Quote: wire quin "Why what did he do?'"
At the Lancashire Supporters Federation bash at Wigan after the 83/84 season he stood on stage and said that we were carrying on the next season and were going to bring in Australian players etc., etc., when everyone there knew full well that he'd already signed on the dotted line to coach Warrington in 84/85 and that Ernie Clay was shutting us down. It wasn't him leaving that was the problem - after all, if you'd got a wife, three kids and a mortgage and knew that the company you were working for was about to go t*ts up you'd have to take another job if it was offered - but the way he stood there and lied to everyone. All he had to do was have a 'diplomatic cold' and stay away. Ron Snares had to physically prevent Tony Gourley thumping him in the car park afterwards (which shows that Ron must have been drunk - not something I would have done!).