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History & heroes

• PART 23: Hesford, Johnson and Bishop break Wire records

  WARRINGTON's 1986 Premiership Trophy triumph over Halifax was the perfect tonic for Tony Barrow's first full season in charge. read more

• PART 24: A game in turmoil as news of Sky's Super League hits home with fans

  BRIAN Johnson's honeymoon period at the helm of Warrington Rugby League Club ended after two years. read more

• Part 22: Best final In History?

  KEVIN Ashcroft certainly knew how to get the best out of his giant Wire forward Bob Eccles. read more

• PART 21: Life after Alex was not so bad

  NOTHING went right for Alex Murphy and his Warrington players in 1975/76. read more

• PART 20: The wonder of Murphy's magic

  ALEX Murphy made a try-scoring debut as player coach for Wire in 1971. read more

• PART 19: Bye, bye Bevan … Hello Murphy

  BRIAN Bevan's remarkable Warrington career came to an end in Ernie Ashcroft's first season as coach. read more

• PART 18: Ashcroft to follow footsteps of Kiwi

  CES Mountford came through his Wilderspool transition period by bringing further glory to the club in 1959/60. read more

• PART 17: End of the Road

  WIRE'S magnificent successes of the early 1950s came to a sudden stop in 1956/57. read more

• PART 16: Tenth trophy in eight seasons

  WARRINGTON secured the league championship for the second successive season in 1954/55. read more

• PART 15: Mountford's marauders

  THE club's 1953/54 season was one not to be forgotten. read more

• PART 14: The Bevan and Bath super show

  A STAGGERING 740 tries in his Wire career, 66 in just one season that was the phenomenon that was Brian Bevan. read more

• PART 13: Brockbank bowed out after 15 years

  IT was only right that in the highly successful Wire era of 1947 to 1955 that the club's stars should figure on the international scene. read more

• PART 12: Wire's first success at Wembley came in 1950

  EXPECTATION was high from the current champions in 1948/49 and Warrington did not let their fans down. read more

• PART 11: We are the champions!

  WHEN Warrington got off to a bad start to their 1947/48 season, the club's ambitious officials decided to do something about it. read more

• PART 10: Standing ovation for reserve team trialist

  FOR the second time, war brought a halt to Rugby League championship action. read more

• PART NINE: 31,000 at Wilderspool

  THE mid-1930's was Warrington Rugby League Club's most successful period to date. read more

• PART EIGHT: Wembley wonders

  A MOVEMENT began late in 1928 which was to have far reaching and amazingly successful repercussions for the game of Rugby League. read more

• PART SEVEN: Ryder's troops so close yet so far

  WHEN the outdated and parochial title Northern Union was replaced by Rugby League in 1922 the game was well and truly on its way. read more

• PART SIX: Good Fridays were bad for Arthur

  AS the professional game grew in Warrington, so did the works' competition of the Northern Union code. read more

• PART FIVE: Britain's amazing battle brigade clinch Test series

  THE years building up to World War One were eventful for Warrington and the Northern Union as a whole. read more

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