Will maher was at the Widnes home game , he was sat with maizen and woodburn hall , they’d been doing some presentation stuff regarding the 1895 cup and were dressed all in black. Maher and Oakley were recalled from there loan spells , pretty sure Forster wasn’t.

Did Mick Nanyn ever play for us ? think he signed a 2 yearer and was never fit.

Speaking of Oakley i have just watched the league one playoff game between Oldham and North wales on the sportsman youtube channel. And Cole was playing for the Crusaders, he had a solid game playing left side second row and they won so will be playing Hunslet for a place in there grand final.

Maher was at the Toulouse game with Pickers and Kyle Wood and he still had a Panthers top on, at least for now.

I seem to remember him playing 1 or 2 games but then doing something like his ACL or MCL. Could have been a great signing for us given his record in the Championship but like so many we have brought in over the years never lived up to the billing.

Can anyone remember that young lad called Longstaff? He was supposed to be the next superstar but just seemed to fade away.

Yeah,Simon Longstaff,that’s a while back.

If he did play it could only have been a preseason friendly.

Quote ="Miserybusiness"Yeah,Simon Longstaff,that’s a while back.'" Welsh lad I think although I might have him mixed up with someone else but think he got in to coaching and there was an interesting article about him as he had some struggles. I will add it if I can find it. Edit: maybe it were someone else as I can't seem to find the article online. It was bugging me but turns out it was Matthew Silva - https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rug ... e-19959622

Quote ="Miserybusiness"Yeah,Simon Longstaff,that’s a while back.'" Welsh lad I think although I might have him mixed up with someone else but think he got in to coaching and there was an interesting article about him as he had some struggles. I will add it if I can find it. Edit: maybe it were someone else as I can't seem to find the article online. It was bugging me but turns out it was Matthew Silva - https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rug ... e-19959622

I can even remember his photo in the Courier, ...... smiling as he was signing the contract! Can't remember if he actually played, but there was much flag waving and drum beating as we beat some rival big clubs for his signature.

Mark Roberts cost us £20k from Warrington but injury meant he never (or hardly) played, and shortly after signing Alan Maskill from York (I think) he tragically died in a car accident.

Simon Longstaff played in the late 80's but I don't think he made more than 20 appearances for us. He was from the Wakefield area and went to Oldham but became a javelin thrower I believe.

Did a bit of Faxcarring and according to Marillion man-a well known poster in the day-Longstaff signed a record 50k junior contract in 1986.His son Ellis broke onto the scene last season scoring a hat-rick at magic for Hull on loan from Warrington and earned a Knights call-up.His career also nosedived quickly as he's now at Fev..

Did you "trawl" or "remember / search" because I only "trawl" apparently.

Always good to get the facts right.

Is (or was) Marillion man the referee Jack Smith?

I'm not sure but I believe he was called Colin something..

Genuine research,like you good self..

with a bit of personal memory-which can suffer from a touch of Florimo at times..

No he isn't Jack.

MM played for the colts back in the 80's - with a certain Nigel Wood!!

OK, thanks for clearing that up. It's just that I seem to remember him saying his dad was Halifax referee John Smith and I've always thought Jack is John's son, but I suppose he wouldn't be allowed to referee Fax matches if he was. But then again that didn't stop the world's most over rated ref ever, Steve Ganson, refereeing Saints matches.

Top of that list of flops would be Dayne Neirinckx and Anthony Seuseu for me.

Richard Durgan no longer a director as of yesterday according to companies house. https://find-and-update.company-informa ... ng-history Make of that what you will

Richard Durgan no longer a director as of yesterday according to companies house. https://find-and-update.company-informa ... ng-history Make of that what you will

https://www.facebook.com/groups/halifax ... 489669705/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/halifax ... 489669705/

Pure specualtion here but if he is staying on like he says then one of the reasons to be removed as a director would be if the company isn't in great financial state which could affect his own business interests if anything major happened. Ultimatley these guys have taken a hell of a lot of hard work and effort to build up their own businesses and it would be silly to risk hurting your own reputation for something which is essentially a hobby.

For the sake of not scare mongering what other reasons do you know of as to why a director might take a back seat ?

From Durgan on Facebook thread.

They’ve removed the thread now .