I watched the 1990 challenge cup semi final the other day where we took on Oldham and made it to Wembley, its a good game to watch to realise what the semi final against Wigan will mean to our fans, the atmosphere was much better than the game itself though lol ..... Ive never in all my life watched a first half between 2 professional sides that had so many knock ons and unforced errors, a 0-0 scoreline at half time was a fair reflection of the first half lol ...... Definitely lots of nerves on show.

Now the part i wanted to get to was that "NO" try for Oldham which was right on the final hooter where they put a kick through and i think it was their winger that won the race to touch down in the corner, the ref which i think was John Holdsworth gave offside against the Oldham winger.

If their had been video evidence back then i think a try would have been awarded to Oldhamand we may not have made it to Wembley if they had kicked the goal, ive looked at it a few times and the Oldham winger looked as though he was at least level.....

This links slightly to another thread on here about video evidence, this is one perfect example of why i think we need to keep video evidence as it can be such a fine line sometimes between failure and success.

I recall that game well, stood behind the sticks at Central Park and the subsequent conga and singing in the streets through Wigan town centre.

Yeh same here, i was also behind the sticks at the Wire end which was packed and that was a big terrace at Central park .

When you go to games like this you get caught up in the atmosphere and the occasion so you don`t remember too much about the game itself other than the key moments, watching it back brings back some memories and you don`t realise how poor the actual game was until you watch it back, the occasion and atmosphere was far better than the game itself, Mark Thomas coming on changed the game for us.

I remember Des Drummond going up on somebodies shoulders at full time!

Who would have thought back then that it would be much longer to the next appearance* at Wembley than it was the previous one in 75.

Anyway I feel sorry for Wire fans who have never experienced such a day as that. Let's hope we all get another chance at Widnes




[size=75*BTW I am not counting chickens, quite the reverse I am concerned about the Wigan semi. [/size

That will be me and mi mate,
Givin it a Dessies going wembley na,na,na,na......

19 years ago.......oh the memories..

the good old days when the fans ran on the pitch at full time....i remember someone climbing up the floodlight...was it anyone on here

1.Duncan Platt
2.
3.
4.Irving I think?
5.Paul lord
6.
7.Mike Ford
8.Leo Casey
9.Richard Russell
10.
11.
12.
13.John Cogger

Off the top off my head, I was only 12 at the time, I went every game in the run to Wembley in 1990, luckily for us there was no such thing as a video ref that day.

We beat them in the lancashire cup earlier in the season at KR as well, great day that was.

Warrington

1. D Lyon
2. D Drummond
3. G Mercer
4. P Darbyshire
5. M Forster
6. R Turner
7. M Crompton (replaced P Bishop who fell through a window on the morning of the game.)
8. T Burke
9. D Mann
10. S Molloy
11. B Jackson
12. G Sanderson
13. M Gregory

14. M Thomas
15. N Harmon


Oldham

1. D Platt
2. R Irving
3. D Foy
4. J Henderson
5. P Lord
6. B Clark
7. M Ford
8. L Casey
9. R Russell
10. J Fieldhouse
11. K Newton
12. S Allen
13 J Cogger

14. K Atkinson
15. J Fairbank

If thats off the top of ya head its not a bad effort all them years ago as well......Might be wrong but was John fieldhouse not the other prop for oldham that day.?

Funnily enough i seen him today in work...

Did you get his autograph or was you too nervous to approach a player of this sort of calibre ?