Wales And Wolves……Some Insight
David On The Trail Of Ex Team-Mate
David Edwards is closing in towards overhauling Wayne Hennessey and making himself Wolves’ most capped Welsh international of all time. The record, which relates only to games actually played while on the books at Molineux, has been held for several years by the keeper, who returned from a back spasm to face England in Lens on Thursday.
Euro Capers That Were No Joke
Top Keepers Were Under Wolves’ Noses All Along
Euro 96 provided the backdrop as Wolves’ pursuit of a new goalkeeper descended into farce during Mark McGhee’s first full season in the West Midlands. In the space of a few crazy weeks, the Scot helped cost the club a fortune over Zeljko Kalac, tracked Petr Kouba through the tournament, held talks in Germany with Erik Thorstvedt and an unidentified alternative target, had Neville Southall at Molineux for a look round and reportedly considered a swoop for Tony Coton.
70 Yesterday – Wolves Favourite Who Managed A Different Wales
Bobby And His Testing International Times
Bobby Gould was on a beach in Grenada when the call alerting him to possible employment with England’s second Euro 16 opponents came. A friend from Coventry, a builder called Bill Smith, thought he should know that the unrelated Mike Smith, who would later serve in Wolves’ youth system, had left his job as Wales team manager.
Zut Alors…..A French Fiasco
Choppy Waters Across The Channel
Any assumptions that football trips abroad were a more genteel business the best part of a century ago should perhaps be questioned in light of Wolves’ pioneering experiences as globe-trotters. Not surprisingly, France was the destination chosen when the club spread their wings beyond the British shoreline for the first time and there were a scrape and mishap or two on their early travels.
Honved Heroes Celebrated On Tape
Out Now – Weighty DVD With A Knowles Exclusive!
Peter Knowles has given his first sit-down interview in decades as part of a five-hour dvd celebrating a major anniversary of Wolves’ epic victory over Honved. The phenomenal talent that the club sensationally lost in 1969 has re-emerged in recent years as a semi-public figure but had always stopped short of answering formal media questions.
Hibby Out To Reign In Spain
Kenny Prepares His Defence
We have said before on here what a fine golfer Kenny Hibbitt is and, in Spain tonight, he will show off a green jacket to prove it. The Molineux legend is among a star-studded group of 40 former footballers who flew to La Manga today for an annual tournament organised by one-time QPR and Arsenal centre-half Terry Mancini.
Dear Diary Entry 56
Abroad With The Wolves
Tuesday, May 2: Had the pleasant job of asking Mike Bailey on behalf of Malta Wolves whether he and wife Barbara fancied a free trip to the sunshine island this summer. The couple are keen travellers and are in demand with the members in a country he visited as skipper of Bill McGarry’s squad
Great Course, Great Cause
Molineux Favourites Aid Start Of Big Push
A sell-out golf day featuring five former Wolves players has given a spectacular kick-start to a charity-driven forthcoming book about the club’s iconic colours. Kenny Hibbitt, Steve Daley, Mel Eves, Phil Parkes and Phil Nicholls were among the 70 players at sun-kissed Enville for a tournament that has raised £3,300 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital’s cancer unit.
Match Of Our Millennium!
Magical Memories Of Day It All Came Right
We tend not to be so hot on Wolves’ more recent anniversaries on this website – particularly those from the 21st century – but thought we would make an exception as it is 13 years today since the club’s only triumph in the play-offs.
May 26, 2003, was the day Wolves finally got it right both in reaching the Premier League and mastering the end-of-season overtime that will occupy our TV screens this coming weekend.
Boys Of 66 On Well-Trodden Wolves Territory
Another Hush-Hush ‘Invasion’ By Alf’s Heroes
Small and exclusive though it is, the village of Brocton always seems to resonate with Wolves players from past decades. Ask them where the annual pre-season slog for fitness was often based under Stan Cullis, Bill McGarry and others – and the name of this well-to-do dot on the Staffordshire map is likely to trip off the tongue when they mention the punishing Cannock Chase hills.