WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

Tuesday heralds a visit to Wolverhampton to watch the Wanderers in a league game with Colchester United. Not exactly the most inspiring games of the week, but Molineux is a very special stadium with bags of history and I shall pick my tickets up at the Stan Cullis stand and sit in the Billy Wright stand. Cullis was a "delicate touch player" but as a very successful manager post war, he was committed to pace and stamina with the ball being hoisted into the opposing penalty area; " Our forwards are not encouraged to parade their ability in ostentatious fashion". Under his control, Wolves were the top club in the country, playing floodlit games against the great Hungarians, Honved and Moscow Spartak, milestones in our game. Billy Wright was captain of his club and country, playing 105 times for England. He became the game's first superstar, marrying Joy, one of the Beverley Sisters, a popular music trio at that time. That got the press talking. This is founder member number twelve in my journey.