John Duffy

Nah, Sean Richardson I've heard

a bunch of directors on the fylde coast as we speak trying to tempt david stephenson to give it another go

A.N.other

M. Mouse

Our Micks coming off the water duties

Come on Aspey lad!!!!!

was that our worst ever signing , i do remember him having one good match against leeds at HP.

i remember us paying quite a lot of money for a forward called hobson from huddersfield in the early 80s (i think).
he ranks alongside stephenson

Big lad ran like a gazelle no heart, got to know him quite well as we were in the same 'line of business'

not sure but i think we paid £11000 for him which was a significant amount back then.

do you know when we signed him?

hobby the bobby signed in january 1980



weve had a lot worse imo

Stephenson was a stinker of a signing for sure... opened a can of worms here though as to who was our worst ever signing.

He wasn't our worst signing but I remember Mike Ford only bothered playing for us once we transfer listed him to get people interested

We could do alot worse.

I actually thought we might go for him pre-season to be honest. Let's be honest he's a 100%'er and he's proven at this level.

Not sure he's what we really need though. A strong running prop is missing for me, someone who can really punch holes in the defence.

Think that has to be our first priority. No good having world class half backs if your forwards can't set a platform.

Exactly. People are all over Watson but he can't pull the strings without help from the forwards. It'll also give Durbin more time and space when he's on the park.

Blimey those are names from the past. Darrell was with Leigh's Reserves / Academy previously - Darren Abrams class of 2000 if I remember rightly while in 2001 Doots returned from St Helens having earlier played academy rugby about 1998?

He kicked Widnes to death in the Alliance Grand Final of 2001, he must be 29/30 now.

Alan Platt.


(I liked him)

Get that Bloody window cleaner off.

(I liked him)

dootson was always more than a capable stand off and if its Rowlands the hooker, didn'the play for Blackpool when his dad was on the board? and isn't he a hooker and haven't we just let a hooker/half back/loose forward, go out on loan to Blackpool

Mike McGillicudy and Brian Shillinglaw

Does that mean he's in competition with the Svabic clan?

For ages I thought Alan was also of eastern European descent, and that his full name was Gert Plattiov.

And yes, I was one of the 600 at Elland Road when he took us apart....

remember being at elland rd when a young 17 year old called sonny nickle intercepted and went in from 80 yards.

was it the same match