A Final Hurrah
More Family Pride For The Gardiners
Joe Gardiner’s family have enjoyed another memorable spin-off to his posthumous induction earlier this year to Molineux’s hall of fame. Three members of the clan were welcomed in style at Saturday’s thrilling draw against Newcastle and took away fond impressions of the club he served for more than 50 years.
Astonishing Memories Of Loyal Backroom Man
Physio’s Take On The Chaos Of Mid-1980s Wolves
Denis Conyerd knew it was time to bail out of Wolves when, on call 24/7 and too busy to have days off, he was asked by Tommy Docherty to work longer hours. He wrote his resignation letter but it failed to reach the manager because he had dispensed with his assistant Jim Barron and youth coach Frank Upton in the meantime.
Hibby Mourns His On-Field Hero
‘Sir Bobby – The Player And Man With Everything’
Kenny Hibbitt has described as ‘a dream’ the meetings he had with Sir Bobby Charlton on and off the pitch. We were reminded at the Molineux dinner held in the midfielder’s honour five autumns ago that the football knight had not only been his hero – but good enough to send him a signed letter to commemorate the happy occasion.
Our Lucky Numbers Are…..
In Prime Position For A Long Molineux Stay
It’s there in the records in black and white, with more than a tinge of gold, of course….If you want a long and happy stay as a player at Wolverhampton Wanderers, be or become a full-back.
A Joker In The Making
A Time For Quietly Finding His Feet? No Chance!
Colin Lee has given an insight into what the young Mark Kendall was like during his formative days in North London. The two were team-mates at Tottenham alongside Glenn Hoddle, Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa, with the forward’s spectacular four-goal debut against Bristol Rovers coming just over a year before the first sighting of the South Wales-born keeper at senior level.
LA Story Set To Run And Run
Epic Adventure That Has Had A Massive Reach
So how big was the end-of-season trip undertaken by Wolves’ squad of promotion winners in 1967? In time-span and travelling, it was colossal….14 games and close to eight weeks on the back of finishing as Second Division runners-up to Coventry over 42 League matches. But that is only part of it.
All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Play
Euro Ray Of Light Brightens Uncertain Future
Mike Stowell is playing a waiting game at home in Bristol after departing from Israel in a hurry last weekend. The coach and his backroom colleagues at Maccabi Tel Aviv had been in the latter stages of preparations for Sunday’s sixth league game of the season – away to Hapoel Jerusalem – when bloodshed in the region put the country on a war footing.
Ouch! Heads You Lose, Gouldy
Striker Meets Keeper Again….This Time With A Happy Outcome
It started with a warning for straying too close and ended in fits of laughter. Ok, there were 55 years between the two events and it isn’t really a final act at all – but no worries for now on that score…..Bobby Gould and Phil Parkes were opponents as far back as the late 1960s, although not, as might be assumed, in the famous spring-time Coventry-Wolves clash when the two Midlands rivals were sealing their promotion from the Second Division together in the days when there was no play-off safety net for those finishing outside the top two.
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Another Page Or Two Of History
Friday, September 1: Lovely to have a belated read of the Wolves v Blackpool programme from three nights ago and note that it included a two-page display of the Joe Gardiner feature we sent them following our visit to Durham in July. This really is the story that carries on giving….there has been so much positive coverage following the decision to induct Joe posthumously into Molineux’s hall of fame and maybe, just maybe, there is one more short chapter still to be written. Watch this space!
Funeral Day Of ‘Terrific Player’ Blighted By Bad Luck
Poignant Insight Into Friendships Of The Lasting Kind
Ted Farmer has paid further emotional tribute to John Harris at today’s funeral of his friend of the last 67 years. The long-time Molineux and Walsall full-back died early last month aged 84 and we promised to chat to the football man who knew him best for this follow-up feature.