How about creating an iPhone and Android app that links to leighlife. Then you can charge for it that way. You pay a single fee for access to commentaries for 1 season.

are you physic????? me and our Dave were just talking about that, so it must be a brilliant idea in all seriousness that is the future and it's not garlic bread

As Fred said, the test on the system last night showed us that we will definitely need to buy more memory space than we'd normally need for the every day running of Leighlife and we will be actively looking for a sponsor/advertiser to help pay towards this, especially as we think that far more people will listen in to a live match broadcast than listened in last night. We also think that many rugby fans who have internet access and aren't at a game will listen in, regardless of which team they support.

Pete is, as Fred says, just weighing up the cost of the extra space needed and once we know that we can try to make provisions to cover the cost.

I have just been getting some advice on this very subject about creating an app. Its a bit sensitive cos i don't want to step on anybody's toes here including this Site.

We see how popular this years Fantasy SL comp is on this forum and how well the forecast comp runs with the great effort from Dereck and Co. I have been in interim discussions regarding an app that combines the two. (sorry Dereck, I'm not stepping on your toes I am testing the water first to see if its viable before i mentioned it).

Theres a slightly different spin on the Fantasy SL comp so that it creates an income stream. Your Team consists of 17 players and you will have the ability to interchange your team "live" with only points earned when your player is on the field. You will be txted live (if you choose this option ,prob every 10mins and at a cost to you) updates of your players performance for eg Richards 2 try's and 2 from 4 or S.Tomkins off with deadleg or Dixon 0 try 0 goals thus giving you the opportunity to interchange (at a cost). BBC does live SL updates so information can be retreived from there. Its very very early discusions but what do you think ? would there be interest if we say prizes of season tickets and GF and CC tickets?

OMG looks like lots of people have thought of apps

you could have an official Leigh Centurions App - a fiver to download and you get free radio commentary from it as well as other things like squad pictures, stats, team news, LISA news etc.

Thats another great idea. I use to listen to commentary on my little Fm/Mw radio at games in the olden days. Makes for some interesting viewing when you have commentary when your also watching live

It's internet commentary we can't afford a radio licence unfortunately, but did you know the LSV has a facility for listening to the game if your blind/limited eyesight?

Thanks for the input everyone.

I just want to make one thing clear. This is not about making money for Leighlife, it's about offering a service to the club and it's fans and hopefully help towards generating some income for the club.

We have had this radio on Leighlife for a couple of years and have offered help in the past but no one at the club was ever interested before so the radio was basically just switched off. All the technology is already there, it's just the memory space that needs paying for and hopefully we will be able to find a way of doing this.

Luckily for us, the season is over so we have a good few months to come up with something.

I wish I'd have known about it Mish it's been a dream of mine for several years, today internet radio tomorrow the world

We also offered the service to local bands, scriptwriting groups etc where they could do a recording (or do it live if they were brave enough) and we'd play it for them but we never really got a response so switched the radio off.

I have to say that, having volunteered to run a Communications project, I couldn't believe my luck, when you good folk at LeighLife turned up. You have opened up all sorts of exciting possibilities to project the name, product and brand of the Centurions.

Just so long as you don't all keep talking 'tech-speak' to me - you must have realised what effect that has on me?!

We haven't even started on you yet Alan.

BTW I will be joining you and the rest of your reprobate gang of misfits at your next meeting (well you need someone to brew up don't you?)

Love the LeighLife initiative. While we as supporters can all view it there is the added bonus that it's not just preeching to the converted which is something the club has been guilty of over the years.

I finally feel that the club has realised it has to change, be more open and accept that the fans are more than just people who stand on the terraces. We are in essence the lifeblood of this club and together we can help make it bigger and stronger.