It could well be fact, players are probably the last to know, they went to Egypt a couple of weeks back, they only found out about it the week before.

Blackburn reserves returned for pre-season training this week, and today it was confirmed to the players that they will play their home games at LSV next season, good news for me

And me!

is there anything in the rumours of van nistlerooy going to blackburn, big sam won't take no s"*!# and will drop anyone down to reserve level, may proove more of a draw than we belive, especially prices of premiership these days.

Moneys money it can only be a good thing look at what scouse reserves have done for warrington, yes i knows its liverpool but blackburn is still a premiership club, so stop badmouthing and get behind this deal.

I heard this a few weeks ago, that Blackburn and Man Utd put bids in to play reserves at LSV, and Blackburn bid more.

[url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/ReserveNews/0,,10303~1710398,00.htmlBlackburn's official confirmation[/url

[url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~1711162,00.htmlPhoto of Big Sam's visit*[/url




*sorry I can't do photos at work

This may be a daft question but why cant they play at their own ground?

probably the same reason our reserves cant play at ours (or one of them) Bolton, Utd, L/pool, Everton all don't its to do with the pitch only having so many games to be played on in a year, my 'ask' is that if BR res, Genesis and us are playing on the lsv next year, what gives under the 40 game recommendation? for use of the pitch.

dont really know a lot about the roundballers, but i'm pretty sure premiership teams cant play reserve team games at their own stadia

Us probably Fred they will have us playing in some field somewhere ,they will get more money from footy as they play more matches than us so we will be the poor relation no doubt

They can if they wish, just most choose not to.

Don't worry - surely we pay more than Genesis do?

Knackered the pitch for one

Still at least the Warrington club have made money from the deal

Leigh Centurions on the other hand

Can work it to our advantage - anyone who attends a Dingles reserves game is handed a voucher on the turnstile for £5 off a Centurions game of their choice etc.

You are joking

Yes, I am. They should be given a voucher for a Genesis game instead

That sounds more like it

Certainly advertise upcoming games etc anyroad - it's in everyone's interests to do so.

Matt you are very much the exception , a fan of both sports and many clubs , if we have a premiership reserve grade playing at the LSV it will be of no benifit to us

With Blackburn being a non-RL area, I think there is definitely a certain potential to try and attract them back to the LSV to take in a rugby game. Maybe even get John Cookson doing the half-time draw or summat with him being a Blackburn lad?!

A fair number of LGFC fans also attend the rugby or, at the very least, take a keen interest in the club's fortunes. That said, neither will persuade me to go and watch the Dingles very often

Lets try and get the so called ' RL mad ' population of Leigh interested in coming to the LSV before we try to help the RFL expand the game

The people of Leigh are a lost cause Steve, you've admitted as much yourself in the past. Too much negatives in the past and too much of a bad stigma.

Let's get some people who might have never given RL a try before and let them come in to things with an open mind and let themselves decide whether they fancy coming on a regular basis. And we certainly won't be helping RFL expansion as they'd all firm Leigh fans before Red Hall created Ewood Ewoks.

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Dont think you'll ever find me posting that Matt

The ' ex ' fans are a lost cause but the people of the towns [ all three are far from a lost cause

They just need a lot of hard work , a bit of investment and a new angle of approach and they will come IMHO of course , and I have been known to be wrong before [ not often like



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One of Blackburn’s reserves has a major influence on the future of Leigh RL, he and myself have an agreement*, similar to a previous Blackburn player and a certain rugby club.

When he’s a super rich namby pamby footballer, he’s going to fund Leigh RL and I’m going to run it.

















*Ok so this agreement was settled on the basis that I’d stop putting his head under water and let him breathe, but nevertheless it was agree.