Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League.
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48 Facts About Warrington Wolves
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Warrington Wolves Zingari's first recorded game was an away game against Penketh on 28 October 1876, resulting in a defeat by a goal to nil.
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In 1886, Warrington Wolves won their first silverware, the West Lancashire and Border Towns Trophy.
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The Northern Union reverted to two county based leagues, and Warrington Wolves took part in the Lancashire Senior Competition, but could only manage a mid-table finish.
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Warrington Wolves appeared in the renamed South West Lancashire Cup against Leigh two days later.
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Warrington Wolves have the best record of any club side against the touring Kangaroos with eight wins, one draw, and seven defeats from sixteen matches.
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Warrington Wolves scored first through a try by Bradshaw converted by Jolley and gave a wonderful display in what was considered to be the best Cup Final of the pre-war era.
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Warrington Wolves purchased Wilderspool in 1914 with the freehold being held in trust for club members.
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Warrington Wolves beat St Helens Recs and Leigh to reach the final of the Lancashire County Cup.
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Warrington Wolves had the honour of playing the first rugby league match against a French side, captained by Jean Galia.
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Warrington Wolves was short of regular players and were thought to stand little chance, but as ever in they rose to the occasion to gain victory.
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Warrington Wolves would be Warrington's top try scorer in all but one season until his retirement in 1962 with a total of 740 tries in 620 games for Warrington.
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Warrington Wolves paid their third visit in four years to Maine Road to face Workington in the championship final.
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Warrington Wolves secured another victory by four goals to Halifax's two goals and a try.
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Warrington Wolves won the Lancashire League as well to make it ten pieces of silverware in eight years.
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Warrington Wolves made it to the 1956 championship final held at Maine Road but lost to Workington Town.
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Attendances were down on previous seasons and on 19 January 1957, Warrington Wolves launched a lottery, which played an important part in the club's finances in future seasons.
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Warrington Wolves improved for the Challenge Cup; reaching the semi-finals, only missing out on a Wembley trip after losing a tense replay against St Helens.
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Warrington Wolves lost only one of their opening 22 games and ended the season with the League Leader's Trophy.
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Warrington Wolves had another new coach in 1982, their former Challenge Cup medal winner Kevin Ashcroft.
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In 1990 Warrington Wolves made it to the final of the Challenge Cup at Wembley Stadium and faced archrivals Wigan.
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In June 1993 due to financial pressures, Warrington Wolves listed 13 players for a total of £340k when they refused lower contract payments.
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The following season Warrington Wolves made the Regal Trophy final once more, again losing to Wigan.
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Warrington Wolves were scheduled to merge with Widnes to form Cheshire who would compete in Super League.
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Warrington Wolves captained the side and took them to within one match of the Challenge Cup final in 2000.
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Warrington Wolves is rumoured to have been paid around £40,000 per match for the Wire.
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The signing caused controversy for a number of reasons: if the Wire had made the Super League Grand Final, it would have clashed with the Kangaroos Tri-Nations test against New Zealand in Sydney, Australia;, many people questioned why Warrington Wolves were allowed to bring in a player in time for the Super League play-offs after he had finished playing a full season in Australia.
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Warrington Wolves finished the 2007 season seventh in the table, which was seen as a disaster for the club following the impressive signings made during the close season.
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Warrington Wolves faced the Huddersfield Giants in the final at Wembley Stadium in front of a 76,560 crowd.
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Warrington Wolves scored first after a charge down with Richie Mathers going over the line under the sticks.
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Warrington Wolves returned home from Wembley with the cup and was greeted by more than 100,000 fans who had been starved of success for 35 years.
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Warrington Wolves finished the 2009 season in lowly 10th place missing out on the play-offs yet again.
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Once again over 35,000 Warrington Wolves supporters travelled down to Wembley Stadium to see the Warrington Wolves lift the trophy for the second successive time, this being the first time in the club's history this has been done.
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On 9 September 2011, the Warrington Wolves beat Hull FC to secure the League Leaders Shield for the first time.
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In 2012, the Warrington Wolves enjoyed another successful season in both the league and cup competitions.
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Over 35,000 Warrington Wolves supporters made the trip to see the side bring back the famous trophy.
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The Warrington Wolves made it through to the Super League Grand Final and were backed by 40,000 fans at the theatre of dreams.
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The Warrington Wolves faced the Rhinos for the right to become champions but it was Leeds who held on to become back-to-back champions.
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In 2013, Warrington Wolves finished Super League XVIII in second place with 41 points, only 1 point behind League Leaders Shield winners Huddersfield Giants.
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Warrington Wolves failed to make the Super 8s in 2017, finishing ninth in the regular season as they suffered from inconsistency.
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Warrington Wolves secured Super League status with seven wins out of seven.
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In September 2017, the Warrington Wolves announced that head coach Tony Smith would leave his position at the club following nine successful years which has seen the Warrington Wolves compete in seven major finals, winning three Challenge Cups and two League Leaders Shields.
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Warrington Wolves finished the Super League XXIV season in 4th place on the table and qualified for the finals.
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Warrington Wolves moved into the Wilderspool in 1881 and spent over 130 years there.
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Warrington Wolves have several rivalries, the fiercest of which is with the Widnes Vikings.
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