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bababui · 03-01-2010, 03:09 PM

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I've never actually been embarressed being a Latics fan, one I've never supported anybody else in England I do have my favourites in other leagues. Also the first game I went watching was against York City with about 1,000 fans there, where the toilets were nothing more than a concrete trough surrounded by a wall with no roof on.

If you wanted more than a liquid toilet break you had to either clench your butt cheeks or go home and you knew full well never to stand near the toilets in summer as it stunk, and the only time you ever saw them on TV was on Match of the Day if they played a big club in the FA Cup.

And you know what I had more fun back then than I've ever had with them in the premier league.

This is an image I need to scrub from my mind.

Were they in the Conference then?

ukhotstove · 03-01-2010, 03:12 PM

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This is an image I need to scrub from my mind.

Were they in the Conference then?

I never watched them in the non leagues, so it would have been in the football leagues the old 4th division or the 3rd division as they call it now. I'll have to have a look amongst my programmes what the date was.

bababui · 03-01-2010, 03:15 PM

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I never watched them in the non leagues, so it would have been in the football leagues the old 4th division or the 3rd division as they call it now. I'll have to have a look amongst my programmes what the date was.

League 1? Or league 2?

ukhotstove · 03-01-2010, 03:16 PM

Not my ebay posting by the way but this was the first ever football game I ever watched live.

Wigan Athletic v York City

ukhotstove · 03-01-2010, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

League 1? Or league 2?

League 2 as they call it now, used to be 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th divisions.

bababui · 03-01-2010, 03:22 PM

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Not my ebay posting by the way but this was the first ever football game I ever watched live.

Wigan Athletic v York City

Wow..wonder why they would sell..especially for only 89 pence. BTW, that match was in 1979. That must make you like 65.

ukhotstove · 03-01-2010, 03:31 PM

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Wow..wonder why they would sell..especially for only 89 pence. BTW, that match was in 1979. That must make you like 65.

No wonder you came bottom in your maths class, I may have only been a day old

nah I was 6 years old when I went. My stepdad took me, if my Dad had been alive I probably would never have been a football fan and would have been a rugby fan instead seeing he was a massive Leigh rugby league fan and never missed a game.

bababui · 03-01-2010, 04:11 PM

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No wonder you came bottom in your maths class, I may have only been a day old

nah I was 6 years old when I went. My stepdad took me, if my Dad had been alive I probably would never have been a football fan and would have been a rugby fan instead seeing he was a massive Leigh rugby league fan and never missed a game.

That is a tragedy about your father.

It looks like Wigan will avoid relegation but they need to stop selling their good players and keep their coach. Whelan has a ton of money already.

bababui · 03-01-2010, 04:12 PM

Wait!! Does that mean you were raised in Leigh and you are not a Leigh RMI/Genesis fan??

ukhotstove · 03-01-2010, 04:14 PM

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Wait!! Does that mean you were raised in Leigh and you are not a Leigh RMI/Genesis fan??

I do live closer to Leigh than Wigan but have never lived in either town.

ukhotstove · 03-01-2010, 04:17 PM

ps Don't forget Leigh RMI weren't playing in the town until recently.

bababui · 03-01-2010, 04:27 PM

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ps Don't forget Leigh RMI weren't playing in the town until recently.

Doh!! Forgot about that Horwich thing.

ukhotstove · 03-01-2010, 04:32 PM

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Doh!! Forgot about that Horwich thing.

Nah can't do that Wigan Athletic till I die.

bababui · 03-01-2010, 04:43 PM

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Nah can't do that Wigan Athletic till I die.

You COULD be resurrected as a better man; a Leigh man.

ukhotstove · 03-01-2010, 04:46 PM

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You COULD be resurrected as a better man; a Leigh man.

Good chance that Leigh could die before I do then what happens ?

bababui · 03-01-2010, 04:54 PM

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Good chance that Leigh could die before I do then what happens ?

Then you go back to your first love.

ukhotstove · 03-01-2010, 04:58 PM

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Then you go back to your first love.

Oh yeah I'd love to see tha faces of my friends, conversation would go.

"Not seen you at any Latics games for a bit, where have you been ?"

"Supporting Leigh"

"Ok how much head start do you want before we chase you down and kick your butt"

Russ · 03-01-2010, 05:01 PM

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"Ok how much head start do you want before we chase you down and kick your butt"

Trick question. You don't need to run from Wigan fans.

bababui · 03-01-2010, 05:23 PM

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Oh yeah I'd love to see tha faces of my friends, conversation would go.

"Not seen you at any Latics games for a bit, where have you been ?"

"Supporting Leigh"

"Ok how much head start do you want before we chase you down and kick your butt"

Dump the chav friends and watch footie with a civilized lot at LSV.

bababui · 03-06-2010, 01:33 PM

Our march to the EPL continues!!

Trafford 0 LGFC 2

Stepien at the double

SAT 06 MAR 2010

A commanding performance from Leigh Genesis saw Garry Flitcroft's sixth-placed side secure their second away victory in a week to maintain a five point lead over seventh-placed Clitheroe.

Fresh from scoring a hat trick in last weekend's resounding 5-1 win at Chorley, Jordan Stepien was amongst the goals once again at Shawe View, scoring twice in the final twenty one minutes to take his tally to eighteen goals in a highly productive season.

In a first half that saw Genesis completely dominate in terms of possession and territory, Trafford were thankful for the performance of goalkeeper Tom Read in keeping the scores level at half time.

Read was first called upon on twenty minutes when making a terrific save to palm a Richard Radcliffe snapshot over the crossbar, though Read was relieved to see Dale Whitham place the ball agonisingly on the wrong side of the post on twenty minutes after a Stephen Drench free kick close to the halfway line was flicked inside the area by Jordan Stepien.

The Trafford goalkeeper was called upon to make a smart save on twenty three minutes to come to the rescue of his half-asleep defence with centre back Chris Lawton needlessly giving the ball away to Tom Ince to race through on goal, though ex-Leigh man Nia Bayunu did well to force Ince away from goal, though not enough to prevent the winger getting his shot away that was saved by Read's legs.

The hapless Lawton was again at fault for Leigh's next chance on twenty nine minutes, misplacing a header that gave Jordan Stepien a golden chance with the goalkeeper caught in no man's land, only for the Leigh striker to place his first time shot wide of the target, leaving Trafford to breathe a sigh of relief at remaining level at the break.

Half-time saw linesman Mr. O'Rourke withdraw from the game with a knee injury and, after a desperate half-time tannoy appeal, saw him bizarrely replaced by Genesis kitman Jonathan Gains, though in the circumstances it was decided that any offside decisions on Gains' side of the field were to be made by the referee.

In a similar vein to the first half, Leigh started the brighter and were a coat of paint from taking the lead on fifty two minutes when Dale Whitham's deflected strike from the edge of the area cracked against the crossbar.

Trafford had run out 8-1 winners at Rossendale United the previous week but were finding the Leigh defence to be a much harder nut to crack and had to wait until fifty five minutes before they had their first meaningful attempt on goal when Drench was called upon to tip Scott Metcalfe's strike wide of the target.

Prolific Leigh front man Stepien gave a warning shot to the hosts on sixty five minutes when he turned smartly in the penalty area and forced an excellent low save from Read, but it was a warning that Trafford failed to heed as Stepien gave Leigh the lead four minutes later. Tom Ince guided a free kick in to the penalty area and the ball found Stepien at the back post, who made no mistake in slotting home.

Finally getting a goal in front gave Leigh something to defend, and they did so admirably against a Trafford side that finally began to show some attacking intent with the introduction of Marvin McDonald from the substitute's bench seeing the hosts switch to a 3-4-3 formation, though Stepien came close to a cheeky second goal on eighty four minutes with a clipped corner that nearly caught Read out low down at his near post.

Trafford had a huge chance to equalise on eighty nine minutes when skipper Melford Knight was left unmarked from a Metcalfe free kick, only to head over Drench's crossbar. With Trafford pushing forward as the game entered stoppage time, Leigh posed a huge threat on the counter attack with Tom Ince breaking clear and laying the ball off for Whitham to see a shot deflected wide of the target.

With barely seconds left on the clock, Leigh's victory was sealed when a huge clearance upfield sent Stepien racing through on goal, only to be brought down in the area by Lawton. Stepien dusted himself off and sent Read the wrong way from the resultant penalty to claim his eighteenth goal in thirty one starting appearances this season and secure all three points for his side.

For the second successive week, Genesis have no midweek fixture so will have seven days rest ahead of welcoming mid-table Woodley Sports to the Leigh Sports Village Stadium next Saturday (13th March) at 3pm.

Leigh Genesis; Stephen Drench, Lee Woodyatt, Kris King, Mark Ross, Chris Page, Dale Whitham, Jack Dorney (Chris Dykes), Steve Flitcroft, Richard Ratcliffe (Andy Heald), Jordan Stepien, Tom Ince

Attendance : 124 Referee : G Etchells Assistant (Red) : D O'Rourke (J Gains) Assistant (Yellow) : S Simpson

03-01-2010, 03:16 PM	#804
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03-01-2010, 04:17 PM	#811
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