1994 - The Jonathon Davies season.

I'd been watching Warrington for 6 seasons previously so when the signing of Jonathon Davies was announced I was bowled over basically because Wire had signed a quality player instead of letting one go..!
I did feel that Davies was going to make a difference to us but I never dreamt of the Quantum leap that actually took place...
Not only did Davies produce magic moments a plenty but he kicked goals that were being missed in previous seasons and the affect he had on other players was immense.. We finished joint top that season and I still despise Russell Smith to this day...
Highlights in bullet point form...

Davies Magic tries - Leeds,Halifax (cup) away.. Halifax home .
Kelly Shelford outstanding form.
Gary Chambers should have played for GB that year.
Saints away at Knowsley road in the Regal Trophy the best and most raucous away end atmosphere I've ever been in.
The final game of the season v Sheffield, the noise was deafening we were champions for 1 night, no mean feat v Lindsay's money laden Wigan machine who normally had the title wrapped up with weeks to spare..

Not a season, but a year.
1986.
The Pollutant Bowden had been "let go", so we promoted Barrow and Boyd, when the season was ambling to a non-existent end.
We still had a few games from Blake to enjoy.
Boyd Tamati Jackson
Johnno
Andy Greg, before his poaching
The Premiership run in, including Ronnie Duane's try
Bishop's 5 dgs v Wigan
The final.
Losing the first 2games of the next season, then going unbeaten for the remainder of the year, including Wigan (h), Leeds (a, listening to it on the radio, and shaking my head in disbelief) and walloping the Pollutants in the JPS semi.

Ohhh, and Mark Roberts.....

In fact, the only black point of the year, was the RFL'S disgraceful decision not to give us a game against the touring Aussies. We'd've given them a game, alright.

100% agree, MW.

Blowing a gale all day, and we "blew them away" live on Grandstand. I remember getting my ugly mug on the tele, stood right in the middle of the crowd, and having complete strangers coming up to me in the Time Square that night, saying they'd seen me.
A FANTASTIC atmosphere, and a great game. Superb.

My choice is easy..........2011. How good were we that season, we blew everyone away & played fantastic Rugby. Beating Saints & Wigan away within a few weeks were my particular highlights.

I know 2011 is a relatively easy option to choose with it being so recent and still in everyones memory, but what a season it was.

1973/74 When we won virtually every trophy on offer. Fantastic achievement,
with plenty of great games.

Agree with Lefty, that end of 1985/6 season run in culminating with the play-off romp against Halifax was superb.
On a more recent note, 2012 (I think) when the rugby was absolutely sensational, a joy to watch. In football parlance "it was like watching Barcelona"

Yes, and the 2nd Phil Blake period plus John Woods of 1988-89!
All we had to do was to draw Saints or Widnes in the semi and we'd would have beat Wigan at Wembley.
It was not to be...Pies got us when we were weakened.

Even though we went Wembley the year after....but for the spell of Greg Mackey....everything just went slowly downwards until Davis gave us a lift...but after him...that was the longest worst period of haunting doldrums.

This one, unashamed glory hunter and had a season ticket every year since

There's only been two seasons when we've been so good I've actually felt sorry for the opposition. That was one, the other was 2011.

I can't really remember 73/4 so will omit that from my choice, as I will 1986 as I didn't go to too many games.

But 2011 is my favourite year as we ran riot against most teams and were fantastic to watch - about a dozen times we scored over 40 points.
Real power in the front with Morley / Carvell / Wood, strings pulled by Briers and Monaghan and the backs tearing it up with King, Bridge, Monas and Hodgeson.

2010 and 2012 are up there too but not quite at the same level.

Arguably - on the same level - 93/94. The MOS Davies year - finishing 3rd but only on goal difference.
None of us expected it really, and to finish so close was really impressive - especially against a strong Bulls side. Wigan were not at their peak and I think they went downhill under Dorahy through the year but considering they had over half the GB team in their ranks we did really well but we didn't kick on the next season due to funds and that was it for a long time.
Griffiths was assistant coach and he introduced the 'sliding defence' iirc which was new at the time and I think we went on a winning run of about 8 or 9 matches at the start of the season. It took a long time for the opposition to work it out. (And we lost 8-6 at home with Cullen being pulled up for using the knees in a tackle - very dubious penalty, but with Botica they were never going to miss that kick - even if it was made easier by Cullen being penalized 10m for mouthing off at the ref. Yes I remember it well.....)

You don't remember it well enough to recall it was Davies who gave the ten yards away after Cullen had been penalised.

I stand corrected

Russell Smith did at least say that was his most regrettable decision during his career.

Didn't know that RD - still - too bl**dy late now

Just before he left for a career as a ref in oz. He was asked questions of highs and lows and wrong decisions and things.
He was fully aware blowing a penalty against Cullen for use of knees effectively lost Wire the league.

2005 this is the year i went to my first rugby league match, and Completely fell in love with it

had players like Brent Grose, Logan Swann, Martin Gleeson, Toa Kohe Love, Henry Fa'afili, Danny Lima, Mike Wainwright, Paul Noone,Nathan Wood. Epic season and Andrew Johns having his little stint with us and so many awesome Memories

Can't believe it was 12 years ago already

Thank heavens you didn't watch them 2 years sooner. You might have never bothered.

1988/89

Blake Woods Boys Tamati Jackson Roach Davidson Gregory Drummond

An impressive set of players duckie and you could also add Mark Roberts and David Lyon to the list.

However, it finished 11th out of a 14 team league, below the likes of Featherstone, Wakefield and Salford. The modern generation of Wire fan would have regarded that as a failure.

If the internet had been around back then there would have been some grumpy posts on this forum. The verdict would probably have been that Roach was the Asotasi of his time, Boyd was not the force of old in his second spell and Paul Bishop, Tony Thorniley, Rocky Turner and John Thursfield would no doubt have divided opinion. There would have been some good gossip though about whether Billy McGinty and John Woods were off to Oldham.

John Thursfield or Daryl Clark?

Really? 2003 was one of our better seasons in that period of time.


Especially if you were an appo nuthugger, as many ppl were at the time.

2011, matt king at his best, Mozzer, monas etc. I remember watching us win LLS on hol in Cyprus

interesting Sally that the years listed as most peoples favorites 86 94 and 2011 we won didn't win one of the major trophies.

in fact 86 "usually" my personal favourite it could be argued was the only year from those we won a trophy held in any esteem as everyone knows the league leaders shield isn't worth a tap (especially when Warrington win it).

94 was great because Jiffy was a true sporting superstar but we also had to watch the likes of John Thursfield and Craig Teitezel in the same side...and whenever we do a worst ever team thread these two always find their way into it... but that game against sheffield on the Friday night was something else.....

2011 was awesome the overseas imports were all on form and we played sparkling rugby. I remember the 112 - nil Swinton game which was a great atmosphere, especially as those games can usually be a waste of everyones time but we all knew that side was good and everyone there wanted to see a record broken..... and also 2011 was one of the last years where we had a real crowd pleaser in David Solomona....

so I'll always flit between choosing 2011 and 1986 because in 86 I was younger the game felt more important to me, we played at a very atmospheric ground, I went every game home and away Bar Hull fc and the team contained more of my all time favourite players.
sometimes I'll choose 2011 because we were genuine top quality the side all other teams looked at and thought "we're probably going to get a good spanking off these men"... and for a time that front row of Morley Monas and Carvell was better than Boyd Tamati Jackson.

in fact today my favourite season is 2011 how i wish we could put down 50plus to nil scorelines three times on the bounce or whatever it was..... we are a million miles away from that..... yeah 2011 for me....

but not 09 10 or 12 when we won the challenge cup bizarrely eh....

2002/03. Wasn't that Anderson and Plange? Well it wasn't far off. Dark days that I don't want to visit again. Perhaps it was earier for unfortunately having think about it. Benidorm 2001 springs to mind, happier thoughts.

2003 was cullen and us making the play offs for the first time, last season at wilderspool and appo on fire every other game after briers did his wrist.

Generally a pretty entertaining season.