Favourite player - Mick Burke
Best coach - Neil Kelly
Most under rated - David Smith
Most Over rated - Paul Moriarty
Best game - Widnes 33 Saints 5,1978
First game- Wembley 75
Best memory - Offiah's 3rd try v Wigan 89.
Ask the Balmain Tigers fans how good he was The White Pele to them.
Nearly mate. He was actually nicknamed 'The White Pearl' by the Balmain fans because Ellery Hanley who was at another NRL club that year was nicknamed (very unpolitically correctly) 'The Black Pearl'.
Nearly mate. He was actually nicknamed ‘The White Pearl’ by the Balmain fans because Ellery Hanley who was at another NRL club that year was nicknamed (very unpolitically correctly) ‘The Black Pearl’.
Cheers you are correct I was nearly right.
Favourite all-time player: Jules O'Neill
Earliest Widnes memory: Losing to Hunslet in play-offs 1999
Best Coach we’ve had since watching: Neil Kelly
Most Underrated player: Cameron Phelps
Most Overrated Player: Lloyd White
First Game: 14-15 v St Helens
Best Widnes memory: Torn between Wigan 12-18 Widnes in 2016, Catalans 10-12 Widnes in 2017 & Batley 23-28 Widnes in 2008.
Favourite player -choosing 3 as so many Doug Laughton, Offiah & Koloto. If allowed one only Laughton.
Earliest memory - The first memory of players in the side Arthur Pimblett at full back & Bill Major at loose forward circa 1958.
Earliest memory of a match - Jim Measures scoring a hat trick of tries v Whitehaven at home.
Best Coach - Doug Laughton. Perhaps not the best technical coach but he assembled wonderful teams of outstanding players that played the best free flowing entertaining RL football I have ever seen to this day. Won many trophies.
Most under rated player - Malcolm Aspey/ Andy Currier/ Derek Pyke. If one Aspey.
Most over rated player - Hammond
1st game - It was an A team game circa 1955 my dad took me too & apparently I went off playing with another youngster so was not taken again until 1958. No recollection of it but probably Leigh in A & B motors cup.
Best memory - too many for just one. Winning World Club Championship at Old Trafford, Winning the RL Championship away at Hunslet 1977/78 for first time in club's history. Remember Captain King Kurt walking away from all the fans on the pitch, including me, after the presentation to be on his own for a moment to reflect with the trophy.
If only allowed one choice the Challenge Cup victory over HKR at Wembley 1964. My first Wembley. We were underdogs and it ended an incredible cup run of re plays v Leigh, Swinton & Castleford en route to the final. The first trophy I saw us win. A very special day for a 14 year old boy at the time. Widnes greats Vinty Karalius & Frank Myler starred that day along with Bob Randall, Briers, Kemel & Collier & the rest of the team.
My entries......
Favourite all-time player: Tony Myler
Earliest Widnes memory: 1964 challenge Cup final on TV
Best Coach we’ve had since watching: Dougie Laughton
Most Underrated player: Barry Dowd
Most Overrated Player: Anthony Singleton
First Game: about 1966 naught on Park
Best Widnes memory: premiership final 1989-90 v Bradford @old Trafford
Favourite all-time player:
Earliest Widnes memory: CC Final 1964
Best Coach we’ve had since watching: Karalius
Most Underrated player: Alan Dearden
Most Overrated Player: That Aussie prop we had 2 years ago. Can't even remember his name.
First Game: probably that CC Final in 1964
Best Widnes memory: Offiah walking around Hammo in that game in 1989
Paulie xx
Charlie Gubb? Or Jack Buchanan?
Favourite all-time player:Tony Myler
Earliest Widnes memory:Getting in for free V Bradford 78/79
Best Coach we’ve had since watching:Doug Laughton
Most Underrated player:Barry Dowd, great player, always injured
Most Overrated Player:Andy bleedin Hay and he was captain
First Game:See above
Best Widnes memory:WCC
Charlie Gubb? Or Jack Buchanan?
I actually didn't mind Buchanan. At least, seemed to put in some effort, even if he was ponderous and gave away too many penalties. With my blinkered eyes, I would suggest that in many games, he was penalised at the ptb, when other players seem to get away with laying on.
Not sure about Gubb in the short time he was with us. He would always run in hard, but took some hard knocks in the few games he played. How many times was he carried off? Perhaps in a better team, he may have been a decent impact player at 6ft 2in and almost 17 stone.
Favourite player: Martin Offiah, closely followed by Tony Myler and Kurt Sorenson
Earliest Memory Beating HKR at Wembley 1964
Best Coach Vinty Karalius
Most Underated Player Darren Wright
Most Overated Player Andy Hay
First game My dad got me my first season ticket for the 1962/3 season, had one every year since then.
Best Memory Winning the world championship againstCamberra and beating Wigan at Naughton park to win the league.
Gubb, but either really.
Paulie xx
first game Rochdale away in the 74 play offs
best player Tony Myler .At any other club would have won a bag full of caps.
best manager has to be Douggie
greatest game Canberra
most underated Darren Wright
most overated Charlie Runciman .Couln't tackle, catch, pass. or run apart from that a great player.
Favourite all-time player: Tony Myler. One of those players who the term "mercurial" could really be applied.
Earliest Widnes memory: I really can't say the team, I remember standing on the terraces when I was a kid 50 odd years ago.
Best Coach we’ve had since watching: I suppose it has to be Dougie. Not just his coaching but his recruiting as well and the team he pulled together.
Most Underrated player: Andy Currier, by a lot of Widnes fans when I watched him. Became the butt of so much unmerited stick.
Most Overrated Player: Anthony Gelling. Came with a lot of hype and, apart from the tweets, never really did anything positive.
First Game: Again, I can't remember. Too long ago!
Best Widnes memory: The entire erea when we were the best in the world. With those players, and the way they played, Widnes were simply a joy to watch.
Favourite all-time player: Hulmes
Earliest Widnes memory: Wembley '77 vs Leeds
Best Coach we’ve had since watching: Dougie
Most Underrated player: Andy Currier
Most Overrated Player: Loads
First Game: Don't remember, '75 or '76
Best Widnes memory: Premiership Finals, Championship decider vs Wigan, WCC vs Canberra, CC vs Cas '89, CC semi vs Leeds '93, good memories used to come thick and fast back in the day!