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Wasps and followed
What followed was 5 defeats in the next 6 games ; Leicester, Wasps, Bath and Leeds Carnegie all defeated Saracens, accompanied with being knocked out of the Amlin Challenge Cup despite losing only one match.
Either side of a loss to Wasps, they had convincing wins over newly promoted Leeds Carnegie and over Sale Sharks, only their second home win over Sale since they joined the top flight in 2004 – 2005, which was then followed by an unlucky loss at champions Leicester Tigers.
) Their popularity grew with the 1986 album Element of Light and they were subsequently signed to A & M Records in the U. S. The album Globe of Frogs, released in 1988, further expanded their reach, as the single " Balloon Man " became a college radio and MTV hit, followed in 1989 by " Madonna Of The Wasps " from their Queen Elvis album.
There followed the Club's 60th Anniversary season which began with celebration matches against Aylesbury, who had been the Club's first opponents in 1934, and a London Wasps XV.

Wasps and up
There were high points for the region, 10, 000 turned up to watch them face European champions-in-waiting London Wasps, and the team finished a respectable 4th out of 12 in the Celtic League.
The four teams that made up the sporting club were the football team, nicknamed the Magpies, the Newcastle Eagles basketball team, the Newcastle Wasps ( later Riverkings, Jokers, Vipers ) ice hockey team and the Newcastle Falcons rugby union team.
After changing the set up at Kingston Park, the Falcons nearly escaped relegation, but Wasps held on to secure their premiership status by a point.
Then in 1995 / 96, with many pundits predicting Wasps could make a run for the title, Rob Andrew took up a lucrative deal to become Player Manager of Newcastle Falcons.
His second match came against London Wasps where he notably dived to save the ball in the build up to Denis Leamy's try.
After an assured performance in the Pool stage they defeated Stade Français at Thomond Park to set up a semi-final date with English champions Wasps.
July 2006 – Plans are also afoot at London Wasps for a new access route to the ground, allowing the expansion up to 15, 000.
January 2011 – Steve Hayes has announced his intentions to build a new stadium for Wanderers and Wasps at Booker, just up the road from Adams park.
Spider-Girl, Hobgoblin, the Kingpin, and the Hand fight against the Society of Wasps until Spider-Girl realizes what Madam Web really meant by teaming up with her enemy.
Over 2, 300 fans turned up to witness this encounter which saw Wasps players icing once again including the Johnson brothers, Mario Belanger, Ivor Bennett, Stephen Foster, John Hutley and Karl Walker.
Phil Greening ( Wasps and England ); Robin McBryde ( Llanelli and Wales ); Keith Wood ( Harlequins and Ireland ); Gordon Bulloch ( Glasgow and Scotland )-injury replacement for Phil Greening ; Dorian West ( Leicester and England )-called up as back-up after a number of injuries to the squad
The Wasps launched their barrage of flame across the Leopold Canal, allowing the 7th Brigade troops to scramble up over the steep banks and launch their assault boats.
While working in London and playing for Wasps, he gained perhaps his greatest notoriety for roughing up two hooligans on the London Underground, an act which not only earned him praiseworthy column inches in the British broadsheets and tabloids, but even gained him a mention in the House of Commons by then Prime Minister John Major.
However, there was opposition from the Buckinghamshire public and some of Wasps players, as Wasps now contribute to community life and have built up a solid fan base in the area that would be hard to recreate in East London.

Wasps and win
However Leicester failed to win an unprecedented treble, by losing the Heineken Cup Final at Twickenham on 20 May to London Wasps.
With their first ever English Premiership title, they are only the 6th club to win the Premiership since its creation in 1997, joining the likes of Newcastle Falcons, London Wasps, Leicester Tigers, Sale Sharks and Saracens.
In 1999 – 2000, the club became a Public Limited Company ( Plc ) and shares were issued to the public ; in this season the Saints lost in the Tetley's Bitter Cup Final to Wasps, but beat Munster 9 – 8 in the European Cup Final to win their first major trophy.
After a solid start to 1998 – 99 season, Saracens were rocked in December when they lost to third from bottom London Scottish in a shock defeat at home, but a win against Bedford and West Hartlepool and a draw with Wasps still saw them in touch with leaders Leicester.
Wasps superior fitness saw them waltz past the cherry and whites and win their first English title since 1997, by 39 points to 3.
Wasps celebrate after their win in 2007. In the Heineken Cup of 2007, Wasps qualified by topping their group for a home quarter final.
* Zurich Premiership ( England ) – Leicester Tigers win the league, Wasps win the playoffs
Vickery made his Wasps debut in their 23 – 13 win over London Irish on 8 October 2006.
After the Heineken Cup exit Gloucester overcame their poor mid-season form with a series of victories capping it off with their first away win against Wasps for 18 years, and then defeating Bath in an intense encounter at Kingsholm to win the league for the second year running, and book a home semi-final in the Championship Play-off against Leicester Tigers in a repeat of last seasons Championship final.
Under his leadership, they defeated the London Wasps to win the Pilkington Cup and also finished second in the Zurich Premiership.
* London Wasps win the 2005-06 Powergen Cup
* 2007 Heineken Cup Final at Twickenham, London – London Wasps deny Leicester Tigers a treble with a 25 – 9 win.
At the Middlesex 7s he scored 11 tries, and became the tournament's top try and points scorer, helping Wasps win their first Middlesex 7s title since 1993.
For London Wasps he has participated in many major title victories, the latest being the Guinness Premiership Cup win in 2007 / 2008 when he scored a try in Wasp's 26-16 win over Leicester.
The former Rosslyn Park player joined Wasps in 1996 and helped them win the League that year.
He was also heavily responsible for London Wasps ' win in the 2007 Heineken Cup final, playing in the same side as fellow Six Nations captain Phil Vickery.
London Wasps ( who went on to win the cup ) also played at the Ricoh Arena in the Heineken Cup again against Munster on 10 November 2007 narrowly winning 24 – 23.

Wasps and following
The following season Newcastle didn't play in Europe as English teams did not take part but they did go onto the Tetley's Bitter Cup final against Wasps which they lost 29-19.
The following year Wasps continued their success in the knock-out competition and they again met Bath in the final.
The following season, 1996 / 97, Wasps won their second league championship, and became the first English Champions of the professional era.
The following year, Wasps again reached the final, in which they defeated Newcastle Falcons 29 – 19, to claim their first title in the competition.
Yet the following winter he was not guaranteed a place in Wasps ' back-row.
In the following season he joined London Wasps late because of the Rugby World Cup.
Leinster reached the quarter-final the following year where they were beaten by London Wasps.
Club bosses, in the following month of October, also let the public design a club logo, while they picked new colours of blue and white – a move away from Wasps ’ traditional amber and black.
On 22 September 1879, the club was reformed as Wigan Wasps by many ex-members of the original Wigan Football Club, following a meeting in the Dicconson Arms.
The Cobras had previously played as the Durham Wasps who had moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne Arena following a season at the Crowtree Leisure Centre in Sunderland as a result of Hall purchasing them after a number of years of financial problems.
In 2005 he was cited following an incident during Biarritz's Heineken Cup match against London Wasps in which Wasps centre Stuart Abbott suffered a broken leg ; the complaint was dismissed after a disciplinary hearing found that " the trip, while intentional, was not premeditated " and had happened " in the heat of the moment ".
The following season, he joined London Wasps and made his full England debut in 1996 against Italy.

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