During the 1970s and 1980s, Widnes R.LFC were labeled the 'Cup
Kings'. When the team narrowly lost the 199.1 Challenge Cup Final
against Wigan, it marked the end of 20 seasons of the Club as a
major force in British Rugby League. 'End of an Era' is a chronicle
of the last six of those 20 seasons from the 1987/88 until the
1992/93 season. Widnes won two successive Championships, three
Premierships, the Lancashire Cup and the World Club Championship in
that period. Anthony J. Quinn infers in his book that they could
have achieved even more, and perhaps nominated British Rugby League
until the advent of Super League in 1996. He suggests the famous
World Club Championship victory in 1989 may have had
"ramifications". He speculates that it may have cost a third
successive Championship and a place in the 1990 Challenge Cup
Final, which in turn may have led to the departures of coach Doug
Laughton and star winger Martin Offiah from the Club. The author
also gives his opinion that the Club should not have signed
Jonathan Davies. Whilst acknowledging the Welshman's great
performances for Widnes, he writes that his signing was a factor in
the Club's financial problems that along with the departures of
Laughton and Offiah resulted in an era ending before it should have
done.
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