Wolves History Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

Kenning was only at Wolves in 68-69 according to the occasionally reliable Wiki so I reckon you are right

 

[Alan]

13 years since we sacked Solbakken.

Father Time can get so fucking fucked oh my God

 

[KiwiWolf61]

What year would that be? I had a few of them on Topps football cards, Holsgrove, Woodfield, Doog, Waggy...I was only a nipper so I'm guessing '68/69?

Definitely 68/69 - Bill McGarry was appointed manager in Nov'68.

 

[KiwiWolf61]

Kenning was only at Wolves in 68-69 according to the occasionally reliable Wiki so I reckon you are right

He joined Wolves in early 1968 and played in the 67/68 season.

Saw him score against Forest in the 6-1 win in April'68.

 

[leedswolf]

Sorry, my bad. The image is 1968.

 

[Wolftone]

Sorry, my bad. The image is 1968.

I doubt I would have had the Topps cards as new as I would have only been 5 years old, so probably swapped them with some other lad later when I was maybe 7 or so .
I remember us playing Spurs in the eufa cup final, thats probably my earliest memory of actual match action.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

I never saw Peter Knowles play as he was before my time, so have no reference point, but his size on that picture surprises me. I'd always, clearly wrongly, assumed he was small in stature.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I never saw Peter Knowles play as he was before my time, so have no reference point, but his size on that picture surprises me. I'd always, clearly wrongly, assumed he was small in stature.

Still in very good nick when he worked in M&S in town.

Lovely fella too.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

That reminds me, i was listening to Mutch and Dennison' podcast the other day and was amazed to hear that Dennison is a postman and was chatting about how busy he was over Christmas.

I imagine most of you knew that, but I didn't. Was a little surprised that a top 0.1% level footballer in the 90s didn't earn enough to retire, but then again it's a big gap from when a footballer retires to when they can actually draw a pension as such.

 

[leedswolf]

Going through some stuff

 

[Tredman]

That reminds me, i was listening to Mutch and Dennison' podcast the other day and was amazed to hear that Dennison is a postman and was chatting about how busy he was over Christmas.

I imagine most of you knew that, but I didn't. Was a little surprised that a top 0.1% level footballer in the 90s didn't earn enough to retire, but then again it's a big gap from when a footballer retires to when they can actually draw a pension as such.

Yeah, my wife has met him - she had no idea who he was

Probably said this before but Tony Dinning did our bathroom before Christmas. Nice guy.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

Mutch and Dennison's Wolves careers pretty much coincided as did their retirements. Mutch is a builder back in Southport so both have had to work again. Andy Mutch even got one year of PL money.

 

[leedswolf]

Mark Clyde worked for a Landscapers IIRC.

 

[leedswolf]

He joined Wolves in early 1968 and played in the 67/68 season.

Saw him score against Forest in the 6-1 win in April'68.

Kenning (born in Erdington) had played with Mike Bailey at Charlton and that was an influence to him coming to us

 

[Lupo]

Mark Clyde worked for a Landscapers IIRC.

Remember him as he was living in Bridgnorth, Dad did his wedding. Think he may have worked at Veolia at some point

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Mutch and Dennison's Wolves careers pretty much coincided as did their retirements. Mutch is a builder back in Southport so both have had to work again. Andy Mutch even got one year of PL money.

He surely isn't a builder now, he's 62?

 

[Wolftone]

I never saw Peter Knowles play as he was before my time, so have no reference point, but his size on that picture surprises me. I'd always, clearly wrongly, assumed he was small in stature.

Thats what I thought too.

 

[leedswolf]

He surely isn't a builder now, he's 62?

Why?

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Why?

Because that's hard, physical graft for a 62 year old.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

He surely isn't a builder now, he's 62?

I last saw him a couple of years ago. He was still then