: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:16 pm  

Blueboy wrote:

Excellent turnout from you lot last night. Shame we can't play you on a Sunday afternoon down the Shay as I think we may get over 4000 to watch.

There must have been just about 4,000 last night. The South stand holds 3.300, it was not far from being full, so take it from there.

: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:34 pm  

Cassandra wrote:

There must have been just about 4,000 last night. The South stand holds 3.300, it was not far from being full, so take it from there.

I agree, there was defo more than the league match and as i've mentioned elsewhere i think there was as many as when we played melbourne last year.

: Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:08 pm  

Cassandra wrote:

There must have been just about 4,000 last night. The South stand holds 3.300, it was not far from being full, so take it from there.

From our end it looked as thiough the middle 3 sections were well populated but there was plenty of room otherwise. Attendance given seemed about right.

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:33 am  

Always fun for a bit of banter on the M62 on the way over as well

well travelled : Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:27 am  

Saint Ermintrude wrote:

Would love to see both teams back in SL

it wont happen Widnes might make it cos they can moan for England about it bot Fax definitely wont

Re: well travelled : Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:25 pm  

peawapp wrote:

it wont happen Widnes might make it cos they can moan for England about it bot Fax definitely wont

Leigh chief executive Allan Rowley said: “May we take this opportunity to wish Salford and Celtic all the best but we also have to say we are thoroughly disgusted with the Celtic decision.

“We now have a team that fielded 10 overseas players against us because they are classed as a development team and are now in our elite competition, which is a complete contradiction of terms and we feel this decision is purely a geographical one.

“We have nothing at all against the people who run Celtic. They can only do what they do within the laws of the game but the decision makers should hang their heads in shame.

“We know that there is no system for appealing but we are definitely going to ask the RFL how Celtic ticked more boxes than us. We owe that to the public of Leigh.”

“We are devastated with the decision,” added Rowley. “The bid was professionally presented by Deloittes and had the full backing of Wigan MBC (Metropolitan Borough Council) and Leigh Sports Village.

“The bid incorporated a business plan that was approved by Deloittes, which demonstrated the enormous potential of Leigh Centurions together with the opening of the fantastic new stadium and other facilities at the Sports Village.

“The new facilities definitely ticked enough boxes for a successful bid and all that we can do now is monitor the development of the successful clubs and see whether they can deliver what we at Leigh Centurions have already delivered.

“We are not naive enough to think that the new stadium is the be all and end all but it is the catalyst to develop the club and the infrastructure in association with the local amateur clubs.

“This, along with the backing of the Leigh public, will ensure that there are exciting times ahead for Leigh Centurions.”

With crying like that Leigh should be a shoo-in next time, according to your logic obviously.

Re: well travelled : Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:32 pm  

rufustanner wrote:

[i]Leigh chief executive Allan Rowley said: “May we take this opportunity to wish Salford and Celtic all the best but we also have to say we are thoroughly disgusted with the Celtic decision.

How's that for a come back..

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:33 pm  

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:47 pm  

OWNED!!!!

Great following from your lot, could hear you in fits and bursts and were definitely highly visible

Lets hope we can return the favour when we come over to your place with a few bevvies and hopefully we will get that stand behind the posts.

Re: well travelled : Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:40 pm  

peawapp wrote:

it wont happen Widnes might make it cos they can moan for England about it bot Fax definitely wont

I didn't realise moaning for England was part of the franchise criteria?