2007 Widnes Vikings season explained

This article is about the 2007 season of the Widnes Vikings.

Year:	2007
League:	National League One
League Rank:	2nd
League Wins:	16
League Draws:	0
League Losses:	2
Playoff Result:	Runners Up
Cup:	Challenge Cup
Cup Result:	Round Four
Cup2:	National League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Avg Attendance:	3,329 (Excluding Challenge Cup)
High Attendance:	6,006 (vs. Wigan Warriors, 1 April)
Low Attendance:	1,606 (vs. Normanton Knights, 11 March)
List:	yes
List Link:	List of Widnes Vikings seasons

National League One table

Position	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Pts for	Pts agst	B.P.	Points
1	Castleford Tigers	18	17	0	1	860	247	0	51
2	Widnes Vikings	18	16	0	2	740	220	2	50
3	Halifax	18	12	0	6	616	421	2	38
4	Whitehaven	18	11	0	7	474	342	5	38
5	Leigh Centurions	18	9	0	9	454	474	4	31
6	Sheffield Eagles	18	6	1	11	414	527	4	24
7	Dewsbury Rams	18	5	0	13	346	572	6	19
8	Batley Bulldogs	18	5	1	12	372	645	2	19
9	Rochdale Hornets	18	3	0	15	302	700	1	10
10	Doncaster Lakers	18	5	0	13	348	778	1	10

Players

Player	D.O.B.	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Points
Bob Beswick	8/12/84	32	7	0	28
Damien Blanch	24/5/83	27	19	0	76
Adam Bowman	12/11/87	2	1	0	4
Andy Bracek	21/3/84	3	1	0	4
Daryl Cardiss	13/7/77	6	2	0	8
Mick Cassidy	8/7/73	28	1	0	4
Gavin Dodd	28/2/81	30	17	28	124
Lee Doran	23/3/81	32	5	0	20
Rob Draper	30/11/87	3	2	0	8
Dean Gaskell	12/4/83	20	11	0	44
Scott Grix	1/5/84	32	21	0	84
Ben Harrison	24/2/88	3	0	0	0
Jordan James	24/5/80	33	6	0	24
	2/8/82	9	3	0	12
Andy Kirk	2/8/82	17	8	0	32
Toa Kohe-Love	2/12/76	25	17	0	68
Danny Lima	27/7/75	5	0	0	0
Dennis Moran	22/1/77	28	23	0	92
Mike Morrison	9/9/87	3	0	0	0
Richie Myler	21/5/90	2	0	0	0
Mick Nanyn	3/6/82	29	28	161	434
Paul Noone	22/4/81	30	6	2	28
Joel Penny	22/1/80	15	10	0	40
Gareth Price	28/6/80	18	0	0	0
Adam Sidlow	25/10/87	4	0	0	0
Mark Smith	18/8/81	31	14	0	56
Aaron Summers	11/8/81	24	3	0	12
Joel Tomkins	21/3/87	8	2	0	8
Ian Webster	16/11/86	27	10	0	40
Oliver Wilkes	2/5/80	33	15	0	60

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League results

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Competition	Vrs	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Att	Lineup
5/4/07	2007 National League 1	H	W	46-12		Nanyn 7/9	N/A	3,792	Aaron Summers, Mick Cassidy, Daryl Cardiss, Gareth Price
9/4/07	2007 National League 1	A	W	18-40		Nanyn 6/9	N/A	1,485	Aaron Summers, Ian Webster, Andy Kirk (Not Used), Gareth Price
13/4/07	2007 National League 1	A	W	4-46		Nanyn 7/8	N/A	1,211	Aaron Summers, Mick Cassidy, Andy Kirk, Gareth Price
26/4/07	2007 National League 1	H	W	48-12		Nanyn 6/10	N/A	3,042	Aaron Summers, Mick Cassidy, Andy Kirk, Gareth Price
6/5/07	2007 National League 1	H	W	66-14		Nanyn 11/11	N/A	2,753	Aaron Summers, Gareth Price, Dean Gaskell, Mick Cassidy
17/5/07	2007 National League 1	A	W	20-44		Nanyn 6/9	N/A	6,007	Aaron Summers, Jordan James, Dean Gaskell, Gareth Price
3/6/07	2007 National League 1	H	W	56-10		Mick Nanyn 8/10	N/A	2,837	Joel Penny, Danny Lima, Jordan James, Gareth Price
10/6/07	2007 National League 1	A	W	4-90		Dodd 13/16	N/A	1,248	Ian Webster, Danny Lima, Jordan James, Gareth Price
14/6/07	2007 National League 1	A	L	12-6		Nanyn 1/1	N/A	2,412	Aaron Summers, Jordan James, Andy Kirk, Ian Webster
1/7/07	2007 National League 1	H	W	32-0		Nanyn 4/6	N/A	4,879	Ian Webster, Mick Cassidy, Andy Kirk, Danny Lima
5/7/07	2007 National League 1	A	W	10-50		Nanyn 5/10	N/A	1,885	Aaron Summers, Jordan James, Ian Webster, Gareth Price
22/7/07	2007 National League 1	H	W	16-14		Nanyn 2/3	N/A	3,299	Aaron Summers, Jordan James, Andy Kirk, Gareth Price
29/7/07	2007 National League 1	H	W	40-18		Nanyn 4/8	N/A	2,607	Mick Cassidy, Oliver Wilkes, Gavin Dodd, Gareth Price
2/8/07	2007 National League 1	A	W	0-38		Mick Nanyn 5/8	N/A	3,095	Aaron Summers, Jordan James, Ian Webster, Gareth Price
12/8/07	2007 National League 1	H	W	48-12		Nanyn 8/9	N/A	2,853	Aaron Summers, Jordan James, Ian Webster, Lee Doran
16/8/07	2007 National League 1	H	L	18-24		Nanyn 3/4	N/A	4,598	Aaron Summers, Jordan James, Ian Webster, Gavin Dodd
2/9/07	2007 National League 1	A	W	18-22	Grix, Blanch, Dodd (2)	Nanyn 3/5	N/A	2,360	Mick Cassidy, Jordan James, Ian Webster, Lee Doran
9/9/07	2007 National League 1	A	W	18-34		Nanyn 5/6	N/A	1,139	Mick Cassidy, Jordan James, Richie Myler, Lee Doran
20/9/07	2007 National League 1 Play-offs - Qualifying Semi-Final	A	L	26-8		Nanyn 2/3	N/A	6,179	Mick Cassidy, Jordan James, Richie Myler, Lee Doran
20/8/07	2007 National League 1 Play-offs - Final Eliminator	H	W	36-24		Nanyn 8/8	N/A	3,347	Ian Webster, Jordan James, Adam Sidlow, Lee Doran
7/10/07	2007 National League 1 Play-offs - Grand Final	Neutral (Headingley Stadium)	L	42-10		Nanyn 1/2	N/A	20,814	Aaron Summers, Jordan James, Ian Webster, Lee Doran

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Northern Rail Cup Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	BP	PD	Pts
+Group 6
Widnes Vikings	6	5	0	1	0	186	15
Celtic Crusaders	6	4	0	2	0	−20	12
Leigh Centurions	6	3	0	3	2	72	11
London Skolars	6	0	0	6	0	−238	0

Competition	Vrs	H/A	Result	Score	Tries	Field Goals	Att	Lineup
9/2/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup - Group 6		A	W	6-56	Nanyn 8/9, Moran 0/1	N/A	452
18/2/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup - Group 6		H	W	34-20	Nanyn 5/6	N/A	4,133
25/2/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup - Group 6		H	W	60-10	Nanyn 6/7, Dodd 2/3	N/A	2,700
4/3/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup - Group 6		A	L	24-8	Dodd 0/2	N/A	2,291
18/3/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup - Group 6		A	W	0-66	Nanyn 7/9, Noone 2/3	N/A	789
25/3/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup - Group 6		H	W	32-10	Dodd 4/6	N/A	2,540
22/4/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup - Quarter Final Qualifying Cup		H	W	62-6	Dodd 9/11	N/A	2,140
27/5/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup - Quarter Final		A (at Halton Stadium)	W	0-24	Nanyn 4/4	N/A	2,362
24/6/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup - Semi-Final	Castleford Tigers	H	W	18-12	Nanyn 5/5	N/A	5,388
15/7/07	2007 Northern Rail Cup Final	Whitehaven R.L.F.C.	Neutral (at Bloomfield Road)	W	6-54	Nanyn 9/12	N/A	8,236	^[4]

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Challenge Cup Results

Competition	Vrs	H/A	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Att	Lineup

11/3/07	Challenge Cup 2007 - Round 3	Normanton Knights	A (at Halton Stadium)	W	10-78	Gaskell (2), Wilkes, Noone, Webster (2), Smith (2), Kirk (2), Moran (4)	Nanyn 11/14	N/A	1,606
1/4/07	Challenge Cup 2007 - Round 4	Wigan Warriors	H	L	24-34		Nanyn 4/6	N/A	6,006

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Notes and References

Book: Butcher. Tim. Spencer. Daniel. Gillette Rugby League Yearbook, 2007-2008. 2007. League Publications Ltd.. West Yorkshire. 978-1-901347-18-0. 245. 1st.
Book: Butcher. Tim. Spencer. Daniel. Gillette Rugby League Yearbook, 2007-2008. 2007. League Publications Ltd.. West Yorkshire. 978-1-901347-18-0. 246–258. 1st.
Web site: Castleford 42-10 Widnes. BBC Sport. BBC. 22 August 2017.
Web site: Widnes seal Northern Rail Cup win. news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 25 August 2017.
Book: Butcher. Tim. Spencer. Daniel. Gillette Rugby League Yearbook, 2007-2008. 2007. League Publications Ltd.. West Yorkshire. 978-1-901347-18-0. 286–295.
Book: Butcher. Tim. Spencer. Daniel. Gillette Rugby League Yearbook, 2007-2008. 2007. League Publications Ltd.. West Yorkshire. 978-1-901347-18-0. 1st.