Looking through some old Leigh programmes and came across one form Oct 1963

Team was (looked a good team)

1- RISMAN
2-TYRER
3- LEWIS G
4-COLLINS
5-LEADBETTER
6-RHODES
7-ENTWISTLE
8-ROBINSON
9-LEWIS J
10-OWEN
11-MURPHY
12-MARTYN
13-HURT

Me & Steve Donlan use to hav a kick about in Lilford Park with Gordon Lewis & Derek Higgs , Colin Tyrer kicked my new ball onto the roof of Hiltons in Charles St nr Atheletic Ground, I delivered papers to Stan Owens house nice bloke his missus Joan frikken the life outa me, Derek Hurt was one of my teachers at Manc Road and he threw a wooden board duster at me and it hit me full on int yed Oh happy days never got a ball of Col Tyrer after he promised me one lol

That was one of the first Leigh team that I remember as it was the year after that I started to be a regular.

Joan Owen used to be a cleaner at Leigh nick when I was there she later worked in the canteen at Leigh nick, she could frighten a Rottwieler but I got on with her quite well.

I remember Bev Risman's debut against Liverpool City and the crowd was about 7500 and we hammered em.

Wasn't long to wait for Murphy to arrive think that was 67ish.

In those days I had shoulder length hair where have they gone ?

Remember all those names well and some team that was.

Bev Risman - signed from RU, current England international at the time and a real scoop for us attracting a lot of media attention at the time.

Colin Tyrer - surely one of our all time greats. In a match v Wigan at HP we won 18-9 and he scored all our points (2 tries and 6 goals) - they signed him off us soon after.

Austin Rhodes - signed from St Helens along with Ken Large, both part of that great Saints team of the early 60's.

Terry Entwistle - Wigan Corpn dustbin man. Never a regular first choice but always a guaranteed 100% type player.

Bill Robinson - one GB cap, unfortunately a 50-12 stuffing by the Aussies at Swinton

John Lewis - up and coming youngster, understudy to Walt Tabern. Career tragically cut short by a nasty broken leg whilst scoring a try v Liverpool City at HP.

Murphy, Martyn and Hurt - that back three used to roll off the tongue. Whatever the other 10 names you could virtually guarantee that the last 3 would be MM&H.

I was a carefree 12 year old then, going to school in Wigan and in those days we could certainly hold our own with the best in the game. Sorry to say I don't expect to see the like ever again.

that's unfair Charlie, he wasn't....but he did have a 'comb over' !

I think eight of that team may have represented GB ?

not sure Sean ever played for us, he spend a couple of seasons at the dark side not sure after that.