Quote: davids "I got this book, as suggested, and am reading it now.
I think it may have answered an earlier question as to Wire being hated. One incident: A derby at Widnes in 1988 when apparently a players' brawl spilled into the terraces and fans got stuck in too. I'm amazed I never heard about this.
Not quite correct. I was there at the match and it was a long time ago but this is what I remember. It was common practice at the old Naughton Park to let kids sit on the grass on the pitch side of the wall surrounding the pitch. over on one wing, 3 wire players bundled a Widnes player into touch and all 4 of them landed in a heap on the grass colliding with some of these kids.
As play resumed on the pitch, some Widnes muppet, some say he was related to one of the kids, climbed over the wall and confronted Des Drummond and was obviously going for him. bad move and Dessie floored him with a punch,
Dessie ended up in court but got off, rightly in my opinion, 1, the kids shouldn't be sat pitchside, and 2, the specie entered the field of play.
I remember coming out after the game with my colours covered up hearing some of the locals saying "lets get tooled up". I ended up tagging along with some Widnes fans for protection back to my car.
