"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked"

This would make a great new club motto if it wasn't too big to fit on the badge!

Great post...

Love u dexy extra special man hug for u tomorrow

We urgently need to keep our name and traditions. The best hope for Leigh is the 2 Division Super League ( and the quality of young players in the area!) A winning team in SL will get a decent crowd .

I think to have free rein to promote the wigan warriors brand in leigh would be much more to wigans liking than having one good attendence every season

Actually Derek, getting loan players was not going to be easy - we certainly couldn't get them from Warrington, Saints, or Widnes, who were already twinned. Of course, there was always Salford but, as we know, they couldn't even raise a side to play us, never mind lend us any!

So are there any figures of how many people attend leigh games from these schools? are there schools in bolton that now play RL that didn't before, on the back of the work that the leigh club has done? and if it isnt where you market,then id love to see you trying to market the leigh brand in hindley or winwick

So whats a decent crowd for SL?, baring in mind clubs already in there are failing with gates of 7k

The MOST ridiculous Topic EVER on our forum.....WELL DONE !

Probably none, and we probably wouldnt know if they did, I'd suggest a ' Census ' of our complete fanbase in the 1 st two matches every season to find out exactly where we do draw fans from

Hindley is a reasonable area to go at IMO, Winwick less so, but as I said, its how you close the deal

I must admit I did wonder myself if it was April 1st.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Af6O4C ... r_embedded This is what we need to be doing in Bolton. And i stand by what i say,i dont think people outside the town will buy into the Leigh brand name

www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Af6O4C ... r_embedded This is what we need to be doing in Bolton. And i stand by what i say,i dont think people outside the town will buy into the Leigh brand name

Don't know what I did but I seem to have deleted my original reply !
For me people in Bolton do class Leigh as the local team so no need to drop the Leigh bit but I do agree we really do need to get really into the schools and in the town to flog our brand.
Things are slowly happening and I have no idea what is happening with the clubs plans as everything is now quiet but once we get things sorted the priority one would be ensure people within 5 miles of the LSV know who we are, what we are, where we play and what we are good at.
After that increase it to 7 miles, then 10 and so on but set up a roster of who will visit these areas / schools / business's / events every 3 months to ensure the brand remains in the eyes of those we want.
A quick fix won't work and it needs a professionally run independent department within the club (Wigan will be the attraction if we merge resources on this with them and tbh we would be totally wasting our time bothering doing anything as its like asking kids to follow Bury with free tickets when they are also handed Manchester United ones).
The next big signings for our club MUST be off field as without that expertise and opportunity to increase revenue streams we will always be a low league selling club punching above our weight, a bit of thought and we could realise our true potential.

The most stupid thread idea ever, we are Leigh RLFC ,only this !
Centurions is the brand name only.

There are always those who will claim to be a fan, but only on 'their' terms.

If they got rid of the twinning arrangements they'd not go until they dropped the Centurions brand.
If they dropped the Centurions brand, they'd not go as long as we were playing in red, not cherry.
If we changed to cherry, they'd want LSV rebranding 'New Hilton Park'.
If it became NHP then they'd want Alex Murphy as coach.....


It's nothing to do with 'having the club at heart', that's the last thing they have. It's more about a dislike of change.

Is that called being parochial?
This particular thread would suggest so