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===Move to Halliwell Jones Stadium: 2004β2009=== Warrington's first season in the [[Halliwell Jones Stadium]] saw slight underachievement on the pitch reflected in their finishing position of eighth in Super League, though they did make the Challenge Cup semi-finals. However, they recorded a significant increase in their average attendances and midway through the season the club was purchased by events promoter [[Simon Moran]]. Moran immediately released fresh investment into the club, enabling coach Paul Cullen to sign Great Britain centre [[Martin Gleeson (rugby league)|Martin Gleeson]] for a club record fee reported in the region of Β£200,000 as well as New Zealand internationals Henry Fa'afili and Logan Swann. Their best season in Super League has been the 2005 season ([[Super League X]]), where they finished in 4th place and earned a home tie in the playoffs. Australian {{rlp|sh}} [[Andrew Johns]] played 3 games for the club when his Australian club [[Newcastle Knights|Newcastle]] concluded their season. He is rumoured to have been paid around Β£40,000 (A$100,000) per match for the Wire. The signing caused controversy for a number of reasons: if the Wire had made the Super League Grand Final, it would have clashed with the [[Australia national rugby league team|Kangaroos]] [[Rugby League Tri-Nations|Tri-Nations]] test against [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] in Sydney, Australia; also, many people questioned why Warrington were allowed to bring in a player in time for the Super League play-offs after he had finished playing a full season in Australia. The signing and subsequent confusion over the rules led other Super League clubs to follow the example set by the Wire and signed their own Antipodean players on short-term contracts. On 22 September 2006, Warrington beat Leeds 18β17 at Headingley to progress to the second round of the Super League play-offs. This was the first time during the Super League era that the Wire had progressed past the first round of the play-offs. However, they were unable to progress any further as they were beaten 40β24 by [[Bradford Bulls]] at [[Odsal Stadium]]. For the 2007 season, Warrington signed current Great Britain international [[Adrian Morley]] on a four-year deal from the [[Sydney Roosters]] NRL club, [[Paul Johnson (rugby league born 1978)|Paul Johnson]], another Great Britain international, from [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] on a three-year deal and New Zealand international back rower or centre Vinnie Anderson, 27, on a three-year deal from St Helens, paying a Β£50k transfer fee. Warrington finished the 2007 season seventh in the table, which was seen as a disaster for the club following the impressive signings made during the close season. Finishing 7th resulted in Warrington missing out on the end of season playoffs for the first time in three years with local rivals [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] pipping the Wire on the last weekend of the season. On 27 May 2008, [[Paul Cullen (rugby league)|Paul Cullen]] resigned from the coaching role at the club following a run of only one victory in seven league fixtures. [[James Lowes]] was appointed as the new head coach of the club and given a contract until the end of the 2010 season. The club went on to finish the season in sixth position in the table and securing a play-off tie away to [[Catalans Dragons]]. The Wolves lost 46β8 ending what was another season to forget for the club.
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