May 5, 1999: A players' strike is averted after unpaid wages are forthcoming at the 11th hour.

June 4, 1999: Head coach Dean Robinson, his assistant John Paterson, and four backroom staff walk out over non-payment of wages.

June 29, 1999: Both coach Robinson and his assistant are reinstated.

March 13, 2000: Chairman Trevor Cox dies.

March 20, 2000: Robinson and Paterson resign claiming constructive dismissal.

May 27, 2000: Wasps hit by winding-up petition from Inland Revenue over alleged bill of £70,000.

June 7, 2000: High Court hearing deferred until August - John Stabler and Russell Greenfield later raise the cash.

August 3, 2000: Former Great Britain international Lee Crooks appointed new coach.

September 13, 2000: Fuel crisis rebounds on Wasps forcing cancellation of part of pre-season training.

December 15, 2000: Wasps said to owe £180,000 - £80,000 to Inland Revenue; £46,000 to City of York Council; £14,000 to Lloyds Bank; remainder to other creditors.

January 8, 2001: Four top players quit the club after rejecting new pay structure as part of planned company voluntary arrangement.

January 10, 2001: Creditors, shareholders and players accept CVA to help to clear debts. Stabler and Greenfield return to lead the club.

February 18, 2001: Lee Crooks forced out of five-year retirement to play to make up numbers against Widnes. Kit man and physiotherapist also on substitutes' bench. Wasps lose 90-6.

April 5, 2001: Crooks appointed Yorkshire coach.

April 8, 2001: Wasps crash to 98-0 defeat at Rochdale Hornets - a club record reverse.

June 21, 2001: Crooks quits as Wasps coach after not being given a guarantee he would be offered a new contract.

September 8, 2001: Audacious bid by the Wasps to bring ailing Super League club London Broncos to north Yorkshire peters out.

September 18, 2001: Champagne launch of new main sponsorship deal with trans-Atlantic tie-up to the New York Economic Development Council. Hailed as "exciting" and "massive".

Talks also to be held with City of York Council to buy Huntington Stadium. Australian Leo Epifania unveiled as new coach.

January 20, 2002: Wasps lose 54-0 - a club record 25th consecutive defeat.

January 31, 2002: Wasps duo John Stabler and Russell Greenfield enter talks with York City about buying the football club to become only rivals to the bid made by motor-racing tycoon John Batchelor.

March 10, 2002: Wasps beat Chorley Lynx 34 -22 to register their first league win since February, 2001.

March 15, 2002: York City confirm that John Batchelor is the club's new owner finally extinguishing any hopes of the Stabler-Greenfield bid.

March 17, 2002: The Wasps have no physiotherapist on duty for trip to Workington, where they lose 60-4.

March 19, 2002: The Wasps announce that they have folded.

Updated: 11:29 Wednesday, March 20, 2002