It was the year after in 1991 and we lost 17:8, Gary Spencer scoring our only try with a couple of goals from Mark Conway in front of a crowd of 2851. It was indeed Michael Jackson who made his debut and seem to remember him playing in the centre for some of the game. I think h'd joined us just a couple or so days before the game from Hunslet. He scored two cracking tries that year against Leeds and St Helens and another the week before we we also beat Wigan. He then played for GB against Papua New Ginea and got injured and sadly was neer the same again in my mind.

That was also the year of the Widnes abandoned game when the fog came from nowhere when we were losing and we won the re-arranged game when David Jones chased Offiah down.

Toppo was still the coach that season and it was also the season that Geoff Bagnall joined us.

fletcher scoring against saints at headingley in the semi final in 79!

Watching Neil Fox play his first ever game WAKEFIELD TRINITY

jonny thompson finally getting his hands on the aussies literally sent off at first scrum for fighting.i too remember the 79 semi and i was on the back page of the final souvenir of the wakey express.i am related to budgiefirth

We gave him a lift home that day, so he could be treated at back in Wakefield. Great guy.

Bagnall was a great SH for us. A good example of "no name aussie" who keeps young kids out being very valuable to a team because of his specific skills learned in Oz. Very agressive competitor who carried the spirit of the team with him.
He'd right in this season.

Definitely remember that kit. Also remember a home match against Leeds around that time when we were something like 12-6 down at half time. Andy Wilson went off for some repair work in the groin area, returned in the 2nd half and helped us get a couple of tries to grab a victory. I will always remember Tracy Lazenby laughing in the face of John (?) Bentley when it was clear victory was ours.

For the next few weeks the song on the terraces was "Andy Wilson has only got one #%£$!" - happy days.