I'm sorry, but what else can the club do now?

They've handed out an invite to sit and discuss it, and it has been thrown back in the clubs face.

Time to distance itself from the current PPA, start a new one, offer all current PPA members membership, and start from scratch with a proper, democratic constitution (I'm not suggesting the current one isn't) and see how things pan out.
Things like this are more often than not down to a few members of an organisation stirring things up... To me, the most telling comment to emerge so far is that Sir Alex doesn't appear to be a member of the PPA?

For a dedicated Leyther, that to me is a very telling situation.

The club and Trevor can only do so much, the PPA have to be willing to at least meet for discussions, good on him trying again.

Donohue insists he didn't know about the PPA, bollix.

The more recent past players were pandered to and offered privileges that the existing PPA had had taken away and because they felt let down they took a particularly , possibly misguided, course of action. They are then slagged of by a majority of the contributors to this forum who have no sense of history and are happy to see a new PPA consisting of players who they can actually remember replacing a body of true Leigh Legends. Pathetic.

I hope you are not suggesting that Murphy is a dedicated Leyther.

I'd suggest it is the refusal to sit down and talk, that is the main issue here

It'll be the first time but i agree with scooter nick,its time to form a new vibrant PPA, lead by much younger players who understand the the problems that some rl clubs are go through these days. That doesn't mean the older generations should be forgotten,it just means that they are part of the PPA and not the leaders of it.

I agree that it was and still should be the main issue but a new bandwagon has started which suggests that a new PPA consisting of recent past players, who by comparison hardly come under the accolade of legend, will make the issue go away.
It would be a quick fix but would be disrespectful.

Well I have been watching Leigh since 1956.

I have posted before what has caused this problem ? Will someone PLEASE post what the PPA want and why they (or maybe 1 of them) thought that a one sided interview to Leigh Journal would resolve this impasse.

Then' I can make my own mind up.That report in the Journal did not tell me and I would like to know as maybe others would too.

This thread has people defending the club and others defending the PPA's stance.

How long before someone posts the real reason for this unfortunate situation ?

What did charles Pawsey achieve playing for leigh,trophy wise?

No ' bandwagon ' on my part, but the longer the current PPA refuse to sit down, the more chance that a new one will surface, given the attention it has recieved recently, there will only be one more offer, I would guess

And I didnt realise it was the ' past legends association '?

Maybe a Lancashire Cup, or two, but didn't he get 'capped' by GB? It could be argued that not many of the 'recent past' players achieved that.

EVERYONE who has played for Leigh, recently or further back, is a Past Player. Ideally, we need them ALL back in the PPA.

You have just proved my disrespect point.

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I never saw Charlie Pawsey play , but my Dad told me what a Great player he was , thats good enough for me , its not about winning trophys,its about past players , i applaud any player who has played for Leigh not only have they acheived one of my dreams , but they have represented our great Club ,and done their best for us ,WELL DONE to all these lads .

Any past player should be welcome to join a PPA regardless of how many trophies they won or appearances they made, but they need to be prepared to pay their way to some extent and certainly not abuse the discounts offered to them as has appeared to be the case in the past.

I respect them all reffy (I hope I haven't shown them any disrespect in my posts on this issue) - 'past past' and 'present past'. That's why I believe we should have them all (or as many as possible) at our games. I'm not interested in what has caused the problem, rather what can be done to resolve it - and I believe that talking would be the start of that process.