Good advice, Leigh should take note and do exactly that. London are now reaping the rewards.

London dont have Wigan 7 miles away

And we have Huddersfield. Look at their squad and you can see plenty of Fax lads.

Wardle, that’s both of them, ( one now at Cas).
Ollie Roberts
Adam O’Brien
Kruise Leeming
Jake Connor now at Hull


And those are just the ones I know about, no doubt more in their youth setup as well as at Leeds and Warrington.
But it didn’t stop us from having a reserves team.

Have you heard of Wigan, Warrington, saints etc. Quite decent teams with a bit more pull than us

You don't quite have the same problem do you - and good luck to you by the way, because it will pay dividends in the long term

Bradford have Leeds and Huddersfield nearby and still manage to sign decent academy players. Leigh have no excuse to not look at the academy option

Very true.

The academy we running at the moment is a pointless exercise if you not going all in you won’t attract the best youth players as there bigger and better clubs just down the road that do it as it should be done

They do when Wigan play their home games at Millwall

We need stronger amateur Teams Miners, East ,and Pats are not what they use to be most of the top amateur sides are in Yorkshire

That's true Norman, Fax used part of the additional central funding to start a reserves. Does this mean with the additional funding next season, Fax will be fulltime?

Why would they adopt a bust and boom strategy and change it short term due to a one year increase in income. Thats Leighs downfall. You rolled the dice and didn't get a double 6 and will now pay the price.

Rubbish, It got us into SL. Poor management got us the bust.

Have you not stopped rubbing your hands, or whatever, since Sunday ??

We have no idea what our situation will be either for the rest of this season or next - so you sure as hell don't

Never write off the Leythers

Im not suggesting its the end and wouldn't want that for anyone, but I suspect the gamble you played this year will push the club back for years as you try to recover.

To be fair i've been rubbing my hands all season watching the Leigh roller coaster. I thought it was a Toronto Leigh 1-2 in either order with the rest fighting for the other 2 positions.

You and me both - said at the beginning of the season it was going to be quite boring waiting for the M8s to kick in



Sport never ceases to surprise me - even at my elderly age

Anyhooose, it is what it is - onwards and upwards, LTID

I just hope we have a competative team and don't become another Bradford. Signing them Aussies when we are not guarenteed a top 4 spot was a ridiculous bit of management!

We were a better team when we had Leigh lads playing in our ranks, time to go local again me thinks.

IF we beat Rochdale, I doubt very much we would go full time. It should be the aim but I don't think our club are ready for it yet.

Then we need something in place to support that structure.

=#0040FFYou were saying?

Leigh Centurions owner Derek Beaumont has issued the following statement:

It was with a heavy heart and tear in my eye that the realisation sunk in that we would not make the Qualifiers. I have said publicly on numerous occasion and privately to the group that my position as owner of the Club would become untenable should that happen.

The Club will receive circa £200k in 2019 from £1.25m this year and circa £1.7m in 2017 and that is a drop too far to sustain the Club in its current form. To that end I must act in the best interests of the Club’s ability to survive going forward and in the short term to fulfil this season’s fixtures and also to reduce its commitments to make it more attractive to any party that may express an interest in taking it forward.

This week is deadline week and therefore an ideal opportunity for players to be able to secure their futures elsewhere and at the same time reduce the Club’s obligations. I can confirm there will be a large number of exits and that may bring some opportunities for others but that will be ongoing this week right up until deadline.

I am committed to ensuring the Club reaches the end of the season and hope during that time a new investor or group of investors can be attracted to take the Club forward. I will be making a more detailed statement at the beginning of next week and until then will not be in a position to comment further. I apologise to our loyal fans and sponsors for this failing which ultimately has to rest with me.

=#0040BFHis position is now untenable?


Leigh Centurions owner Derek Beaumont has issued the following statement:

It was with a heavy heart and tear in my eye that the realisation sunk in that we would not make the Qualifiers. I have said publicly on numerous occasion and privately to the group that my position as owner of the Club would become untenable should that happen.

The Club will receive circa £200k in 2019 from £1.25m this year and circa £1.7m in 2017 and that is a drop too far to sustain the Club in its current form. To that end I must act in the best interests of the Club’s ability to survive going forward and in the short term to fulfil this season’s fixtures and also to reduce its commitments to make it more attractive to any party that may express an interest in taking it forward.

This week is deadline week and therefore an ideal opportunity for players to be able to secure their futures elsewhere and at the same time reduce the Club’s obligations. I can confirm there will be a large number of exits and that may bring some opportunities for others but that will be ongoing this week right up until deadline.

I am committed to ensuring the Club reaches the end of the season and hope during that time a new investor or group of investors can be attracted to take the Club forward. I will be making a more detailed statement at the beginning of next week and until then will not be in a position to comment further. I apologise to our loyal fans and sponsors for this failing which ultimately has to rest with me.

Ok Mooky, it was only my opinion,I really thought Derek would have toughed it out,granted in not the same way this season has gone,it is a very sad day.Myself I will be there on Sunday and next season with my season ticket whoever is in charge.
This news will be music to the ears of the Doom mongers,but hopefully we have still got the die hard fans who will join ranks,and regroup,it may take time.At least you know YOU was right and I was wrong.

what happened to charlie knows?

As I have said nowt surprises or shocks me, personally I've had a bad month and been badly letdown by some so called friends,now in sport this happens, shows you what I know.
However in BOTH cases the Clown will bounce back,of that you can be certain, and I think Leigh Centurions will do the same.

I'm not about d**k measuing, I just think all the predictions I said will come true, and it really will be the start of a new era. Unless there is a minor miracal on Sunday, then we might have a new chairman, coach potentially (although I think Purtill should stay), a whole set of new players which isn't great and ultimately, a bank balance divided by 10!

How many games do we have remaining? I heard a rumour 12 players have found new clubs which would leave us without a team (I have no reference for it though, just word of mouth).