What you also saw with the old heavy ball was the fullbacks playing driveback.

The fullbacks would kick to one another with all the other 24 players trapped off side.

The first fullback to make a mistake lost a huge amount of ground. never saw Ledgard loose one. A kicking skill sadly lost in the modern game. Find 10 metres to touch these days is met by huge applause. The thing about Ferguson was if a penalty was given by the opposition anywhere in their own half, Ferguson kick the goal. This kept the petty niggling and and lying on in the modern game when playing against Leigh down to a mimimum, or the scoreboard kept ticking over.

You a Pennington man to Alan

i loved the place ,old boys also Tony Cottrell ,and Allan Rowley,not a bad rugby team .

Do you remember our kid being expelled Charlie for turning up drunk ?

didnt need to look it up Frank. I missed the match - grounded with chicken pox thats why I remember it so well.

Didnt realise that you peaked at 9.

Dean Purtill was as good as any!!

simon svabic