Ain't that the truth.

Most rugby league clubs and their fans don't give a monkey's about the the game overall. Success of their hometown team is all that matters. Reduce it to three clubs? Cool. We finished in the top three.

And before someone accuses me of hypocrisy....

I'm not from London and have never lived in London. I moved south in my early twenties, always loved rugby league, missed going to live games. So drifted into watching my new "local" team, 60+ miles away. (When my car got written off it was an all day trip!)

Hooked. Hometown team immediately despised (they're easy to despise).

Luckily (or not) for me, this was the Tank Gordon team.

Still, if we do disappear, '96 and '97 were amazing!

Didn't we used to train in Golborne? Maybe we should try that again.
It's a district of Wigan for those that don't know. (Bongser would probably classify it as Leigh.)

Deffo more Leigh than Wigan. You may well be right Benny as I do remember Reggie had them running around Haydock Park race course back in the day. But training there & coming down to just to play at the Cottage started to unravel if I remember correctly & players like John Wood & Dave Hull started to not appear. We never did get the best out of Wood sadly.

You could well be right. The borders are very hazy and debatable...
Still, damn me for moving south, and damn Mark Riley (and Sam Stewart and Mark Johnson etc.) for getting me invested in this club when I'd initially just turned up to watch a live RL game with my new "local" club as a neutral.
If I'd loved my home town more than rugby league, I'd still be supporting a successful side. (A successful side I've actively disliked since about 1994.)
Like I said, more fool me!

If only we could use Dr Who's Tardis to bring Tanks wonderful side to Plough Lane next season.

I once went there to watch Doncaster v London Welsh in an RU game.

Dean Sampson turned up.