I'd say most leythers acknowledged that we were very very lucky.

It's still totally irrelevant to Super League franchises though.

So are Leigh

Let him have that if he wants it, Chris.

At least we had to submit a bid to be promoted to a higher league, and be judged against others for it. They were promoted to a higher league without the other, more worthy on the field Ch1 clubs, who had a great season, being able to make a bid themselves.

Christ, the more I think about it, the more sorry I feel for the club that must have missed out.

But that’s RFL favouritism for you.

It's not if you're arguing that Widnes should not be promoted for off the field processes.

Yes, I do feel sorry for the other C1 finallist not given the chance to ply their trade in the championship thanks to political favouritism which Leigh benefitted from.

Exactly , we didn't do anything , we didn't ask . we didn't submit a bid , we just did what we were told to do , if they had put Oldham up , then fine , no problem

Yeah right.

No it isn’t.

If anything, what happened with Leigh is even worse. But the problems and ramifications are exactly the same.

A club missed out on promotion because another club was regarded, by the RFL, as being better off the field. This is now something which some Leythers, with a very selective memory, seem to be getting hot under the collar about now, but not 2 years ago.

We weren't promoted , you havent been promoted

The original title was 'From a Halifax Fan to the RFL'. It is still there in the original post at the top of the thread.

Just in the interests of accuracy and pedantry

Bollox!

I bet AT was on the phone to the fat b*stard as soon as he heard Gateshead we're in deep financial trouble.

Fair enough. Either way, the title is what is causing the problems and misunderstanding.

Nope , we had no contact with the RFL , they contacted us , and asked if we would be prepared to take Gatesheads place in the Championship

Of course we have been. We've been promoted to a higher league, again, don't start arguing semantics, it's pathetic pedantry and nothing more.

And I agree, you weren't promoted. You were saved from relegation thanks to off the field workings and were it not for another club going bust you wouldn't be so cocksure right now. I suspect a lot of it stems from the fact that you are league leaders and would be favourites for promotion under the old system, which also explains the OP too.

Not to me , the argument has long ago moved from the O/P , like most with this number of pages

Was you on every other thread, at the time, complaining about it and winding up the fans of any club that missed out?

No , you have been given a licence

Our current position has nothing to do with our opinion

So, what does that mean?

Actually no I wasn't , are you suggesting I was on the Oldham board ' winding them up ' ?

We were relegated

You have been invited to play in SL for the next 3 seasons , please keep up

Oldham missed out on promotion because they lost the grand final. The decision to reinstate Leigh didn't leave the rest of Ch1 in limbo for the next 3 years.

Which will enable us to be promoted to super league! DUH! Going from a lower division to a higher division IS A PROMOTION. Can't you speak ing english? Is that where all this pedantic nonsense stems from?

[url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/promotionHere[/url I'll sum it up for you. It's the advancement in rank or position.



Of course it doesn't.

No

I'm not suggesting that you went on the Oldham board winding them up. I'm suggesting that you have been on the Halifax board winding them up about the licence process, but you didn't give a 2 years ago when Leigh benefited from what you have off the field.


If you were relegated, then you jumped the queue ahead of a good fellow ch1 club, which reached a Grand Final, and I didn’t see you bitching and whining about that all over these boards.

It means that we have been moved from a lower league to a higher league. Lower to higher = promotion.

Has tb been rubbing off on you?

I think that he has.

Either way, going by the philosophy espoused by you and some other Leythers, Oldham should have been promoted due to on the field performance, ie; reaching a Grand Final, and Leigh should have been demoted due to poor on the field performance, ie; finishing in a relegation spot.