Double dose of Wigan Woes! : Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:45 pm  

For the programme!

Yep - one thread fits all - first set of note by this weekend (for the league match) - then another for the Murrayfield weekend (for the cup game).

This is an easy one in the respect that there are countless memorable games against Wigan, but the stand-out thought for me was that in 2006 we played them in the league and cup in quick succession. In the cup, we were winning, but blew the game after Colum was sin-binned (ridiculously ), but we won the league game - and I think we'd all have taken that out of choice. But this year - well, TBH, although I would obviously like to be greedy and win both - if I had to choose one, it would be the cup game for sure. How things change eh?

So, it's over to you guys and gals to see what your outstanding memories are of games with Wigan - and remember, these can be personal memories as well as factual, as it's YOUR memories that we want to reflect.

Thanks all!

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:07 pm  

For me its got to be the 1988 game our 2nd game back in the old first division a great match against a star studded Wigan team and a 25 20 win
Trinity had the likes of Mark Graham Steve Ella John Glancy in the team and a young fullback called Julian Russell who scored a great try
At one point Trinity led 17 0 Wigan came back to 17 16 but we never lost the lead.
In the stand we had Michael Parkinson and Adam Faith

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:16 pm  

GET EM ON SIDE REF wrote:

For me its got to be the 1988 game our 2nd game back in the old first division a great match against a star studded Wigan team and a 25 20 win
Trinity had the likes of Mark Graham Steve Ella John Glancy in the team and a young fullback called Julian Russell who scored a great try
At one point Trinity led 17 0 Wigan came back to 17 16 but we never lost the lead.
In the stand we had Michael Parkinson and Adam Faith

Didn't realise they came that close - I remember they fought back though!

Great game - beyond all our wildest dreams after just coming back into the top flight.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:20 pm  

TRB wrote:

Didn't realise they came that close - I remember they fought back though!

Great game - beyond all our wildest dreams after just coming back into the top flight.

yep it went to 21 16 21 20 25 20

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:21 pm  

GET EM ON SIDE REF wrote:

For me its got to be the 1988 game our 2nd game back in the old first division a great match against a star studded Wigan team and a 25 20 win
Trinity had the likes of Mark Graham Steve Ella John Glancy in the team and a young fullback called Julian Russell who scored a great try
At one point Trinity led 17 0 Wigan came back to 17 16 but we never lost the lead.
In the stand we had Michael Parkinson and Adam Faith

I have the highlights video from that season (poor quality..) and the team at the end of the season is totally different from the one that started the year. Its like two seasons in one! also Julian Russell used to be my team leader at work..remember it like it was yesterday..

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:23 pm  

or in 1993/94 when we played them away at Central Park on the Sunday with an under strength team and lost, we went back in the middle of the following week and against the odds Henry Paul mugged them along the late Dave Woods and Matt Fuller after which Wigan promptly signed Henry Paul for the following year.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:30 pm  

Well the one that springs to mind is the 2005 game at the JJB towards the end of the season. We were going the right way for safety with victory the previous weekend (against Widnes?) and seemed like we'd probably be safe, but victory against Wigan would have made it almost definite. And win we did, with one of the best pieces of play from Sol in his time with us - his "hand of god" try with 5 or 6 defenders on him. It was far from his usual flashy moves but certainly effective and one I'm glad I witnessed. All the defenders dragging him down but he was just too strong, and out of nowhere pops his hand to put the ball over the line. Even better that there was controversy that went our way for once!

No memories earlier than that though sorry, it was my first season watching the Trin!

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:33 pm  

I'd love it to watch the TV coverage of our first game on satelite TV BSB wasnt? nobody had one of their dishes did they, so in reality they were virtually broadcasting to no-one. Anyway the orginal cheater Ellery Hanley got over the line in the corner and toddled off towards the posts thinking he was safe as houses that was untill Jason Timmins ran and dislodged the ball from him. The ref, Robin Whitfield?? was surrounded by wigan players and eventually gave the try!!!! dispite the fact Ellery never even put the ball down. There was no video ref in those days..

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:00 pm  

Lads queing up in the play offs to get in, when they did get in they where (was it?) 16-0 up. They where made to sit with the Wigan fans and didn't get to see us score a point!

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:19 pm  

Beating them 25 - 10 at Wembley in 1963. They were red hot favourites, nobody gave us a cat in hells chance of winning

I remember Wigan were 'all over us' for the first 20 minutes and then we completely outplayed them. Try scorers were Gert 'Oupa' Coetzer 2, Ian Brooke, Malcolm Sampson, and Harold 'fishcake' Poynton with a lengthy interception try. Neil Fox kicked 5 goals.

I have a photo of me sitting on the roof of the car in the car park afterwards wearing my bobble hat, scarf and rosette .... aahhhh those were the days!

And before you ask TRB, no you can't have the photo to put in the programme!!