Leythersteve wrote:
Oh deary me very bitter let me know when he carried on with the handling officials apart from the official dressed as a fan or throwing punches not in retaliation did you actually hold the lead at Leigh? We have never been subsidised by the rfl unlike London or been allowed a team of Aussies unlike London
Goodness me, you really are behind the times. I know Leigh doesnt have a railway station but I assume you've moved out of the Industrial Revolution?
Lets address your points in turn;
Bitter, no idea how I gave that impression. Certainly not, on the crest wave following the best London Broncos team I have seen in years and seeing the club gradually building up from the bottom.
I must assume you didnt attend the home game v Broncos, as if you had, you would have been aware Leigh were cacking themselves having been behind for most of the game and only a devastating 10 minute spell got you the 2pts - against the run of play, but a win is a win.
RFL subsidies - always comes up when true grit northern folk talk about the Broncos, but the snag is not one of them can ever point to a shred of evidence to back it up. I think its called an Urban myth. David Hughes is the guy who subsidises London Broncos.
Overseas players quote, I stand to be corrected but its over 10 years since we were aligned with the rest of the game with overseas players. The number of London born players in our current squad, and others who have moved on into SL is a testamnt, Jamie Acton I believe hails from Hemel Hempstead. So, this is a none point.
And so Gareth Hock, the gentle giant, the family man, the loveable rogue ..... with his own seat at the disciplinary panel, some of the charges found guilty of below, but so many more charges and of course, the drug misuse is another matter:
2016 Leigh v Swinton, 3 match ban for punching, £300 fine
2016 Leigh v Swinton, charged with reckless physical contact with match official, incredibly found not guilty
2015 Salford v St Helens, 3 match ban for use of knees, £300 fine
2015 Salford v St Helens, 3 match ban for use of knees, £300 fine
2014 Salford v Hull, 7 match ban for knocking over ref Matt Thomason, £300 fine
2013 playing for Widnes on loan, 4 game ban for deliberate contact with ref George Stokes
2013 using abusive language towards a referee
2012 Wigan v St Helens, 2 match ban for fighting, £300 fine
2011 Wigan v St Helens, 2 match ban for fighting, £300 fine + £200 bond forfeit
2011 Wigan v Warrington, 5 match ban, 4 matches for eye gouging and 1 match for punching, £300 fine
2008 Wigan v Huddersfield, 5 match ban for grabbing arm of ref Ian Smith, £500 fine
2008 Wigan v Bradford, 1 match ban for punching, £300 fine
