Did you know that on the 16th September 1937 the first live TV broadcast was made of a football match; Arsenal v Arsenal reserves. The rest is history as detailed by this link....go on, have a look and pass the news on.
http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/Articles/DidYouKnow21.htm
It's no coincidence that today Wolves played Burnley in the Premier League and these two clubs have had darker days in the Championship but were very much part of the Football League foundation in 1888, being two of the first 12 clubs to join in.
In 2003, I visited all 12 grounds to watch matches, now mostly in lower divisions. Name them?
The 16th September 1959 saw Wolves start a season during which they scored 106 goals in the Football League, during a remarkable period of success. The game they played saw a 9-0 defeat of Fulham at Molineux. A week earlier they had lost to Fulham 1-3 at Craven Cottage.
Prior to this season, they scored 103 goals to win the First Division in 1957-8, in 1958-9 they won the division again with 110 goals.
In 1959-60 they were runners up to unfashionable Burnley, who won the First Division by one point. Local Butcher, Bob Lord's club only scored 85 goals conceding 61.
In 1960-1 Tottenham won the Double and scored 115 goals while Wolves came 3rd scoring 103, Burnley came 4th scoring 102.
There were plenty of goals about! (well not for second placed Sheffield Wednesday who were 8 points behind Spurs and scored only 78 conceding 47)
In that era from 1952-3, Wolves came 3rd in 1953-4; 1st in 1954-5; 2nd in 1955-6; 3rd in 1956-7 they slumped to 6th.
They won the First Division in 1957-8 and 1958-9, came second in 1959-60 and third in 1960-1. They won the FA Cup in 1960 beating Blackburn Rovers 3-0. In 1961-2....the bubble burst when they slipped to 18th! (Ipswich won the Division that year).
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