Sunday, February 10: Only 442 spectators turn up for a Challenge Cup home defeat by Villeneuve. Receipts shared.
Saturday, March 9: Wasps chief executive Ann Garvey tells the Evening Press the club was in the black and that bills were being paid, but warns that the future depended on gate receipts. She says that gates of 1,000 were needed for the club to break even.
Sunday, March 10: Wasps play their first home league game for over a month and enjoy their first league win since February 2001 with a 34-22 defeat of Chorley. However, a club record low crowd of 280 goes through the gate.
Friday, March 15: Wasps players reportedly not paid.
Sunday, March 17: Wasps travel to Workington Town without a physio after being unable to get a stand-in following the resignation of Pat Howdle some weeks earlier. Wasps are hammered 60-4, their tenth league defeat in 11 games.
Monday, March 18: Players prepare to make a stance against the club if unpaid wages were not forthcoming at training the following day.
Tuesday, March 19: Chairman John Stabler informs the players at 7pm that the club are in no position to operate as a business.
The Rugby Football League are informed that York Wasps have folded and that the club are not in a position to fulfil fixtures.
Gateshead Thunder are informed that Sunday's scheduled NFP match will not go ahead.
Wednesday, March 18: Chairman John Stabler expected to make the first official press statement, confirming that the club has been wound up.
Updated: 11:25 Wednesday, March 20, 2002
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