How Knowles Was Almost Talked Back

‘I Begun To Think Of Myself As A Player Again’

Further evidence has come to our attention in the astonishing Peter Knowles story – and it suggests the star forward once went very close to reversing his decision to quit the game. We at Wolves Heroes have stumbled across a Daily Mirror cutting from the late autumn of 1969 in which the player is quoted at length as saying he was sorely tempted to resume his Molineux career.