Difficult Landmark Approaching!

A Time For Diplomacy At The Mic

Andy Sinton is approaching the tenth anniversary of being made Queens Park Rangers’ first club ambassador. But he does so with the threat of relegation hanging over Loftus Road and with the West London club propping up the foot of the Championship going into the international break.

Best Of Enemies!

Caught On Film – That McCarthy-Keane Furore

Not many mass-market football films have hit the target but is the career of Mick McCarthy about to play its part in a box-office winner? Production is under-way for an extended screen version next year of the spectacular 2002 World Cup fall-out between the long-time Wolves and Republic of Ireland manager and his nemesis, Roy Keane.

Dear Diary Entry 157

Cornered By Keith!

Tuesday, October 8: Interesting – and painful – to reflect on Keith Andrews’s recent career path after he was seen in the home dug-out during Brentford’s 5-3 victory over Wolves on Saturday. His summer appointment to Thomas Frank’s backroom team as set-piece coach came after he left Sheffield United in the wake of their 2023-24 Premier League nightmare.

Autumn Anniversary Of ‘Saddest Day’

Recalling The Doog’s Heartfelt Tribute

Forty years on from the death of John Ireland, another indication of the warmth felt for him by many Wolves players has come to our attention. We have written several times on here before about the affection in which the former chairman was held in the dressing room and a delve into the archives has given us more to highlight.

History Made – After A Major Scare

Intriguing Backcloth To Historic Transfer

It was the biggest day in his football career and it nearly brought his years in the big time to a shattering finish. So says the central character at a staging long ago of the massive fixture awaiting Wolves this Saturday. A Crystal Palace visit to these parts will still bring memories of a certain pre-match ceremony to the minds of many supporters and Andy Gray’s recollections of it remain highly readable. 

When Stats Can Be A Nightmare

Unhappy Look Back At Times Of Turmoil

Beware the record books, Wolves…..seasons that fall in the middle of a decade have a nasty habit of ending in disappointment. The club went down in 1984-85, lost in the play-offs in 1994-95, trod water back in the second tier in 2004-05 after relegation and were pipped to a top-six Championship finish in 2014-15.

A Heads-Up From Bob

Memories Of How City Were Held Way Back When

If only Wolves could have hung on against Manchester City for a repeat of the result that Bob Hazell helped bring about when the same club visited Molineux in his playing days. The giant centre-half was a guest of the club at the big game three days ago and watched from the press box as Gary O’Neil’s side produced the sort of defensive master-class he would have been proud to be part of.

Very Moving, Very Planty

Goodbye To A Rare Gem

Traditional it wasn’t. Any black clothing on view was largely accompanied, on request, by dashes or swathes of gold. There were no hymns and the only prayer was one written by his wife, Andrea, whose outfit of choice was a Wolves shirt from the Astropay era. The entrance music – a nod to the unrelated Robert Plant – was Stairway To Heaven. We exited to AC/DC’s Highway To Hell and, macabre though it may seem to those not in the loop, Living In A Box was played mid-way through. Steve Plant decided long ago that normal conventions weren’t for him.

Look What Cook Helped Rustle Up!

Caring Hands Behind England New Boy’s Meteoric Rise

Paul Cook has been name-checked as a mentor to a key member of the England backroom team being assembled by Thomas Tuchel. Anthony Barry spent three seasons in the Wigan dug-out with the ex-Wolves midfielder from 2017, the two having been colleagues at Accrington almost 20 years ago.

That Caps It All!

More Return From Rovers – And A Date On The Film Set

We hadn’t expected to be ‘revisiting’ the Gould family on this website quite so soon – but, hey, we have to go where the news is! Since we wrote about them at length just over a fortnight ago, they have created more headlines and talking points in hectic lives that quite literally stretch right across the world.