Wolves FPA News and Updates

By Ian Winter Wolves fans of a certain age will be saddened to learn that John Pike has passed away at the age of 91. For more than 30 years, John was the “voice of Molineux” for the BBC in the Midlands - first, with BBC Radio Birmingham in the 1970’s with Nick Owen,...

With recent history between Wolves and Nottingham Forest, ahead of a titanic tussle at the City Ground this Saturday, chatting to Carl Ikeme about his passion for MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) doesn’t feel completely appropriate. But maybe it is. Maybe that sort of...

The drama of a late winner in an away game.  Can’t beat it. Think of that feeling of standing on terrace or sitting in seat in the closing seconds with that slightly comfortable emotion of the game being level, and taking a point home. Of being without the...

If you take Wolves’ past and next opponents – Newcastle and Leeds – and head back six-and-a-half years to the short-lived reign of Walter Zenga, those fixtures offered a perfect illustration of the glorious chaos which ensued. Away to Newcastle, then second in the...

Former Wolves’ Mr Versatile Tony Dinning, proud Geordie and boyhood Newcastle fan, donned his Toon shirt and headed out to a local social club near his Shropshire home to watch the recent Carabao Cup final against Manchester United. “I was surrounded by Manchester...

Don Goodman was a boyhood Leeds fan, born and brought up in the city, and had even been a ball boy at Elland Road. And yet, so often when the striker played against Leeds, he found the net. “All strikers have got teams that they always seem to score against, and it...

So, what exactly does a Roger Johnson team look like? “It might surprise you,” Johnson replies. “It shocked me,” interjects Stephen Ward. “When he pulled me in for a bit of lunch to tell me that he’d landed a manager’s job, he told me he wants his teams to play...

The manager who masterminded Wolves’ crucial late Eighties revival took fans on a trip down memory lane at the latest sporting evening at the Cleveland Arms pub. Graham Turner, whose tenure as Wolves boss from 1986 to 1994 included back-to-back lower league titles and...

Without even breaking stride, Neil Masters moved into the ball and caught it perfectly on the half volley with his left foot. It’s little wonder he was nicknamed ‘Rhino’ in tribute to his shooting ability. His powerful strike shot smashed against the crossbar,...

It may not be a particularly noteworthy anniversary of the day Wolves somehow overcame estimated odds of 74/1 to come back and defeat Sheffield Wednesday in a penalty shootout. Twenty-eight years ago yesterday to be precise. But even so.  Almost three...

Wolves’ Former Players’ Association have visited a trio of local charities to make donations to support their vital work across the local community. FPA Chairman and former Wolves striker John Richards was joined by Administration Manager Richard Green in handing over...

“Very often, I say when I am talking that I have lost my identity as a footballer,” Paul Stewart begins. “When I am pointed out, it is often as being one of the footballers who was abused, rather than the guy who scored in an FA Cup Final or played for England. “But...