George Showell: 1934 – 2012
Patient Local Boy Who Came Very Good
There’s a temptation to think that Wolves won every week in what has become fondly known as the glory years.
Not so. Page 82 of the 2002 book Forever Wolves shows Malcolm Finlayson floundering as he is beaten by South African Peter Hauser in a game played just over half a century ago. It is one of seven goals Stan Cullis’s side conceded on that embarrassing afternoon. With a certain poignancy, the photo is of a match at Blackpool and shows George Showell – clad in the club’s all white change strip – powerless in the background.