Never heard of Leigh??

[Dallas Mead]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62181948

[gingerjon]

14 minutes ago, Dallas Mead said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62181948

""We haven't been to Leigh before. We like it very much and I definitely want to go to a rugby match."

- two Dutch fans in the piece

[Old Frightful]

I imagined this would be a thread about train spotters.

[GUBRATS]

23 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

""We haven't been to Leigh before. We like it very much and I definitely want to go to a rugby match."

- two Dutch fans in the piece

On Sunday I was explaining to a Swedish couple that it was a primarily Rugby stadium as I directed them into the town centre 

I might just join some of the DUTCH for a beer tomorrow afternoon 

Been reported as sell outs ( just over 7K capacity as they can't use the North stand terrace ) but some empty seats due to sponsor tickets not being used 

Read that wrong didn't I , it's the Swedes who are back tomorrow

Edited July 21, 2022 by GUBRATS

[JohnM]

10 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

""We haven't been to Leigh before. We like it very much and I definitely want to go to a rugby match."

- two Dutch fans in the piece

Their wish can come true on 28th July, for just down the road.......

[gingerjon]

3 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

Been reported as sell outs ( just over 7K capacity as they can't use the North stand terrace ) but some empty seats due to sponsor tickets not being used 

That was the case at Brighton last night. Sell-out of available tickets but where you could see gaps it was pretty obvious they were returned groups/sponsor mini-sections.

Edited July 21, 2022 by gingerjon

[gingerjon]

2 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

I might just join some of the Dutch for a beer tomorrow afternoon 

My experience of trying to match drinks with serious Dutch boozers is that I'd plan your route home in advance and not have anything in the diary for the next couple of days.

[GUBRATS]

1 minute ago, gingerjon said:

My experience of trying to match drinks with serious Dutch boozers is that I'd plan your route home in advance and not have anything in the diary for the next couple of days.

Hence why they need a big orange bus to follow to find the stadium 

[binosh]

The atmosphere in the town has been fantastic since the start of the euros, the council and the LSV have really made an effort and it shows. I’m glad they have had every success after all their hard work. Nice to see such a positive piece for a change of reading all the negative RL ones. 

[Jughead]

Dutch football man has never heard of a town that’s football team’s highest placing was the fifth tier of English Football. Colour me shocked, ladies and gents. 

[JohnM]

10 minutes ago, binosh said:

The atmosphere in the town has been fantastic since the start of the euros, the council and the LSV have really made an effort and it shows. I’m glad they have had every success after all their hard work. Nice to see such a positive piece for a change of reading all the negative RL ones. 

Which council? 

[Black Country Wire]

TBH if it wasn't for rugby league I probably wouldn't have heard of Leigh either!

[Gerrumonside ref]

It’s a great piece about Leigh and should provide a bit of pride in the place.

Lets hope there’s a media carryover for the World Cup!

[The Hallucinating Goose]

58 minutes ago, Old Frightful said:

I imagined this would be a thread about train spotters.

I'm a trainspotter and I've never heard of Leigh. 

[HawkMan]

Etymology. From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”) from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”).

If I was Dutch I wouldn't have heard of a forest clearing in the North of England either. 

Edited July 21, 2022 by HawkMan

[Eddie]

31 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

It’s a great piece about Leigh and should provide a bit of pride in the place.

Lets hope there’s a media carryover for the World Cup!

Batley at home on Sept 11th. 

[GUBRATS]

3 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Batley at home on Sept 11th. 

Are Batley in the WC ?

[GUBRATS]

What this does show , is that the LSV is indeed a top stadium , shame they couldn't use any of the North stand terrace 

[Eddie]

7 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Batley at home on Sept 11th. 

No but the media and locals’ frenzy could be reignited for that game. 

[Man of Kent]

24 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

What this does show , is that the LSV is indeed a top stadium , shame they couldn't use any of the North stand terrace 

It's an ideal stadium for group games. The acoustics at LSV are first class.

[Hammerless Nail]

1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

That was the case at Brighton last night. Sell-out of available tickets but where you could see gaps it was pretty obvious they were returned groups/sponsor mini-sections.

Salford have a huge number of sponsor mini-sections.

[GUBRATS]

3 minutes ago, Hammerless Nail said:

Salford have a huge number of sponsor mini-sections.

Its easy to check , just try to buy a ticket

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

She'd only heard of Wigan because of some Dutch football players that played for Wigan Athletic in their Premier League days . Thats the power of football and the Premier League ,

[Black Country Wire]

1 hour ago, GUBRATS said:

Are Batley in the WC ?

They've been in the s*** a few times!

[Bacardi Dave]

2 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I'm a trainspotter and I've never heard of Leigh. 

Does Leigh have a Railway station?