Wolves FPA News and Updates
When Big Chris Was Wolves’ Talisman
There was a time when Brighton were very much Wolves’ bogey team. During one spell Wolves went 13 games without success including nine consecutive defeats, and, prior to victories in the two most recent fixtures, the men in gold and black had won just four out of 33...
Past, Present And Future For Academy Coach Davis
For all their illustrious histories, their status as founder members of the Football League, their lengthy list of league and cup honours, their array of footballing legends, the Sherpa Van Trophy final of 1988 is still an occasion which resonates strongly with fans...
Fifty Years Since Ferencvaros!
Speak to any of the Wolves players involved in the run to the UEFA Cup Final in the 1971/72 season and the response is generally mixed. A sense of pride and achievement at such an incredible surge through the competition is almost overshadowed by the disappointment...
Bancessi Aiming To Give Back
The scene was St James’ Park, home of Newcastle United, the footballing theatre of the North-East of England. And the exciting young winger entered from stage left to play a starring role. Picking up the ball out wide, he cut purposefully inside, looked up, and curled...
Michael’s Memories Of Molineux
Goalkeepers. The craziest of players. The eccentrics in the dressing room. Suffering the isolation of standing there all alone while the outfield players go out and strut their stuff further up the field. Stealing the...
When Wolves Were Saved By The Bell!
For the all-conquering Liverpool side of the 1980s, it was David Fairclough. For Manchester United, in the 1990s and 2000s, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. In even more recent times, it has been Jermain Defoe. And for Wolves, back in the day, Norman Bell. The...
Straight Into Compton For The FPA
A group of former Wolves players enjoyed a fantastic afternoon with a visit to the club’s Compton Park training ground including the chance to meet members of staff and the current squad. The contingent, some of whom had helped the club win the 1980 League Cup 42...
TC Looking For More Building Blocks
A couple of bricks are tucked away in the corner of Terry Connor’s kitchen. Concrete reminders of fond Molineux memories past. One is inscribed ‘Terry Connor’ and the other, ‘coach’. The bricks formed part of the wall which used to adorn the Wolves tunnel carrying the...
Tributes Paid To Peter Creed
Wolves FPA have paid tribute to one of the founder members of the organisation and honorary life vice-president Peter Creed, who has passed away at the age of 90. Peter, who passed away after a short illness, helped start the FPA back in 1988, and provided many years...
Tommy’s Youth Cup Memories At Start Of Globetrotting Career
Tonight at Old Trafford will herald the biggest 90 minutes – or 120, or maybe more – of the young footballing lives of the aspiring Wolves talents taking to the pitch for the semi-final of the FA Youth Cup. Victory against Manchester United would take Wolves to a...
Happy Birthday Captain Mike
It is one of those iconic photographs which has become an integral part of Wolves’ history. Mike Bailey, chaired on the shoulders of John McAlle and Geoff Palmer and surrounded by the rest of the Wolves class of 1974, raising the League Cup aloft following victory...
The Gunner And The Wolf!
Wolves and Arsenal are separated by just one place and two points ahead of tomorrow night’s match-up at the Emirates as both push to book a spot in Europe. Think back to the days of goalkeeper Vince Bartram’s career however, and a gap which is currently barely a small...