From Wire to Wolves Documentaries

WHO WILL REMEMBER ME?

A short introduction and two 12 minute documentaries that were commissioned to support the Warringtton Wolves RLFC heritage project. Fans, coaches and players both past and present talk about what Rugby League and Warrington means to them.

SCREEN CAPTURES

Documentary sport rugby league heritage interviews

Who will remember me, the heroes of the past?

Wingers with hard heads and feet lightning fast

Fearless captains for whom your heart out you’d sing,

And frail looking Aussies who could run like the wind

Hits so big the ground would shake!

And Welsh wizards dancing leaving would-be tacklers In their wake.

When the hill to victory seemed ever so steep,

And we learned that fast thinking beats fast legs Every day of the week

With a passion and belief no one could ever deny,

And I’d still rather be a pasty than a pie.

Who will tell me these tales of heroes in primrose and blue?

If not us, then who?

SCREEN CAPTURES

Language
English

Year of production
2013

Length
Intoduction 1.13

Wire to Wolves part 1 11.24

Wire to Wolves part 2 12.16

Country
United Kingdom

Director
Dave Hartill

Producers
Nigel Moore & Dave Hartill

Camera Operators
Anderson West, Ciaron Craig, Joe Richardson

Editor
Andy Salamonczyk

Interviewees

Brian Chambers Youth Development Officer

Laurie Gilfedder 1951 - 1963
Hilda Gilfedder

Ray French MBE BBC Rugby League Commentator

Mark Forster 1983 - 2000

Alex Murphy OBE Player/Coach 1971-1978

Paul Cullen Player 1980 - 1996, Coach 2002 - 2008

Brian Stoll Fan

Jeff Stoll Fan

Craig Garner Fan

Lee Briers 1998 - 2013, club record points scorer

Alastair Brindle 1954 - 1969

Phil Chadwick Fitness Coach

Bobby Wanbon 1971 - 1975
Mike Nicholas 1972 - 1980
Clive Jones 1971 - 1975

Okher Kitman

Bob Eccles 1980 - 1987

Mike Wainright 1994 - 1999 & 2003 - 2007
Tony Smith Head Coach
Chris Riley 2005 - present
Richie Myler 2010 - present

'In South West Lancashire babes don’t toddle, they side-step. Queuing women talk of ‘nipping round the blindside’. Rugby league provides our cultural adrenalin. It’s a physical manifestation of our rules of life, comradeship, honest endeavour, and a staunch, often ponderous, allegiance to fair-play.'

Colin Welland, actor and screenwriter