So then David ingram?

...... and you think her majesty had anything to do with it or even had heard of him?


Lets agree to differ on his qualities.

To be fair - the honours system isn't the best indicator of an individual's reverential worth:

LORD Archer
LORD Taylor of Warwick
SIR Jimmy Savile
Stuart Hall OBE
I suspect that list could quite easily be expanded on - but you get my drift!!

AJM was, without doubt, one of the all time greats on the field - and his success as a coach/manager for this club is well documented - but the fact also remains that he dropped this club like a stone - TWICE - to further his ambitions.

Three times actually. 1971, 1982 and 1985 when St.Helens came knocking.

Fair point - although, on the first two occasions he walked out on:

a) The Challenge Cup holders
b) The League Champions

In '85 he left a newly promoted club to return to Saints..... his hometown team, and first love - so I suppose we can forgive him that one!!

Ha ha, I remember that well. Dave Smith played for Thatto Heath as an amateur and we had some right ding dong battles playing against each other. that was a really poor Leigh team !

My favourite team was in the 80's.

Loved Woody and Dessie, but my favourite back was John Henderson. He was a fantastic and quick Centre.

My favourite forward was Jeff Clarke.

The most gifted forward of that era to grace HP in the late 80's was Ian Schubert. He was coming to an end but a fantastic playing ball handling back rower. A joy to watch !