Andy isn't shown as a BOM in todays programme.

I was really hoping thinks could get sorted . Andy will be missed so much. It's gonna take someone special to take his place .

It was always going to happen. Once derek got involved there would only be one of two outcomes:-

1. Derek walks and leaves the rest to pick up the pieces
2. Derek fires the rest off (or the one's he wants to) after all he's the one funding the club.

Unfortunately andy's vision of a community owned club didn't come to fruition & probably never will. A rugby league club needs a money man (or women)

Well done derek. Super league here we come.

P.s. Andy you did a great marketing job.

Andy & his dad where in the North stand today cheering on the lads. RESPECT

Respect indeed.

and looking very dapper in his Dads jacket also

but seriously why wouldn't he be watching the club he has supported all his life?

If you speak with your mate he will tell you that I have met with all my promises and financial commitments that I have ever made to the club so you need to get your facts straight.

If by heel draggers you refer to people who wish to see a sustainable club well managed operation with long term vision and steady growth rather than just a short term strategy with elements of risk taking and gambling then im guilty as charged.

I have resigned for my own personal reasons which I wont go into on a public forum and have wished Derek and his team well and will continue to financially support and sponsor the club I love but wont be involved in the day to day management team.

All the attention and focus should be on Paul Rowley and this truly great team of guys we have wearing our famous shirt so lets all get behind them and get over to Leeds and make our support count!!!

Well said, Andy - brilliant communication, as usual.

A very sad day for our club, and a huge loss. Thanks for the wonders you have worked, along with all your fellow BOM members, in such a short time.

Andy please don't put anymore about what has happened on here mate. Don't lower yourself rising to the people who revel in these situations. I am sorry you have made this decision and hope that you do return to the board one day. The great things that have happened to our club are partly to do with you and you should be very proud of your efforts.

I salute you Andy , TOP MAN

My respect for you is 100%, Ian knows .

Andy Mazey = Top bloke.

This season I, along with many others have never felt as involved with the team we love. Previously it always seemed that we (the speccies) were just there for the turnstile cash and the day to day running of the club was above us. That all changed when the new BoM came in and it was Andy along with Rob Parker who brought this whole "In it together" ethos to the club.
I can't think of anyone involved with the club now who will/can bridge the gap between fans and club that has been created with Andy's departure and I feel that "the family club" has now been a bit diluted.
Times change however and what's done is done but one thing can't be changed, and it's this!


Andy, it was YOU who was at the forefront in the resurgence of LCRLC. The team of players and our brilliant coach have worked miracles on the pitch, and you did the same off it. I and many others would like to say THANK YOU for your efforts.

Cant agree more .

We can assure all the fans and regular posters on here that NOTHING will change as regards us getting the information out to you. I'm sure Andy will agree that he worked as part as a close-knit team in getting our communications out there. It has always been our intention to make our communications, on all of our media platforms, to be a little more fan friendly. This way we can cut the rumour mongering out at source, which I feel we've been achieving well all season. Hence the lack of negativity on here. Yes, the team playing so phenomenally as well does help too. So, no fear, our communications will not be 'diluted'.

Media platforms are all well and good.........to a point, and I sure there is still a close-knit team behind the scene, but the question is. Who's going to be (The face) of the management team on matchdays ?

Andy was always early in the Legends bar and mingled with the fan's, he had or appeared to have plenty of time for each and every fan who wanted to ask a question etc. It is this hands on approach that will disappear, please remember that it was not just getting information out to us that was/is Andy's forte, it's the fact that it was he, and he alone who really brought the "We're all in it together" feeling to life.

I think Neil should do it

They all ready have been, instead of discussing things with Andy we are now communicating with a faceless entity. The board has lost its best communicator so it has definitely been diluted.

The Watcher is sad to hear that Mazey is leaving the BOM, he is also worried that we are returning to a on man show again just as we were when Arthur Thomas was running the club & we all know what happened then.
The Watcher is also very concerned that Beaumont has fallen out with the top local amateur outfit to such an extent that they do not exist in his eyes.

I wonder who's next on the hit list........tick tock tick tock.

I not sure the club can claim to have a tight knit leadership team, when three members have left abruptly within the space of six months.

If this is the route that Beaumont wants to take and he has the funds to do so, that is his prerogative. However I would suggest he follows Simon Moran's example with Wire, rather than becoming known as a poor man's Koukash.

The Watcher?

If you were funding it would you want to do it your way?

Fair comment.

However, it's about more than the funding, surely Ste? What about the time, and expertise being put in by all the BOM, not to mention the business contacts they can bring into the club. I would say that any departing member of the BOM, leaves a big gap - some bigger than others. Who is going to fill those gaps, financially, and time-wise?

The 'faceless entity' is in Legends Bar pre home game EVERY home game and is always happy to field any questions, as was Andy. As we have said nothing has changed.

Of course,
But most competent directors would use commercial skills, people management skills, listening skills plus tact, diplomacy and openness to get the best out of their team and achieve their objectives.
Derek is a proactive guy with loads of personality ( and allegedly a lot of money), but I am not sure he has displayed too many of these qualities.
and it looks like his pro-activeness may have left he club with a limited future if super league is not achieved.
As usual at Leigh Centurions ( as at Leigh RLFC in the past). The ''He who pays the piper mentality'' has prevailed and some of the excluded team are voting with their feet.
A great shame because the initial concept was brilliant if it had been correctly managed.
Remember
[i[YOUR SMILE IS YOUR LOGO
YOUR PERSONALITY IS YOUR BUSINESS CARD
HOW YOU LEAVE OTHERS FEELING AFTER AN EXPERIENCE WITH YOU BECOMES YOUR TRADEMARK[/i.

Corny but oh so true !

How about Christmas week in the evening at Salford Hospital or attending sad occasions with supporters families. Slight change for the worse I think !