My favourite player when I was a lad, I remember crying with happiness when he scored at Wembley in 1990, used to love his kicks for penalties. If it wasn't for Steve Hampson I think he would have got a decent amount of games for Great Britain. Sally or Paul Youane may remember if he was in a Great Britain tour squad. I think he might have been.

Pure pure class. I was overjoyed when he signed for Saints. If I remember correctly he had a good job with GMP and didn't want to go fulltime when Saints did.

I don't remember him playing for GB, Hampson and Steadman probably kept him out, but I'd be shocked if he was never in a tour party.

Yeah, from memory, he was in the tour party of '92.
A very good full back (definately in the top 3 in his pomp), but he was never really international class, if we're honest. Hampson was a great deal better than him.
Big boot on him, too. I remember him kicking a goal v Stains at home, from our own half, and the ball was still rising when it went over the crossbar

A good, solid full-back, but for me he was a bit of a comedown after the pure class that was Brian Johnson in the number 1 shirt.

One of my earliest memories watching Warrington is an old guy near me constantly shouting 'Give it to Lyon, the flying machine' whenever we had the ball.

he could kick a ball over the Bevan stand when kicking for touch or over the stand at either end when converting tries

one of my favourite players when just getting into RL

My best memory of Dave Lyon is the run-around he use to do with Dessie.

Lyon would often field the ball from a kick on the last tackle, pass it to Des, then run round the back of Des before receiving the ball again. He was then often off down the wing like a shot!!

I always wished it was the other way around though... lol.

You mean YouTube... you are allowed to mention it!! Lol. It's just when the videos are copyrighted that it becomes an issue.

...okay... where do I sign up to become a mod?

Lyon came to our school to watch over a PE lesson once. Our PE teacher was former Wigan and Salford player Jeff Clare. The scousers went off with the footballs but the rugby lads stayed next to Lyon asking him all sorts. He told us that afternoon that he'd signed for Saints... we went off to join the scouse lads.
Mr Claire's claim to fame was that he scored the first four point try. I remember that cos he told us every bloody lesson.

There was a link to "You Tube" but it was removed.

Dinky Dave.

Though it doesn't look much like him

Cost us the Maine Road semi though by missing touch with one of his long range efforts. I'm pretty sure Edwards scored the winner in the next set.

1989? Joe Lydon's monster drop goal?

Lydons drop goal put you 7-6 up. it visibly knocked the stuffing out of us because we had been on top...... but a one point margin was still retreivable for Wires.

Dave Lyon missing touch giving Wigan Possesion which saw Hanley break free to Put Edwards away Was the winning try and Something we were never coming back from.

thats How I rememeber the game going anyway.

I remember it being tense till Edwards went over, but that drop goal is my lasting memory as he kicked it right in front of me. Went to every round that year including Wembley on crutches.

The one thing i can't get out my head was the huge metal fences in that ground at that time, grim ground.

And steep. Saw a bloke fall down a good few steps during the Wigan v Bath game. Painful.

I thought Lyon was a great player. Very solid with a good turn of pace. Wonder what he's doing now.

Actually I think we've been blessed with some fine full backs over the years from Whitehead (when I first started watching Wire), Hesford, Johnson, Lyon, Penny (and I make no excuse for including him - very strong and solid), Hodgson - just to name a few

Two memories of Lyon, complete opposites

Firstly, against Widnes at Wilderspool, he was stood just to the right of the sticks at the Fletcher End, when Kurt Sorenson broke through, only Lyon to beat, and as he was close to the line, Kurt decided to go straight through him - Lyon launched into him driving his shoulder right into his midriff and driving off Kurt his feet and onto his back - Sorenson's expression was priceless.

Secondly, he scored a long(ish) range try (can't remember who against), walked back to the Fletcher End and threw up near the line.

One of my lasting memories of that game was when Tony Thorniley looked certain to score but somehow he failed to go over, that was the difference back in those days because if that same chance had been given to Lydon or Bell they would have flew in.

In my opinion that was a bigger turning point than the Lydon drop goal, John Woods and Les Boyd were outstanding that day, pitty we didn't have Phil Blake, from memory i don't think Souths would release him or Les Davidson for the game, could be wrong tho. I think it was deffo one of them that we couldn't get over or may have been both.

Dave Lyon was solid and reliable, a very good pro.

Has anyone seen the League of Their Own DVDs about the GB Lions? Comes across as a thick Wiganer who spits a lot in that - appreciate that's not exactly narrowing it down, but still.

Bang on there, Rob Wire.
Damn those Rabbitohs!

Don't apologise for Penny, fez1
Bloody good FB was Penny, and bagged himself plenty of tries. Some crucial ones too...v Wigan epic 01 game, and THAT comeback v Bradford roundabout the same time.

Again, Penny was similar to Lyon...in the top 3 FB's in the league in his time, but wasn't good enough to play internationaly, and there was always somebody better there, at the time.