Mark Giacheri - Italy RU international second row on the charge.

Mark (Sloppy) Hyslop offloads out of the tackle to Joe Smith

Adrian (AJ) Veamatahau makes the kind of break to score which made him one of the highest rated players of the championship-winning season

And here, putting in a big hit

Matt (Salty) Wright and Alex Brown in action against Warrington Woolston in an early-season encounter

Al (Boomer) Robinson and Widnes Chairman Tony Chambers show off the NL3 trophy

AJ again

Three Bears gang up on a Woolston player

On the way back from Sunny Carlisle. The scenery was never like this returning from Birmingham!

Dave (Campo) Campton takes a tackle, closely watched by Jon Fairhurst and Clinton (CK) Scott-Knight

Ron Banks with his signed Widnes shirt

Just like this shot - it's actually from 2005 - vs Hillsborough Hawks...

...as is this one

James Hunt at the Bristol 9s

A typically determined Boomer

Tony Allcock with his youngest fan

Troy Perkins and Boomer

Irish International forward  Al Boomer Robinson and winger James Hunt vs Essex Eels

Another 2005 Hawks shot sneaking in

Photo call at the Halton Stadium, Widnes

Kurt Johnson making himself known

Allcock about to cut loose again

Can't remember where we were on the way back from, but I'm certain we won!

The two Cov RU wings - Johnson & Simon Brocklehurst

CK and Tony Allcock

One of my favourite 'candids'. Ron at South London - absolutely cheesed off with the way it's going. Happily the team turned it round after this!

Aussie forward Chris McBride - soon to be playing in France - evades the tackle

Jonny Fairhurst on the break

'Team Mascot' and super-supporter (and just elected lifetime Vice-President) Dick Griffiths

Stuart and Craig (Poppy) Lee

Boomer

James Hunt

The team after the win at South London

Chris McBride

Salty Wright and lady

Ian 'Ginge' McGregor supports West Indian international wing and top scorer Kurt Johnson

James Hunt with Dave Campton in pursuit

Lee Ashford and Chris McBride

Nick Vassallo

A very proud Ron Banks, Chairman, Coventry Bears RLFC

Jon Fairhurst, Clinton Scott-Knight, Ron Banks and Chris McBride

Decent scoreline...

Pausing on the long trip to Gateshead

AJ offloads (Andy Howard pic)

Scott Clendenning-Fenton

Alex Brown on the charge

Plenty of backup...

Boomer again

The Old Man of the North speaks to some Aussie geezer...

It looked pretty good, huh?