Has anyone any news?

Leigh definitely NOT going to become a feeder club only caught last 30 mins or so on Leighlife radio

Looking at dual reg players from Wigan for 2013, and signing a big prop.
Brierley hopeful of being at Leigh next year.
Club almost now self-sufficent - likely to break even by end of year.
2013 KO times/days not decided yet - waiting for results of the questionnaires.
Retail unit opening in market hall in September - match tickets can be bought from there,
Won't be a feeder club for anyone - intend to make a genuine SL bid in 2014.
And the pies were good.

No disrespect to Salford but Wigans and Wires u20`s are better than theirs........ if were going to get duel/loan players - this is were we should get them from.

Happy about the market shop. Been sayin for years this is the best place to sell shirts, merchandise, tickets etc.
If we got Brierly on board again next year, that would be brilliant news.
Great news that the club is finally stable and moving forward

As i said before things are looking optimistic and positive , i for one NEVER thought we would ever become a feeder club , especially to Salford



not with Wire and Wigan being there , hopefully we can move forward in all depts ,and progress .

As for the signings next year , i hope Ryan Brierley can be signed , and i feel a couple of what i call X-factor players will improve us ,if we can achieve the 2nd Spot this year i feel Paul R and his staff deserve a big



Along with Trevor B for his work .

Lets now forget all this negative talk , move forward , be positive , and cheer Leigh on tomorrow to beat Fax .
CMON YOU LEYTHERS .I BeLEIGHve.

Does anyone know why 7:30pm KO was chosen instead of 8pm? Thursdays I know why of course.

I've got to say that I'm a bit discouraged by the amount in interest in last nights fans forum.

The presentations were very good, the news was great and considering the position we were in this time last year, I think the club has exceeded all our expectations, however.... there was about 80 people at the forum and only about 36 people listening in on the Leighlife broadcast, so why isn't anyone interested in hearing about the good news?

Is the problem that we have nothing really to moan about? The lads are playing great, the club is being run better than it's ever been before, the communication with/from the club has never been better and we're in a great position to move the club forward....yet no one seems that interested.

I think it's very worrying.

Should we make the grand final there will be a buzz again.
We need a good result Friday and then win the last two games, go up to Fev and win, dont try and get the home game because weve never won a playoff game at home for a long long time, the money we can make off getting to the final will compensate for the loss of that home game.
As for playing at 7.30 instead of 8, only thing, I could think, is perhaps to inconveniance Fax(Their team I mean), just a thought.

I prefer Waterfields to Hollands pies ,Lynda

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Great news on the club turning themselves around.

On the dual thing,I think all championship clubs should boycott signing these players,if they want us to take there kids it should be a season long loan,that way clubs know were they stand and to the general public it does not look like we are some sort of reserve league were your expected to pay top dollar to watch.

The championship club need to group together and throw out this pointless contract with premiersports[if super league can dump the silly truck sponsorship we can dump this nonsense they also need to push for promotion and relegation on a yearly basis.

As mish mentioned she was disappointed by the turn out,the truth is everyone see the season as a group of pointless friendlies with the above points of no p and r and the duals being dragged back and forth seriously undermines our comp and sport.

The clubs needs to spear head the championship clubs to demand what the next 3-5 years holds for clubs like leigh and fev and get answers from the rfl and not adopt the policy of keep our heads down and they may invite us in

If they can get some sort of gaurantee of a possible promotion in 2013 or at least 2014 the club can use that as target to get the fans behind and believe in,as me like most cynics who watch leigh and lost all faith in our sport and really fear for the direction it going in

Fingers crossed for the future

BTW the audio recording of the fans forum will be available later today (it just needs a bit of editing). I'll post the link when it's available.

This is the biggest hurdle the club have to overcome. They have seen it in the attendances over the past few years. There is apathy in Leigh when it comes to Leigh Centurions. Overcoming that apathy (which is growing year on year) is the biggest challenge that this club has ever had. 30 years ago 80% of population of the town would have been able to name at least one member of the team. I bet that figure now would be less than 10% of the population of the town.

If I'm not part of 'Everyone' what am I?



How many would normally attend Mish? It may just be with such a long gap since we last played at home that fans forgot about it.

I don't, I wouldn't pay £200 for a season ticket if I did.

Thirty years ago, in 1982, we had just won the Div 1 Championship so I reckon almost everyone would have been able to name Woody or Des!!!!!

I'm not entirely sure how many people were at the first fans forum Glow (when we were in serious trouble and in danger of going to the wall) but the room was packed out and we had almost 100 listening in online.

My opinion on the turn out mish is that when things where going wrong a lot more people turned up because they care about the club, but now as you say things are running a lot better and smoother, so i think the same people think everythings ok and don't bother going to the fans forum not because they don't care if you see what i mean but as they don't feel the need too. Does that make sense.

There is normally a drop in attendance at these sort of forums. The first one will always have the highest turnout because people are worried, curious, unhappy, angry etc. As things improve and concerns go away then there is no urgency to attend. Falling numbers are a positive sign rather than a negative one.

The minority




In fairness Mish I suspect the drop has more to do it with it being half term and people away on holiday / days out etc rather than a major apathy.
Throw in the fact that many feel things are getting better so its less of a 'crisis' event.
I'd hope it carries on as its a breath of fresh air the club being so open and accessable (be it live or via the internet).

"the truth is everyone see the season as a group of pointless friendlies"

maybe not everyone, but YES they are. What has it gained Featherstone for dominating our league for the past 3 seasons....ticking a box. Bless........

I had a ticket waiting for me in reception so I could attend..........didn't get home till 7.45 so couldn't make it I`m afraid.

I hope you're all correct in what you say, and part of me thinks you're right. I just wish there was a few more people to listen to the positive news and show the Board and Paul that we appreciate their hard work and determination in getting us to where we are today.

Quite a few of those who go to most games were not there tonight.

I personally was surprised how many attended.

What is more important is how many turn up on Friday as the club has to pay last months tax bill.