The things you guys have won 'over the years' next season will be really weird for you, but at least you can WIN promotion back to Super League, something that wasn't possible for National League/Championship teams from 2008. Speaking to a Leigh Director earlier this week, from whatever influence a club have can have in the fixtures, they desperately want our first home game to be v Bradford Bulls at the LSV. Hope it's not @ Odsal for our 1st game, had to many depressing visits there !!! (Yes, I am that old !!!)

Love it to be Leigh away first game. Be a cracking atmosphere!

If it is, it would not surprise me if it will be a new attendance record for the Championship.

I cant wait. It will be a really exciting season, and one for sure you Bulls fans will enjoy.

I remember once playing Leigh at home. We were six points up with three mins to play [five points for try and goal, back then and [istill [/icontrived to lose.

Try to Leigh, goaled by John Woods and our kick off then went out on the full, giving Woodsy a another chance to score a penalty which he took with glee. Woods, of course, was one of the relatively few players we have in common.

It's difficult to be fair.

Most don't want to be obnoxious about it [yeah, I know, there are exceptions..but, at the end of the day, we are [apparently going of be one of just three full time teams. It's not of our choosing, the RFL thought it was a good idea and there's nothing we can do about it, other than crack on and make the best of it, but obviously we have a fair old advantage against the semi-pro sides and it's daft to pretend otherwise.

Alan Rathbone, Geoff Clarkson and Steve Donlan also

Didn't john pendlebury have one last year at leigh?

leigh v bulls may well be a great gate and all that if first off, but I'd rather bulls start off a little more sedately given we are a rebuilt side.

It's no good going over to lsv against a very good and fairly settled team and going home well beaten. The positivity around our club is a fragile thing.

I'd rather we start with a winnable low key tie and sod the big bang.

Not to fussed what order we get the league fixtures to be honest, let's go to LSV and put a marker down!

Not heard anything about the friendlies as yet - wonder if the usual game at Dewsbury is still on this year?

The fixtures are random aren't they?

I think they take into account any particular dates the clubs might want/not want a home game to be played, particularly with clubs sharing grounds, but I doubt they would accept not wanting any particular club, away from home, on a specific date..

For anyone who wasn't aware, next season's fixtures will be announced this Sunday at 9pm.

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Not forgetting Yaphat Kotto .

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Rumour on the grapevine is that our first game is London, whether or not this is home or away or not im not sure - and only hearsay

Gawd that's literally (to me at least) the least appealing possible outcome for a first game.

I have a craving to go to Hunslet that I can't explain.

Must be the Garden Gate.

I'm sure I've only just got back from London..

What would be the point of starting the championship season with a repeat of the last game of the Super League season? What's the fun in that?

Oh sorry, it's random. I keep forgetting.

Don't they use one of FA's spreadsheets to determine the games?

No, the RFL are only just upgrading from a spectrum ZX to a commodore 64 so FA's spreadsheet is far too into the future..

no, its an alternative reality.

Well, that may be true, but I prefer to think of any plans concerning the RFL to be more like Schrödinger's cat, but with two heads, trying to move in opposite directions and no-one knowing whether it's dead or alive. or what dimension it's in..

I think there are sterner, and more important, match-ups ahead in the 8 X 8.

As the full time teams, I find it hard to think Leigh London and us are not going to be taking part in it, so we have to regard the early season as preparation for the important stuff down the line. No-one is going to be promoted at the LSV, nice as it undoubtedly would be to put down a marker.