Wolves FPA News and Updates
From Foes To Friends – A Tale Of Two Steves
There were some tremendous sporting rivalries in the 1980’s. Coe and Ovett. Senna and Prost. McEnroe and Borg. Hagler and Hearns. And then, at the end of the decade and into the next, Bull and Walsh. It was epic. Steve Bull and Steve Walsh. A...
Looking For Capital Gains
Wolves face a pivotal few days on the hunt for some capital gains with Premier League assignments against Arsenal and Tottenham. Two club legends look back on clashes with the North London pair of yesteryear, including a very similar schedule 40 years ago...
Cooking Up An Impressive Career
Paul Cook loves football. That might seem like ‘stating the bleedin’ obvious’ when it comes to any player or manager, particularly one who made 731 appearances in a career spanning 22 years and has already chalked up almost the same amount in the dugout. But Paul Cook...
Up For The Cup At Anfield – Five Years On
Beating the big boys has become something of a familiar feel for Wolves in recent seasons, with the cream of the Premier League crop all despatched in one form or another in modern times. But that hasn’t always been the case. Since Mick McCarthy’s Wolves vintage upset...
An Incredible Week
Wolves’ first ever visit to the Brentford Community Stadium on Saturday is bound to be a lively affair. The atmosphere at the Bees new stadium was properly – well, buzzing – when they raised the curtain on this Premier League season, and the return of capacity crowds,...
Saints Alive! Cheered Off After Crushing Defeat
Matt Murray was looking around a small clothes shop in search of Father’s Day presents for his Dad and Step-Dad in a quiet outpost of East Anglia. He had taken partner Natalie away to celebrate an anniversary with a spa break and a nice meal. All of a sudden he...
Former Players Support Molineux Memories
A quartet of former Wolves players attended one of the first Molineux Memories sessions of the New Year to share stories from their careers with supporters with dementia. Molineux Memories is a group delivered by Wolves Foundation in partnership with the Black Country...
Former Wolves Up For The Cup!
Ah, FA Cup Third Round weekend. With supporters back in after a year’s absence. Let the dreams begin! Still one of the most exciting and often dramatic dates on the footballing calendar, even with the games spread out over several days and fans no longer...
Living In America!
Kevin Foley is back in the country, back on his old stomping ground and hoping to get back in the game. As Wolves prepare to tackle Manchester United, the fixture which gave Foley his first experience of the captain’s armband on a contentious night just over 12 years...
From Molineux To Majorca
When Aaron Simpson came off the bench for the curtain-raiser of his only pre-season with Wolves’ first team, he did so alongside a certain Ruben Neves. The two were both 20 at the time, born just six days apart. As they jogged onto the pitch in the 58thminute of the...
Kindon’s Memories Of Magnificent Seven
Wolves 7, Chelsea 1. What a scoreline. The sort of scoreline requiring brackets (SEVEN) on the BBC’s famous teleprinter back in the day. But that was the reality, a glorious reality, on March 18th, 1975. Wolves 7, Chelsea 1. Surely one which will never...
Dennis The City Slicker!
Life for Wolves when facing Manchester City at the Etihad has often been lively. Conceding a last minute equaliser in a 3-3 draw which pretty much cemented relegation back in 2004, Geoffrey Mujangi Bia almost grabbing a dramatic leveller in a 4-3 defeat a decade ago,...