: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:02 pm  

itsatry! wrote:

I keep reading on here that the Rowleys are not very well liked in rugby , i thought fans where glad when Paul came back to play for us so can someone please enlighten me on what the problem is ,this is a genuine question.

Paul was a fantastic player for us and others, a player we have never replaced since his retirement.
He did acquire a certain knickname within the game which is not very complimentary and has resulted in some people refusing to work with him.
I could never fault his effort in a Leigh shirt, but could not see why we allowed him to remain in a job when retiring so prematurely from the player/asst role, we needed to take his wages and find another player/asst coach of the same quality, we didnt and suffered as a consequence.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:17 pm  

DemonUK wrote:

Celtic this weekend - 2,017 a drop of 66% on first home game a few weeks ago

This figure is irrelevant anyhow, those of us who have been around long enough know this venture will not suceed

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:21 pm  

thecaptain wrote:

Rowley snr put his large foot in it re his reply to the rl on Leigh not gaining entry to super league,plus he does B...r all.paul is regarded as arogant and is not a team player

Plase put on record what wage Rowley Snr gets from Leigh Centurions?

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:27 pm  

DETROITSOUL wrote:

Alexs Dad wrote:

Don't forget we had to sell the training ground in the 80's to keep us live.
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MMMMMMM Dont think Leigh saw very much of that money did they
and if i remember it was sold far to cheap ,cant remember much about the deal at the time but i remember not being very happy about the way it was done..

No idea about that one mate, all I recall was it was sold to pay off debts but I'm sure there are more in the know abot that than me and thee.

It wouldn't suprise me anymore than finding out we got £10million for it and spent it all on Jaffa Cakes. You know what urban myths are like in this town.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:32 pm  

What Al Rowley said to the Media ect re Leigh Centurions not getting a franchise was SPOT ON and i applaud him everyone knew it was a
disgrace giving the Welsh Team a franchise before Leigh or Widnes
Respect to Allan Rowley some people may not like him but he,s a Leyther
and said what many on here felt

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:40 pm  

thecaptain wrote:

Rowley snr put his large foot in it re his reply to the rl on Leigh not gaining entry to super league,plus he does B...r all.paul is regarded as arogant and is not a team player

That seems to be the general opinion however, I was pleased someone had the b@@ls to speak out. I really never believed we would gain a Franchise, all the surveying of grounds and points etc... All through this process the Rugby Media/Fraternity had said Salford and Crusaders would be promoted, nice costly exercise though!! I know Salford won the GF and Celtic played in the Final however, Salford came down with virtually their Super League squad minus Robinson, think Myler and Paul made up for him though! As for their new 30 thousand seater Stadium to be ready at the end 2009, has anyone seen it! No, I say well said Alan Rowley

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:47 pm  

FredParky wrote:

Plase put on record what wage Rowley Snr gets from Leigh Centurions?

Does it count if a Director pays it?

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:55 pm  

mr. chairman wrote:

would i be right in saying a local estate agent was involved who was involved with the club as well

He was based in Tyldesley and had really poor eyesight but not as bad as the rest of the board who did not see what he was doing,was it not Sharman or something like that.

It was sold for way under its true value and the club got sweet FA out of it, best bit of business B&Q ever did.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:11 pm  

Twitch wrote:

He was based in Tyldesley and had really poor eyesight but not as bad as the rest of the board who did not see what he was doing,was it not Sharman or something like that.

It was sold for way under its true value and the club got sweet FA out of it, best bit of business B&Q ever did.

sharples

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:49 pm  

The car park at the front of the training pitch, which was far larger than the training pitch, was not owned by Leigh Rugby, it was iirc owned by the council. The council got a far larger share of selling the land than Leigh Rugby.