Fans 'revere' players for all sorts of personal reasons. Personally, I wouldn't include Adam in this kind of list either, but the idea was to collect peoples' individual ideas, and Adam is someone's personal choice.

As far as a 'guaranteed' place in SL that year, we definitely wouldn't have got in - for the same reasons that Dewsbury didn't. The RFL had decided that our stadium wasn't up to it, (at least they recognised we had one that year! ) and our plan to play some games at the Reebok was also rejected.

However Alan if you speak to Mike Nolan, He will tell you that we had indeed been given the nod to enter SL if we had gone on to have beaten Dewsbury in the Grand Final.

He once said to me, having been given that decision it then made listening to Bob McDermot's victory speech post match even more painful than it should have been.

Totally agree soldier. Murphy should be top of the list for me (and by a long way)

Alex Murphy without doubt is the greatest rugby player in either code ever in this country ......

Agree with all the points about Alex Murphy (so does Alex!!!), but he wasn't exactly revered by Leigh fans when he played at Saints and warrington - so - revered at Leigh - his only club - must be Mick Martyn. Most of Mick's tries were simply sensational. He regularly crashed through tackles and scored from all over the park (180+times). His defence was first rate too. (Mick was unlucky to be at his peak when GB had their best ever back 3 - Huddart, Whiteley and Karalius)

At the time, I was working with Chris Healey, who was still CEO of the club. (I'm sure Mike took over after that) The messages Chris was coming back with from Council meetings were that we weren't going to get in. The problems for Leigh and Dewsbury, and indeed Hunslet, were created by Wakefield having gone up previously, and then not carried out the promised ground improvements

It is an amazing comment because it is my opinion.
Lets agree to differ on his qualities.

To be fair - the honours system isn't the best indicator of an individual's reverential worthLORD Archer
LORD Taylor of Warwick
SIR Jimmy Savile
Stuart Hall OBE
I suspect that list could quite easily be expanded on - but you get my drift!!

AJM was, without doubt, one of the all time greats on the field - and his success as a coach/manager for this club is well documented - but the fact also remains that he dropped this club like a stone - TWICE - to further his ambitions.

Three times actually. 1971, 1982 and 1985 when St.Helens came knocking.

Fair point - although, on the first two occasions he walked out on:

a) The Challenge Cup holders
b) The League Champions

In '85 he left a newly promoted club to return to Saints..... his hometown team, and first love - so I suppose we can forgive him that one!!