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I have questioned for a long time why Bilko updates the site for no payment. If it's a hobby then fair enough, but it's a blinking time consuming hobby.



If I were Wigan RL I would be offering some kind of financial reward to make it worth his while.



That's not sentimental judgment, that is common sense.

Doesn't C&W get backing from RLFANS? It's ultimately bringing visitors to the forums and therefore advertising revenue.

+3

Backing for Bilko banner at the Saints match.

Why would Wigan pay someone to be an official historian when Bilko does it off his own back for free? No offence meant at all to Bilko - I know the lad and he is thoroughly decent.



Look, it's one thing doing this kind of thing as a hobby when you're young and with no commitments, but when you get a bit older, earning some coin sort of takes priority, and no matter how much you love doing what you're doing, you can't carry on if you can't find the time to commit or the money to replace ageing equipment.



Personally, I don't blame Bilko for taking the site down.



I mean, why should the club get the benefit of his hard work when he doesn't get anything? Hopefully the site - and Bilko himself - being unavailable will make the club think hard about whether they want an official PAID historian (and they bloody should!) and if they do, would they want someone with Bilko's commitment, knowledge and back catalogue, or do they want to start from scratch with - I bet - someone less committed than he is.



Mr Lenegan - I know you're a businessman and every penny counts. We all know you can't fritter money away - but surely this is a great INVESTMENT for the club given we have the richest history of ANY rugby league club in the world?

+1



Great work Mr Bilko, agree with Mr Robinson; you deserve formal recognition for your outstanding effort and support. I'm sure a retainer would be straight-forward enough for the club.



Mr Lenegan, the site C&W site is a superb repository for all things Wigan RL; I'm sure the cost of 'buying' this data and Bilko's ongoing administration would be a damned sight cheaper than developing it from scratch and administering it thereafter. Time to recognise the good within the community.

The name of the topic needs changing - Bilko deserves recognition!

I agree with a lot of that. The least the club could do would be to purchase the existing site and then employ someone to update and maintain it (assuming Bilko didn't want to carry it on for much longer).



Having looked at a lot of rival SL unofficial sites, C&W is lightyears ahead of the rest (in true 'Wigan Way' style

), would be a shame to lose it.

if fans of cherry and white just want to check up on stats and all the stuff on there you can by using "the way back machine". or click this. web.archive.org/web/201107151913 ... bsites.php

if fans of cherry and white just want to check up on stats and all the stuff on there you can by using "the way back machine". or click this. web.archive.org/web/201107151913 ... bsites.php

Cherry and White seems to be back up,well done Bilko.

Yes, welcome back!