A Right, Red ‘Volki’ Welcome
How Wolves Were Defeated – And Feted – By The Soviets
Only once have Wolverhampton Wanderers visited Russia – and their trip to the home of the 2018 World Cup finals left them with a lifetime full of memories. It wasn’t the results that were special; it was the window it provided on this alien culture, the warmth of the welcome and the magnitude of two games that most of us would nevertheless regard as friendlies.