My favourite player when I was a lad, I remember crying with happiness when he scored at Wembley in 1990, used to love his kicks for penalties. If it wasn't for Steve Hampson I think he would have got a decent amount of games for Great Britain. Sally or Paul Youane may remember if he was in a Great Britain tour squad. I think he might have been.

Pure pure class. I was overjoyed when he signed for Saints. If I remember correctly he had a good job with GMP and didn't want to go fulltime when Saints did.

I don't remember him playing for GB, Hampson and Steadman probably kept him out, but I'd be shocked if he was never in a tour party.

Yeah, from memory, he was in the tour party of '92.
A very good full back (definately in the top 3 in his pomp), but he was never really international class, if we're honest. Hampson was a great deal better than him.
Big boot on him, too. I remember him kicking a goal v Stains at home, from our own half, and the ball was still rising when it went over the crossbar

A good, solid full-back, but for me he was a bit of a comedown after the pure class that was Brian Johnson in the number 1 shirt.

One of my earliest memories watching Warrington is an old guy near me constantly shouting 'Give it to Lyon, the flying machine' whenever we had the ball.

he could kick a ball over the Bevan stand when kicking for touch or over the stand at either end when converting tries

one of my favourite players when just getting into RL

My best memory of Dave Lyon is the run-around he use to do with Dessie.

Lyon would often field the ball from a kick on the last tackle, pass it to Des, then run round the back of Des before receiving the ball again. He was then often off down the wing like a shot!!

I always wished it was the other way around though... lol.

You mean YouTube... you are allowed to mention it!! Lol. It's just when the videos are copyrighted that it becomes an issue.

...okay... where do I sign up to become a mod?

Lyon came to our school to watch over a PE lesson once. Our PE teacher was former Wigan and Salford player Jeff Clare. The scousers went off with the footballs but the rugby lads stayed next to Lyon asking him all sorts. He told us that afternoon that he'd signed for Saints... we went off to join the scouse lads.
Mr Claire's claim to fame was that he scored the first four point try. I remember that cos he told us every bloody lesson.

There was a link to "You Tube" but it was removed.

Dinky Dave.

Though it doesn't look much like him

Cost us the Maine Road semi though by missing touch with one of his long range efforts. I'm pretty sure Edwards scored the winner in the next set.

1989? Joe Lydon's monster drop goal?

Lydons drop goal put you 7-6 up. it visibly knocked the stuffing out of us because we had been on top...... but a one point margin was still retreivable for Wires.

Dave Lyon missing touch giving Wigan Possesion which saw Hanley break free to Put Edwards away Was the winning try and Something we were never coming back from.

thats How I rememeber the game going anyway.