FORUMS > Wigan Warriors > Huddersfield 9 Wigan 7 - March 1981 |
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| George Fairbairn was only made coach the season before and I think this was to make sure he stayed with us.Unfortunately the board then decided he was too inexperienced when we gained promotion and decided to replace him with Bamford. This resulted in Fairbairn deciding he had to leave and it was one of the clubs worst decisions ever to let him go.
In my opinion the board at the time got it all wrong. They should have either not given him the job at all ( but they feared he would leave) or else they should have kept him on and given him a chance when they gained promotion. The way they handled it just pushed the problem on to the following season and in fact probably forced George to leave as he felt he was losing face.
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| Was there any specific reason why Tony Johnson was "roughly treated" ?
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| Quote: TrentBarrett "Was there any specific reason why Tony Johnson was "roughly treated" ?'"
Probably cause it was 1981 and he was 'different'.
Sad but true.
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| Quote: MattyB "Probably cause it was 1981 and was 'different'.
Sad but true.'"
Shocking stuff he looked like a classy player too
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| That clip where he is on the floor after a tackle and a Wigan player looks like he is trying to pull his head off He must of been hard as nails to withstand that!
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| The lad in the clips - Tony Johnson , was the bloke who got me interested in RL , he spoke 'fondly' about his experience in that game !!!
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