Features

Wembley Glory Thirty Years On

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Lalley 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

Monday, 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.

Life Still Sweet For Clements

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

American Dream Of Kid Wolves Discarded

In the list of players Wolverhampton Wanderers have allowed to get away over the years - and there have been a few, like Alan Ball, Bob Wilson and Charlie Nicholas - the name of Dave Clements figures high. The Ulsterman was an apprentice at Molineux in Stan Cullis' final season there and made it as far as Wolves' reserve team.

Castigated – But Definitely A Visionary

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Strange Ways Of Strong-Minded Keeper

Check-list of questions at the ready, I decided to test his reactions in the opening minutes. Is it correct you were a fanatical trainer? Did you provide your own kit? Was Lev Yashin your hero? Did you live in a pub during your early Wolves career? Would you sometimes wear Army boots for training? Did you keep a joke-book?

At Home Away

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Woodfield A Wanderer In Both Senses

Some of the large gaps in Dave Woodfield's post-Molineux life have at last been filled in - and confirmation received as to his current whereabouts. But it sounds as though anyone hoping and expecting to see him rushing back to these shores when he turns 65 in October should brace themselves for disappointment.

An Adventure Well Worth Undertaking

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

No Regrets For Neil in NZ

His Home Counties tones are now littered with a trace of Kiwi and he has an unmistakable Southern Hemisphere tan. This week, what's more, he plays for the second time in the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

Hegan: The Missing Years

Friday, November 14th, 2008

I've No Regrets - Danny

He walked in 20 minutes late, which was no surprise. I had been warned that there was British Summer Time, Greenwich Mean Time and Hegan Time. "Sorry, Dave, I've had the plumbers round. Can I get you a drink?"

‘An Overwhelmingly Positive Impact’

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

The Football Life And Times Of Les Wilson

For what he did in taking a small football country to the World Cup finals, there's a bit of Jack Charlton or even Mick McCarthy. For the way he later used his coaching talents when adopting a measured and highly respected overview, he is seen as a sort of Stateside Trevor Brooking. And when offered the job as CONCACAF deputy secretary in 1999, he did what Roy Keane would no doubt love to do again and told the federation's outspoken president Jack Warner to sling his hook.

Ahead Of His Time – Or Asking Too Much?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Mark Burke: Coach In Waiting

He talks a great game and, in the coming years, Mark Burke is confident of showing he can also coax one out of players. For now, he divides his time between working in England in land property and seeing his girlfriend and seven-year-old son in Holland. The long-term plan, though, is to move into coaching – a door he firmly believes will open.

Hugh Immortalised In Stone

Friday, August 1st, 2008
Hugh at Home

A Wanderer Returns

I felt like I'd been waiting ten years to track down Hugh McIlmoyle, so it hardly seemed to matter that I was ten minutes late pulling on to his drive in a village that might have been called Middle Of Nowhere. But this legend of Cumbrian football greeted me by saying he had been asked by Border TV to do a live interview into that teatime's news programme from outside Carlisle United's Brunton Park ground. Bang goes another ten minutes.

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