um9q]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_42910.jpg |
Moderator
|
| I agree Peawap (see there's a first time for everything) 
In my book if you think of rugby league and Wembley you think of AJ. I know Shaun Edwards has won more but look at the great team he was playing in. No one sums up the Wembley spirit more than Alex Murphy. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Moderator | 3533 | |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Feb 2009 | 16 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Aug 2023 | May 2022 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
42910_1337432023.jpg
[i:5a56um9q]Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.[/i:5a56um9q]
[b:5a56um9q]George Orwell [/b:5a56um9q]
[i:5a56um9q]There are none so blind as those who will not see. [/i:5a56um9q]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_42910.jpg |
Moderator
|
| I've just posted on there too, god the arrogance of those pie eytin freaks!!  |
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Chairman | 33727 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Feb 2002 | 23 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| May 2022 | May 2022 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
1034_1335734906.jpg
:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_1034.jpg |
|
| Maybe it's an age-related thing, but I'd actually say Offiah, personally.  |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 35 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Apr 2009 | 16 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Feb 2012 | Feb 2012 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
45174.jpg
:45174.jpg |
|
|
How about our very own Robbie Paul.
1996: Bradford lose the Challenge Cup final 40-32 to St Helens. Bradford's points come from tries by Jon Scales, Bernard Dwyer and a hat trick from captain Robbie Paul - the first ever scored in a Challenge Cup Final at Wembley. Paul Cook kicked 6 goals. Robbie Paul won the Lance Todd Trophy followed later in the season by the award for Super League Player of the Year. In September, assistant coach Matthew Elliot becomes head coach following Brian Smith's decision to return to Australia as coach of Parramatta Eels. Bradford Bulls finish the season as the best supported team in the competition with an average attendance in excess of 10,000.
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 5219 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Mar 2009 | 16 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Nov 2024 | Oct 2024 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
44700_1440358680.jpg
:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_44700.jpg |
|
|
Eddie Wareing
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 7339 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Jan 2007 | 18 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Jan 2019 | Jul 2017 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
Second home the gym: |
|
| Quote: Leyther_Matt "Maybe it's an age-related thing, but I'd actually say Offiah, personally. ![]() 
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 1532 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Jan 2009 | 16 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Dec 2019 | Nov 2017 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
Black Backgrounds/Statler.gif
only the heartaches are waiting for us:Black Backgrounds/Statler.gif |
|
| Quote: mishmash "I agree Peawap (see there's a first time for everything) ![]()
at long last mish singing from the same hymn sheet
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 2392 |  |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Nov 2008 | 16 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Nov 2024 | Oct 2024 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
: |
|
|
Billy Boston and i am not a Wigan fan
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Board Member | 6047 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Jun 2002 | 22 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Nov 2018 | Aug 2018 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
2205.gif
-------------------------------------
NOW PLAYING:
SPECIAL D - Come With Me
-------------------------------------:2205.gif |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Board Member | 3742 |  |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Feb 2003 | 22 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
4067_1617434324.jpeg
1998,2010,2013,2016,2018 & 2023.....I was there
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_4067.jpeg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Chairman | 33727 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Feb 2002 | 23 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| May 2022 | May 2022 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
1034_1335734906.jpg
:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_1034.jpg |
|
| Quote: Leigh24.7 "that[/i Offiah try against Leeds, even us Leythers have to admit that was a real touch of class.
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Board Member | 6047 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Jun 2002 | 22 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Nov 2018 | Aug 2018 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
2205.gif
-------------------------------------
NOW PLAYING:
SPECIAL D - Come With Me
-------------------------------------:2205.gif |
|
| Quote: hatty "What did Alex Murphy do...except play scrum half, Ok he may have been good at the time, but what other talents has he got....please don't say coaching ![]()
Well he was playing for GB at 17yrs old.
As for coaching - maybe different style to modern day but who else could have brought a Challenge Cup & League Champions to Leigh, together with other cup successes. Also did really well at Wire. Been a personality in the game for years - probably one of the most well known.
Don't know much about Lance Todd apart from having a trophy namwed after him and Don Fox is only remembered for missing a goal kick How many did Timmy Street miss?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
