Bully at 60

[Deutsch Wolf]

Already posted on the History thread but of course, the great man deserves a thread of his own.

Any and all favourite memories in here.

Who on here saw his very early 86/87 games? I didn't, I was too young. What was the impression you got of him first up?

When I started going in 1988 it was sold to me by my Grandad as "there's a fella down the road who's just scored 50 goals in a season, do you want to see him?". And how can you say no to that.

 

[Mel Evo]

I was ten years old when he arrived and a Wolves obsessive, living in the other end of the country. He meant the world to me!

 

[sycophantia]

He signalled a return to Wolves better days for me. Probably why my eldest asked if we could go to a 'proper' football match (even at 8 he knew if we were going to a pro game it would be Wolves).

 

[Tredman]

I saw him in 86 and didn't think much of him, just goes to show I've always had appalling judgement of footballers.

 

[ROVERT47]

As i said on the history thread after watching the video, you forget just how many great goals he scored.
I’ve seen him my local Lidl a couple of times, hard to believe he’s not really that tall either but scored his fair share of headers.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

I saw him in 86 and didn't think much of him, just goes to show I've always had appalling judgement of footballers.

Yes I saw him in early 87 miss 2 absolute sitters in the last 10mins of a 1-1 draw, & came away thinking we had signed another dud.

 

[pagey]

Went to college on block release at Henley, with 11 other apprentices from around the country, all Utd/Liverpool/Arsenal who gave me stick for supporting Wolves.

Whilst down there one suggested we drove down to watch the England match at Wembley.

Had constant comments all the way about Bully not been good enough and they couldn't believe he was starting.

We played the Czecks, Bully got 2 (thanks in no small part to Gazza).

Drive back to our digs was fantastic, free beer the rest of week.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

The volley he larrupped into the top corner over Miklosko is rated in the top 50 England goals ever.

Great goal, one of his finest.

 

[sycophantia]

Still love his first England goal, it was just so Bully, bought it down lovely with his shoulder and buried it.
One of the many things I loved about him was his ability to shoot on sight, don't think many of his goals came after more than 2 touches.

 

[Lupo]

Remember that me and my mate were teenagers when Bully burst onto the scene in the late 80s, it was so exciting going to Molineux and watching him, wondering how many goals he would score - don't think we expected him not to score. We sometimes caught the bus to Wolverhampton on a Friday to watch them train on the car park. One time we followed Bully up Waterloo Road to his car, I shouted 'Bully!'. I went all starstruck when he turned around - all I could think to say was 'score 5 goals tomorrow!'. Bully replied that he'd try his best!

A few years back, a Friday night after we'd played 5 aside and as most of us were Wolves fans we went to a bar in Bridgnorth that Bully was opening. We were having a pint when the man himself came over to chat to us. Felt different now as we were fellow blokes instead of starstruck teenagers so i could chat to him as such. I told him the tale of telling him to score 5 goals and we all had a laugh including Bully, just a normal bloke!

Happy birthday Bully!

 

[Jinky]

This was my first ever Wolves game with my dad:



Bully WAS Wolves for the first decade or so of me watching us.

 

[Sniffer]

 

[Law's Bus]

I've mentioned it on here before but the saddest thing I've ever seen at Molineux was during Bully's second testimonial v Villa.

The great man played for the first 10 mins, and in that time, just like we'd seen hundreds of times before, he got himself in the perfect position, ball dropping over his shoulder, shaped perfectly, and just waited for the net to bulge just as it had so many times before when he inevitably took it first time before the keeper was set.

But whilst everything was there, Bully's body let him down at the critical moment. It was awful to see it happen to him.

 

[Dairve Ayeye]

Already posted on the History thread but of course, the great man deserves a thread of his own.

Any and all favourite memories in here.

Who on here saw his very early 86/87 games? I didn't, I was too young. What was the impression you got of him first up?

When I started going in 1988 it was sold to me by my Grandad as "there's a fella down the road who's just scored 50 goals in a season, do you want to see him?". And how can you say no to that.

I'd just started work at 16 and an old boy in the drawing office who was a veteran supporter of the 1950s glory days told me that they'd bought a couple of lads from the Albion, 'what the bloody hell have they wasted their money on them for?' he asked. From when he started scoring, it didn't take long for word to get around, the attendances increased, there was a bit of belief but we did miss out on promotion. He did enough in that first season to whet our appetites and by the time the next season started, all I could think about was going to the games to see how many Bully would bag. We were in the 4th division but no one seemed to care. There was a real belief that we were on our way back (yeah, but it took a while!). I still hold that team in such high esteem, and Graham Turner, but centre stage was Bully, returning the spirit to our club at our darkest hour. They should name a stand after him!

 

[Dairve Ayeye]

His loyalty and devotion should serve as a lesson to us all. I'm welling up! I'm sure Bully knows how much he means to us all, despite his modesty, even to young folks who weren't lucky enough to see him play. I saw him play many times and lived for those chants of 'Bully's gonna get ya!'

 

[Tony Towner]

Bully was undoubtedly loyal, but sometimes that gets judged against today's landscape. If the financials were the same then as now he'd have left after the 90/91 season at the absolute latest

 

[Sniffer]

I only saw him twice in his first season (Exeter away and the Aldershit fiasco) so can’t really comment on that season but what struck me in subsequent years was the amount of effort he’d put into every game. He’d run along the opposition back line pressing them, chase lost causes, battle with defenders and create opportunities for himself let alone the ones made for him. I know I was bias but in my opinion he was that good that I wouldn’t have had any other English striker in the side over him for the 3 seasons from 87/88 to 89/90.
Fabulous player, loyal to the club and a cracking time to be following Wolves even though we failed to get him to where he should have been playing which was at the highest level of English football.

 

[Langers]

Mini Langers always says he feels sorry for me not enjoying top flight football when I was growing up. I ALWAYS reply that at least I got to see Steve Bull play (and score) regularly.

It was always the worst playground insult from any glory hunting dickhead at school (and there were a lot of them):

"Steve Bull is shit"
"But he isn't though, is he?"

Absolute legend.

 

[AndyWolves]

I haven't really got anything specific but just knowing if he was in the team we'd have a chance of winning.

It also felt like football was different then, teams did have stand out / star players (or maybe that's just how it seemed to my young mind) and Bully was ours.

I do wonder how far he would have gone if he'd left wolves, if he'd had some better coaching and better players around him.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

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