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Note -due to printing deadlines for the Easter period, we still have achance to meet that goal with awin this interview took place early last week, prior to the against . signing of Sean Richardson. Q. It's the same for both sides, but what special Q. What sort of gameplan did you put in place for problems does asecond game in four days bring? the Dewsbury game, given the heavy pitch and rainy weather? A. The obvious one is the lack of recovery time from any knocks and bumps, and also if aplayer Is on the A. In those circumstances it was never going to be a treatment table then he can't be on the training field, so free flowing game like the Hunslet one, so we tried to preparation is affected. We had the one training session concentrate on ball control, good kicking and agood scheduled, on Sunday, but of course that's nowhere near chase. Poor conditions emphasise the basics of the the same sort of time you would have to prepare in a game and Ithought the players understood that and normal week. Times like this show the value of having a got their rewards. strong squad.

Q. The defence was very impressive, wasn't it, Q. Talking of which -what can you tell us about the especially in the last quarter? three players you brought in prior to the Hunslet match? A. Well defence was one of the things we have been working on and the team have responded well. In those A. Ithink his performance at Dewsbury showed why we two games, Hunslet and Dewsbury, we only conceded signed Paul Atcheson -he has alot to offer in defence two tries and both of those were from kicks, so we can and attack -although he is still working back up to full be pleased with that. The crucial thing is that the spirit match fitness. Matt Long grabbed acouple of tries on was there, as it was in the two previous games -any his debut and then showed the value of abig forward in technical adjustments only matter If the players have the mud at Rams Stadium. Richard Agar hasn't had a that will to win. chance to show the fans what he can do yet as he is just easing his way back after ahand injury, but he will Q. Did you set the players any be an asset to the squad. sort of target coming into this run of tough games? Q. And what of the players who have left?

A. Prior to the Dewsbury game I A. Iwas honest with Paul Cook and told him that the gave them atarget of winning signing of Paul Atcheson meant his first team t w o f r o m t h r e e the time opportunities would be limited and so he asked to be VIKING NEWSLINES AWAYTRAVEl AutoQuest next Saturday (21 April) as the lads take on WHITEHAVEN 6MAY, 3PM Workington, kick off 2.30pm. Other forthcoming fixtures: 26 April Oldham (A), 10 May Rochdale (A). BY CAR: M6 -take junction 40, A66 signposted Keswick. After passing Keswick and Cockermouth, turn left onto A595. Stay on the A595, pass first Junction SPONSORSHIP with A5094. Turn right at traffic lights into A5094 There is aMan of the Match sponsorship package still (Inkerman Terrace), left into Coach Road, and the ground available for the fixture with Gateshead later in the year is on the left. -if you would like further information on this, please BY COACH; As always there will be aSupporters Club speak to Harold Lynskey on 0151 420 0054. coach. To book, see Alan Rae either at halftime today by the South Stand bar, at his Sunningdale Avenue RALIOON RAOE Shop, or by calling 0151 424 2524. The balloon race taking place today has been organised by the Widnes Vikings Supporters Club. Proceeds will be TOPAirS SPONSORS divided equally between club funds and Peter Smith's BIG MATCH HOST: Sam Evans ft Sons. Iron aSteel Testimonial. The organisers would like to thank AIR merchants -Demolition aDismantling Contractors. PRODUCTS for their kind sponsorship and welcome their Tel. 0151 424 3944. M A N O F T H E M AT C H : representatives to today's game. The balloons are being released by the children of Weston Point CP School Tel. 0151 424 4571. iIdincgSupplies www.luntsheath.co.uk Runcorn. The children are currently taking part in the MATCH BALL SPONSOR: Alive aNippin' Sportsmatch Scheme and would like to thank John Foran MATCH PROGRAMME SPONSOR :Spekehall Vauxhall for all his work with them. Many thanks to Alive aNippin' and Spekehall Vauxhall who have booked their respective sponsorships for the OTHEREASTER OAMES vWhitehaven entire season. Chorley Doncaster VFeatherstone ALIIANCE Gateshead VDewsbury Hull KR VKeighley Our Alliance side were due to play last Saturday, 14 Rochdale VSheffield(Tuesday) April, against Whitehaven although of course the result Swinton VLeigh(Sunday) is not know at the time of this programme going to Workington v B a r r o w press. There is more Cumbrian opposition at the York VBatiey r SIS COMING! Sportsmans Pinner, 26 April at the AutoQuest Stadium

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JOEY HAYES JOHN HOUGH Afirm favourite with the Oldham crowd. This former The re-formed club's first ever signing, this Oldham- star with St Helens and Salford is born hooker was the club's player of the season last always likely to get on the score sheet. year. Very fast out of dummy half. He is aregular try scorer. ANTHONY GIBBONS Former and Bramley player with agood step off ANDY PROCTER either foot. Also one of the best defensive centres in Club captain and aprop with abig work rate. the NFP. Formerly with Wakefield and Bramley.

PAT RICH LEO CASEY Geordie Law graduate who was previously with Now reaching the veteran stage. An Irish Keighley. Avery reliable goal kicker, he represented international prop with awealth of experience. students in the Student World Cup Final. Former clubs include and Featherstone. DANNY ARNOLD Another player with Super League experience playing DANNY GUEST at St Helens and Huddersfield. Aprolific try scorer Huge young prop formerly with Keighley and who can play wing, centre or full back. Played his Chorley. Has started to push through this season junior rugby at Lunts Heath Lions in Widnes. and big things are expected of him.

DAVE GIBBONS PHILLIP FARRELL Twin brother of Anthony, he too played at Bramley Second row who joined the club along with Neil and Leeds. Very pacey with an eye for an opening. He Roden. Brother of England captain Andrew. He is is an aggressive defender who also has asound probably the most exciting young second row in the kicking game. NFP. Amassive work rate and agreat pair of hands.

PAUL NORTON Signed in the offseason from Chorley, 'Knocker' has #Oldham roughyeds been one of the club's most consistent performers. Very strong defender who can play prop or second row. dub founded: 1876 ground: Boundary Park coach: IAN SINFIELD first major trophy: RL 1898/99 last major trophy: Cup 1958/59 Oldham-born player, equally at home at loose honours: RL Cup 3, Championship 4, County Cup 9 forward or second row. An aggressive defender with first player capped for GB: TLlewellyn, ASmith 1908 pace running out wide. last player capped for GB: Hugh Waddell 1988 record win: 70-6 at York, 1/4/2001 KEVIN MANNION record defeat: 0-84 at Widnes, 25/7/1999 Former student international player. Aloose forward tries in agame: 7, James Miller, 3/10/1908 with agood pair of hands. Wigan born and another goals in agame: 14, Bernard Ganley, 4/4/1959 former Rochdale player. points In agame: 30, Abe Johnson, 9/4/1928^ record attendance: 28,000 vHuddersfield, 24/2/1912 ■ GARETH BARBER Young stand off born in Oldham and signed in the summer from Warrington. Aplayer with huge STADIUM NOTICES potential, he has already Safety Information played anumber of first Spectators should note that at each Vikings team games. home game, medical resources are on hand to deal with any injury or sudden illness DARYL LACEY within the Stadium. The location of the first a i d r o o m i s n e a r t o t h e S o u t h E a s t Young winger or full back Concourse bar area and is manned by the signed in the summer Red Cross. Red Cross personnel are also located at the north-east corner disabled from Wigan. Aplayer with area. Medical resources can be contacted plenty of pace and asafe via any safety steward or any staff behind pair of hands. the concourse bars. Spectators using the South Stadium (main) should enter via the appropriate turnstile for DEAN CROSS the end where they wish to be seated. There Former Widnes wing or are no crossover facilities between the centre with great pace. A south-west (social club turnstile end) and the south-east seating areas (Naughton regular try scorer. Road and shop corner turnstiles, or vice versa. CHRIS FARRELL For the comfort and enjoyment of a Other spectators, please remain seated whilst Twin brother of Phil and watching the match. Alcohol must not be another summer signing taken into or consumed in the seated from Wigan. Aloose viewing area. The use of racist or obscene language often forward with great vision. c a u s e s o ff e n c e o r d i s t r e s s t o o t h e r s a n d c a n lead to police arrest or ejection by stewards. GAVIN DODD Such language or behaviour is strongly condemned jointly by Halton Borough Young full back or winger and aformer student international. A Council, the and very elusive runner with great pace. Widnes RLFC. Drivers of vehicles possessing match day car LEE DORAN parking passes are advised that there may be ashort delay at the end of the match in Teenage prop who has been starring in the club's alliance team. A releasing traffic from the car park into very exciting prospect. Lowerhouse Lane. This is to facilitate the safe departure of pedestrian spectators away from the ground. KEITH BRENNAN Your co-operation in these mitters would Reserve team scrum half coming back after aserious knee injury. be appreciated.

Expected to push through strongly for afirst team pace when The Auto Quest Stadium he's back to full fitness. Ground Rules and Regulations 1. You must not invade the playing area. WARREN BARROW 2. Cans, bottles, klaxon horns, fireworks, Big winger signed from St Helens. Aregular try scorer last season dogs and dangerous articles must not be and strong finisher. brought into the stadium. 3. You must not use racist, obscene or offensive language. 4. You must not throw any missile, object or article onto the pitch.

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!Awarm welcome back to the AutoQuest to Sean !Did Iget hold of the wrong end of the stick? Richardson, who rejoined the club last week. I'm sure Iheard anews story in midweek that Iwas one of 1,200 megastar DJ Chris Evans was to marry Rochdale people who saw his winger Marlon Billy. performance for Widnes against !Patch is back! Keighley at Canal Having welcomed one former Widnes player, let me Street towards the add another -Paul Atcheson. When he was last here end of the 1997 he faced competition for the fullback jersey from Alan season. He was Tait, Jonathan Davies and Stuart Spruce -quite a absolutely unstoppable that day, but sadly that was the afternoon when he suffered his bad leg break. He did come back the next season, but probably too soon, and never quite recaptured that form. But anyone who saw him tearing our defence to shreds at Dewsbury last week won't need telling that he is back to his best! He even had the confidence to try to chip Paul Atcheson on one of his rampaging runs, which reminded me of agame at Wakefield in that 97 season. We needed to win to have any hope of formidable trio to have to try and dislodge. Even so avoiding relegation and we were pressing for the we didn't exactly do the best piece of business ever winning try in the closing stages. Twice Sean found when we swapped Paul for David Myers from Wigan. himself with the ball in his hands on the last tackle But that was for you, adecent technical and twice he put perfectly weighted grubbers into the coach but not quite aDoug Laughton in the transfer in-goal, both times resulting in drop restarts by Trinity. market -Phil once tried to arrange atrade with Leigh, Eventually the pressure told and we scored, in no small ayoung Karle Hammond for an old David Ruane. part due to the tactical kicking of one S. Richardson. Thankfully the deal fell through and we later ended up receiving £100,000 from Saints for Karle. !Some people have funny ideas. Getting back to Patch, he scored his first try for the That win at Rams Stadium was ahuge effort in club in December 1990 and his second just the other difficult circumstances, and not helped by yet another week. At that rate, one try every ten years, Ireckon it mysterious forward pass decision which cancelled out will take him until the year 4331 to overtake Mai what looked like aperfectly good try. Aspey's Widnes career record of 234. But coming out of the ground aDewsbury fan was Iwonder if the Vikings medical staff are conversant berating his Vikings counterparts with the words: "One point? Is that all you can beat us by?" Well Ihave uosagoiv ined 'p -saiSeg piayjaits £ news for him -one point is all it takes and I'll bet Neil ■yvi linH Z-siaoiOH aiepgooy t:ziflb UOINOr Kelly and the lads will happily take asimilar winning ■0 M§!ai Tsaup!M 'V 'ssoio margin in every game between now and the end of ueaa puB aiaSoy s8m '£ 'pooMsioon UBug 'Z July. -Qjuni^ UBjUjea 'T :U3MSNV Zinb today’s mascots

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Widnes Car Centre Opening Times: MON -FRI 9.00am -7.00pm > Near Runcorn Bridge SATURDAY 9.00am -5.00pm SUNDAY 11.00am -5.00pm NISSAN Moor Lane, Widnes, Cheshire Website: www.widnesnissan.com TEL: 0151 420 2000 E-maii: [email protected] E&OE SPONSOR

1. Paul ATCHESON Appleton Garage 1. Gavin DODD

2. Phil COUSSONS Calor Gas 2 DannyARNOLD Widnes 3. Chris PERClUAL . Caravans 3. AnthonyGIBBONS Lunts Heath 4. Jason DEMETRIOU Building Supplies 4. Pat RICH AHC 5. Mark FORSTER Warehousing 5. .Warren BARROW

6. Martin CROMPTON Terry Colquitt 6. Neil RODEN

rq 7. Ian WATSON Lady Vikings 7. KeithBRENNAN m in in Spekehall 0. Simon KNOX vauxhall 0. .Leo CASEY , Spekehall m Vauxhall 9. John HOUGH fS 9. Phil CANTILLON . Spekehall Vauxhall 10. o 10.Stephen HOLGATE Jason CLEGG „

Twigg Printing CN 00 11. Steve GEE BPackaging 11. Phil FARRELL QO [rs W i d n e s P a s t in m 12. Chris McKINNEY Players Assoc. 12. ChrisFARRELL " Widnes Vikings rs 13.Tommy HODGKINSON Supporters Club 13. David GIBBONS Tyre wo rid 14. I14. r^. Peter Lloyd i15. Fashions 15. Vikings Quids-ln 16. (VlQl) 16. Sponsorship 17. ■l7. Available I I

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r The Globe Restaurant &Bar Proud Sponsors of prizes to the Widnes Vikings 4,S Man cftbe Match for dte second consecutive year

The Globe Restaurant offers you quality Italian cuisine, in arelaxed atmosphere, with an open Are and candlelit tables. Sample mouthwatering dishes inciuding, Pappardelie Saimon, Chicken Florentine, Roasted Monkfish &Beef Wellington. Ideal for aformal business lunch, aspecial celebration or an enjoyable evening for two. There are 3menus to choose from: A-la Carte, traditional Sunday Lunch and alighter lunch time menu.

Having experienced the tine wines and cuisine at The Globe why not try one of our other venues. Pastarazzi Chester 'Pastarazzi Manchester !The Boat Inn- Erbistock !Club Globe, Chester Itible reservations at all our establishments are msenflal. We look forward to welcoming you soon.

217, Birchfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WAS 9AH !Tel: 0151 424 3729 V