Finishing with the Wooden Spoon was an inglorious end for Wally Lewis. During the season Lewis showed the qualities that elevated him to among the games greats. However, age and injury had caught up to the 32-year-old, and he also lacked support from his mostly inexperienced teammates. Lewis also made history by becoming the first captain/coach of an NSWRL team since Bob Fulton with Eastern Suburbs in 1979. However, on Saturday, 29 August 1992 in front of a crowd of 10,160 at Seagulls Stadium the team sent Lewis into retirement by defeating the defending premiers Penrith by 12 points to 8. Lewis capped off the match by scoring a try. Other highlights during the season were victories over South Sydney 20–6, Balmain 26-14 and a 20 all draw with Newcastle. The victories over Penrith and Balmain were The Seagulls first over those sides. Along with a 12–10 defeat of Canberra in round six. Crowds at Seagulls Stadium rose 11 percent to an average of 9,468 per match. The club's leading point scorer for the season was Wayne Bartrim who scored 46 points (3 tries and 17 goals). The club's leading try scorers crossed 6 times. They were Danny Peacock and Steve Jackson. At the end of the year, the Seagulls travelled to Adelaide for a game against a South Australian "select" team on the night before the 1992 Australian Grand Prix. The match, billed as Wally Lewis' last game for the Seagulls, drew a poor crowd of less than 5,000 to the Thebarton Oval. The Seagulls won the game thanks to a Lewis sideline conversion. Playing for the South Australians were St George Dragons 1992 Grand Final players Jeff Hardy and Ricky Walford, as well as Lewis' long time friend and Qld teammate Paul Vautin who had retired from playing at the end of 1991. 1993 Season The 1993 season saw The Seagulls win their third consecutive Wooden Spoon. The side came away from the 1993 campaign with a single victory against the Newcastle Knights producing a scoreline of 22–6. One win saw Gold Coast produce its worst result in six years in the NSWRL. In-fighting between coach Wally Lewis and management threatened to tear the club apart. The result of the disastrous events saw football manager Greg Bandiera sacked, Wally Lewis resign and many of the club's top players including Brent Todd, Jason Hetherington, Paul Martin, Craig Weston and