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| Quote soldiers field="soldiers field"Leigh's greatest ever player who was born with natural talent but can't compare to ellery who is arguably the greatest ever.'" seen woody go round ellery a few times and never seen ellery kick a goal from the halfway line to win games plus ellery didnt play in many bad teams were there was no money available to buy the best players,so woody has to be the best all round player in my opinion |
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| Quote gunners guns13="gunners guns13"seen woody go round ellery a few times and never seen ellery kick a goal from the halfway line to win games plus ellery didnt play in many bad teams were there was no money available to buy the best players,so woody has to be the best all round player in my opinion'"
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| Quote soldiers field="soldiers field"That's cause he didn't kick goals'" thats why woody is the most complete player plus ellery couldn't pass that great either but thats splitting hairs because ellery was one of the best but not quite the best  |
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| Used to see Woody at the waterworks working at the side of Lilford park in the 80's on my way home from school. Always chatted to us, even gave us a tour down the sewers there. Then later in life he was on the same dart team as me..not a bad thrower...a better drinker though |
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Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember seeing Leigh win at Leeds 24 - something and woody scored all the points
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I had the privilege of playing in the same team as both JOHN WOODS and ELLERY HANLEY - Ellery was a unique talent and had an aura about him. Ellery would be a legend in the game today, his finishing was first class.
I must admit though, WOODY for me is the best player I've ever played with. Being my hero as a kid, it was an honour to play in the same team as him.
I still get the jitters when I'm in his company!!!
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| Quote joanne callotte="joanne callotte"Well not many fans go to games excited to see players in the opposition team, but the 'FC fans, especially those who went in the old Three'penny stand at the Boulevard, use to wax lyrical about him, and marvel at what he could do!!
He had just as big a fan club in West Hull!!!
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| Quote joanne callotte="joanne callotte"An away game at Leeds, at the end of the 1983/84 season........won 24-18, and John scored ALL 24 points!!
The Daily Star covered the game extensively at the time, and marked the players out of 10........hardly anyone got the perfect "10".......but they gave John "11" after his awesome performance!!!!'"
is that the game that Leeds had 'Youngers' on the front of their shirts and RL Action on ITV would only show the second half after they had swapped shirts? |
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| Quote Alan="Alan"I believe Hull tried everything to sign John, when he was in his pomp with Leigh.'"
Believe Arthur Bunting the then Hull manager offered £140k, now in 1982 that was a lot of money... |
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| Quote soldiers field="soldiers field"Leigh's greatest ever player who was born with natural talent but can't compare to ellery who is arguably the greatest ever.'"
And to redress the balance, I remember seeing Hanley run rings around John (a rare event I must admit) when Woody was player-coach at Leigh. I do believe John got sin-binned late on in that game, when his frustration got the better of him? |
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| Quote Alan="Alan"And to redress the balance, I remember seeing Hanley run rings around John (a rare event I must admit) when Woody was player-coach at Leigh. I do believe John got sin-binned late on in that game, when his frustration got the better of him?'"
Think that's the game where woody suffered a serious knee injury and ellery shook his hand when he was being stretchered off |
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| Quote DaisyHillLeyther="DaisyHillLeyther"is that the game that Leeds had 'Youngers' on the front of their shirts and RL Action on ITV would only show the second half after they had swapped shirts?'"
The 'Youngers' game was the 81/82 season were we won 19-18, pretty sure we scored 3 fantastic tries in the first half which unfortunately never graced the TV. |
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