Seems Cas board not keen on taking him back.

I wonder now, will they approach him even if it's just on a short-term basis?

and all done in an era when Wigan bought anyone and everyone they fancied - can only guess what he might have managed with Greg at half

The season he got sacked he had the likes of Phil Blake, John Woods, Des Drummond, Steve Roach, Les Davidson and Mike Gregory at his disposal and couldn't get a tune out of them.



Yes, his years in charge (not even 3 years) were eventful and often entertaining, but he came up short as much as anyone else since when it came to getting consistent success.

Top boozer though, and hard.

Was our tour party leader on the 88 lions trip down under.

Him and Roger Millward could drink us all under the table.

He could definitely look after himself..





Always remember a game at the Watersheddings, not long after he had lost his job and he had took over at Oldham - Things got a bit heated at one point and he was literally fighting with some of the Wire players (including Sir Les) on the touchline...

To be fair, Roach was performing like a forerunner to Gil Dudson and Blake wasn't here the full season but certainly things seemed to go awry for Tony when it came to handling big egos.



Maybe they thought they were better than the coach, didn't respect him, downed tools and got him the sack.

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Quote Wires71="Wires71"icon_lol.gif One of our very few Warrington coaches that actual won a trophy and one of only 3 Warrington coaches that had a win rate above 60% with Price and Smith. I think your description above would be more apt for Paul Cullen. https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/team ... aches.html'" not to be pedantic or splitting hairs. I think TB success came as a caretaker coach with Boyd as a playing assistant. We reverted back to an Ashcroft type team soon after the sacking reaction spike. In reality, that was a GF win in another era.

Yet it wasn't. You play by the rules of the time and Halifax were crowned champions a month earlier.



The premiership was just an end of season knockabout after the serious stuff of the league and Challenge Cup was concluded.

I’m just looking forward to the book.

Over his entire tenure (2.5 years?) his win rate was 63% or so.



Only bettered by Price and Smith in near on 40 years.



I am very fond of that period as a young boy I went home and away with my Dad. We had a tough pack and took no crap. So maybe i have rose tinted spectacles.

Yes, it was a great time to watch Wire. The period between October 1986-January1987 was probably the best quality RL I've ever seen a Wire side play - Sadly, it was very brief, which is why I don't go OTT when remembering Tony Barrow. He was a good coach, but like most of our history, it delivered less than it promised.