Yep. About three years ago I visited the area to look for graves and visit the memorials to relatives killed in the 1910 Pretoria Pit Disaster.I arrived in Leigh around 8am and was desperate for a pee. The toilet in Tesco was out of order, so I popped into Wetherspoons. Busiest non-major city, non-touristy Spoons that I've seen at that time of the morning.
I have no interest in Rugby League, on the basis that the support play is terrible and it's just glorified Rugby Union Sevens.However, I decided a couple of years ago that Leigh Centurions are my team, due to my 3x Great Grandparents moving to Atherton in the 1870s.Plenty of distant Redsox relations still in the Leigh area. I see that their sojourn to Super League (as a replacement for Toronto) ended after just one season
Quote from: Bad English on October 12, 2021, 01:10:45 PMYes. In related news, SWMBO's boss has been called up in front of the 'commission' for laying into the refs' decisions via the press.Does he own the team?
Yes. In related news, SWMBO's boss has been called up in front of the 'commission' for laying into the refs' decisions via the press.
It seems meat is the way forward for Super League owners of clubs beginning with the letter ‘C’, with Catalans backer Bernard Guasch at the head of a meat processing company. Nicknamed ‘Bernard the Butcher’, Guasch has been integral for the Dragons in recent seasons with the Frenchman ploughing extra finances – and his own private jet – into the club to help them compete in Super League in 2020. Guasch finally saw rewards for his investment when the Dragons lifted the Challenge Cup in 2018.
Always seems to be the baddies that win at the end.