Changes

[[Image:Warrington_1898.jpg|thumb]]The club was founded by several members of Padgate Rugby Union Club and Zingari Rugby Union Club getting together and deciding to form a new team to be called Warrington<ref>http://www.warringtonwolves.org/HistoryA.ink Official club history.</ref>. They played their first season on a field opposite the Town Hall but had to move when the site was acquired by the local newspaper.  Over the next five years they played in five other locations before finding a home at Wilderspool in 1898.

[[Image:Warrington_1898.jpg|thumb]]The club was founded by several members of Padgate Rugby Union Club and Zingari Rugby Union Club getting together and deciding to form a new team to be called Warrington<ref>http://www.warringtonwolves.org/HistoryA.ink Official club history.</ref>. They played their first season on a field opposite the Town Hall but had to move when the site was acquired by the local newspaper.  Over the next five years they played in five other locations before finding a home at Wilderspool in 1898.

In 1895 Warrington joined the twenty other clubs in the breakaway Northern Rugby Football Union following a meeting of clubs at The George Hotel, Huddersfield. Although full-time professionalism was illegal players were allowed broken time payments of up to a maximum of six [[shilling]]s per day for loss of earnings through playing rugby and reducing the number of players from fifteen to thirteen.  Some other changes were made in an attempt to make the game more interesting for spectators but the use of a round ball was eventually dropped after some trial games.

In 1895 Warrington joined twenty-one other clubs in the breakaway Northern Rugby Football Union following a meeting of clubs at The George Hotel, Huddersfield. Although full-time professionalism was illegal players were allowed broken time payments of up to a maximum of six [[shilling]]s per day for loss of earnings through playing rugby and reducing the number of players from fifteen to thirteen.  Some other changes were made in an attempt to make the game more interesting for spectators but the use of a round ball was eventually dropped after some trial games.

[[Image:Warrington 1905.jpg|thumb|left|1905 Challenge Cup winners]]

[[Image:Warrington 1905.jpg|thumb|left|1905 Challenge Cup winners]]

For 105 years the Warrington played at Wilderspool but in 2004 moved to the brand new Halliwell Jones stadium built on the site of the old Tetley Walker brewery.  The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,206 with a mixture of standing terrace and seated accomodation. .

For 105 years the Warrington played at Wilderspool but in 2004 moved to the brand new Halliwell Jones stadium built on the site of the old Tetley Walker brewery.  The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,206 with a mixture of standing terrace and seated accomodation. .