I remember watching Allan make his debut in the A team and from the off it was clear he was top class and would make it to the top in RL, and so he did. All these muscle-bound brick outhouse threequarters who can barely move let alone pass would so well to.watch Allan - brains over brawn every time.

Lovely fella too. Spent many a happy hour in Time Square chatting to him and Kevin. Mark Jones turned up once. Huge fella, useless at RL though.

There was a rumour that Rowland Phillips was the signing we wanted and Allan came as part of the deal to sway Phillips. Not sure if there's any truth in that but goodness me Allan lit up Wilderspool.

One of my favourite players. If anything a little too selfless... on a number of occasions he could have scored brilliant solo tries but looked for support. I guess that could’ve been his RU background, not wanting to be isolated.

He was on our coach trip to Cardiff I think it was. Of course I had to ask him the question...yes he is a Wire.

I asked Jiffy the same question too one time....Clare Balding quipped up immediately "is he a Wire?...we can't shut him up about Warrington"
Jiffy just gave a big smile.

So Warrington offered Bateman a contract worth £14,000 a year in 1995, that would have been worth about £25,000 now.

Cronulla offered him the equivalent of £70,000 a year in Britsh pounds, which is more like £130,000 now. Then Warrington told him they'd match it.

Sounds like the club was taking the mickey out of him. What a shambolic way to treat a great Wire.

I think someone did the maths and realised at the time it would have cost £100K to sign a centre near his capabilities.

Davies could still play now and be our best player! Effortless talent. Man love

Double whammy moment, we signed Andy ing Currier to replace him.

don't I know it.
That's like reminding me if that Lydon drop goal....argh doh!

A poor time in Wire history.
I remember half the letters to the Guardian one week (when the rumours were abound that we were signing him) were fans BEGGING the club not to sign him.

Peter Higham wrote an open letter in the following week's edition, basically telling the fans to shut up, and he'll sign who he wants. Days later, the dirty deed was done.

Peter Higham's darkest hour. Sad, really.

Disgrace of a player.

Just disgrace covers it.

I feel grubby just reading his name.

Remind me - what was the issue with Andy Currier?

Careful!! You'll break the Internet, with questions like that.

Too right.
If you forgot then leave it.

Andy Currier switched codes, joined my RU side, London Welsh and scored 50 tries quicker than any other player in our history, and we have quite some history.

I kid you not. He was quite a hero at Old Deer Park.