: Tue May 12, 2009 9:55 am  

kirkhall wrote:

1/Eckersley
2/Drummond
3/Lewis
4/Donlan
5/Fox
6/Woods
7/Murphy
8/Chisnall
9/Ashcroft
10/Owen
11/Martyn T
12/Martyn M
13/Boyd

14/Risman
15/Martyn T jnr
16/Clarkson
17/Wilkinson

There are many great players left out, ball playing loose forwards,Pinner & Foster,hard men, Pawsey,Grimes and Smethurst etc however, with Murphy in the team we didn't them, Murph was simply the best player& Coach I have ever seen and with these players at his disposal we would have been unbeatable! my opinion, of course!

One of the hardest tacklers I ever saw in a Leigh shirt.

[mish]

: Tue May 12, 2009 11:31 am  

Thanks everyone - now your getting the idea

: Tue May 12, 2009 12:12 pm  

I watched a lot of games with my grandad and he use to say to me who he thought were quality leigh players

1/Hogan
2/Drummond
3/S.Donlan
4/S.Halliwell
5/J.Walsh
6/Woods
7/Murphy
8/T.Cotterell
9/K.Ashcroft
10/T.Liku (bit bias he's a mate)
11/T.Martyn snr
12/J.Westhead
13/A.Bristow
14/P.Smethurst
15/T.Street
16/P.Rowley
17/D.Pyke

: Tue May 12, 2009 12:41 pm  

Ledgard
Drummond
Lewis
Allan
Walsh
Woods
Murphy
Chisnall D
Egan
Owen
Clarkson
Pawsey
Foster

Eckersley
Grimes
Martyn T snr
Chisnall E

coach Murphy or Milward

[Dick Jones]

: Tue May 12, 2009 12:47 pm  

From players Ive seen Id go with

Turley
Drummond
Bilsbury
Donaln
Ingy
Woods
Murphy
Street
Rowley P
Pyke
Baldwin
Rathbone
Bristow
subs
Varley
Ashcroft
Fox
Tommy Junior

coach difficult as ive picked Alex in the players the next best was Tersis

: Wed May 13, 2009 1:40 pm  

Well as promised here is the owd fellas team:

1. Jimmy Ledgard
2. Joe Walsh
3. Trevor Allen
4. Teddy Kerwick
5. Des Drummond
6. John Woods
7. Alex Murphy
8. Charlie Pawsey
9. Kevin Ashcroft
10. Bill Robinson
11. Mick Martyn
12. Rex Mossop
13. Peter Foster

14. Steve Donlan
15. Gordon Lewis
16. Alf Wilkinson
17. Walt Tabern

Coach: Alex Murphy

Other possibilities just missing out: Joe Egan, Derek Pyke, Bill McFarland, Ray Tabern, Bill Kindon, Norman Harris, Alan Ackers, Neil Turley, Martin Ryan, Terry Bilsbury, Mick Stacey.

By the way, he did mention that he knows Pawsey played predominantly in the 2nd row however, this would still be his "dream team"

: Wed May 13, 2009 2:08 pm  

i know a few people who reckon Trevor Allen was leighs greatest ever player?

[mish]

: Wed May 13, 2009 3:42 pm  

As voting stands at the moment John Woods is considered to be Leigh's best ever player - he's the only one who got 100% of votes for his position. The next would be Des Drummond because one person didn't put him in his team at all!

This is Leigh's dream 1-7 line up at the moment

1 Turley (7 votes) Hogan (6 votes)

2 Drummond (25 votes)

3 Donlan (13 votes)

4 Lewis/Bilsbury (8 votes each)

5 Walsh (13 votes)

6 Woods (26 votes)

7 Murphy (19 votes)


Those numbers may not be exact because I've just done a quick count - but I think our dream team is looking pretty good up to now.

Thanks everyone but keep 'em coming, the forwards are bit harder to count but I'll get round to it soon.


BTW I've obviously treated Vikingman's contribution with the contempt it deserves!

[mish]

: Wed May 13, 2009 6:37 pm  

I'm having a problem with the forwards as the voting is very tight for the no's 11 & 12 shirts.

I've got Clarke with 9 votes, Tommy Martyn with 7 votes, Mick Martyn with 8 votes and 6 votes go to an unnamed Martyn, which could be a vote for either Tommy or Mick - I don't know which.

Other than that the vote is:

8 Wilkinson (9 votes)

9 Ashcroft (10 votes)

10 Street (10 votes)

11 ?

12 ?

13 Bristow (6 votes)


I think the choices for the subs should be chosen as such:

Each person chosen in their position will keep their votes and if they are voted a place on the subs bench, they will get a point added on - the four players with the highest overall votes gets a place - does everyone agree that this is a fair way to choose?

PS can anyone help me solve the riddle of the Martyns?

: Wed May 13, 2009 7:56 pm  

1. Neil Turley
2. Phil Fox
3. Steve Donlan
4. Terry Bilsbury
5. Des Drummond
6. John Woods
7. Alex Murphy
8. Tony Cotterill
9. Kevin Ashcroft
10. Tim Street
11. Mick Martyn
12. John Westhead
13. Adam Bristow