Hardly anyone bettered the Wolverhampton-born defender’s appearance tally of 45 in this successful return by the club to second-tier football. Along the way, he helped keep no fewer than three clean sheets against Fulham, which no doubt partly explains why the Londoners came in the following autumn and signed him in a deal that some at Molineux saw as controversial.

Posted on: Wednesday, July 19th, 2017.