When I replied to Charlie`s post I`m fairly confident that the game he had in mind was n`t in `82 but a few years later when JW was coaching us `85ish.

Barty the game i refer to was in the 80s though im not sure of the year ,Woody ran rings round Hanley , and later that year we beat Wigan easily at Hilton park their Half backs were Shaun Edwards and Mike Ford .

Your bob on - Either 83/84 or 84/85 season but Leigh did win.

Yes - the [isixth[/i best side since the aforementioned teams IMHO.

I personally wouldnt put the 2001 side above the 2006 side although in a face off an all conqouring Neil Turley would have been a huge and obvious threat.

The 2001 side effectively blew it that year after a roaring start and by the time Oldham and Widnes turned up for the play off's we had been sussed out and both turned us over at home ( Rochdale also beat us heavilly at Spotland during the end of that season)

Look at the 2006 pack alone. Ricky Bibey, Tere Glassie, Bryn Hargreaves, Paul Prescott, Chris Hill, Rob Roberts, Dana Wilson with Paul Rowley at hooker. I won't even mention the likes of Aaron Heremaia and Scott Grix in the backs.

One of the better sides we have ever had but unfortunately let down by the then board of directors who brought in one of the worse coaches we have ever appointed.

I was lucky enough to watch both teams,so lets have the best of both.

1 d eckersley 2 d drummond 3 t bilsbury 4 ste donlan 5 j walsh 6 J Woods 7 A Murphy 8 d chisnall 9 k ashcroft
10 a wilkinson 11 p grimes 12 g clarkson 13 t martyn subs r tabern k green p smetherst p fox.

2006 had the better players, 2001 was by far and away the better [iteam[/i.

That decision nearly ruined us and would have but for AT bailing us out. That squad in 2006 was better than our SL one, O'Neill at 6 and Moore at prop as well. With a good coach we would have bankrupted HKR by winning the GF.

I suppose I was just thinking about the 81-82 season because of the thread's title. Hanley did play in 1981 and although I don't remember the details, the Bradford fans (including the obnoxious one) were very excited about him. This can't have been long before Hanley's enforced sabbatical.

I suppose I was just thinking about the 81-82 season because of the thread's title. Hanley did play in 1981 and although I don't remember the details, the Bradford fans (including the obnoxious one) were very excited about him. This can't have been long before Hanley's enforced sabbatical.

Grix - Went to on play SL
Heremaia - Went on to play SL and be an international!
Bibey & Moore went on to create the forefront of Wakefields pack
Paul Prescott, Chris Hill and Hargreaves on went on to become SL regulars in the pack.

Add to that, O'Neil, Rowley and Roberts at 6,9,13. Clearly that is the making of a team that should have achieved so much more. Thank god they won the cup.

don't forget you had neil roden who you swap for a local leigh lad jay duffy and he wonderful drop goal to knock you out of the play offs. top memories