The skipper in his Molineux pomp.

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?

And what was it that coach driver Sid Kipping did to bring an ominous scowl to the face of manager Bill McGarry?

Our friends at www.molineuxmix.co.uk played no little part in drawing up the questions for Mike and we look forward to engaging their help again in the coming weeks when JR homes in on his next target.

Wolves Heroes have recently tracked down the likes of Campbell Chapman and Peter McParland and also this week added a photo and more information to the Mike Collins article we posted on July 4. 

We have spoken to a wide circle of former Wolves favourites this week and had a meeting yesterday with two more overseas-based figures from the club’s past. Keep an eye out for the stories about them soon.

Use the search engine near the top right of this page if you want to read about someone in particular we have already featured but the full list of players we have spotlighted so far reads as follows:

GOALKEEPERS: Phil Parkes, Mark Kendall, Vince Bartram, Evan Williams, Fred Davies, Geoff Sidebottom, Mike Stowell, Malcolm Finlayson, Alan Boswell, Mick Kearns, Paul Bradshaw, Gary Pierce, Andy de Bont, Scott Barrett, Bert Williams, Alex Scott.

DEFENDERS: Paul Blades, Gary Bellamy, Floyd Streete, Bill Shorthouse, Derek Parkin, John Holsgrove, Bob Hazell, Eddie Stuart, George Showell, Darren Bazeley, Lawrie Madden, Ian Ross, Derek Mountfield, Derek Jefferson, John McAlle, David Woodfield, Bobby Thomson, Alan Dodd, Alistair Robertson, Geoff Palmer, Joe Gallagher, George Berry, John Rutter, Jamie Smith, Billy Wright, Chris Brindley, Graham Hawkins, Peter Shirtliff, Ricki Herbert, Mick Hollifield, Bill Slater, Bob Coy, Gwyn Jones, Joe Gardiner, Jimmy McVeigh, Jody Craddock, Peter Zelem, Darren Simkin, Adrian Williams, John Humphrey, Gary Cutler.

MIDFIELDERS: Paul Cook, Phil Robinson, Mark Burke, Micky Holmes, Danny Hegan, Bobby Thomson, Carl Robinson, Kenny Hibbitt, Chris Marsden, Ron Flowers, Steve Daley, Paul Jones, Mick Gooding, Stewart Ross, George Miller, Brian Punter, Keith Downing, Fred Kemp, Paul Birch, Neville Hamilton, Peter Daniel, Mark Rankine, Barry Powell, Paul Simpson, Robert Kelly, Alan Ainscow, Mick Matthews, Hugh Atkinson, Mike Bailey, Ian Wallace, Gerry O’Hara, Willie Carr, Andy King, Paul Dougherty, Jimmy Melia, Steve Corica, Les Cocker, Campbell Chapman, Ian Cartwright.

UTILITY MEN: Les Wilson, Neil Emblen, Martin Patching, Colin Brazier, Alan Sunderland, Dave Clements, Ken Knighton, Laurie Calloway, David Wintersgill.

WINGERS: Dave Wagstaffe, Michael Gilkes, John Farrington, Jon Purdie, Andy Sinton, Mike O’Grady, Steve Froggatt, Dave Thomas, Terry Wharton, Dick Le Flem, John Farley, Robbie Dennison, Des Horne, Mark Lazarus, Alan Hinton, David Thompson, Bertie Lutton, Billy Harrison, John Black, Chris Dangerfield, Alan Birch, Paddy Buckley, Jimmy Kelly, Peter McParland.

FORWARDS: Peter Knowles, Dean Edwards, Steve Bull, Hugh McIlmoyle, Darren Roberts, Bobby Gould, Jimmy Murray, Jackie Gallagher, John Richards, Bob Hatton, Frank Wignall, Hugh Curran, David Burnside, Andy Mutch, Alex McIntosh, Paul Walker, Derek Dougan, Mel Eves, Ray Crawford, Barry Stobart, Ernie Hunt, Steve Kindon, Dennis Westcott, Alun Evans, Norman Bell, Neil Edwards, Wayne Clarke, Peter Eastoe, Derek Clarke, Ted Farmer, Bobby Woodruff, Roy Swinbourne, Jimmy Seal, John Galley, Bobby Mason, Mick Bradbury, Jimmy Dunn, Glen Crowe, Andy Gray, Peter Withe, Chris Crowe, Mike Collins.

MANAGERS/COACHES: Sammy Chung, Ian Greaves, Dave Jones, Bobby Downes, Major Frank Buckley, John Jarman, John Barnwell.

PHYSIOS: Toby Andersen, Paul Darby.

DIRECTORS: John Ireland.

SCOUTS: Tony Penman.

Updated: Sunday, July 25th, 2010.

Posted on: Friday, August 1st, 2008.