You'll never produce a formula hat keeps everyone happy, Mishmash!

There's a case to say you have to look at the records... I never saw Bill Kindon play, but for donkeys he was the club's record try scorer. I didn't see Legard, either, but he surely must be the best fullback we've had... look at his international record, and his price tag! Pawsey, Egan, Mick Martyn, Murphy, Drummond... again, on their stats records, they have to be in, even though many on the board won't have seen any of them, and few if any on the board will have seen all of them.

The different opinions is all part of the fun

Did my 'namesake' never get a mention from your old fella?? From what I have heard he was a bit of a legend in the old Mather Lane days!! (tales of wrestling exhibitions as pre-match entertainment!!)
Challenge Cup winning captain, and Lions Tourist.....the AJM of his day!!

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alcohol fuelled two posts alert

Well I've added up the numbers and I think I've got this right but if anyone wishes to double check then please feel free.

This is our dream team.

1 Turley

2 Drummond

3 Lewis

4 Donlan

5 Walsh

6 Woods

7 Murphy

8 Wilkinson

9 Ashcroft

10 Street

11 T.Martyn (Snr)

12 M. Martyn

13 Bristow

Subs:

14 Pyke

15 Rowley

16 Smethurst

17 Clarke

Coach: Alex Murphy


That team looks good to me.

Tommy Martyn (junior) never played in the pack.

We need to select another one.

Gordon Lewis always played at 3 never at 4

Whilst the final line up is not,IMO, the best team we've had,I thought the ctiteria was, it didn't matter if you had not seen them play? its still a very good line up though. Did no one else ever see Bev Risman play for Leigh? I can't belive i'm the only one mentioned him! Bev was the former and the then current Egland flyhalf before joining us and was a really stylish player and excellent goal kicker. I think he played almost five years at Leigh before joining Leeds to become their captain and, also Great Britain captain!

It was meant to be Tommy Martyn Senior and I've changed Lewis and Donlan around.

Is it too late now to post your Leigh dream team?

You can still post your team - things can always be changed should it alter the selection.

Okay. Cheers. Probably won't make any difference anyway, but here goes:

Neil Turley
Des Drummond
Steve Donlan
Scott Mahon
Phil Fox
John Woods
Alex Murphy
Tim Steet
Paul Rowley
Derek Pyke
Mick Martyn
Tommy Martyn
John Westhead

Craig Stapleton
Alf Wilkinson
Mickey Higham
Charlie Pawsey

Just for the record. Tommy Sale who has been watching Leigh since 1928 and probably knows more about the club than anyone alive compiled his own Leigh dream team five years ago for rucby league world. It was as follows:

Ledgard
Drummond
Lewis
Allan
Walsh
Woods
Murphy
Chisnall
Ashcroft
Owen
Pawsey
M Martyn
Foster

Subs

Eckersley
T Martyn Snr
Kitchen
Smethurst

He also gave an honourable mention to: Darwell, Kindon, Robinson,Donlan and Turley amongst a few others. Interestingly the name Tim Street does not appear which underlines the fact that while he remains a massive cult hero at Leigh his playing skills don't quite merit a place in the dream team. Particularly as he is up aginst props with international honours!

Totally agree with TS, great servant in the lower leagues for us but a dream team played the best of their time, TS never shone against the best like Wilkinson, Pyke, Chisnall, Owen, etc
What we must remember is that many posters have never seen Leigh mix it with the best.

This is the problem really because as people say they can only go off what they've seen. Tim Street wouldn't have made it into my dream team either but everyone has their own opinions and that's the point of starting the poll in the first place.
I've got Alex Murphy's Leigh dream team to post tomorrow - I wonder whether he'll put himself in it!

I take all your points, but considering that the current dream team, as it stands, only contains Bristow, Rowley, Street and Turley from what I can see, who have played for Leigh in the last fifteen years or so and that the rest of the team is made up of players that have certainly mixed it with the best, whoever has voted seem to have selected players from over a large period of years. A lot of people who have selected players such as Street, have also selected players from the championship and challenge cup winning teams. I am 50 years old and have compiled my team with a selection of fans who are 60 plus years old. They all rate Street as one of the best props they have seen at Leigh. It is just opinions isn't it? However, I do believe that the way you are going about selecting the team is the best way of doing things. Of course, someone 70 plus may come up with a different team to a twenty year old, but I think overall you will come up with a pretty good team, that represents all the eras. We could argue forever about who should and should not be included, but as far as I can see the current team looks a fair one to me and despite not agreeing with it 100%, I can see why they are all in there. When you take opinions from a wide cross section of people, you'll find you come up with a pretty good side IMO.

Knowing Murph, he'll be in twelve positions!

He did ask if he could pick himself in every position but I put my foot down!




Anyway this is Alex Murphy's Dream Team - and I've got to say it's a cracker.

1 David Eckersley
2 Des Drummond
3 Gordon Lewis
4 Trevor Allen
5 Joe Walsh
6 John Woods
7 Alex Murphy

8 Dave Chisnall
9 Kevin Ashcroft
10 Stan Owen
11 Mick Marytn
12 Tommy Martyn (Snr
13 Peter Foster

14 Jeff Clarkson
15 Charlie Pawsey
16 Jimmy Ledgard
17 Bev Risman

Coach: Alex Murphy (naturally)


These players also get an honourable mention:

Mick Collins (very unlucky to miss out)
Peter Smethurst (would lay down his life and never took a backward step)
Alf Wilkinson (strong forward, good player)
Derek Pyke (great pair of hands, great football player)
Stuart Ferguson (could play centre, full back, wing and a magnificent goal kicker)

Also Steve Donlan, Terry Bilsbury and Mick Hogan.

My dad is 76 and this is his Leigh Dream team:

1 Ledgard
2 Drummond
3 Allen
4 Lewis
5 Tickle
6 Woods
7 Murphy

8 Pawsey
9 Ashcroft
10 Owen
11 Clarkson
12 M Martyn
13 Foster

14 Kingdon
15 Wilkinson
16 Eckersley
17 Smethurst

Coach: Alex Murphy

Yep they were definitely first in line for the ugly bus, but I wish we had a couple like 'em today!

A bit o/t but does anyone know how Stan Owen is going on not seen him for years used to see him in catholic club on bond street.

Last time i saw him he was still a big fellow a nice guy though.

That Murphy bloke has virtually selected my team! Get your own team Murph, what does he know about rugby anyhow

I dont think the loose forward was Trevor Foster it was Peter Foster surely tragically killed in a car crash

Oops sorry, my mistake - I don't know how I managed to put Trevor, of course it's Peter.

I'm glad one of us is awake.