Wolves FPA News and Updates
John Pender’s Greatest Battle
John Pender really isn’t having it. “I was never a good player, I wouldn’t class myself as a good player.” “But you made over 600 appearances, John? Many in the top flight, captained Wolves at just 19 and won a load of promotions? You must have done something right?”...
Robert’s Road To Redemption
No one knows more than Robert Taylor that it didn’t work out for him at Wolves. He doesn’t need to be told, as he is sometimes, that he is among the worst to have ever worn a gold shirt. The memory still lingers from his time at Molineux when, walking around the pitch...
Robbie’s Return
For an hour, it was like we were transported back to the late 1990s. Robbie Keane – quick, sharp, entertaining the Wolves fans and nudging them to the edge of their seats. Not this time on the pitch, where during an exhilarating two-year spell he notched 29 goals in...
Farewell Ron
All at Wolves FPA have been deeply saddened by the passing of our President, and club legend, Ron Flowers MBE. Flowers, a true icon of the game, is the fifth highest appearance maker in Wolves’ history with 515 between 1952 and 1967, during which he scored 37 goals....
Scouting For Pearls
The life of a football scout is often both gruelling and lonely. Long hours, plenty of travel, standing on the side of open pitches with little to no protection from the elements. And generally for scant monetary recompense, certainly when compared to some of the...
John And Bully Signing Session
Wolves’ top two goalscorers and most recent England international strikers will be at Waterstones on Friday for a signing session of a book dedicated to all the Wolves who have been part of the Three Lions. Chairman of Wolves’ Former Players Association John Richards...
Wharton’s World Is A Stage
Terry Wharton took to the stage to talk about Phil Parkes at the recent ‘They Wore The Shirt’ tribute dinner for the popular big keeper at Molineux. Only thing is, once he started, he just couldn’t stop. The schedule for the evening’s entertainment, drawn up by...
Wing Of Steele
Tim Steele effectively had the best seat in the house as Peter Beagrie smashed home his two goals for Everton against Wolves. For the first he couldn’t quite get close enough as Beagrie let fly from outside the area and for the second, was held off by the Everton...
Learning Through Football…And Learning About Life
It is 11 o’clock on a Saturday morning in October. There is a chill in the air but it’s lively and fresh. Perfect conditions for football. The setting is Heath Town Park adjoining Bushbury Road, a couple of miles out of Wolverhampton City Centre, within a...
Froggy Chorus For Winger Steve
Anyone taking a scroll through Steve Froggatt’s social media accounts will usually be wearing a broad smile and positive outlook when they click away at the end of it. Nothing to do with the former Wolves, Aston Villa and Coventry winger’s exploits on the football...
Fernando: If He Had To Do The Same Again, He Would
Can you hear the fans, Fernando? There was something in the air that night, or more to the point that afternoon, at Molineux. Fernando Gomez, the Spanish sorcerer, took the ball on his chest and, as it looped up, fired home an emphatic left foot volley past future...
When It Was Bonnie For Clyde!
Games between Wolves and Newcastle haven’t always finished 1-1. There was New Year’s Day in 1990 of course, when Fog on the Tyne became Hair of the Dog on the Tyne as Steve Bull followed up one or two nightcaps with a four-goal salvo which downed the Magpies. On home...