Bobby Fulton coming home

I wish, or sir lessie!

My first game was 1967 or 1968 against Swinton at home, a night match. I was six or seven. All I can remember was being on Th Fletch and asking some bloke where I could buy a programme and he gave me his.

Started properly in 1970, Whiehaven at home.

My dad used to take me in the 50's I went in the sixpenny end (Fletcher St I think), if you went early you could see an A team game before the main event. Apart from Bev don't remember much about the players. Stopped for a while as it wasn't cool to watch RL in the early sixties, more interested in chasing girls at the Carlton Club and the Co-Op Hall on a Sunday. Started going again in the mid sixties loved Parry Gordon and Willie Aspinall. Moved down south but still bought a season ticket. Only in Blackpool now but don't get to many games.

My first match was 18th October 1993 a 15 - 7 win against Halifax, before then I'd been going to Warrington Town (even remember going a FA Vase Final at Maine Road).

The floodlights failed for around 20 minutes and it was cold, however I still thought it was better than the football and bought a season ticket for £10 the next day.

My first trip to the Wire was around 1978-79, they used to hand out free ticket 'coupons' to local schools, to pad the numbers out.

Earliest memories of Warrington was flicking through the Sky channels and seeing them playing before flicking back over (only took a slight interest because I live in Warrington).

First real interest was when I got taken to Wilderspool to watch Warrington v St Helens, Super League 7, 10 May 2002. A season where we scored the least number of points, conceded the most points, and had the worst points difference of all the 12 clubs.

Think we only won 4 or 5 more games that season, losing twice to Widnes (one by 1 point), losing 72-2 to St Helens, an epic 23-22 win over Leeds and the the biggest game of that season was a win over Castleford that saved us from relegation.

My mate was gutted because she thought I would give up due to how crap we were that season, but I actually went to all the rest of the games, and despite our terrible season, I was hooked.

Following season I got a season ticket and have never looked back since.

wading out of the over flowing toilets in the fletcher st end in the early fifties then standing outside the *bar* waiting for my dad to come out and buy me a tea and meat pie!

As a young boy waiting at the back of the stand at every home game asking B Bevan to sign my programme(which he did every time) then going in the boy's pen and watch him score many wonderful tries.

I remember that 2-2 drawn game and Melling's disallowed try. The somewhat bias Kop end were convinced - but the referee was having none of it. Like Parry, Jack Melling played for Lancashire but never made the GB team - not helped by the fact that Warrington weren't a fashionable club in the 1960s. Sadly he retired just before the glory years in the early 1970s.

My first game would have been around 1963 and I have vague recollections of seeing Jackie Edwards play. Billy Heyes, a skillful loose forward and Bill Payne, a hard as nails Prop were amongst my favorites.

Silver. You've really got me thinking now. Didn't Jackie Melling sign for Wigan in 1970 (or'69), in the deal that brought Welsh forward Colin Standing to Warrington? I think Standing played half a game and then went back to Wales, never to be seen again.
Melling was a remendous right centre who suffered a lot with shoulder and knee injuries. I believe that he's still involved with wigan St Pats, Rogues may be able to help us with this one.