The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[Del Woppio]

 

[Wellen Wolf]

You'd be surprised. Everyone forgets just how large Wolverhampton proper actually is, everyone sees the statistics about the council area that doesn't cover the whole city by a long shot and compares it with other council area that are much bigger than the place they are named after.

Whilst there's quite a lot of spare office space in the city centre, it's mostly 60s/70s/80s build so just not up to modern requirements for power, data connectivity etc. There is a lot of suppressed demand there.

Speaking as a professional geographer I agree completely. My family goes back many, many generations in Willenhall/Short Heath/Darlaston and Bilston/Bradley.
With the 1970s reorganisation, West Midland councils were rejigged so that the 4 of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley and the completely fake Sandwell were all supposed to have about a quarter of a million inhabitants and Birmingham 1 million. Consequently, Wolverhampton shrank in 'influence' and both Walsall and Dudley grew. As far as I could pick up as a youngster, Wolverhampton's strong zone of influence in the conurbation also included Willenhall, Darlaston and Coseley. I daren't mention the strongly independent republic of Bilston.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I grew up in New Invention, Walsall Council but Wolverhampton postcode and definitely more Wolverhampton than Walsall.

 

[Alan]

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Good catch, with tariffs I’ll have to find something other than plastic

 

[Wellen Wolf]

I grew up in New Invention, Walsall Council but Wolverhampton postcode and definitely more Wolverhampton than Walsall.

Yep. Post codes, religion, the lot were leaning Wolverhampton way. Just like the Willenhall mob that followed Wolves.
I grew up just down the road in Wednesfield and played cricket for a while for Bloxwich. I always thought that your neck of the woods and Short Heath were more Wolverhampton focused than Walsall.
PS I think 'New Invention' is a brilliant name for a place. Do you know its origins?

 

[Kenny]

According to wiki

 

[Wellen Wolf]

According to wiki

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Brilliant little story!
Thx for looking. I am a tad busy but always into a bit of local history.
On stories, reminds me of a mate from down South who always creased up when he saw the name 'Wombourne'. He thought it was pronounced as 'Womb Ourne' and just couldn't imagine why it would be called that..... He thought that maybe they were a set of cunts who originally lived there.

 

[Del Woppio]

As in like Woom Orn?! That'd be an ex-mate. Up there with mee-cro-wahvay

 

[Alan]

"Bloxwich" doesn't have the name recognition it deserves.

 

[Tony Towner]

"Bloxwich" doesn't have the name recognition it deserves.

I could see you hanging around on the Beechdale Alan

 

[Alan]

I could see you hanging around on the Beechdale Alan

A piece of me died just looking at it.

 

[Tony Towner]

Some clarity on last night's discussion.

The details behind Matheus Cunha's release clause ahead of likely Wolves exit

Wolves could demand more than the £62.5million release clause for Matheus Cunha if a buying club wish to negotiate the payment terms.

www.expressandstar.com

 

[Kenny]

Sounds like we have at least done the basics on this correctly.

Quite surprised by that.

 

[Keef]

"Bloxwich" doesn't have the name recognition it deserves.

Blocs village from the Anglo Saxon

I’m assuming we all know that Wolverhampton is the only town or city in the UK named after a woman.

 

[Law's Bus]

Yep. Post codes, religion, the lot were leaning Wolverhampton way. Just like the Willenhall mob that followed Wolves.
I grew up just down the road in Wednesfield and played cricket for a while for Bloxwich. I always thought that your neck of the woods and Short Heath were more Wolverhampton focused than Walsall.
PS I think 'New Invention' is a brilliant name for a place. Do you know its origins?

Yes, the historic Wolverhampton / Walsall boundary is along the Sneyd Brook, so just east of the M6. The historic Wolverhampton / Cannock boundary is along the current Cannock Chase district / South Staffordshire Actually boundary.

Pelsall, Featherstone and Brownhills are also within the lands granted to Lady Wulfruna and the historic parish, as is Arley. Yes, the place the Severn Valley Railway runs through.

The Boundary Commission report that led to the changes in 1966 literally says "we put Willenhall in with Walsall against all the principals just to make Wolverhampton smaller".

 

[Tredman]

Sounds like we have at least done the basics on this correctly.

Quite surprised by that.

Mendes again?

 

[Wellen Wolf]

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A piece of me died just looking at it.

I am reliably informed that some of the inhabitants can on occasion be challenging.

 

[Alan]

I am reliably informed that some of the inhabitants can on occasion be challenging.

Would you perhaps call them... beeches?

 

[Carsy]

Sounds like we have at least done the basics on this correctly.

Quite surprised by that.

Be interesting to know what the lump sum needs to be.

My 2.5m upfront theory could still be on

 

[MARKakaJIM]

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A piece of me died just looking at it.

Don't zoom in.