Surprised at some of the comments on here calling the past players free loaders

I know Alex Murphy is not best pleased with the current set up and was amazed he could not collect a few freebies from the club for the wigan game the other week and was told he would have to see trevor I shall not repeat his words but think back to the tv appearance when he was in the wigan changing room

So if the community champion at tesco can get freebies why not past players???

I gave you a reason.

Who's paying for this space at the stadium?

Sort that one, and the job's a good 'un.

Just ask yourself this - could you ever see Sir Tommy Sale OBE EVER, EVER doing anything like this (newspaper article) against Leigh Centurions? I am sure he has been upset over many things over the decades but has always performed very graciously..others would do well to follow his example..

Wall space is ok in the concourses, but the banqueting suite is slightly different. It's used for other functions and events, (Blackburn Rovers for example) so the displays will have to be put up on mobile boards, and moved in and out of the room. Still dead simple though and achieved when the two parties discussed it. Why wasn't this talked about before? Don't know, but it sure sounds straightforward. I still think that's the obvious route with the club & past players, but they have to want to talk, or it can't happen.

I think that we all should just stop arguing and agree that the past players should have a place at OUR ground and all pull together to help the PPA and the club to make it happen. If it means the boards with all the memorabila being removed when Blackburn play then so be it. We will just have to make it work. Personally I have to say that Blackburn don't live at this stadium and it's not their home hence we don't call Leigh, Blackburn so sod them. The stadium is in Leigh so any photos of any sporting team that are put on the walls of our ground should be of teams from Leigh and only Leigh.

The past players are an important part of Leigh Rugby, they should be treated as such.
We wouldn't be here without past players, they'd be the ones who've seen us through thick and thin and still want to be here.

Have Blackburn stated that any photo's up would have to be taken down?

Very doubtful

When we 1 st moved in the LSV were adamant, that nothing was going on the walls , either in the concourses or the bars, I know, because I asked

That has now changed it would seem

As for the PPA, their privileges were abused at Hilton Park, and the stadium management co have the final say in who goes where at the LSV , but one thing is certain, if they refuse to discuss resolving the issue, it wont get resolved, and by the sound of it, we will have a new organisation

So over to them, the ball is in their court, so to speak

Good question Martin. I was only going off what was said previously.

Well that would certainly make Keiths statements correct. There are a load of bad feeling towards the LSV but it seems that things are slowley getting sorted and lets hope it continues but a bit quicker.

I very much doubt it to, they don't take theirs down when functions are going on, I know they own the place but Morecambe never took anything down when they played there.

As for the PPA needs resolving but the club can't do anything if they're not willing to discuss it.

We need to get as many folk as possible into a syndicate doing the Euromillions - with the express proviso that once we've won the jackpot, the winnings are used too buy the ground, and donate it to the club!!....an idea I know Glow is very fond of!!

Realistically, how much would need to be raised to buy the ground from the council?

Considering it's costing the council money every year to run the facility, I'd imagine that it could probably be bought for less than the £17.5m it cost to build.

Could the club afford to run it?

Blackburn were just quoted as an example of someone else who uses the facility. Does it matter whether the photos are on walls or on display boards, as long as they are in there?