Nigel Wood talks about his time at Halifax : Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:21 am
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"What would you consider to be the most enjoyable and rewarding aspect of running one of Rugby League’s most historic club, Halifax? It was always privilege to run a club that was a lot of people’s second favourite club. I spoke to a lot of people, who might be Wigan supporters or St Helens supporters, but they always have a quiet respect for Halifax because it was a traditional Rugby League club; it had a knowledgeable fan base, it produced good quality players, had a decent trophy cabinet and honours board. Also, it is the biggest sporting team in the town so it carries their sporting hopes, which can prove both a burden and a privilege. The other thing that was pleasing was that I use to play there in the famous blue and white jumpers for a number of years so there’s a bit of pride from a personal perspective. The challenge was that we were always punching above your weight as a club. Even though the sport has a very successful salary cap, the clubs with the deepest pockets and the greatest resources are the ones that tend to attract the best talent. When you’re playing in front of 5,000 people and other clubs are playing in front of 10,000, you have to be very innovative and have great survival instincts to continually put a team out on the park that is capable of doing justice to the league, that is capable of winning its fair share of games and that is also capable of making progress off the field. Without fear of contradiction, I can put my hand on my heart and say there was not a day of work that wasn’t a significant challenge in every dimension. But, it was a terrific training ground to learn all aspects of running a professional sports club in the current era". ............ and there's more in the article. |
http://www.isportconnect.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11033&Itemid=323
"What would you consider to be the most enjoyable and rewarding aspect of running one of Rugby League’s most historic club, Halifax? It was always privilege to run a club that was a lot of people’s second favourite club. I spoke to a lot of people, who might be Wigan supporters or St Helens supporters, but they always have a quiet respect for Halifax because it was a traditional Rugby League club; it had a knowledgeable fan base, it produced good quality players, had a decent trophy cabinet and honours board. Also, it is the biggest sporting team in the town so it carries their sporting hopes, which can prove both a burden and a privilege. The other thing that was pleasing was that I use to play there in the famous blue and white jumpers for a number of years so there’s a bit of pride from a personal perspective. The challenge was that we were always punching above your weight as a club. Even though the sport has a very successful salary cap, the clubs with the deepest pockets and the greatest resources are the ones that tend to attract the best talent. When you’re playing in front of 5,000 people and other clubs are playing in front of 10,000, you have to be very innovative and have great survival instincts to continually put a team out on the park that is capable of doing justice to the league, that is capable of winning its fair share of games and that is also capable of making progress off the field. Without fear of contradiction, I can put my hand on my heart and say there was not a day of work that wasn’t a significant challenge in every dimension. But, it was a terrific training ground to learn all aspects of running a professional sports club in the current era". ............ and there's more in the article. |
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