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September 13, 1997, Saturday SECTION: Nationwide General News; Sport (Domestic) LENGTH: 393 words HEADLINE: RL: HAGAN PROUD OF GOLD COAST DESPITE SUPER LEAGUE DIVIDE BYLINE: By Brad Walter of AAP BODY: SYDNEY, Sept 13 AAP - Bob Hagan may be on the opposite side of the Super League divide but the Canterbury chief executive still gained a great deal of satisfaction from Gold Coast's performance this season in the Australian Rugby League competition. Hagan, a founder of the Gold Coast club in 1988, watched the Chargers bow out of the finals race 32-10 against Sydney City on Friday night and confided that he was proud of their achievements this year. Although obviously not as involved as John Sattler and Peter Gallagher, he still has an emotional attachment to the side the trio created in the form of Gold Coast Giants a decade ago. "I'm very pleased for them," Hagan said. "I lived there for 12 years so I've got an attachment to the area, I still watch them play when I can and they've done very well this year." Not surprisingly, Hagan believes the Chargers' efforts this season have proven there is room for a team in any elite competition on the Gold Coast - as he did 10 years ago. But until 1997, Gold Coast was always considered a poor relation - undergoing three name changes, four different owners, five coaches, seven chief executives and two home grounds since Hagan's days. Even Chargers coach Phil Economidis admitted after last night's loss that the side had been "overachievers". "Everyone thought we were going to be woodenspooners, it's been a great effort by the players," Economidis said. After being cobbled together in a matter of days at the start of last season when the ARL revoked the licence of colourful entrepenuer Jeff Muller, the Chargers have become the success story of the game. And more importantly, the Chargers are now the hottest ticket in town in, an area many - but not Hagan - consider to be a sporting graveyard. "I think it's the fourth biggest city in Australia so there has to be a place for a Gold Coast side," he said. "I've always been of that opinion but unfortunately teams up there haven't had much success until this season. "Then there was the unfortunate situation with Muller and after that it all looked to be over. "But I was up there recently when they played Manly and they had a record crowd of over 15,000 so things are looking good." LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: September 13, 1997