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A LOT of games take place in sport that are run-of-the-mill league games, that you wouldn’t think have any significance at the time.

JIM Challinor achieved incredible things in rugby league.

THE stakes will be high when Warrington Wolves face arch-rivals St Helens at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Monday.

BOBBY Fulton was a master of rugby league, greatly achieving as a player and coach in Australia.

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours On Monday 17 May 1971, a meeting was held at the Greyhound, Leigh that included club chairmen Jack Harding (Leigh) and Ossie Davies (Warrington). Alex Murphy was also present, and just 2 days after leading Leigh to a sensational Wembley triumph over Leeds, he signed a five year deal.. to join Warrington. Let’s look back at some of his time involving Warrington through words and pictures. Who are you? A star is born His date of birth: 22 April 1939. St...

Alan Gwilliam, left, helping out his Warrington teammate Ken Kelly in defence in 1979 WARRINGTON Wolves stars of the 1970s and 1960s have died within days of each other over the past week. Alan Gwilliam, 71, who scored the winning try for The Wire against Australia at Wilderspool in 1978, and Martin Dickens, 85, a hooker whose brother Tommy also played for the club, each made over 100 appearances in primrose and blue. Gwilliam, who hailed from St Helens, where his brother Ken also played ...

Ron Herbert in his later years and as a Warrington Wolves player in the 1950s A HOMEGROWN Warrington Wolves centre and great-grandfather has died three months shy of his 65th wedding anniversary. Penketh resident and former Capper Neill and Laporte employee Ron Herbert, who featured over 40 times across eight seasons for The Wire alongside the likes of Brian Bevan and Gerry Helme in the 1950s, died on Good Friday at the Countess of Chester Hospital. He would have turned 88 this coming Mon...

He got four months in federal prison and three years of supervised release, similar to probation He wants supervised release to end before it expires in September; U.S. Attorneys Office is against request The U.S. Attorneys Office is objecting to the request of former Erie auto executive Adam J. Weaver to end his period of supervised release early so he can help expand his familys auto dealership. Weavers plans are too vague, and he has not explained why another person at the dealership, inclu...

By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter How the Southern Gateway area could look when finished RESIDENTS have been told the Southern Gateway masterplan for 1,300 new homes will protect green belt elsewhere in the town. Warrington Borough Council’s cabinet was provided with an update on the scheme for land south of the Mersey and the plans to relocate the existing bus depot during its virtual meeting on Monday. The Southern Gatewa...

The ambitious scheme would see 1,300 new homes built south of the Mersey. And the largest development would be on the site of the current home of Warringtons Own Buses off Bridge Foot. Councillors on Warrington Borough Councils cabinet will meet on Monday to approve the move of the bus company to Dallam Lane. Funding has already been agreed from Government to fund the move. Papers sent to councillors say the relocation of bus depot site is seen as a priority for the regeneration of th...