We have beaten them twice since 2000 at Headingley

2005 we won 44-28
2007 we won 23-16

Beg pardon, I had read somewhere that the 2000 win was our last there.

That was the last time Leeds lost the opening game of the season!!!

Kear gets my vote, for "the great escape" and his utterly dignified manner in
great adversity.
Also, the squad that was assembled in his last season was put together on the threads of a shoe sting.
Finally, the thing with Kear was that you got the impression that when the chips were down and all hope was gone, he could still get that bit extra from his players .

Mr Agar at the moment, seems to have dropped into the same category as
Tony (Casper) Smith and we all know how that ended.

Perhaps we need to line up JK for the last 6 games of this season.

With regard to the John Kear era, I thought the Million Pound Game was 2006, we then made the play offs in 2009, not the season after the Million Pound Game. Or am I wrong?

I remember end of season play offs 2004 beat Hull at Hull, then lost at Wigan.

2006 Million Pound Game.

2008 made the Challenge Cup Semi-Final.

2009 lost at home to Catalans in the first round of the play offs.

2012 made the play offs again, losing at Leeds.

They are the key moments for me in the last decade.

Good analysis and perspective of our coaches though. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I bought a Leeds home ticket from a charity auction at the end of '99, but I had left for Indonesia before the season started, so I gave the tickets so two mates.
They were sat in the posh seats in the centre of the North Stand and, when the result was decided with 10 minutes to go, they took off their winter coats to proudly reveal their Wakefield shirts. They got some good looks.


14 years ago

Thanks
It was more about the achievements than the timeline which I just wrote from memory

Kelly was rubbish.

No problem. Sometimes I'm too pedantic for my own good

I'd have Kear back tomorrow if we could. Brilliant man-manager and these players wouldn't roll over and die like the last 2 game if he was coach. Also, they're the best times I can remember being a trin fan. The Hull FC away playoff game is still probably my favourite Wakey game.

Wasn't that Hull FC play off game McRae's last match as FC coach. With Kear as his assistant?

My memory could possibly be failing me but I always thought it was Kear, though I would have been quite young so forgive me.