On LC TV now are an Interview with Liam Kay, Dave finds out that Liam has a Leigh family connection.

Also an Interview with under 20's coach and former Leigh favourite Paul Anderson, Ando speaks about his time at Leigh and elsewhere.

Looks like I will have to start on my filming era in 2001 for this weeks game of yesteryear as I seem to have run out of Leigh wins in the 80's and 90's, I've got a few losses but I don't think they would go down to well



Coming soon is an insight in how the 1st team are shaping up in pre season training with features about the wrestling sessions, the sand dunes session and of course the weekend of 'wonder' with The Royal Marines.

If anyone out there has any VHS tapes of games from the 90's they wouldn't mind seeing again on LC TV then drop them off at the Ticket Office or market outlet, I will digitise them put them on a DVD for you as a thank you and use them on LC TV.

Hope you all have a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous new year.

Leigh Centurions TV subscriptions are still only £3.50 per month or £32 per year.

Bugger! I had quite a few but got rid when I got rid of my VCR

Naughty boy, but then again the only ones I put in the loft were what is now part of my archives (fancy word for cardboard box) I had literary hundreds of other teams as I raided Micron at Wigan just before they moved to Horwich as they were throwing thousands of tapes away, there were cup finals Lancs, John Player etc.. plus league of all the teams they have covered over the years I was like a kid in a toffee shop

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hi..fred...i have one video of leigh playing st.helens on wednesday 1'november 1992.i think it was the first match we had won up to that point,and it was the first match for our new coach {sims from oz}can't remember his first name.....i will drop off at the ticket office when they open again on the 2 nd of jan.....all the best to everyone.......eddy.....

hi.....fred i've just remembered the coach's first name it is steve......steve sims...sign of old age on my part.....

cheers Eddie, I remember that one, well I dont as I wasn't there I was working but it was one our Dave remembers.

It was freezing cold IIRC

If I remember rightly Steve Simms only arrived in the country that week and Denis Ramsdale was still in temporary charge?

Wasn't as much cold as bloody wet can't remember a wetter night at HP.

Good interview with Liam and McNally, and Neil Jukes. (not watched the Paul Anderson one yet) Wouldn't like to be in Dave Parky's shoes, trying to interview anyone with some of our 'more boisterous' players lurking nearby!

Seriously though, great fun!

Who was the coach in the ' Windowcraft ' years? , for some strange reason I thought that was Simms, looking at wiki it says it was Billy Benyon

We had the Leigh Bears with Fletcher's nightspot shirt in between Windowcraft shirt and Simms coming along.

86/87 I think Benyon was replaced at Saints by Murph and Benyon ended up at Leyth.

Benyon was the coach in the semi final when we lost a Central Park to Saints and we wore the Windowcraft shirt that day as I had the shirt was at the game and found a signed photo the other day by Derek Pike.

I worked for Windowcraft from 3 rd Nov 86 for almost 4 years, we got complementary tickets during that time, I remember Dereck Pyke as captain having a sponsored Xr3i and the coach a Ford Granada, both livered up in Windowcraft colours ( that coincidently matched the clubs ) ,apparently Mike Ford asked but was refused a car at that time

So it must have been Benyon , I remember the final, both clubs being sponsored by double glazing companies, and the tackle by the Saints winger that cost us the game, who we then signed a couple of years later

Got that game on VHS somewhere in the loft. We played well that day.
There were two opposing wingers with similar names which Ray French commented on .
Any one remember the names ?
Derek Pyke was superb as well.
Might try and dig it out for Fred

Was that Barry Ledger, on John Henderson?

Fantastic ball handler - don't see (m)any props with those skills, these days, eh?

Yes , that was the one, cost us a cup final

McCormack and Muculloch.

That's a mouthful

Top bloke who I remember always having tome to sign an autograph and I had his tie ups a few times when running on at the end



You just don't see props in that mould anymore, ball handler who could also use the boot.

Think that came from being an England RU schoolboy?

Like you say Keith a nice man as well and I was a kid back then but still have the photo in the 87 kit which Derek signed the back of, those are the things kids remember and it's one of the many reasons I was sold on Leigh as a kid!

And if I remember correctly there was a section of the crowd who gave Derek a lot of stick, nice to know things don't change

I played Hooker alongside Derek (and the other Prop was a lad call Ian Beckinsale ). They were both massive props weighing in at about 8 stone each at the time.
We also had a coach/manager who knew a thing or two about rugby and was also our Headmaster at the school. St Pey's was the school and a certain Mr Sale "Sir Tommy" was our coach. Happy days



ps Mr C, I think Derek would call himself a "Plonk loner" before a Westleyther

Sorry but Plank lane opposite Firsway Nissan until he went to the big school

. The houses got demolished in 72ish so he flit to West Leigh then. A clever lad to go with all his brawn too.

hi ......fred..just found the video of the 1971 cup final,i wonder whether you could use this on centurions t.v? and would it be better if i left them at the retail outlet on the market........thanks..

Thanks very much Eddie but I have the 71 game it's still copyrighted to the BBC though. But any more would be great, as for dropping them off anywhere would suffice thanks.