herbie Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just read an article on Fordy. He says hes looking to get back into coaching and would like another go in League. Also hed be interested in getting involved in buliding a club from the bottom up. If only eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 He's already been an Oldham Roughyeds coach. I doubt he'd want to do that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandle Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 , he as been out of the game to long, its a diverent game now. there is a new bread of coaches. yesterdays wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclecticsheep Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 When Mike Ford started out he practiced often on his own, on the rugby pitch at Churchill Playing Fields Greenfield, with a drag bag of rugby balls then he would join us at football after and he was excellent at that too...Dedicated single minded he put the hours in I was rather in Awe of him at the time and it was no surprise success came his way. You can call me old school but I would love to see him rebuild ORLFC . Hes in his 60s now i guess....old wine maybe..but I was a winemaker once and the old wine was often the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I read this interview. It's deja vu. I remember a very similar interview with Fordy when he was playing for Leigh. Basically he said he wanted to play for Oldham. A few months later he signed for us. He's not averse to putting it out there. We may find that in a few months he's coaching a league side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbie Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 It wasnt the coaching bit that caught my attention. It was the bit about taking on a project and building from the bottom up. Thats exactly whats needed at our club. Clear out from the top and start again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefgeneral Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 During his time at union I'm sure he's made some very wealthy contacts and probably made a few bob himself. I think the dream would be him heading up a consortium (including other oldhamers like Terry Flanagan for example) and buying out Hamilton. Mike Ford to be a head of rugby role or director of Rugby something like that and build the club up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 46 minutes ago, chiefgeneral said: During his time at union I'm sure he's made some very wealthy contacts and probably made a few bob himself. I think the dream would be him heading up a consortium (including other oldhamers like Terry Flanagan for example) and buying out Hamilton. Mike Ford to be a head of rugby role or director of Rugby something like that and build the club up. I love your second paragraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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