A Message To Lofty
Brighter News Of Much-Loved Keeper
Wolves Heroes continue to send Phil Parkes the warmest possible wishes for a speedy recovery following John Richards’ visit to him in hospital yesterday. This website’s co-owner led a phone-around of team-mates earlier in the week after being told the much-loved former keeper faced a considerable fitness fight.
Howay The Lads!
Wearside Heroes Who Also Shone In Wolverhampton
Do you ever pick up books in libraries or stores and flick to the back to see what references there might be to Wolves players or coaches? Flick through Kevin Phillips’ 1999 book, Second Time Around, and a whole host of mentions of Molineux personnel spring out from the pages.
Dear Diary Entry 162
DJ’s Big Night Out In Liverpool
Saturday, March 8: Wolves 1 Everton 1 Heard from members of the visiting Merseyside media contingent tonight that Dave Jones – and hopefully several others with Molineux links – will be among the guests in May at a massive dinner in the city to mark Everton’s emotional impending farewell to Goodison Park. What an occasion that and the final home game will be!
Veno’s Pride At New Accolade
Former Wolves Favourite A Hall Of Famer Out East
Mark Venus has become the third ex-Wolves player to be inducted into Ipswich’s hall of fame. The long-time utility defender, who still has his main home in Suffolk, was honoured along with former team-mates David Johnson and Richard Naylor in the Sir Bobby Robson Suite at the stadium at which Vitor Pereira’s side play in two days’ time.
Mystery Man Identified – And Profiled
A Lesser-Known South African Link
One man on the accompanying Wolves squad picture posted on this site was a real puzzler. Thankfully, help was at hand and I posed this question to our friend Vic Povey: “Who is the guy stood between Des Horne and John Kirkham?”
Unbelievabull…..He’s 60 Today!
Celebration Time For Legendary Record-Breaker
What can we say about Wolves’ all-time leading goalscorer Steve Bull that hasn’t been put out there before? What fresh observations about his phenomenal plundering with Wolverhampton Wanderers and England can we share with our readers?Well, he reaches a landmark birthday today, so how about these fond backwards glances to the days when he was running amok…..
On Top Down Under
Bazeley’s Kiwis Book Their Place On Big Stage
Darren Bazeley is celebrating World Cup success after leading New Zealand to the finals for only the third time. The former Wolves utility man oversaw the clinching victory over New Caledonia in Auckland – a 3-0 win that came despite the departure of an injured Chris Wood just after half-time.
Shades Of Gold And Black
Quality Publication Still Hitting The Right Note
Wolves fans once more have much to interest them in the latest issue of the football nostalgia magazine Backpass. This quality publication is now 92 issues and around 18 years old and we are thrilled to have been part of the editorial team since launch day.
A RIP Tribute To Mike Kenning
Sad News Of Death Of Former Winger
Mike Kenning, the Brummie winger who played nearly 50 games for Wolves in the late 1960s, has died in South Africa. The 84-year-old also served Shrewsbury and his boyhood heroes, Villa, but it’s in the southern hemisphere, where he moved and settled, that he became better known in later decades.
The Beautiful South
Coasting Towards Top-Flight Survival
Three trips, seven points and some massive steps towards Premier League safety…..never have Wolves’ visits to some of England’s main holiday coastlines been so fruitful. For decades, outings to such parts brought a lot of anguish. Think of the two relegation-clinching defeats at Brighton, the long wait of yesteryear for a win over those opponents and the record-breaking 9-3 defeat at Southampton in 1965 despite Peter Knowles’ first minute goal.