Bailey: Read More About Him!
Part two of John Richards' long feature on Mike Bailey has now been published in our Q & A section, complete with the legendary skipper's fascinating thoughts on a number of topics. Ernie Hunt, Bobby Gould, Hugh Curran, Terry Wharton and Dave Wagstaffe are just some of the players he mentions - but which two Wolves team-mates would he most like to see in today's Molineux line-up?
Field Of Dreams
July 31st, 2010How Cloughie Eyed Wolves Leader
July 29th, 2010Go-Between Was In Place To Set Up Deal
A book claims that Mike Bailey's huge influence at Molineux - as profiled at length recently on this website - might have been greatly reduced if Brian Clough had followed up his interest in the midfielder. The publication claims that the long-time Wolves skipper was not only lined up as a Derby County transfer target but also that the author was deployed to oil the wheels of an approach.New Wolves Offering From Backpass
July 27th, 2010Popular 'Mag' Still Growing
A retro football magazine that has already featured a host of former Wolves players is to increase its output during the new season. Backpass, which is produced from an office in Herefordshire, has existed for its first three years as a quarterly but will now appear on the shelves every other month.A Most Golden Anniversary
May 3rd, 2010
John Lalley Hails The FA Cup Winners
A wind of change was sweeping through Britain in 1960. The prim austerity of the 1950s was slowly but inexorably being engulfed by the outset of the ‘swinging sixties’ and 1960 was the year that Penguin Books were prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act after their publication of the D H Lawrence classic ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover.’ Representing the Crown, Mervyn Griffith Jones QC asked the jury with a magnificent exposition of pomposity: "Is this the kind of book you would wish your wife or servants to read?"
Wembley Glory Thirty Years On
March 10th, 2010Lalley On Barney's League Cup Triumph
When John Barnwell became Wolves’ manager in 1978, he joined a club facing a relegation battle. Immediately, though, he turned fortune on its head, kept them in the top division and gave us an unlikely FA Cup semi-final appearance against Arsenal, a club he had served with distinction as a player.
Sad Tale Of Kid Tipped To Make It Big
January 4th, 2010
Where Opportunity Refused To Knock
Micky Bradbury seemed to have the football world at his feet as a teenage goal machine at Molineux. He scored five goals on his debut for England Schoolboys, attracted scouts from big clubs far and wide and even shared digs with Graeme Souness during a trial at Tottenham.
BBC Sport - Football » Redknapp blasts friendly schedule
BBC Sport - Football » Richardson commits to Sunderland
Express & Star - Wolves » Wolves new boy Steven Mouyokolo set to step up pace
Express & Star - Wolves » Wolves signing plans working out for Mick McCarthy
Express & Star - Wolves » The future is bright for Danny Batth
Express & Star - Wolves » Midfield role for Wolves’ Kevin Foley
Express & Star - Wolves » Sam Vokes relishing Leeds reunion
Express & Star - Wolves » Steven Mouyokolo’s debut for Wolves
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Ernie, The Wonder Of Waggy & Frank – And A Sad Case!
July 23rd, 2010
Bailey Reflects On 'Good Times'
Conducting the second part of my interview with Mike was more difficult than I imagined. Considering he is supposed to be retired, he is out and about more than many of my friends who work full-time. Mind you, he does enjoy his golf and, when I eventually tracked him down, he admitted he spends a lot of his time out on the course. And who can blame him? So, it was 8.30 one morning when I pinned him down - and he exercised his skipper's preroragative to tell me to get a move on as he was teeing off at 10am!
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A Land Overrun By Wolves!
June 8th, 2010
How Cullis's Men Entranced South Africa
Wolverhampton Wanderers were already big news in South Africa when they headed there on tour a week or so after winning 3-0 against Aston Villa in their final game of 1956-57. The club had been widely lauded in the republic for their 12-wins-from-12-matches visit in 1951, since when they had won their first League Championship and made a first-team regular out of a young Johannesburg-defender called Eddie Stuart.
A Christmas Offering
December 10th, 2008
Signed Books Available
A limited number of signed copies of Thomas Publications' latest book, Wolves In Pictures, are available from us. Eight autographs of predominantly 1970s players appear on the inside cover of the 192-page publication, which contains well over 400 exclusive Wolves pictures dating back to the late 1940s.
David Burnside: 1939-2009
October 18th, 2009Radical Thinker With A Rebellious Streak
David Burnside would have been 70 in December and a video about his life and times was already being prepared as part of his surprise party. There was no shortage of material. Forty-three competitive appearances and five goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers were only the start of it for a man who did things a little differently. So much so that he wanted to call the autobiography I was helping him write 'Me And My Bad Attitude'.Bobby Thomson: 1943 – 2009
August 21st, 2009Tea Set Man An Outstanding Pro
There's a numbness today among Wolves fans and players of a certain generation. In Bobby Thomson, they saw a man who looked like he would live to be 100 but who has been taken away at the age of 65. |
Do you need a reminder as to which player has played the most Wolves games in their long and proud history? Or who follows Steve Bull in the goalscorers' section? |
We are dedicated to promoting Wolverhampton Wanderers nostalgia and reminiscences. Our business is tracking down former Wolves players, legends and otherwise, and talking through both their Molineux careers and what they have done in the years since. It is the ultimate in Where Are They Now pursuits. We trust you will become at least a little misty-eyed as a result of our endeavours.
