Name: Dave
Sex: Male
Age: 44
Reason you picked your Forum name: nickname and being involved with Warrington Wizards (my walterwire one got locked somehow!!!)
Family: wife, 3 daughters
Location/Country: Cinnamon Brow
Occupation: Administrator
Favourite player Wire: Lee Briers/Matt King
Favourite ex player Wire: Derek Finnigan
Favourite current player non Wire: Benji Marshall
Favourite ex player non Wire: Ellery Hanley
Favourite NRL team: Penrith Panthers
Team you have a soft spot for (either SL/Championship): Crusaders
First Match you saw: very early 70s can't remember who against
Favourite match: Beating Leeds so convincingly at Wembley last year
Worst match: Any loss to St. Helens or Wigan!!!
Favourite away day: Challenge Cup Final


Least favourite away day: St. Helens
Favourite ground (not HJ): Wilderspool/Halton Stadium/Wembley
Least favourite ground: Salford
Favourite Wire memory: Wembley 2009 and 2010
Painful Wire memory: That penalty that Russell Smith gave to Wigan that cost us the league title on points difference
Favourite Kit: Yellow one v Australia
Worst Kit: Tetley's one
Exact distance from HJ to your home: (try google maps directions for that one WA2 7NE) 2.8 miles

Any newbies of late?

Name: John
Sex: Male
Age: 67 (Probably oldest person on this forum)
Reason you picked your Forum name: Because I'm old, I'm a man and my name is John.
Family: wife, 2 sons, 1 Grandson + 1 Granddaughter
Location/Country: Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire
Occupation: Retired, but used to work as a salesman.
Favourite player Wire: Adrian Morley
Favourite ex player Wire: Brian Bevan
Favourite current player non Wire: Kevin Sinfield
Favourite ex player non Wire: Johnny Whiteley
Favourite NRL team: Brisbane Broncos
Team you have a soft spot for (either SL/Championship): Sheffield Eagles
First Match you saw: Wire v Wigan around 1954. I was a 10 year old and went with my dad, remember being in awe at the size of the crowd, wondering who the old man wrapped in bandages was playing for the Wire. My dad said "That's the great Bev" and was he great. Never been a winger like him since, nobody can touch that record. I'm proud to have seen him play.
Favourite match: Warrington v Australia 1978.
Worst match: Warrington v Wigan Challenge Cup Semi-Final in 1989 at Maine Road - that Joe Lydon drop goal.
Favourite away day: Any game in the Challenge Cup at a lower league club, just love going to the grounds where we don't go that often. Would be nice to play Dewsbury away in the cup.
Least favourite away day: Bradford on a cold, wet, Sunday afternoon
Favourite ground (not HJ): KC Stadium
Least favourite ground: New Craven Park
Favourite Wire memory: Bev's last game against Leigh at Wilderspool. Not a dry eye in the ground that day.
Painful Wire memory: That Joe Lydon drop goal at Maine Road
Favourite Kit: 1974 Challenge Cup Final kit
Worst Kit: Red and Green Christmas tree around 1993.
Exact distance from HJ to your home: (try google maps directions for that one WA2 7NE) 62 miles

Everyone else has done it, so here goes;
Name. John (also known as JC).
Age. Over 50.
Occ. Retired Law Enforcement Officer.
Status. Married, two grown up daughters.
First starting watching the Wire. Jan 1966, first round RL Cup v Cas. W 15-7.
Favourite all time Wire player. Parry Gordon. Best Wire Scrum Half I will ever see.
Favourite current player. Adrian Morley.
Best ever Wire moment. RL Cup win, 2010. I saw the '74 and '09 wins, was there in '75 and '90 when we lost, but after 20 minutes against Leeds, I knew that we weren't going to lose.
Worst ever Wire moment. 1970, home match, lost 0-50 v Salford at Wilderspool. We were about as low as we could get.
Favourite other side. Gateshead Thunder
Favourite other Ground. Central Park..
Favourite other sports. Local RU, Cricket, watch the Boro occasionally.
Hobbies. Most team sports, WW1 (just completed a study of my first of 11 Wire players who died in the Great War).

my actual birthday! ( i have a programme from that match!)

If its good enough for Teeside, Old Man John et al, here goes
Name: Gary
Sex: Male
Age: 51
Reason you picked your Forum name: He is as cool as I am ...not very.
Family: Partner, Ex wife 2 daughters
Location: The posh part of Eccles ha ha
Occupation: Architect
Favourite player Wire: Chris Bridge
Favourite ex player Wire: John Bevan
Favourite current player non Wire: James Roby
Favourite ex player non Wire: David Watkins
Team you have a soft spot for (either SL/Championship): Castleford
First Match you saw: Wire v Castleford late 60's and I think we got beat.
Favourite match: Warrington v Featherstone Challenge Cup Final 1974.
Worst match: Warrington v Widnes Challenge Cup Final in 1975 great start then down hill got the late train back from Euston with a lot of Widnes including their team and the Cup!!
Favourite away day: Looking forward to Widnes this year
Least favourite away day: Hull KR a long way and a poor stand
Favourite ground (not HJ): Wembley


Least favourite ground: New Craven Park
Favourite Wire memory: Every kick by Derek Whitehead in the '74 final.
Painful Wire memory: After Widnes '75, any defeat by Salford (due to in laws) was hard to take.
Favourite Kit: 1974 Challenge Cup Final kit

Name: Steve
Sex: Male
Age: 58
Reason you picked your Forum name: After Cape Wrath (Scotland) Wonderful place!
Family: Son & daughter. (Thankfully no longer a wife!)
Location: Sankey
Occupation: IS
Favourite player Wire: Ben Westwood
Favourite ex player Wire: John Bevan
Favourite current player non Wire: Jamie Peacock
Favourite ex player non Wire: Roger Millward
Team you have a soft spot for (either SL/Championship): Castleford
First Match you saw: No idea, late 50's.
Favourite match: Warrington v Australia 1978?.
Worst match: Warrington v Barrow just after xmas I was about 10, got a primrose & blue scarf for Christmas, walking back after match some barrow kids pinched it and ran off.
Favourite away day: Wembley
Least favourite away day: Getting to Wakefield only to find match called off. Ended up watching Dewsbury v Batley.
Favourite ground (not HJ): Odsal (if the weather's good)
Least favourite ground: The old (original) Hunslet ground. Reminds me of a very bad hangover.
Favourite Wire memory: Bank Park when we come back with the cup.
Painful Wire memory: Losing 1975 Cup Final.
Favourite Kit: The all blue one with primrose V, can't remember year.

Whilst the anonymity of forums may or may not be a blessing depending upon your point of veiw and it might not be everyone's cup of tea, does anyone ever meet up in the real world, say for example on match days? I know this might not be welcome week in week out, as we all presumably have routines and other commitments, but, say for Magic Weekend or a big cup game away an opportunity to put faces to names and have a pint pre/apres match?

There is a secret society, a bit like the illuminati..Although, there are questions whether it still exists.


Woof!

You wouldn't want to go for a drink with any of the losers on this forum

i met up with yed at the last match and he was drinking HALVES.... make of that what you will.

........Of vodka, unlike wkd boy.

I was due to meet Yed, who in turn was meeting Fatbelly at the London game. I got to the Pub, but couldn't find them. There was a well built lad in there, but I didn't have the bottle to ask, 'Are you Fatbelly?' You never know what the reaction might be if you get the wrong person.

My query was based on reading with great interest how London based Wire fans were trying to meet up for TV games, just how close is Chiswick to Putney and can you get there on the Jubilee Line on a friday after 6.00 pm etc etc? Also on the Salford board they seem to have an Christmas Pub Crawl which breaks the monotony of the off season esp when a rogue Swinton fan threatens to turn up.
Just wondered if 'we' had similar?

Name: Dan
Sex: Male
Age: 35
Reason you picked your Forum name: Because the man is a legend!!
Family: single, but have 3 boys
Location/Country: Birchwood
Occupation: Training Officer
Favourite player Wire: Michael Monaghan
Favourite ex player Wire: Chris Hicks
Favourite current player non Wire: Matt King/Rob Burrow
Favourite ex player non Wire: Andy Farrell
Favourite NRL team: Melbourne
Team you have a soft spot for (either SL/Championship): Leigh
First Match you saw: Sometime in the late 80's around the Phil Blake era
Favourite match: Beating Leeds at Wembley
Worst match: Leeds in Play Offs last year
Favourite away day: Wembley
Least favourite away day: Yorkshire
Favourite ground (not HJ): KC/Wembley
Least favourite ground: Wigan
Favourite Wire memory: Cup wins back to back 09/10
Painful Wire memory: All the so near yet so fars against Saints!!
Favourite Kit: The Paul "Gok Wan" Cullen P&B Design
Worst Kit: The New Balance one
Exact distance from HJ to your home: (try google maps directions for that one WA2 7NE) 4.5 miles

yed only plucked up the courage to briefly talk to me just as i was leaving the london match last season!
i must admit i'd been nights the night before and probably looked a little worse for wear!

and don't get me started on the illuminati!

We could start a stalking thread. The first time I saw Slim was at Wigan a few years ago, I was in the beer queue and a bloke in front of me shouted 'allrightslim!'

fame at last!

What a good name for a group! The Wigan Illuminati. Far better than Ultras or Brigantes. They could have Halos instead of flags.

despite me only introducing myself to slim away at catalan last year, my first actual experience of talking to him, was away at wigan in 2002, when we got ted, we spent most of the second half talking about rammstein.

seen as everyone else is doing it

Name: Paul
Sex: Male
Age: 28
Reason you picked your Forum name: because i am a warrington fan born bread in warrington moved to widnes
Family: married to a widnes fan, 3 warrington fan daughters
Location/Country: origionally woolston now widnes
Occupation: house husband
Favourite player Wire: Michael Monaghan
Favourite ex player Wire: alfie langer
Favourite current player non Wire: lomax
Favourite ex player non Wire: radlinski
Favourite NRL team: souths
Team you have a soft spot for (either SL/Championship): fax
First Match you saw: Sometime mid 80's vs wigan at wilderspool
Favourite match: Beating Leeds at Wembley
Worst match: wigan in challenge cup last year
Favourite away day: Wembley
Least favourite away day: salford
Favourite ground (not HJ): kc
Least favourite ground: craven park
Favourite Wire memory: i remember one try langer pinching the ball in the try area dropping and scoring i remember just thinking cheekyness
Painful Wire memory: most games in the dark days
Favourite Kit: the old elgren kits sponsored by greenalls
Worst Kit: that one with the waterprint of a wolf on it
Exact distance from HJ to your home: (try google maps directions for that one WA2 7NE) 6.5 miles

bloody hell i remember the 2002 conversation but didn't put 2 and 2 together until you just said that!

that, the lupine illuminati! much better. now just deny it exists are we're off to a good start!