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Widnes Vikings

Seasons

Click on a season to view this team's summary of that season. Note that win/loss/draw records are based on regular season matches only. Asterisk (*) next to crowd figure denotes not all home crowd figures were available for corresponding season.

Competition Name Position Extra Info W L D Pts For Pts Ag. Att % Def % Coach Top Tryscorer(s) Top Pointscorer(s) Home Venue(s) Crowd Avg
Northern Rugby Football Union 1895/96 Widnes 17th 14 24 4 174 323 74.88% 139.01% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Lancashire Senior Competition 1896/97 Widnes 10th 10 13 3 113 164 88.83% 128.92% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Lancashire Senior Competition 1897/98 Widnes 3rd 19 6 1 251 114 138.13% 62.74% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Lancashire Senior Competition 1898/99 Widnes 4th 17 7 2 196 113 116.07% 66.92% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Lancashire Senior Competition 1899/00 Widnes 5th 12 10 4 174 146 108.07% 90.68% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Lancashire Senior Competition 1900/01 Widnes 14th Wooden Spoon 6 20 0 85 271 52.54% 167.51% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Lancashire Senior Competition 1901/02 Widnes 2nd 20 4 0 254 67 148.67% 39.22% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
First Division 1902/03 Widnes 13th 13 19 2 131 167 74.67% 95.19% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
First Division 1903/04 Widnes 14th 11 18 5 126 243 64.36% 124.12% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1904/05 Widnes 16th 13 20 1 128 280 61.13% 133.72% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1905/06 Widnes 21st 10 16 2 129 242 64.14% 120.33% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1906/07 Widnes 12th 9 10 1 221 320 82.32% 119.19% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1907/08 Widnes 24th 6 20 4 179 338 58.53% 110.52% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 7,000
Northern Rugby Football Union 1908/09 Widnes 27th 6 19 3 197 359 61.22% 111.57% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 1,000
Northern Rugby Football Union 1909/10 Widnes 18th 10 15 3 152 244 52.81% 84.77% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1910/11 Widnes 4th Semi Final 19 8 3 310 137 98.45% 43.51% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1911/12 Widnes 12th 16 13 3 301 242 83.59% 67.20% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 5,000
Northern Rugby Football Union 1912/13 Widnes 14th 15 15 2 333 319 98.84% 94.69% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1913/14 Widnes 8th 17 14 1 262 241 79.97% 73.56% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1914/15 Widnes 12th 14 15 3 291 292 89.05% 89.36% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Lancashire League 1918/19 Widnes 6th 7 5 0 120 83 123.46% 85.39% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1919/20 Widnes 4th Semi Final 21 8 1 250 115 90.20% 41.49% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1920/21 Widnes 11th 15 13 2 231 252 83.62% 91.22% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1921/22 Widnes 16th 13 16 3 227 240 74.66% 78.94% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 11,500
Northern Rugby League 1922/23 Widnes 22nd 11 22 1 195 352 55.91% 100.92% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby League 1923/24 Widnes 14th 16 15 3 275 245 79.16% 70.52% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby League 1924/25 Widnes 25th 10 23 1 257 462 73.58% 132.27% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby League 1925/26 Widnes 17th 15 19 0 339 397 94.43% 110.59% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby League 1926/27 Widnes 24th 11 23 0 283 479 78.24% 132.43% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 6,000
Northern Rugby League 1927/28 Widnes 24th 11 21 0 196 418 63.80% 136.05% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby League 1928/29 Widnes 24th 11 21 2 222 440 61.38% 121.65% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby League 1929/30 Widnes 15th 15 15 2 309 266 95.54% 82.25% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 6,400
Northern Rugby League 1930/31 Widnes 22nd 11 25 2 245 450 60.80% 111.67% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby League 1931/32 Widnes 20th 14 20 4 363 458 80.35% 101.38% - - - -- Lowerhouse * 0
Northern Rugby League 1932/33 Widnes 12th 19 17 2 446 406 100.43% 91.43% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1933/34 Widnes 7th 21 13 4 393 324 85.21% 70.25% - - - -- Naughton * 6,691
Northern Rugby League 1934/35 Widnes 17th 18 20 0 395 339 91.60% 78.62% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1935/36 Widnes 3rd Runners Up 25 9 4 433 190 107.85% 47.33% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1936/37 Widnes 20th 17 20 1 270 308 65.09% 74.25% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1937/38 Widnes 8th 22 12 2 475 210 119.09% 52.65% - - - -- Naughton * 4,201
Northern Rugby League 1938/39 Widnes 10th 22 15 3 453 274 109.00% 65.93% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League (Abandoned) 1939/40 Widnes 20th 0 1 1 15 22 65.74% 96.41% - - - -- Naughton * 5,500
War Emergency League (Lancashire) 1939/40 Widnes 4th 15 5 2 305 176 116.61% 67.29% - - - -- Naughton * 5,500
Northern Rugby League 1945/46 Widnes 12th 19 14 3 449 272 106.41% 64.46% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1946/47 Widnes 3rd Semi Final 26 8 2 284 149 77.26% 40.54% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1947/48 Widnes 7th 21 14 1 331 228 84.03% 57.88% - - - -- Naughton * 11,900
Northern Rugby League 1948/49 Widnes 5th 24 10 2 358 188 93.02% 48.85% - - - -- Naughton * 10,761
Northern Rugby League 1949/50 Widnes 16th 16 16 4 373 316 88.16% 74.69% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1950/51 Widnes 27th 10 25 1 265 382 59.56% 85.86% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1951/52 Widnes 12th 20 14 2 491 395 103.06% 82.91% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1952/53 Widnes 23rd 13 21 2 336 478 68.74% 97.79% - - - -- Naughton * 7,411
Northern Rugby League 1953/54 Widnes 16th 16 17 3 420 431 84.76% 86.98% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1954/55 Widnes 22nd 13 23 0 325 478 66.61% 97.96% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1955/56 Widnes 23rd 11 23 0 403 519 77.28% 99.52% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1956/57 Widnes 23rd 15 23 0 439 526 75.33% 90.25% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1957/58 Widnes 10th 23 15 0 608 453 103.28% 76.95% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1958/59 Widnes 8th 23 15 0 672 474 109.73% 77.40% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1959/60 Widnes 17th 18 19 1 598 519 103.77% 90.06% - - - -- Naughton * 9,381
Northern Rugby League 1960/61 Widnes 20th 16 20 0 396 514 84.01% 109.04% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1961/62 Widnes 6th 25 11 0 508 309 108.08% 65.74% - - - -- Naughton * 0
First Division 1962/63 Widnes 3rd 19 10 1 325 301 87.10% 80.67% - - - -- Naughton * 0
First Division 1963/64 Widnes 12th 13 17 0 338 386 87.23% 99.61% - - - -- Naughton * 6,509
Northern Rugby League 1964/65 Widnes 19th 14 18 2 348 410 86.29% 101.66% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1965/66 Widnes 14th 17 17 0 444 347 115.24% 90.07% - - - -- Naughton * 9,450
Northern Rugby League 1966/67 Widnes 16th 15 14 5 366 412 80.96% 91.14% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1967/68 Widnes 16th 17 16 1 538 420 121.32% 94.71% - - - -- Naughton * 9,828
Northern Rugby League 1968/69 Widnes 14th 19 14 1 506 434 109.50% 93.92% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1969/70 Widnes 10th 21 11 2 473 355 104.79% 78.64% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1970/71 Widnes 18th 14 18 2 439 422 90.28% 86.78% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Northern Rugby League 1971/72 Widnes 11th 19 12 3 476 388 101.94% 83.10% - - - -- Naughton * 5,787
Northern Rugby League 1972/73 Widnes 12th 19 15 0 592 458 109.61% 84.80% - - - -- Naughton * 0
First Division 1973/74 Widnes 4th 18 11 1 431 329 99.93% 76.28% Vince KARALIUS - - -- Naughton * 4,864
First Division 1974/75 Widnes 5th 18 11 1 382 305 94.05% 75.09% - - - -- Naughton * 0
First Division 1975/76 Widnes 6th 18 11 1 448 369 101.79% 83.84% - - - -- Naughton * 0
First Division 1976/77 Widnes 10th 15 15 0 403 393 88.81% 86.61% - - - -- Naughton * 0
First Division 1977/78 Widnes 1st Premiers 24 4 2 613 241 135.05% 53.10% - - - -- Naughton * 0
First Division 1978/79 Widnes 3rd 21 7 2 480 322 106.71% 71.59% Doug LAUGHTON - - -- Naughton * 12,202
First Division 1979/80 Widnes 2nd 22 7 1 546 293 125.59% 67.40% - - - -- Naughton * 0
Championship 1980/81 Widnes 6th 16 12 2 428 356 97.12% 80.78% Doug LAUGHTON 16 - Keith BENTLEY 118 -Mick BURKE Naughton 5,569
Championship 1981/82 Widnes 3rd 23 6 1 551 317 123.03% 70.78% Doug LAUGHTON 14 - John BASNETT 121 -John MYLER Naughton 5,982
Championship 1982/83 Widnes 5th 18 10 2 534 357 122.76% 82.07% Doug LAUGHTON, Harry DAWSON, Colin TYRER 11 - David HULME 114 -Mick BURKE Naughton 5,082
Championship 1983/84 Widnes 5th 19 10 1 656 457 117.06% 81.55% Harry DAWSON, Vince KARALIUS 17 - John BASNETT 134 -Joe LYDON Naughton 5,053
Championship 1984/85 Widnes 7th 17 13 0 580 517 98.81% 88.07% Eric HUGHES 12 - Andy CURRIER 102 -Mick BURKE Naughton 4,879
Championship 1985/86 Widnes 5th 19 8 3 520 454 98.91% 86.35% Eric HUGHES, Doug LAUGHTON 12 - John BASNETT 72 -Mick BURKE Naughton 4,293
Championship 1986/87 Widnes 8th 14 16 0 598 613 102.42% 104.99% Doug LAUGHTON 12 - John BASNETT 56 -Duncan PLATT Naughton 4,376
Championship 1987/88 Widnes 1st Premiers 20 6 0 641 311 130.15% 63.15% Doug LAUGHTON 33 - Martin OFFIAH 132 -Martin OFFIAH Naughton 6,671
Championship 1988/89 Widnes 1st Premiers 20 5 1 726 345 147.09% 69.90% Doug LAUGHTON 37 - Martin OFFIAH 173 -Andy CURRIER Naughton 8,574
Championship 1989/90 Widnes 3rd Premiers 16 8 2 659 423 120.51% 77.35% Doug LAUGHTON 28 - Martin OFFIAH 154 -Jonathan DAVIES Naughton 8,072
Championship 1990/91 Widnes 2nd 20 6 0 635 340 126.21% 67.58% Doug LAUGHTON 22 - Martin OFFIAH 180 -Jonathan DAVIES Naughton 7,518
Championship 1991/92 Widnes 8th 12 14 0 511 477 105.05% 98.06% Frank MYLER 31 - John DEVEREUX 160 -John DEVEREUX Naughton 6,625
Championship 1992/93 Widnes 4th 15 11 0 549 446 108.54% 88.18% Phil LARDER 14 - John DEVEREUX 152 -Jonathan DAVIES Naughton 5,111
Championship 1993/94 Widnes 10th 14 16 0 523 642 84.70% 103.98% Phil LARDER 10 - Stuart SPRUCE 146 -Bobbie GOULDING Naughton 4,653
Championship 1994/95 Widnes 14th 8 21 1 481 767 69.88% 111.43% Tony MYLER 13 - Karle HAMMOND 118 -Adrian HADLEY Naughton 4,357
Second Division 1995/96 Widnes 3rd 13 6 1 475 334 112.80% 79.32% - 12 - John DEVEREUX 78 -Adrian HADLEY Naughton 3,028
Second Division 1996 Widnes 7th 9 10 1 413 447 90.17% 97.60% Doug LAUGHTON 8 - Shane COOPER 135 -Christian TYRER Naughton 2,531
Second Division 1997 Widnes Vikings 10th 6 14 0 282 579 66.71% 136.97% Bernard LONG, Graeme WEST 6 - Danny MYLER, Andy CURRIER 51 -Jamie BLOEM Naughton 1,855
Second Division 1998 Widnes Vikings 9th 9 20 1 601 862 89.81% 128.81% Graeme WEST, Colin WHITFIELD - - -- Naughton 2,466
Second Division 1999 Widnes Vikings 3rd Prelim Final 21 7 0 792 415 127.50% 66.81% Colin WHITFIELD - - -- AutoQuest 3,344
Second Division 2000 Widnes Vikings 8th Elimination Playoff 17 11 0 698 483 109.20% 75.56% Colin WHITFIELD, David HULME, Bernard LONG - - -- AutoQuest 3,300
Second Division 2001 Widnes Vikings 2nd Premiers 21 6 1 961 377 149.43% 58.62% David HULME, Neil KELLY 44 - Phil CANTILLON 176 -Phil CANTILLON AutoQuest 3,699
Super League 2002 Widnes Vikings 7th 14 13 1 590 716 84.84% 102.96% Neil KELLY 18 - Adam HUGHES 160 -Adam HUGHES Halton 6,310
Super League 2003 Widnes Vikings 9th 12 15 1 640 727 94.83% 107.72% Neil KELLY 13 - Adam HUGHES 190 -Julian O'NEILL Halton 6,155
Super League 2004 Widnes Vikings 11th 7 21 0 466 850 66.49% 121.28% Neil KELLY, Stuart SPRUCE, Frank ENDACOTT 8 - Julian O'NEILL, Adam HUGHES, Simon FINNIGAN 154 -Julian O'NEILL Halton 6,156
Super League 2005 Widnes Vikings 11th 6 21 1 598 1048 77.05% 135.02% Frank ENDACOTT 13 - Gray VIANE 114 -Stephen MYLER Halton 6,491
National League One 2006 Widnes Vikings 2nd Runners Up 14 4 0 729 449 146.71% 90.36% Steve McCORMACK 23 - Mick NANYN 304 -Mick NANYN Halton 3,641
National League One 2007 Widnes Vikings 2nd Runners Up 16 2 0 740 220 150.22% 44.66% Steve McCORMACK 23 - Mick NANYN 296 -Mick NANYN Halton 3,557
National League One 2008 Widnes Vikings 6th Quarter Final 10 6 2 453 410 97.23% 88.00% Steve McCORMACK 9 - Dean GASKELL 100 -Steve TYRER Stobart 4,147
Championship 2009 Widnes Vikings 4th Semi Final 11 9 0 649 438 115.16% 77.72% Steve McCORMACK, John STANKEVITCH, Paul CULLEN 18 - Paddy FLYNN 96 -Tim HARTLEY Stobart 3,311
Championship 2010 Widnes Vikings 5th Quarter Final 11 9 0 619 488 117.80% 92.87% Paul CULLEN 15 - Anthony THACKERAY 158 -Shane GRADY Stobart 2,852
Championship 2011 Widnes Vikings 5th Quarter Final 11 8 1 555 532 103.06% 98.78% Denis BETTS 12 - Steve TYRER 186 -Steve TYRER Stobart 3,716
Super League 2012 Widnes Vikings 14th Wooden Spoon 6 21 0 532 1082 74.19% 150.89% Denis BETTS 14 - Patrick AH VAN 114 -Patrick AH VAN Stobart 5,769
Super League 2013 Widnes Vikings 10th 10 15 2 695 841 103.23% 124.91% Denis BETTS 17 - Rhys HANBURY 152 -Jack OWENS Stobart 5,725
Super League 2014 Widnes Vikings 8th Qualifying Playoff 13 13 1 611 725 90.56% 107.45% Denis BETTS 18 - Paddy FLYNN 166 -Danny TICKLE Select Security 5,608
Super League 2015 Widnes Vikings 9th 9 13 1 518 565 93.90% 102.42% Denis BETTS 14 - Kevin BROWN 114 -Jack OWENS Select Security 5,743
Super League 2016 Widnes Vikings 7th Super 8's Round 7 12 18 0 603 643 86.51% 92.25% Denis BETTS 27 - Corey THOMPSON 158 -Rhys HANBURY Select Security 5,469
Super League 2017 Widnes Vikings 12th Wooden Spoon 5 17 1 359 628 68.68% 120.15% Denis BETTS 9 - Corey THOMPSON 44 -Rhys HANBURY Select Security 5,587
Super League 2018 Widnes Vikings 12th Wooden Spoon 3 20 0 387 653 75.96% 128.17% Denis BETTS, Francis CUMMINS 6 - Krisnan INU 74 -Tom GILMORE Halton Security 4,252
Championship 2019 Widnes Vikings 11th 14 13 0 646 586 97.71% 88.63% Kieron PURTILL 17 - Ryan INCE 202 -Jack OWENS Halton Security 3,836
Championship 2020 Widnes Vikings 5th 3 2 0 128 92 123.33% 88.64% Tim SHEENS 4 - Jack OWENS, Deon CROSS 52 -Jack OWENS DCBL Stadium 2,665
Championship 2021 Widnes Vikings 8th 9 11 1 494 534 92.60% 100.09% Simon FINNIGAN 17 - Deon CROSS 120 -Steve TYRER DCBL Stadium * 1,211
Championship 2022 Widnes Vikings 8th 12 15 0 567 679 84.05% 100.66% Simon FINNIGAN, Ryan O'BRIEN, John KEAR 14 - Ryan INCE 112 -Steve TYRER DCBL Stadium * 3,032
Championship 2023 Widnes Vikings 9th 13 14 0 619 652 100.31% 105.66% John KEAR, Neil BELSHAW 16 - Kieran DIXON 144 -Kieran DIXON DCBL Stadium 2,926
Championship 2024 Widnes Vikings 5th Eliminator 14 11 1 551 475 95.52% 82.34% Allan COLEMAN 15 - Ryan INCE 193 -Tom GILMORE DCBL Stadium 2,595
Championship 2025 Widnes Vikings 7th 11 11 2 454 475 85.25% 89.20% Allan COLEMAN 7 - Matty FOZARD 68 -Tom GILMORE DCBL Stadium * 3,040
Championship 2026 Widnes Vikings 7th 5 3 0 186 176 96.05% 90.88% Allan COLEMAN 6 - Matty FLEMING 40 -Jordan ABDULL DCBL Stadium 2,920