2014 PRE-Season FRIENDLIES
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PRICE £2.50 SUNDAY 19th January 2014 FRIDAY 24th January 2014 Kick-off 3.00pm Kick-off 7.30pm CENTURIONS CENTURIONS v WIGAN WARRIORS v SALFORD RED DEVILS MAIN MATCH Featuring the Arthur SPONSOR Thomas Memorial Trophy 2014 PRE-SEASOn FRIENDLIES HONOURS Championship Winners: 1905-06 FROM THE TOP Division One Champions: 1981-82 Division Two Champions: By Chairman 1977-78, 1985-86, 1988-89 Challenge Cup Winners: 1920-21, 1970-71 JOHN RODDY Lancashire Cup Winners: WHO’S WHO 1952-53, 1955-56, 1970-71, 1981-82 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy: ell, here we are in 2014 and at you to all who have bought new merchandise, and a big vote of At Leigh Centurions 1969-70, 1972-73 Wlast a chance for us all to see thanks to our Leigh Centurions Retail staff based at the market – they Promotion To Top Division our new squad in action during have really done a spectacular job; well done guys! Hon Life President Kit men achieved(Not as Champions): the next few weeks starting today Mr Tommy Sale MBE Mr Frank Taylor 1963-64, 1975-76, 1991-92 with Wigan Warriors followed by The Future: Hon Vice President Mr Sean Fairhurst Other Promotion season: Salford Red Devils, Warrington Mr Tommy Mather We believe that the future of the game and the re- Mr Andy Burnham MP 1997 (Division 3 to Division 2) Wolves and finally North Wales introduction of P&R will be announced during the period Hon Life Members Under 20’s Coach Northern Ford Minor Premiership Crusaders. that this match day programme is being read; therefore it Mr Paul Anderson Mr Brian Bowman Winners: 2001 Welcome to the individual Club Directors, Management teams and of would be wrong to comment just at this time. Mr Tommy Coleman Under 20’s Assistant Trans-Pennine Cup Winners: 2001 course their respective supporters to Leigh Sports Village. We hope However what I will say is, that whilst others have been engaged in Mr Frank Taylor Mr Steve Mayo Arriva Trains Cup Winners: 2004 that you enjoy your time with us and let’s hope for great individual discussions and debate in Super League, we at Leigh Centurions have Chairman Conditioner games whilst we all test our capabilities for the start of the season. got on with building the strongest squad and developing behind the Mr John Roddy Mr Dan Ogden LHF National League 1 Champions: 2004 You will have noted in preparation for 2014, we have attracted many scenes the most proactive team possible, to prepare us for success. Board of Management Physiotherapists new sponsors and may I take this opportunity again to thank them for The Board of Directors enjoys good relations with the RFL executive Mr Michael Norris Ms Emma Fletcher LHF National League 1 Grand Final Winners: 2004 their support and contribution; we are delighted to have you on team and I am very confident that we have firmly established Leigh Mr Derek Beaumont Ms Hannah Lloyd board. Thank you also to our regular sponsors for your continued Centurions once again as a contender for Super League in the future, Mr Andy Mazey Mr John Stopford (Under 20's) Northern Rail Cup Winners: support - it is truly valued. and that we are providing the club with the foundations to return to Mr Alan Platt Club Doctor 2006, 2011, 2013 Those of you that follow our news updates will know that we have top flight rugby league. Mr Steve Openshaw Dr Maurice Doublet-Stewart Mr Neil Wilcock been very busy in recent months, introducing new squad members Our supporters are absolutely key to that success - hence we have Ms Jackie Mottershead Club Ambassador CLUB RECORDS and hopefully providing Paul with wider options during the season, to attempted to deliver the best ticket options possible, for both season Mr Trevor Barton MBE Mr Alex Murphy OBE field his best team, to deal with each game more tactically. The Board ticket holders and individual matches during the season. We look Ms Julia Bradley Commercial Manager Biggest Victory: has been very impressed with the standard of new recruits to the forward to your continued support - the bottom line is We are in Mr Rob Parker 92-2 vs Keighley (1986) team and also how the former squad have bonded with the new this together! Head of Rugby Biggest Defeat: Lottery Manager additions – we hope that we are in for a very successful season! Mr Derek Beaumont 4-94 vs Workington Town (1995) Ms Christine Brown First Team Coach Highest Home Attendance: Behind the scenes, the Board has been very busy indeed with not only THE MASCOT FOR Mr Paul Rowley Lottery Co-ordinator 31,326 vs St Helens (1953) our commercial activities, but also finding new ways of further THE WIGAN GAME Mr Johnathan Simpkin Lowest Post War Home Attendance: improving our communication with our supporters and wider Assistant Coach The mascot for the game against Mr Neil Jukes Finance Manager 451 vs Hull (1975) community. We hope that, on the back of a very successful World Cup, new supporters will have been introduced to the sport and also to Wigan, is Eleanor Lois Dainty. Conditioner Ms Jane Smith Most Tries in a game: Jack Wood 6 v York (1947), Leigh Centurions – our job now is for the club to maintain that Eleanor is twelve years old and Mr Nathan Pennington IT & Ticket Sales attends St Mary’s Catholic High Neil Turley 6 v Workington Town (2001) interest. Training Assistant Mr Andrew Parkinson School, where she has joined the Most Goals in a game: I have received many tweets and email messages from either new Mr Thomas Wood Club Accountants school rugby team. Eleanor is no Mick Stacey 15 vs Doncaster (1976) supporters or from our existing loyal supporters, who will be bringing stranger to the game, having played Masseur Styles & Co big ambition is to represent Great Most Points in a game: to the ‘friendlies’, friends and family for the first time – which really is at Leigh East since she was eight, Britain in the future. Mr Rob Stewart Hon Programme Editor Neil Turley 42 vs Chorley (2004) great news! and has been captain there for the In addition to playing rugby, Eleanor Statistician Mr Alan Edge Most Tries in a season: last two seasons. Indeed, she was It seems that our new kits, both home and away, have gone down player of the year in 2013, and her enjoys reading and drawing. Mr Cliff Sumner Neil Turley 55 (2001) really well this year, with some really encouraging sales figures. Thank Most Goals in a season: Neil Turley 187 (2004) Most Points in a season: Neil Turley 468 (2004) CLUB CONTACTS Most Tries in a career: Mick Martyn 189 (1954-67) Telephone: Facebook: Most Goals in a career: 01942 487887 www.facebook.com/leighcenturionsfanpage Jimmy Ledgard 1043 (1948-58) Most Points in a career: Twitter: Email: John Woods 2492 (1976-85, 1990-92) General Enquiries – twitter.com/LeighCenturions or tweet us @LeighCenturions Most Appearances: [email protected] Albert Worrall – 503 (1920-38) 2 THE CENTURION www.leighcenturions.com www.leighlife.com THE CENTURION 3 FROM THE HEAD COACH - WIGAN SHAUN WANE EDITOR By ALAN EDGE WARRIORS contest, between two nations who gave it their all, in a scrupulously sporting manner. Those spectators, who were new to rugby league, including hundreds of children, must surely want to SQUAD - 2014 come back for more of ‘The Greatest Game’. For me, the spontaneous huddle of all thirty four players, at the end of the contest, was the most moving spectacle I have witnessed on a rugby pitch. No NAME No NAME s you will probably have noticed Junior Centurions 1 Matty Bowen 22 Eddy Pettybourne A by now, this match day magazine Talking of youngsters, elsewhere in this magazine, is a 2 Josh Charnley 23 Dan Sarginson contains information on TWO listing of birthdays of Junior Centurion members, during visiting teams, Wigan Warriors and 3 Darrell Goulding 24 Tony Clubb the close season. Salford Red Devils! 4 Iain Thornley 25 John Bateman Given that we didn’t have a Junior club, just two seasons ago, the As the two pre-season games against our Super League current, growing membership is a testimony to the work of John 5 Anthony Gelling 26 Ryan Hampshire neighbours take place within five days, it made sense from an Williams, who re-started the club, and Sharon Dillon and her band 6 Blake Green 27 George Williams economic viewpoint (and an editorial stress one!) to publish a of helpers who are developing what has to be a big part of the joint magazine. future of Leigh Centurions, and indeed, Rugby League in general. 7 Matty Smith 28 Rhodri Lloyd We are delighted to welcome the players, officials, and supporters 8 Scott Taylor 29 Sam Hopkins of both the Warriors and Red Devils, to Leigh Sports Village. Since The Arthur Thomas we moved into the stadium, these two clubs have been regular Memorial Trophy 9 Michael McIlorum 30 Epalahame Lauaki visitors at this stage of the ‘pre-season’ preparations. (I just can’t This trophy will now be a regular feature of one of our 10 Ben Flower 31 Dom Manfredi bring myself to use the word ‘friendly’ for any rugby league pre-season fixtures, and will be awarded to Leigh’s man 11 32 Joe Burgess game!) of the match – thus ensuring that the trophy will remain We welcome Wigan as 2013 Super League champions, and Tetley at the Leigh club. 12 Liam Farrell 33 James Greenwood Challenge Cup winners, and wish them well in their quest in The rationale behind the trophy is to honour Arthur’s time at the 13 Sean O’Loughlin 34 Lewis Tierney Australia, to add the World Club Challenge trophy, to their club, and to help us recognise our debt of gratitude to the lovely 14 Jack Hughes 35 Rob Lever silverware cabinet.