Henry Paul was offside from that drop out, but even so you're correct Saints stood there and were just unaware of what was going on.

Mate, that really isn't something you should have to be told. We did that in our school team !

Not sure about your 'old guard' comment. Andy Gregory only didn't play in the first two tests because he was in dispute with his club, Warrington, and was therefore effectively ruled out of contention. He was still a Warrington player technically when he played that game, but he had signed for Wigan by then and made his debut a week or two later.

Myler played in all the tests and was equally shiit in each one. A good player, but very overrated in my opinion.

Pinner had also been injured which is why he didnt play previously. Pinner could actually be fantastic or shocking; the ball he lobbed out to Myler, which led to our first try was a typical Pinner ball that often split defences. However teams could also read Pinner like a book, and I saw many of those passes intercepted, most notably the year after when he played for Widnes, he pretty much gifted Ellery Hanley the winning try for Wigan in the last minute of a tough game at Naughton Park.

You're right about Chris Burton though. He was as ancient as he was awful, and he was a proper dirty b&stard. He got Sin Binned in that match for taking an Aussie's head off, and when he was on the way to the tunnel, he started on a member of the crowd who had evidently said something to him! Phil Larder was walking with him and had to hold him back.

"St.Helens forever",,etched in the cement on the corner of the popular side and away end..every time we went to central park we paid homage to that spot...

One of [ithe[/i great derbies of recent times, an absolute classic from start to finish

To be fair, he was a mile offside at the drop out. Loved that game though. I remember the Saints fans stayed for about 20 minutes after the game, and the cheer when Offiah was pushed into touch was brilliant.

The last match at Central Park was very entertaining.

Just after the Paul Johnson try, I was in the shot of the crowd, looking mighty pleased.

The night out around Wigan afterwards was amusing too as some lads carried the "Toilet" sign from over the River Caves around town.

And Tommy Martyn may have been the last person to score there, but he was on the last team to lose there too...

Re: The Henry Paul Drop Out try... he was less offside than Tansey was for Millennium Tragic... still offside, mind...

I only went two games at Central Park.

When we got beat something like 42-2 on Boxing Day and an academy game where they won and Paul Wellens was playing.

Good times.

'Oo, eh up, they're in here!'

Best pitchside comments ever.

The henry paul try was a try read the record books and maybe us wiganers should start a memories of knowsley road with a big list of victories.

75-0?

and what did you get to show for it? NAFF ALL!!!!!

it allways make you wiganers bite though when mentioned.

Oh, I dunno, that little blot in your record of "Biggest Defeat" is a nice aside...

My favourite game was when Kevin Iro scored in the corner in 1999 to win the game for us. I had been out allday with friends of mine who support wigan and they told me allday how much they were going to kill us. Great times! I remember punching the air incomplete delight when Iro scored!