There is no family connection with Matty.

Giant of a man giant of a player giant character was down to earth in the local and loved a good laugh. Top man RIP Bill

A very common surname in the Wigan area.

Easily the best ball playing forward I've seen.Remember him getting smashed setting up a try for Andy Fletcher almost on the line in the South West corner.Can't remember anything else, just that try.Might have been a cup game.RIP Bill.

I read his autobiography and found that the chapter relating to his time with Trinity would appear to have been a happy experience for him which is good to know. What I did find, however, which surprised me somewhat, was that his account of his younger days with the Wigan youth teams and the Wigan first team he came across as being rather boastful and a b it full of himself. There again he probably knew all along what most of us discovered later, and that he actually was a rare talent indeed. I believe in his later years he became a "Born Again Christian". A genuine star of the game.

He might have been born again but he was a bit of a lad in Aus. Left a few debts behind.

I guess he’s not going to worry about that now!

Not uncommon. I consider Broughy a minor genius and we will say no more on that one. These people often have extremes.

The spirit of Bill came down a possessed David Fafita for about 10 seconds during the 2nd half today. Any one else notice the play?

Do you mean the chip over? It was brilliant. If the others had been switched on it was a try hands down.

Yes that was it. Chip over - recollect - beat two defenders - turn in tackle - look for support whilst holding ball in totally free arm

Superb from the big bopper