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XMAS 2018

Xmas 2018 Boxing Day & FA Cup travel; vote for Ruben; Roy's Xmas, Books, and Wolves Women

    London Travel for Boxing Day

    FA Cup 3rd Round - Travel and Bill Slater

    Fans' Parliament

    Vote for Ruben - goal of 2018

    Roy's 10th annual Christmas Lunch and

    Dave Dungar's "Cometh Light" and more books

    Wolves Women - greetings

    Travel + one fixture change (Newcastle) and travel for the FA Cup 3rd Round v Liverpool - please book asap if you wish to go to this match


You are advised to be in your seat before 7:45pm tonight for the Liverpool game for the pre-game show.


London Travel Christmas 2018 visit https://tfl.gov.uk/ for more information - Boxing Day 2018 information https://tfl.gov.uk/status-updates/major-works-and-events/boxing-day-2017  Tubes and buses will be operational.   However, SouthWestern Railway (Putney station) has no service on Boxing  Day.  Euston & St Pancras are also not open.  There is no service on SouthEastern apart from HS1.   To check other mainline operators follow the links on the disruptions page https://tfl.gov.uk/tube-dlr-overground/status/?Input=&lineIds=&dateTypeSelect=Future%20date&direction=&startDate=2018-12-26T00%3a00%3a00&endDate=2018-12-26T23%3a59%3a59

or http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/172038.aspx and select your operator.

Parking charges are normally suspended in Hammersmith & Fulham for Boxing Day - however the zone nearest the ground will have normal match day restrictions which will probably be enforced. Details and map here zone x and  here zone y   (Basically all streets riverside of Fulham Palace Road and south of Crabtree Lane)


Services should be back to normal for the home match against Palace on Wednesday 2nd January (19:45 ko)


FA Cup 3rd Round v Liverpool Monday January 7th ko 7:45pm Live on BBC1

Peter Woodifield has arranged travel for this match - details below.   If you want to book your season ticket seat for the match you need to book before 2pm on Christmas Eve or let Peter know by Sunday.   The match will be dedicated to Wolves' FA Cup winning captain Bill Slater, who sadly passed away this week.   A tribute is on the website and Steve will include one in the 1H Newsletter.   https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/club/20181220-bill-slater-cbe-a-tribute/  This match will also be covered by VAR technology.

Meanwhile, the rescheduling of many matches has the FSF up in arms https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/12/10/fa-cup-third-round-schedule-met-anger-football-supporters-federation/ Other FSF news includes the fan group merger.


Vote for Ruben Neves Goal v Derby

Villa slightly ahead so please vote here https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11688/11584358/watch-vote-sky-bet-efl-goal-of-the-year-2018


Fan's Parliament Thursday 24th January 2019

Slightly more sensible and responsible than the clowns in SW1 0AA, although meeting after the "meaningful vote" is (supposed to be) held, it will soon be the next convening of the Wolves Fans' Parliament.  As you know Peter Abbott is our (elected) representative and is keen to represent your views.  If you have any questions or observations you would like fed to the meeting please either contact Peter (abbswolf@londonwolves.com) or via Twitter direct to the Parliament at @fansparliament  by January 17th latest.


The famous 10th annual "Roy Eagles London Wolves Christmas lunch" Saturday December 15th


A return to The Grain Store, King Street produced another Roy special.   My thanks to Mark Feehan, Lynne Moores and Steve Carvell for the pictures - these are on the Facebook page and on the website at https://www.londonwolves.com/xmas18.html   Their pictures are in galleries - select a picture form the sidebar to enlarge.  If you press the   button on the control bar at the top of each gallery the pictures will cycle through.

Thanks from all who attended to Roy and our guests - former players from the 80s Neil Edwards,  Jon Purdie and Micky Holmes, and Jason Guy, who amongst many activities sponsors Wolves Allstars shirts as well as helping the FPA.  Jason thanked Roy, Carol and WWLSC as we raised £180 for Breakthrough Breast Cancer (who also tweeted thanks) in memory of Jason's wife Lucy (legacy4lucy.co.uk)



Another special guest at the lunch was a good friend to the Doog (pseudonym DD2) - Dave Dungar who has written a book entitled "Cometh Light - Wolves & Wolverhampton 1888-1939".  Here is Dave with his book.



Dave's book (Cometh Light - Wolves & Wolverhampton 1888-1939) is now available so until Wolves take some stock in January it is only available from him and he’ll send direct on receipt of payment from anyone interested.


The book will retail at £25.00 but anyone from London Wolves can have a copy for £22.50, plus free P&P. He hopes that might be of interest to you.  To order please contact Dave at David Dungar <david.dungar@nexus-contract.com>.  He says "anyone paying by BACS can let me know as soon as they have made the payment, then I can get the book posted more quickly as my firm’s admin department is running the payment side.  It is also be an opportunity to get the book pre-launch."  Payment details : On line - Nat West Sort code 56-00-69 account 38333333 Nexus Contract Services Ltd or Cheques to Nexus Contract Services Ltd and send to Nexus Contract Services Ltd, Museum Rooms, 14 Rudge Road, Pattingham, Nr Wolverhampton, South Staffs, WV6 7BT or cash to Dave.


Dave is making arrangements for LW representation at the launch in the Wolves Museum on the evening of the 3rd Round Cup tie against Liverpool.  Details to follow


Christmas Present time - More books - Golden Balls, The Pack is Back and more.

Clive Corbett has just announced that the new book on Wolves' Hat Trick Heroes is out in time for Christmas.   To order contact Clive at

Some details  - 'Golden Balls', the story of Wolves’ hat-trick heroes, is a hardback publication of over 400 pages plus 32 of illustrations. It retails at £20, and for every copy sold of this book, £1 will be donated to the Carl Ikeme Cure Leukaemia Fund.   Wolverhampton Wanderers are a club steeped in history and innumerable books have been written on seemingly every aspect of their existence. However, until now there has been nothing on those men who have scored three or more times in a match in the gold and black kit. At the time of going to press there have been 190 Wolves hat-tricks, scored by 86 Wolves players and the three men of ADO Den Haag who scored an own goal hat-trick for Wolves in the UEFA Cup in 1971. Although this is the definitive book on Wolves hat-tricks from 1886 to present day, it is very much hoped that it will very soon need to be updated. When this is the case it will be mean that the glory days of top flight success are surely on their way back to Molineux.  (Ed. No doubt an update will be needed very soon!)


Also supporting charity - in this case all proceeds going to Birmingham Children's Hospital - the outstanding "The Pack is Back" by Steve Plant and you the fans still has a few copies left in the Wolves shop.  £25.  (It is a limited edition book).    There are several great books in the Wolves shop - including Kenny Hibbitt's "Seasons of my life" and We are Wolves.   You can spend your season ticket merchandise cash there or on line.


Finally - billed by our guest traveller from Euston, Sky's Johnny Phillips, as a stocking filler or Secret Santa (?should it be Santo) gift - only £9.99 from Amazon Books


London Wolves Website - if you have bookmarked http://www.londonwolves.com please note that it should now change to https://www.londonwolves.com and appear as a secure site for your added security.  It will be displayed with the secure padlock as .  The systems should switch you automatically but, if you can't connect, please change your bookmarks and refresh any existing connection.   The earliest archive site will not change.  Please ensure that you at least refresh the home page and the travel page to ensure you are not working with out-of-date information.


Wolves Women

Are now on on a winter break in the League and are second at the moment just behind the Baggies.  Their next fixture is Sunday 13th January at home to bottom club Steel City Wanderers. Steve Cullis writes

Dear Sponsor,

Everyone involved in Wolves Girls & Women would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

Thank you ever so much for your continued support of female football, this is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Steve Cullis

Player Development Manager



Peter Woodifield's Travel November 2018 - February 2019. (Changes to outgoing trains for Bournemouth and Liverpool home matches)

Please contact Peter to book travel or match tickets at travel@londonwolves.com - his phone numbers are on the travel page at https://www.londonwolves.com/travel.html


Home matches



Fri 21/12/18 v Liverpool  (kick off 8:00pm)   Live on Sky


Outward - Depart Euston 13:03  Arrive Birmingham New St 14:26 (changed - 40 minutes earlier)

              - Depart Birmingham New St 14:39   Arrive Wolverhampton  15:05

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:13


Wed 2/1/19 v Crystal Palace (ko 19:45)


Outward - Depart Euston 13:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:13


Monday 7/1/19 v Liverpool FA Cup 3rd round (ko 19:45) Live on BBC1

(as @pedalsingh (singh when youre winning) suggested there should be a tribute to Bill Slater, especially as his daughter runs BBC Sport - this has been confirmed - see above)

Outward - Dep Euston 13:03  Arrive Birmingham New St 14:26

              - Dep Birm New St 14;39  Arrive Wolverhampton 15:05

Return   - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45 Arrive Euston 01:13


(Dave and PW are staying overnight, and travelling back on the 11:45am train on the 8th).

Please contact Peter Woodifield to book.  Also if any season ticket holder wants to reserve their normal seat for this match they need to book by 2pm 24th December, or if they want Peter to book, to let him know by 23rd December.


Match ticket prices here https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/club/20181207-last-chance-for-st-holders-to-claim-fa-cup-seats/



Sat 19/1/19 v Leicester (kick off 12:30pm)  Live on Sky


Outward - Depart Euston 08:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 10:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 15:45  Arrive Euston 17:33


Tue 29/1/18 v West Ham (ko 19:45)


Outward - Depart Euston 13:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:13


Away matches


Wed 26/12/18 v Fulham (kick off 12:30pm)  Live on Sky


The nearest London Underground station is Putney Bridge (District Line). The ground is about a fifteen minute walk.

Cross over the main road and walk through Bishops Park alongside the Thames, and you will reach the ground ahead.

Alternatively, Hammersmith

(Piccadilly Line) is about a 20 minute walk to the ground.

See above for other travel information


Sat 29/12/18 v Spurs (ko 3pm) - note that this match is at Wembley, not the new stadium.


The nearest London Underground station is Wembley Park which is around a ten minute walk from the stadium. This station is served by both the Jubilee & Metropolitan lines. Wembley Central is slightly further away from the stadium and is served by the Bakerloo line. London Overground trains also run to this station from Euston. The nearest train station is Wembley Stadium which is on the London Marylebone-Birmingham line.  Parking for Wembley could cost £40.


Mon 14/1/19 v Man City (kick off 8:00pm)   Live on Sky OR Sun 13/1/19 (kick off 12:00pm) Live on Sky


Match will be played on the Sunday if Wolves or Man City involved in an FA Cup replay. There will be no official club trip

if match played on the Monday. If played on Sunday there is likely to be a 2-day trip.


FA Cup Dates:  3rd Round 4th/5th/6th January 2019  The draw will be made after the 2nd round (December 1st) and  then TV selections made.

                         4th Round 25th/26th/27th January 2019

Fixtures



2018-19 Fixtures London Wolves “Home matches”

●    AFC Bournemouth Sat 23 February

●    Arsenal Sun 11 November D1-1

●    Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 27 October L 1-0

●    Chelski Sat 9 March

●    Crystal Palace Sat 6 October W 0-1

●    Fulham Wed 26 December (12:30)

●    Southampton Sat 13 April

●    Tottenham Hotspur  Sat 29 December Wembley

●    Watford Sat 27 April

●    West Ham United  Sat 1st September W 0-1


Other away matches highlighted below in Blue and all  subject, of course, to change by Sky & BT and subsequent changes for other clubs (changes of day/date/time marked in red)  (Latest change Newcastle H in February)


Season schedule 2018-19 Wolverhampton Wanderers  


01 H Sat 11 Aug 17:30 Everton   Molineux Live on BT D2-2

02 A Sat 18 Aug Leicester 15:00  King Power Stadium L2-0

03 H Sat 25 Aug 12:30 Man City   Molineux Live on Sky D1-1

04 A Sat 1 Sep West Ham 15:00   London Stadium W0-1

05 H Sun 16 Sep 13:30 Burnley   Molineux Live on Sky W1-0

06 A Sat 22 Sep Man Utd 15:00   Old Trafford D1-1

07 H Sat 29 Sep 15:00 Southampton   Molineux W2-0

08 A Sat 6 Oct Crystal Palace 15:00   Selhurst Park W0-1

09 H Sat 20 Oct 15:00 Watford   Molineux L0-2

10 A Sat 27 Oct Brighton 15:00   Amex Stadium  L1-0

11 H Sat 3 Nov 19:45 Spurs  Molineux Live on Sky L2-3

12 A Sun 11 Nov Arsenal 16:30   Emirates Stadium D1-1

D1-1 13 H Sun 25 Nov 16:00 Huddersfield   Molineux Live on Sky L0-2

14 A Fri 30 Nov Cardiff 20:00   Cardiff City Stadium Live on Sky L2-1

15 H Wed 5 Dec 19:45 Chelsea   Molineux W2-1

16 A Sun 9 Dec Newcastle 16:00   St. James' Park Live on Sky W1-2

17 H Sat 15 Dec 15:00 Bournemouth   Molineux W2-0

P17 W 7 D4 L6 Pts 25 GD 0 Posn 7th

18 H Fri 21 Dec 20:00 Liverpool   Molineux Live on Sky

19 A Wed 26 Dec Fulham 12:30   Craven Cottage (Boxing Day) Live on Sky

20 A Sat 29 Dec Spurs 15:00   White Hart Lane not ready - now at Wembley.

2019

21 H Wed 2 Jan 19:45 Crystal Palace  Molineux

FAC3 Mon 7 Jan FA Cup 3rd round Liverpool 19:45 Molineux live on BBC1

22 A Mon 14 (or Sun 13) Jan Man City 20:00 (or 12:00)  Etihad Stadium Live on Sky

23 H Sat 19 Jan 12:30 Leicester   Molineux Live on Sky

2 H Tue 29 Jan 19:45 West Ham   Molineux

25 A Sat 2 Feb Everton 15:00   Goodison Park

26 H Mon 11 Feb 20:00 Newcastle   Molineux Live on Sky

27 A Sat 23 Feb Bournemouth 15:00   Vitality Stadium  

28 A Tue 26 Feb Huddersfield 19:45   John Smith's Stadium

29 H Sat 2 Mar 15:00 Cardiff   Molineux

30 A Sat 9 Mar Chelsea 15:00   Stamford Bridge

31 H Sat 16 Mar 15:00 Arsenal   Molineux

32 A Sat 30 Mar Burnley 15:00   Turf Moor, Burnley  

33 H Sat 6 Apr 15:00 Man Utd   Molineux

34 A Sat 13 Apr Southampton 15:00   St. Mary's Stadium

35 H Sat 20 Apr 15:00 Brighton   Molineux

36 A Sat 27 Apr Watford 15:00   Vicarage Road

37 H Sat 4 May 2019 15:00 Fulham   Molineux  

38 A Sunday 12 May 2019 Liverpool 15:00   Anfield


Christmas cheer and points



November 2018

 

  * another local match - U23s up for the Cup v U's at Thame versus Oxford United U23s Monday 3rd December 7pm kick off (this was a 0-0 draw with WW remaining top of their group)

  * reminder - 10th annual "Roy Eagles London Wolves Christmas lunch"  PLEASE BOOK BY NEXT WEDS (CHELSKI MATCH)

  * Christmas Present time - Golden Balls, The Pack is Back and more.

  * Wolves Women

  * Congratulations Mick

  * Peter Woodifield's travel arrangements (note Paddington, Waterloo, Euston closed for Boxing Day)



 Yes, folks, by popular demand the famous 10th annual "Roy Eagles London Wolves Christmas lunch" is now set up for Saturday December 15th opening at 12:00 for 12:30/1pm with Allstar guests


Also by popular member demand, we leave the away pub and return to the City Bar or, as many of you who supported the Kenny Hibbitt signing know, it is now known as The Grain Store, King Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SX, just around the corner from Queen's Square. Roy has arranged exclusive access to the upper floors and bar with a special hot and cold buffet with a dessert.   While he's not promising any cherries on the cake (that will be delivered at Molineux between 3pm and 4:55pm) it should be another great event worthy of the tradition, and where we will again welcome our friends to join us.   The price has been cut down to £15 per head, payable in advance to Roy or Dave no later than the Chelsea match (Wednesday 5th December).   There will be a welcome drink (bubbly or juice) but the bar will not be free for alcoholic or other beverages.  Please avail yourself of the ground floor bar on the way in or the first floor bar at any time during the event.   The top floor will also be open if needed, and there are facilities on the first floor.  A ticket will be required for entry.   The Grain Store normally opens at 11:30am on Saturdays.


As a further treat, Roy can arrange for us to return to the Grain Store after the match for a musical interlude.   If anyone needs hotel accommodation, the Grain Store has access to hotel discounts - please let Roy know and he will pass your name on to Kelly at the GS who can help with arrangements also, if you are interested in a social evening.   You are welcome to drop back into the Grain Store after the match as the Euston train doesn't leave until 6:45pm.   If you are thinking of staying over then Peter Woodifield can also arrange a two day trip so please let him/Dave know when booking as this will also need to be arranged.   Please note that the train from Euston now leaves at 08:43am.  (The Liverpool train has also changed.)    - contact Dave or Roy at social@LondonWolves.com

 

And, as an extra special treat, Roy has arranged a souvenir 3pm kick off for all traditionalists.   Not only that, Roy's guests include trophy winning current members of Wolves Allstars, a contemporary of Tony Adams and a player valued at £1million by Sammy Chung.

 

Wolverhampton Wanderers Under 23s are at Oxford United’s under 23s next Monday evening(3rd December 7pm)  in the Premier League Cup. (from Peter Abbott)

Chris Allen’s young U's side beat Swansea City in their last home game in the competition before pushing Hull City all the way away from home, and now take on Wolves at Thame United’s ASM Stadium on Monday 3rd December, with kick off at 7pm.

It’s a chance to see some very talented young players in action on both sides and there is always a warm welcome at Thame so come along and enjoy some live football as the U’s take on the Wolves.

Match is at Meadow View Park, Tythrop Way, Thame OX9 3RN - Junction 7 (or 8A off the M40 on the Aylesbury Road) - or Sapphire 280 bus to and from Haddesdon & Thame Parkway (2 miles) on the Chlitern line from Paddington.



Christmas Present time - Golden Balls, The Pack is Back and more.

Clive Corbett has just announced that the new book on Wolves' Hat Trick Heroes is out in time for Christmas.   To order contact Clive at

Some details  - 'Golden Balls', the story of Wolves’ hat-trick heroes, is a hardback publication of over 400 pages plus 32 of illustrations. It retails at £20, and for every copy sold of this book, £1 will be donated to the Carl Ikeme Cure Leukaemia Fund.   Wolverhampton Wanderers are a club steeped in history and innumerable books have been written on seemingly every aspect of their existence. However, until now there has been nothing on those men who have scored three or more times in a match in the gold and black kit. At the time of going to press there have been 190 Wolves hat-tricks, scored by 86 Wolves players and the three men of ADO Den Haag who scored an own goal hat-trick for Wolves in the UEFA Cup in 1971. Although this is the definitive book on Wolves hat-tricks from 1886 to present day, it is very much hoped that it will very soon need to be updated. When this is the case it will be mean that the glory days of top flight success are surely on their way back to Molineux.  (Ed. No doubt an update will be needed very soon!)


Also supporting charity - in this case all proceeds going to Birmingham Children's Hospital - the outstanding "The Pack is Back" by Steve Plant and you the fans still has a few copies left in the Wolves shop.  £25.  (It is a limited edition book).    There are several great books in the Wolves shop - including Kenny Hibbitt's "Seasons of my life" and We are Wolves.   You can spend your season ticket merchandise cash there or on line.



Wolves Women - through in the Cup

The ladies won 6-1 midweek against Kidderminster Harriers, with a significant number of former Wolves Women now playing for Kiddy, including Amber Quick, Claire Hakeman and former manager James Astle.  Pictures on Funky SI's facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.492373704504281&type=1&l=821ef4b4da  and highlights here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.492373704504281&type=1&l=821ef4b4da Meanwhile, the development team, whom we also sponsor,  go striding on.


Congratulations Mick

The Irish FA announced that, following Martin O'Neill's resignation Mick McCarthy (with Terry Connor) would be taking over for the next two years.   Added to his coaching team is the best Keano ever to play for Ireland - Robbie, of course, not Roy.   Mick was always very generous with his time (and money) for us so we wish him every success.   Perhaps Robbie can give the Doc some goal scoring hints (and improve his goal celebrations).


Peter Woodifield's Travel November 2018 - February 2019. (Changes to outgoing trains for Bournemouth and Liverpool home matches)

Please contact Peter to book travel or match tickets at travel@londonwolves.com - his phone numbers are on the travel page at www.londonwolves.com/travel.html


Home matches


Wed 5/12/18 v Chelsea


Outward - Depart Euston 13:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:13


Sat 15/12/18 v Bournemouth London Wolves Christmas Lunch


Outward - Depart Euston 08:43  Arrive Wolverhampton 10:37 (changed - 1 hour earlier)

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53


Fri 21/12/18 v Liverpool  (kick off 8:00pm)   Live on Sky


Outward - Depart Euston 13:03  Arrive Birmingham New St 14:26 (changed - 40 minutes earlier)

              - Depart Birmingham New St 14:39   Arrive Wolverhampton  15:05

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:13


Wed 2/1/19 v Crystal Palace


Outward - Depart Euston 13:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:13


Sat/Sun/Mon 5-7/1/19  date time tba FA Cup 3rd round Home to Liverpool


Sat 19/1/19 v Leicester (kick off 12:30pm)  Live on Sky


Outward - Depart Euston 08:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 10:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 15:45  Arrive Euston 17:33


Tue 29/1/18 v West Ham


Outward - Depart Euston 13:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:13


Away matches


Fri 30/11/18 v Cardiff (kick off 8:00pm)  Live on Sky


No official club trip. Any member wishing to go to this match please contact Travel Secretary.


Sun 9/12/18 v Newcastle (kick off 4:00pm) Live on Sky


No official club trip. Any member wishing to go to this match please contact Travel Secretary.


Wed 26/12/18 v Fulham (kick off 12:30pm)  Live on Sky


The nearest London Underground station is Putney Bridge (District Line). The ground is about a fifteen minute walk.

Cross over the main road and walk through Bishops Park alongside the Thames, and you will reach the ground ahead.

Alternatively, Hammersmith

(Piccadilly Line) is about a 20 minute walk to the ground (or 220 Bus down Fulham Palace Road.)

N.B. TFL have not yet announced details of services on this day, but buses and tubes are expected to run.

Services will not run from Waterloo or Victoria so the mainline service to Putney station will not be operable.  

Other stations are also closed for Boxing Day including Euston & Paddington - more details at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/172038.aspx.  There are some limited services to Ipswich from Liverpool St.  Stratford also has limitations and Southeastern Railway has no service (apart from St Pancras to Ashford).


If you haven't yet qualified for Wolves subsidised tickets, don't forget the neutral zone.   Zone 2 is about half sold at the moment.  https://www.eticketing.co.uk/fulhamfc/EDP/Event/Index/952


Sat 29/12/18 v Spurs - note that this match is at Wembley, not the new stadium.


The nearest London Underground station is Wembley Park which is around a ten minute walk from the stadium. This station is served by both the Jubilee & Metropolitan lines. Wembley Central is slightly further away from the stadium and is served by the Bakerloo line. London Overground trains also run to this station from Euston. The nearest train station is Wembley Stadium which is on the London Marylebone-Birmingham line.  Parking for Wembley could cost £40.


Mon 14/1/19 v Man City (kick off 8:00pm)   Live on Sky OR Sun 13/1/19 (kick off 12:00pm) Live on Sky


Match will be played on the Sunday if Wolves or Man City involved in an FA Cup replay. There will be no official club trip

if match played on the Monday. If played on Sunday there is likely to be a 2-day trip.


FA Cup Dates:  3rd Round 4th/5th/6th January 2019  The draw will be made after the 2nd round (December 1st) and  then TV selections made.

                         4th Round 25th/26th/27th January 2019

Fixtures



2018-19 Fixtures London Wolves “Home matches”

●    AFC Bournemouth Sat 23 February

●    Arsenal Sun 11 November D1-1

●    Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 27 October L 1-0

●    Chelski Sat 9 March

●    Crystal Palace Sat 6 October W 0-1

●    Fulham Wed 26 December (12:30)

●    Southampton Sat 13 April

●    Tottenham Hotspur  Sat 29 December Wembley

●    Watford Sat 27 April

●    West Ham United  Sat 1st September W 0-1


Other away matches highlighted below in Blue and all  subject, of course, to change by Sky & BT and subsequent changes for other clubs (changes of day/date/time marked in red)


Season schedule 2018-19 Wolverhampton Wanderers  


01 H Sat 11 Aug 17:30 Everton   Molineux Live on BT D2-2

02 A Sat 18 Aug Leicester 15:00  King Power Stadium L2-0

03 H Sat 25 Aug 12:30 Man City   Molineux Live on Sky D1-1

04 A Sat 1 Sep West Ham 15:00   London Stadium W0-1

05 H Sun 16 Sep 13:30 Burnley   Molineux Live on Sky W1-0

06 A Sat 22 Sep Man Utd 15:00   Old Trafford D1-1

07 H Sat 29 Sep 15:00 Southampton   Molineux W2-0

08 A Sat 6 Oct Crystal Palace 15:00   Selhurst Park W0-1

09 H Sat 20 Oct 15:00 Watford   Molineux L0-2

10 A Sat 27 Oct Brighton 15:00   Amex Stadium  L1-0

11 H Sat 3 Nov 19:45 Spurs  Molineux Live on Sky L2-3

12 A Sun 11 Nov Arsenal 16:30   Emirates Stadium D1-1

D1-1 13 H Sun 25 Nov 16:00 Huddersfield   Molineux Live on Sky L0-2

14 A Fri 30 Nov Cardiff 20:00   Cardiff City Stadium Live on Sky

15 H Wed 5 Dec 19:45 Chelsea   Molineux

16 A Sun 9 Dec Newcastle 16:00   St. James' Park Live on Sky

17 H Sat 15 Dec 15:00 Bournemouth   Molineux

18 H Fri 21 Dec 20:00 Liverpool   Molineux Live on Sky

19 A Wed 26 Dec Fulham 12:30   Craven Cottage (Boxing Day) Live on Sky

20 A Sat 29 Dec Spurs 15:00   White Hart Lane not ready - now at Wembley.

2019

21 H Wed 2 Jan 15:00 Crystal Palace   Molineux

FAC3 Sat/Sun/Mon 5/6/7 Jan FA Cup 3rd round Home to Liverpool

22 A Mon 14 (or Sun 13) Jan Man City 20:00 (or 12:00)  Etihad Stadium Live on Sky

23 H Sat 19 Jan 12:30 Leicester   Molineux Live on Sky

2 H Tue 29 Jan 19:45 West Ham   Molineux

25 A Sat 2 Feb Everton 15:00   Goodison Park

26 H Sat 9 Feb 15:00 Newcastle   Molineux

27 A Sat 23 Feb Bournemouth 15:00   Vitality Stadium  

28 A Tue 26 Feb Huddersfield 19:45   John Smith's Stadium

29 H Sat 2 Mar 15:00 Cardiff   Molineux

30 A Sat 9 Mar Chelsea 15:00   Stamford Bridge

31 H Sat 16 Mar 15:00 Arsenal   Molineux

32 A Sat 30 Mar Burnley 15:00   Turf Moor, Burnley  

33 H Sat 6 Apr 15:00 Man Utd   Molineux

34 A Sat 13 Apr Southampton 15:00   St. Mary's Stadium

35 H Sat 20 Apr 15:00 Brighton   Molineux

36 A Sat 27 Apr Watford 15:00   Vicarage Road

37 H Sat 4 May 2019 15:00 Fulham   Molineux  

38 A Sunday 12 May 2019 Liverpool 15:00   Anfield


Glenn Hoddle

Former manager Glenn had a triple heart bypass following his collapse just over three weeks ago and is reported to be recovering well at home.


Up the Wolves!  


 

September2018

    Summer 2018 Newsletter

    Peter Woodifield's updated Home and Away travel August to November

    Our best wishes to Club Captain Danny Batth his partner Natalie Cutler

    Wolves Women with  tight 1-0 win in the Cup for 3 out of 3.

    Wolves Allstars Seyi and @wolvespremier score

    International Wolves

    Kenny Hibbitt book - Roy is hoping to arrange a pre-match book signing

    FSF FA back safe standing and Robins fans suing WM Police.


Summer 2018 Newsletter

Steve's newsletter rounds off the match reports to for the promotion season and celebrates a memorable bank holiday in The Towern, introduces the new signings, pays tribute to our 2017-18 player of the season, Conor Coady, and to Carl Ikeme, says "thumbs-up" to SJH, reviews the AGM and takes a trip up the Thames with Roy.  It concludes with travel and fixture information, power to the people in Tooting and farewell to Claire Hakeman before visiting "Smashton Gate" and going "down the Swanny", finishing up on a RouteMaster.

Steve has the printed copies ready for Dave to start distribution so those of you who still take them will get them soon.  The "e-copy" is attached and is on the website.  The file is on the Newsletter pages here


Peter Woodifield's updated Home and Away travel August to November


Sky/BT Fixture changes:  Carabao Cup third round at home to the Foxes 25th September; Burnley to Sunday 16Sep 13:30; Spurs was Sun 1:30 4Nov but is now 19:45 Sat 3rd Nov and Huddersfld Sun 4pm 25Nov (all Sky) Also Chelski H now Weds 5 Dec 19:45  Arsenal now Sun 11 Nov 16:30.   These updates are not all in the newsletter because of printing times.


Further changes: 2018-19 Sky/BT  Premier League changes to be announced by 6 July for Aug/Sept; 7 Aug for Oct/Nov; 12 Oct for Dec/Jan; 12 Dec for Feb; 25 Jan for March; 22 Feb for April; 5 April for May and final week after week 37

Home matches

2018


Sun 16/9/18 v Burnley H KO 1:30pm Live on Sky

Outward - Depart Euston 08:50   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:11

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 16:45  Arrive Euston  18:36


Tue 25/9/18 v Leicester H Kick off 19:45 Carabao Cup 3rd round

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43  Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston 01:15  


Sat 29/9/18 v Southampton  3pm ko

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53


Sat 20/10/18 v Watford  3pm ko

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53


Sat 3/11/18 v Spurs (kick off 7:45pm) Live on Sky  NOTE this is a two day trip

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43  Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return (Sunday) - Depart Wolverhampton 11:45  Arrive Euston 13:38

Note. The last return train on Saturday is at 21:42pm. Anyone wishing to travel on the 2-day trip to this

match will have to book their own accommodation.

(Match reverted back to Saturday 19:45 kick off because of Spurs' European matches)


Sun 25/11/18 v Huddersfield (kick off 4:00pm)  Live on Sky

Outward - Depart Euston 10:50   Arrive Wolverhampton 13:10

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 19:45  Arrive Euston  21:46


Away matches  More details of Premier League Grounds are at www.londonwolves.com/grounds.html

    

Sat 22/9/18 v Man Utd 3pm ko

Outward - Depart Euston 09:40 Arrive Manchester Piccadily 11:46

Return -    Depart Manchester Piccadilly 18:35 Arrive Euston 20:57

Fare TBA


Sat 6/10/18 v Crystal Palace (A)  3pm ko No Club trip

The nearest railway stations are Selhurst, Thornton Heath or Norwood Junction, from Victoria. Last two also from London Bridge. (approx 30 mins). 10-15 minute walk to Selhurst Park.


Sat 27/10/18 v Brighton (A) 3pm ko No Club trip

The nearest railway station is Falmer, which is situated right by the stadium. The quickest and easiest way to get to the stadium is by train. Falmer station is adjacent to the ground. It's three stops from Brighton Central station on the line to Lewes and Seaford. Alternatively, you can avoid Brighton completely by getting a train to Lewes and changing there for Falmer. There are four trains an hour in either direction.  Brighton Central Station is over four miles away from the stadium. Bus No 25 from Cardinal Square stop G is every 12 mins(also Buses 28 & 29 (20 mins)). To return the No 25 leaves from the stadium via a stop through the coach park, near to the away fans entrance.  There is often heavy congestion at Brighton Station  in the hour leading up to kick off, so don't leave it too late.  Public transport within a geographical zone is free as it is included within the price of the match ticket. Valid on both buses and trains, the zone extends as far north as Haywards Heath station and east to Lewes. Anyone travelling from London only needs to buy a train ticket to Haywards Heath.

Warning:  Travel warning for Brighton away (Sat 27th October).  Trains between Three Bridges and Brighton/Lewes will be replaced by buses.  Allow plenty of time, hopefully the delays won't be 4 hours like earlier in the summer!  Southern says "Customers travelling direct between London Victoria and Brighton are advised to use direct trains between London Victoria and Brighton via and calling at Horsham, Littlehampton, Angmering, Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea and Hove. Journey times will be around 2 hours and 15 minutes." Just to add to it, the M23 between the M25 and Gatwick is on a long programme of "smart motorway" with 50mph limit


Sun 10/11/18 v Arsenal (A)  (kick off 4:30pm) No Club trip

The nearest London Underground station to the Emirates Stadium is Holloway Road on the Piccadilly line. It is only a few minutes walk to the stadium. The station is, however, closed after matches. On exiting the station turn right, cross over the road and then turn left for the stadium. Alternatively, it maybe better to alight at Arsenal station, which is the next stop. Again it is only a few minutes walk from here to the stadium. On exiting the station turn right and follow Drayton Park Road around to the left. Then take one of the large bridges over the railway line to the stadium. Other tube stations in walking distance of the stadium are Finsbury Park on the Piccadilly Line and Highbury & Islington on the Victoria Line.   Also, main line trains depart from Kings Cross to Finsbury Park. It is then about a 10 to 15 minute walk to the stadium. Drayton Park Station which is situated right by the stadium is closed at weekends.


Congratulations again to Wolves Women - again - now through to the next round of the cup and on a three match winning run (plus great pre-seasons) here is a link to the official photographer Simon Faulkner's pictures https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.464236720651313&type=1&l=08749749a6.

We are delighted to continue our sponsorship


Club Captain Danny Batth

Our best wishes to Club Captain Danny Batth his partner Natalie Cutler as he joins Pulis' Middlesborough on loan for the season - looking good for another Championship winner's medal.   There is no buy option in the loan.  Film producer and actor Natalie has also been starring in her one woman show in the Edinburgh Fringe, and says she's excited by the new challenges in "North of the Wall".  Danny has always been a true gent whenever we've met him and as an academy graduate and local lad (from Brierley Hill, you will recall) has served the Club wholeheartedly.

International Wolves:

Remember the days when an International break meant just that - this time nine of Nuno's squad are away: Matt Doherty and Leander Dendoncker could feature in the new-look competition as two of the six Wolves players joining senior set-ups this week.  Rui Patricio and Ruben Neves join up with Portugal, while Raul Jimenez will link up with Mexico and Romain Saiss with Morocco. Diogo Jota is with Portugal under-21s and Ruben Vinagre is an age lower with the under-20s, while Morgan Gibbs-White will hope to feature for England under-19s. Doherty’s Republic of Ireland face Wales in the Nations League on Thursday before taking on Poland in a friendly on Tuesday. Summer signing Dendoncker is also competing in the Nationals League, meeting Iceland on Tuesday, after a friendly with Scotland on Friday. Earning a Portugal recall is Neves and he will hope to impress in friendlies against Croatia (Thursday) and Italy (Monday) alongside Patricio. Jimenez will head to America to take on Uruguay in Houston and the USA in Tennessee either side of the weekend. On Saturday Saiss will face Malawi in a Continental Qualifying Match with Morocco. Jota and Portugal’s under-20s face UEFA Under-21 Championship matches against Romania (Friday) and Wales (Tuesday). Meanwhile, Vinagre and the under-20s are in friendly action against the Netherlands on Friday and Czech Republic the following Tuesday. Morgan Gibbs-White is also in friendly action with England’s under-19s, facing Netherlands (Wednesday) and Belgium. Finally, young midfielder Elliot Watt, fresh from making his Wolves debut, is in the Scotland Under-19 squad for two matches in Poland either side of the weekends Some of these matches are televised.


Wolves Allstars

A 2-2 draw versus Alveley  with Jason Guy scoring from close range capitalizing on a mistake at the back and Seyi Olofinjana beating 3 players and finishing from the edge of the box with Mel's men raising funds for Birmingham Children's Hospital and WM Air Ambulance.  Next fixtures

9/9 Brocton FC for Donna Louise Trust 2pm


30/9 Stourbridge FC v ‘Justice for Ryan Passey’ 2pm


21/10 Tally-Ho Ground,Edgbaston, v Blues All Stars for Paul Devlin's daughter ko 11am

WOlves Women, Allstars, U23 and U18's fixtures are on our fixtures page http://www.londonwolves.com/fix.html


Kenny Hibbitt book

Selling like hot cakes, but Roy is hoping to arrange a book signing before a match soon with Kenny and Tim Nash


FSF - Safe standing;  WM Police being sued

The FA have come out in favour of safe standing reforms http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/fa-back-reform-all-seater-laws

After the pepper spray incident investigation invited by Stoke Police (report here), while the claims of knife carrying Palace fans at Brighton have led to Sussex Police being castigated by the Information Commissioner, Bristol City fans are crowd fundraising to sue West Midlands police over allegedly unjustified use of dispersal powers on supporters http://www.fsf.org.uk/blog/view/Helping-fellow-fans-crowdfund-for-legal-fees-launched


July2018

     Events - AGM, Allstars, Wolves Women

     Ernie Hunt RIP

     Peter Woodifield's Travel- with changes for the 3 changed home games (Everton, ManC, Burnley + Derby PSF)

     Premier League Fixtures, Sky dates, and "local" matches

     FSF Alcohol allowed

     Match day experience - please talk to abbswolf at the AGM

     Mel Eves

     TV personality wanted

     Dier pen

     Geoff's World Cup Walk


 Events


 London Wolves AGM - Saturday 21st July The Paternoster near St Paul's Cathedral 3pm opposite Greyfriars Church behind St Paul's and just a few steps from St Paul's Underground station (Newgate Street side).  Address is 2-4 Queens Head Passage, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DZ (on the corner of QHP and Newgate St (just along from the former Newgate prison))  Dave is finalising the agenda  something like

 1 Apologies for absence, 2 Chairman's Address, 3 Minutes of 2017 , 4 Matters Arising, 5 Secretary's Report, 6 Treasurer's Report, 7 Travel Sec Report, 8 Social Sec Report, 9 Newsletter Editor's Report, 10 Website Editor's Report, 11 Election of Officers, 12 Membership fee, 13 Any Other Business.  Peter Abbott will give an update on the Wolves Parliament and I hope to raise kit sponsorship in AOB.  If you have any topics you would like added to the agenda or AOB then please contact Dave Slape. The previous AGM minutes are on the members' website. http://www.londonwolves.com/agms.html#2018AGM


 Wolves Allstars are playing this Sunday v Harts Elite ko 2pm at Aston Old Edwardians RFC 25 Sunnybank Ave Birmingham B44 0HP while

 Wolves Women FC have announced five pre-season friendlies, two of those at their new home ground of Bilston Town FC.


 They begin away at Long Eaton United on Sunday 15th July and a week later visit Bolton Wanderers.  Wolves then welcome Coventry United to Bilston at the end of the month and start August on the road at Cardiff City Ladies. Last up on 12th August is Liverpool Feds, with the league season kicking off seven days later.   The new ground is at WV14 7EX - out on the Black Country Route.   Congratulations to Captain Anna and Tammi for participating in the new Wolves shirt launch.

 Ernie Hunt

 It was with great sadness that we learned that Ernie had passed away in a home two weeks ago.  Ernie, (or Roger, but there was another one) played in our first official match versus Plymouth in 1966 scoring the winner ("after Shearing had failed to hold a Terry Wharton whizz bang") and indeed also scored in the first match I saw at Molineux the season before against The Saints.    Ernie and, of course another Wolves favourite, Willie Carr featured in the first ever "Goal of the Season" for their donkey kick at Coventry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FxSKczJprI  We enjoyed Ernie's presence and humour at the 40th anniversary dinner at The Valley, and if you haven't read his book "Joker in the Pack" it's well worth a read.  Ernie's funeral is next Wednesday 11th July at 1pm at the Coney Hill Crematorium near Gloucester.   Mark Griffiths and his uncle who was friends with Ernie, Terry, and other players of that era will be going seen here with Pint Sized Paul and Hughie McIlmoyle



 Peter Woodifield's pre-season travel

 contact Peter W to book.  Contact details at www.londonwolves.com/travel.html


 Thurs 19 July v Ajax 2pm ko (at the Bescot) no travel


 Wednesday 25th July [A] Stoke City 7:45pm ko no travel


 Saturday 28th July [A] Derby County 3pm ko (Away)

 Outward -  Depart St Pancras 08:31    Arrive Derby 10:08 (2 hours earlier than advertised - much cheaper tickets)

 Return - Depart Derby 18:04 Arrive St Pancras 19:35    Fare TBA


 Sat 4 Aug 2018 v Villareal CF (home)

   Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

   Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston 20:53


 See grounds guide for more details on Molineux. http://www.londonwolves.com/grounds.html See away grounds guide on the same page for more details on Premier League stadia

 Peter Woodifield's Premier League Travel -  fixtures with Sky/BT match changes Friday 6th July


 contact Peter W to book.  Contact details at www.londonwolves.com/travel.html


 All matches 3pm kick off (for now!) unless stated - first changes are to Everton, Man City and Burnley (all home).



 Sat 11/8/18 v Everton H 5:30pm kick off; live on BT Sport 1


 Outward - Depart Euston 11:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 13:37

 Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 20:45  Arrive Euston  22:53

 Fare £16



 Sat 18/8/18 v Leicester A

 Outward - Depart St Pancras 10:34    Arrive Leicester 11:42

 Return    - Depart Leicester 18:25  Arrive St Pancras 19:35 Fare TBA


 Sat 25/8/18 v Man City H 12:30pm kick off; live on Sky Sports


 Outward - Depart Marylebone 08:10   Arrive Birmingham Moor St 10:01

                - Depart Birmingham New St 10:31 Arrive Wolverhampton 10:48

 Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 15:41  Arrive Leamington Spa 16:36

                - Depart Leamington Spa 16:46 Arrive Marylebone  18:11

 (No trains from Euston due to Engineering works all weekend)



 Sat 1/9/18 v West Ham - A - no club trip

 The London Stadium is served by three railway stations, Stratford, Stratford International and Hackney Wick, all of which are around a 10-15 minute walk away.  Stratford Station is located next to the large Westfield Shopping Centre. It is the main station in the area, with overground connections from Liverpool Street and Clapham Junction. Jubilee, Central tube lines and Docklands Light Railway also serve this station. Stratford International Railway Station - Served by High Speed trains from London St Pancras (journey time 7 minutes). It is also located on the Docklands Light Railway. Hackney Wick Railway Station -  Served by trains from Clapham Junction, Richmond and Stratford.


 Sun 16/9/18 v Burnley H 1:30pm kick off; live on Sky Sports (changed to Sunday 1:30 ko)


 Outward - Depart Euston 08:50   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:11

 Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 16:45  Arrive Euston  18:36

 Fare TBA


 Sat 22/9/18 v Man Utd A

 Out - Dep Euston 09:40 Arrive Manchester Piccadily 11:46

  Ret - Dep Manchester Piccadilly 18:35 Arrive Euston 20:57 Fare TBA


 29/9/18 v Southampton H

 Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

 Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53

 and a reminder for the train travellers that the route to the Bluebrick may be a little more difficult as the normal route through the subway  is closed.  The map recommends going along the Ring Road, but via the Great Western may be easier through the taxi rank and down Cornhill and cut across to the Premier Inn (or stop off in the Western)



  Premier League Fixture changes

 SkyBT/Fixture changes: to be announced for Aug/Sept by 6 July (announced on time); Oct/Nov 7 Aug; Dec/Jan 12 Oct; Feb 12 Dec; Mar 25 Jan; April 22 Feb; May 5 Apr; and for the final week 38 post week 37


 If keeping up to date with fixture changes is too onerous you can get automatic updates to your calendar either from the Premier League at http://pl.ecal.com/ or from Wolves website


 Pre-season friendlies

 Saturday August 4th Molineux Villareal (see travel above)

 Saturday 29th July [A] Derby County 3pm ko (see travel above)

 Wednesday July 25th Stoke City v  Wolves 19:45

 H-Hotels Cup Sunday 22nd July 2pm CEST Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum,   North Rhine-Westphalia

 Thursday 19th July v Ajax at The Bescot, Walsall

 UhrenCup  Sat July 14th Young Boys 16:00 local in Bern Berner Stadion Neufeld

 UhrenCup Weds July 10 6pm local ko FC Basel in Biel Tissot Arena

 Xtra fixture today:  7/7

 Wolves will play Neuchâtel Xamax FCS this evening at 6.30pm (CEST) in a recently arranged warm-up game ahead of the @Uhrencup on Tuesday. Supporters are welcome to attend the game which will take place at Union Sportive de Port-Valais Route Industrielle 4, 1897 Port-Valais, Switzerland. You might want to miss the warm up though!


 Note - Wolves are streaming some of the PSFs on Wolves TV -Five pre-season friendlies will be shown live on Wolves TV, including two while Nuno’s are in Switzerland against FC Basel and BSC Young Boys.Wolves’ clash with Ajax at the Banks’s Stadium will be shown live, as will the H-Hotels Cup which Wolves compete in on 22 July.


 2018-19 Fixtures London Wolves “Home matches”

 ●    AFC Bournemouth Sat 23 February

 ●    Arsenal Sat 10 November

 ●    Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 27 October

 ●    Chelski Sat 9 March

 ●    Crystal Palace Sat 6 October

 ●    Fulham Wed 26 December

 ●    Southampton Sat 13 April

 ●    Tottenham Hotspur  Sat 29 December

 ●    Watford Sat 27 April

 ●    West Ham United  Sat 1st September   

 Other away matches highlighted below in Blue and all  subject, of course, to change by Sky & BT (marked in red)


 Season schedule Wolverhampton Wanderers  


 01 H Sat 11 Aug 17:30 Everton   Molineux Live on BT

 02 A Sat 18 Aug Leicester 15:00  King Power Stadium

 03 H Sat 25 Aug 12:30 Man City   Molineux Live on Sky

 04 A Sat 1 Sep West Ham 15:00   London Stadium

 05 H Sun 16 Sep 13:30 Burnley   Molineux Live on Sky

 06 A Sat 22 Sep Man Utd 15:00   Old Trafford

 07 H Sat 29 Sep 15:00 Southampton   Molineux

 08 A Sat 6 Oct Crystal Palace 15:00   Selhurst Park

 09 H Sat 20 Oct 15:00 Watford   Molineux

 10 A Sat 27 Oct Brighton 15:00   Amex Stadium  

 11 H Sat 3 Nov 15:00 Spurs   Molineux

 12 A Sat 10 Nov Arsenal 15:00   Emirates Stadium

 13 H Sat 24 Nov 15:00 Huddersfield   Molineux

 14 A Sat 1 Dec Cardiff 15:00   Cardiff City Stadium

 15 H Tue 4 Dec 19:45 Chelsea   Molineux

 16 A Sat 8 Dec Newcastle 15:00   St. James' Park

 17 H Sat 15 Dec 15:00 Bournemouth   Molineux

 18 H Sat 22 Dec 15:00 Liverpool   Molineux

 19 A Wed 26 Dec Fulham 15:00   Craven Cottage (Boxing Day)

 20 A Sat 29 Dec Spurs 15:00   White Hart Lane

 2019

 21 H Tue 1 Jan 15:00 Crystal Palace   Molineux

 FAC3 Sat 5 Jan FA Cup 3rd round

 22 A Sat 12 Jan Man City 15:00   Etihad Stadium

 23 H Sat 19 Jan 15:00 Leicester   Molineux

 2 H Tue 29 Jan 19:45 West Ham   Molineux

 25 A Sat 2 Feb Everton 15:00   Goodison Park

 26 H Sat 9 Feb 15:00 Newcastle   Molineux

 27 A Sat 23 Feb Bournemouth 15:00   Vitality Stadium  

 28 A Tue 26 Feb Huddersfield 19:45   John Smith's Stadium

 29 H Sat 2 Mar 15:00 Cardiff   Molineux

 30 A Sat 9 Mar Chelsea 15:00   Stamford Bridge

 31 H Sat 16 Mar 15:00 Arsenal   Molineux

 32 A Sat 30 Mar Burnley 15:00   Turf Moor, Burnley  

 33 H Sat 6 Apr 15:00 Man Utd   Molineux

 34 A Sat 13 Apr Southampton 15:00   St. Mary's Stadium

 35 H Sat 20 Apr 15:00 Brighton   Molineux

 36 A Sat 27 Apr Watford 15:00   Vicarage Road

 37 H Sat 4 May 2019 15:00 Fulham   Molineux  

 38 A Sunday 12 May 2019 Liverpool 15:00   Anfield


 EFL Second Round (when Wolves enter) date not yet published (aka Carabao Cup) but they will be week commencing 27th August.

 The Final is Sunday 24th February 2019


 FSF


 Ready for Wolves entering Europe UEFA has announced changes in rules relating to the sale of alcohol at matches (unfortunately the discriminatory rules in England still apply)  http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/UEFA-changes-rules-on-alcohol-sales-in-European-competition

 Match Day Experience - your thoughts -  please contact Peter Abbott

 The Fans' Parliament members have set up a smaller committee to examine the match day experience at Molineux to feed back improvement ideas to Wolves for all Wolves fans and Peter Abbott is participating in this sub-committee.  If you have any thoughts on how to improve the match experience please contact Peter at the usual... abbswolf@ntlworld.com OR  @abbswolf OR, if necessary, 0044 7984 452043 OR talk with Peter at the AGM.   Issues which have already been raised are in the fans' parliament minutes, but, these may remind you of aspects you think worth taking forward. https://www.wolves.co.uk/fans/fans-parliament/


 Mel Eves

 is "running" a quarter marathon in aid of the charity he has been very closely involved with to help parents and chlidren for safe participation in Sports.  Link on our Facebook page or here https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/sportsparentsassociation?utm_id=106&utm_term=YvJwb6qn8


 TV personalities wanted

 Last time we advertised this opportunity we had one quizzer volunteer - just four more needed - any one interested?  Rehearsals start next week.  "I am contacting you from Hat Trick Productions, a television production company based in London. We are currently making a new football quiz show for ITV in which five football fans compete against teams from other clubs. We are on the hunt for some fantastic footie fans to take part and were hoping you might be able to help us spread the word.   We are looking for fans of all different ages and backgrounds with a passion for football and a great knowledge of the beautiful game to make up teams of 5 and go head to head against each other in this exciting new football quiz show!"   Please reply to me if you are interested and we'll see if we can get a team together.


 Peter B

 London Wolves est 1966

 mailto: webmaster@londonwolves.com www.londonwolves.com Tweet: @WWLSC

 Facebook: groups/119691874793 Wolverhampton Wanderers – London Wolves Supporters Club

 07533308257


 Dier's penalty - reactions from Beesotted


 https://youtu.be/b2id2xv-uSI

 The Walk - pictures London Wolves annual walk - The World Cup Walk by Geoff Castro

 So, the French finally won at (the) Trafalgar (actually it was drawing at half time and we had to get to the Sultan for the final 4-2).   Another excellent itinerary with great light cool and airy and not full pubs - thanks Geoff, who adjusted the programme for World Cup matches, reduced walking distances (helping the less perambulatory), slower pace (only 8km per hour for Geoff), and keeping 29 unruly participants together in Wandsworth and Tooting.  More pictures on the facebook page or at http://www.londonwolves.com/walk18.html

 Thanks to Darch for bringing the Nuno flag all the way from Plymouth while Charlie missed his first ever since being born, so we hope he enjoyed his barbeque.


May2018

    London Wolves Football quizzers on TV

    AGM Saturday July 21st

    World Cup Walk Saturday June 30th

    Big Willy

    Wolves Women last match

    Allstars

    Elephant & Castle

    Low level station access -the "Subway" is closed for a year (Map)

    Express & Star / Champions Parade

    FSF - Free Lions in Russia guide and Safe Standing Debate


London Wolves Football quizzers on TV "Football Genius"


We have been asked whether we would like to field a team on a brand new TV show which Hat Trick productions (of HIGNFY & Room 101 fame) are recording next month in London for ITV.  We'd need a team of 5 (?5 + reserve perhaps) to challenge supporters of another club.  I'm happy to collect volunteer names, especially for a team captain, to see if we can participate.  We know there are many skilled quizzers in the club (abbswolf, Stan, Mark, Rob, ......) and it's a chance to follow Mark's lead on Eggheads.


Please reply to this email as soon as you can if you are interested.



 AGM - Paternoster, St Paul's - Saturday 21st July

with a traditional 3pm kick off.

Yes, we return to the Paternoster for our 2018 AGM.  Featured on a Castronomic tour and a previous AGM, it is located opposite Greyfriars Church behind St Paul's and just a few steps from St Paul's Underground station (Newgate Street side).  Address is 2-4 Queens Head Passage, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DZ (on the corner of QHP and Newgate St (just along from the former Newgate prison))  Dave is finalising the agenda but expect it to be something like


1 Apologies for absence,


2 Chairman's Address


3 Minutes of 2017 ,


4 Matters Arising,


5 Secretary's Report


6 Treasurer's Report,


7 Travel Sec Report,


8 Social Sec Report,


9 Newsletter Editor's Report,


10 Website Editor's Report,


11 Election of Officers,


12 Membership fee,


13 Any Other Business.

If you have any topics you would like added to the agenda or AOB then please contact Dave Slape.  The previous AGM minutes are on the members' website.

If you are going to Berne/Basel to watch Wolves in the Uhren Cup (Watch Cup) there's still time to get back for this.


World Cup Walk Saturday June 30th Tooting Meet JJ Moons 11:30 (or earlier)

Yes, it's a Geoff Castro special  and through careful diary planning Geoff has arranged to avoid a clash with Ingerland matches and writes

Join "Citizen Castro" on a South London Stroll taking in the favourite pubs frequented by Wolfie (not the mascot) and the "Tooting Popular Front".  On this safari across the plains of Tooting, Clapham and Wandsworth, there will be plenty of opportunity to experience the"Antelope", the "Falcon" and even an "Eagle" and so take the bull "By the Horns" and come along.

Meet at J.J. Moons, 56A Tooting High Street (opposite Tooting Broadway Underground Station on the Northern Line) at11-30 for a 12 noon start (or earlier for breakfast!). Hope to see you there ...... and do not forget - "Freedom For Tooting"! Apologies if you are too young to remember!


What's this got to do with the world cup?  Here's a clue. l



and good luck to Romain Saiss and Alfred N'Diaye both called up for the World Cup

 

Big Willy - from Brian


Learn about Willy Boly's past http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2018/feature-willy-boly-the-storied-journey-of-the-french-youth-international-bad-boy-turned-championship-champion-and-wolves-lynchpin/#.Wu7dG6GNb6Q.twitter


Willy sent a message to Wolves Women


(here https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/997458909295243264) who play their last match of the season at Forest - at the Lee Westwood Sports Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham, NG11 8NS.  Forest are just 5 points ahead and a win for WWWFC could see them leapfrog Guiseley and West Brom.   Good luck ladies, we are pleased to have sponsored you and Anna for the season again.


Wolves Allstars


Meanwhile Jody Craddock captained the Allstars to open Dudley Town's new pitches as the Allstars continue with their fundraising.  Story at https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2018/05/12/match-marks-opening-of-644000-dudley-football-pitch/

Elephant and Castle

No, not that one - the one on the Stafford Road and Ring Road, which was demolished in 2001.  The Black Country Living Museum are planning to recreate the pub and has put out an appeal for any memories particularly from the post-war period.   So, if you drank in there on the way to/from Molineux and have memories of the pub from the 60s you can contact the museum on collections@bclm.com or by calling on 0121 557 9643.



Low level station access

well, not really but the route via the "Subway", including that to the Bluebrick, is changing from the station from this weekend until summer 2019

Here's the article and new map.  Molineux is further round the A4150 Ring Road top left.


Express & Star/ Champions Parade

The map was from the Star last week.  They have reinstated their simple syndication service, so our website in the top section of the homepage (desktop and mobile) will now again carry the Star's Wolves feeds, with frequently updated links to Tim Spiers' and Nathan Judah's articles.


As you can imagine they were busy last week with the Premier League promotion celebrations and published a special - a copy of which is attached.  The advertising on the Routemaster has helped  fuel speculation that the shirts next season will show Tsing Tao (pronounced Ching Dow) a beer owned by Fosun, or even Club Med.

You can subscribe to the Star digital edition for just over £1 a week https://www.expressandstar.com/services/#subscriptions-tab


FSF - Free Lions in Russia guide and Safe Standing Debate

You can access the FSFs guide on line here http://fsf.org.uk/assets/Free-Lions/World-Cup-2018-Guidebook-web-version.pdf  or order a printed copy with a £2 donation on the FSF website

Just a reminder that the England games are England v Tunisia 18th June @ 7pm BST; England v Panama 24th June @ 1pm BST and England v Belgium 28th June @ 7pm BST


"MPs grilled the sports minister Tracey Crouch about standing and all-seater legislation on Thursday 10th, but the Government insists its position will not change in the short-term. "That is not to say that we are not looking at ways in which we can accommodate those who do wish to stand," Crouch told Parliament. "But we do not have any plans at this moment to change the legislation.”" (FSF) MPs will have another opportunity to debate standing next month on 25th June - you can watch this on the Parliament channel.  Crouch's tone during the 10th questions seemed very much one of kicking it into the long grass.



December 2017


    Roy's ninth annual Xmas lunch

    Anna Price and Amber Quick honoured at Molineux

    Team Nigeria Fundraising for Carl Ikeme and football in Nigeria with Mark Feehan

    Two Dangerous Daves

    Travel to Jan 2 - plus Fulham boat trip & TFL Christmas

    FSF news


Xmas 2017

Roy's annual Xmas party was another roaring success thanks to the participation of Colin Brazier and Mel Eves and a great turnout by members.  The raffle raised £65 for an important new charity with which Mel is involved, the Sports Parents Association - find out more at https://sportsparentsassociation.org.uk/  Mel wrote


Hello Roy, once again it was an absolute pleasure to join yourself and the wonderful London Wolves family. Thank you so much for supporting the SPA with the proceeds of the raffle - it is very much appreciated.


Thank you and UTW


Mel (with smiley heart)

More pictures from MarkF, MarkG, Roy and Dave are on the website at http://www.londonwolves.com/xmas17.html


Anna Price and Amber Quick honoured at Molineux


Many congratulations to Anna and Amber who were honoured at Molineux on Saturday after opening the new Women's section in the Wolves museum.   Both have been at the Club since they were nine! (pic from Liam & Sam Bagnall)  We hope to invite manager Steve Cullis, Claire, and Anna, who we sponsor, to lunch before the Forest match when Roy will try to book tables for travelling members.    Anna and Amber joined us five years ago at the 2012 lunch http://www.lwarchive.londonwolves.com/xmas12.html when we first sponsored the ladies team.


 More at http://www.londonwolves.com/xmas17.html#Women



Team Nigeria Fundraising for Carl Ikeme


Mark Feehan was asked to represent Wolves at the Nigeria UK Fundraising event in Stratford  to support the Super Eagles and Wolves #1 Carl Ikeme - which was in the Leeds programme.  Also present was one-time Wolves top-scorer Seyi Olofinjana.

-- Here's Dangerous Dave 1


-- and Dangerous Dave 2 on his new book written with Paul Berry at Molineux, and, on Saturday he was promising to beat Cardiff tonight to do us a favour.  A 95th minute near assist from Dave hit the post but the Royals held Cardiff to a draw.



Fulham (away) - A river cruise


In the meantime, member Mark Griffiths who runs On The Ball Travel has arranged to invade Craven Cottage by boat and Roy has arranged for London Wolves members to join the cruise.  The  boat will depart the Festival Pier for a 3 hour cruise upstream to Putney Bridge.  On board will be a DJ, oh and, of course, a bar!   Mark has agreed a special price of £15 for London Wolves members only.  Booking must be made through Roy and is strictly payment in advance. There will be a refund if the trip is cancelled because of a Sky move.  As usual, first come first served until the boat reaches capacity (and Mark is taking direct bookings for Midlanders as well)  The boat is the one in the foreground, not HMS Belfast.



Timings:


11.15am – Board Boat (Festival Pier*) For A 11.30am Departure

14.15pm  Dock At Putney Bridge To Disembark And Walk To Craven Cottage


If you are Wolverhampton/Midlands based you can travel from there by booking directly with Mark for £38 at http://www.ontheballtravel.com/fulham-v-wolves-party-boat/ .  The coach will leave Wolverhampton at around 7:30am, and will leave directly from Craven Cottage after the match.

(* Festival Pier is near the Festival Hall (don't confuse it with the London Eye pier - it is nearer Waterloo Bridge - 6-7 minutes walk from Waterloo)



Revised Travel to January 2

Home matches


Sat 23/12/17 v Ipswich

Outward - Depart Euston 08:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 10:37 (note - departs London 1 hour earlier than originally scheduled)

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53


Tue 2/1/17 v Brentford (home)

Outward-Depart Euston  13:23  Arrive Birmingham International 14:33;  

                 Depart Birm International 14:38  Arrive Wolverhampton 15:23

Return   - Depart Wolverhampton  22:29  Arrive Birmingham New St  22:54

                 Depart Birmingham New St 23:10  Arrive Euston 01:13

NOTE:   Earlier outward and return trains.

  There are no direct trains from Euston to Wolverhampton this weekend


Away Matches


Fri 15/12/17 v Sheffield Wed  Live on Sky

Trains cancelled - No official club trip. Anyone wishing to go to this match please contact Travel Secretary.


Tue 26/12/17 v Millwall (kick-off 1pm)

No travel details available at present. Main line trains from London Bridge to South Bermondsey are unlikely to be running on Boxing Day.

Tube and Bus services will  be running.


Sat 30/12/17 v Bristol City kick off 5:30pm Live on Sky


Outward - Depart Paddington 12:27 Arrive Bristol Temple Meads 14:15 (approx 90 mins later)

Return    - Depart Bristol Temple Meads 20:35 Arrive Paddington 22:20 (approx 2 hours later)

Fare TBA


Also TFL London have published arrangements for Christmas

London Travel Christmas 2017-New Year 2018 visit  for more information


https://tfl.gov.uk/status-updates/major-works-and-events/boxing-day-2017

Tube: Sunday service;      Circle line closed between Aldgate and Edgware Road via Victoria;      District line closed between South Kensington and Edgware Road/Ealing          Broadway/Richmond/Wimbledon/Kensington (Olympia);       Piccadilly line trains will also call at District line stations between Acton Town and Hammersmith; TfL Rail: Replacement buses will run between Chadwell Heath and Shenfield, and between Stratford and Romford; London Overground: No service; National Rail: No service on most National Rail network.

More information on New Year's Evehttps://tfl.gov.uk/status-updates/major-works-and-events/new-year-s-eve-2017

Large crowds are expected in central London on New Year's Eve. The service changes and road closures  implemented will help the celebrations run smoothly. These include:Free travel on TfL's network between 23:45 and 04:30;Tube: Normal Sunday service, although some Tube stations will be busier then normal and others will become exit-only, this is still the best way to get around - services run throughout the night;Buses: Sunday service, diversions in central London from around 14:00 - some day routes run into the night;London Overground: Sunday service, no service on some lines and some services run throughout the night;Driving: The Congestion Charge won't apply. Planned road works, including the A1 Holloway Road and road closures in central London for New Year's Eve celebrations;DLR: Services run throughout the night; TfL Rail: Replacement buses will run between Chadwell Heath and Shenfield and Stratford and Romford;Trams: Sunday service until last scheduled tram followed by an all-night service;Taxis: An extra £4 per journey after 20:00;Cycling: Some docking stations in central London are suspended

New Year's Eve fireworks

The Mayor of London's annual fireworks is sold out celebration takes place by the London Eye on The Queen's Walk.

This is a ticketed event and there will be no viewing areas from bridges outside the ticketed area. Tickets are sold out. If you have a ticket, you're reminded: To arrive at the correct side of the river for your viewing area, as river crossings will be limited from the afternoon Public transport is to best way to get around, although some buses will be diverted or finish earl Free travel Between 23:45 and 04:30, you can travel free on Transport for London's network. This includes the Tube, London Overground, buses, the DLR and trams.

January 1st Virgin Trains

There will be two services per hour in each direction between London Euston and Birmingham New Street. The only through services between Wolverhampton and London are at the start and end of service. Trains will not call at Sandwell & Dudley.


53 things Wolves

In case you didn't see this.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/53-things-only-wolves-fans-13886390


FSF news from Stoo


Harry Kane earns major fan award; Spurs forward named FSF Men's Player of the Year, Neville wins best pundit


The annual FSF awards were a huge success once more and this year's ceremony, held at the Tower of London, saw Harry Kane become the first Englishman to win the FSF Men's Player of the Year award. Gary Neville picked up his third Pundit of the Year award and his Sky Sports colleague Martin Tyler won Commentator of the Year for the fifth time. You can see a full list of winners.FSF Awards 2017: the winners...FSF Awards 2017: Photo gallery...

FSF Awards: the interviews

Marcus Speller of the Football Ramble kindly took time to interview all the winners from this year's awards -  you can watch them all now.

Sussex Police issue apology

Police claims that Palace fans had attempted to enter the Amex with knives & knuckledusters were false the force said.


Up the Wolves!

Peter

London Wolves 50th Anniversary season 2016-17

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July 2017 (2) Travel/AGM/TeamKemes/Wolves programme/Women’s Footy

In this issue


    Travel updates

    AGM

    Carl Ikeme 24 penalties Aug 4th / Sep 2nd

    Wolves Sky Sports documentary 4-6th August

    Womens' Football by Heather Large

    Wolves Commentaries, videos package announced

    Sky Sports Football Yearbook

    Jacqui Oatley: a Grenfell Tower families support event Wednesday August 9th

    And finally - the difference 6 points make - on BT TV tonight


Travel Updates

Peter has changed a couple of trips

Tues 8/8/17 v Yeovil (home)

Outward - Depart Euston 14:43  Arrive Wolverhampton 16:37

Return - Unchanged

Sat 12/8/17 v Derby (away)

Outward - Depart St Pancras 09:26  Arrive Derby  11:03

Return - Depart Derby 19:21  Arrive St Pancras 21:03

As ever, these are on the website at mobile.londonwolves.com/travel.html or londonwolves.com/travel.html


AGM

The minutes will be available shortly on the website from Matthew londonwolves.com/agms.html

To summarise

●    Attendance committee less 2 plus 8 members

●    Some clarifications discussed on previous minutes including a rule change

●    Dave reported an increase in membership to 219

●    Peter W reported that we have 6 club STs and 13 ASTHs Most travel was for Sheffield Weds (33) Brentford (27) and Newcastle (25).   27 home match and 17 away matches had travel and Morris also supported the trips.

●    Roy in wet Llandudno said social events, especially the Seagull pie, were very successful and more to come this year

●    Steve Ray reported that Newsletter should be with Dave for distribution in a couple of weeks

●    Sponsorship of the website led to a surplus of £332.  Costs are to rise but we may be able to find a cheaper ISP.

●    No change was proposed in the membership fee

●    Rule changes were agreed by the membership to allow the use of a corporate credit card (to be published)

●    The meeting voted unanimously to continue Wolves Women sponsorship for the ladies and Captain Anna Price (née Perks)

●    2016-7 Accounts from Carol - overall deficit reported including some settling of carry over from 50th Dinner in last year’s accounts


Carl Ikeme

Since the announcement that Carl is suffering from Leukaemia, many have rallied round to support him and the @cureluekaemia charity.  We mentioned the 24 hour penalty shoot out at Molineux on August 4th/5th (by the ticket office)  details at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/theyworetheshirt and more here https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/club/20170726-24-hour-penalties-for-cure-leukaemia/  while Peter Abbott  mentioned Johnny Norgrove who is running the Birmingham marathon in support https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/john-mary-norgrove5  Johnny, or Nogga,  is also contactable at @norgrovejohn


The picture was tweeted by Dave Edwards 26/7/17


The attached E&S article also tells you more about the two events.  To donate and/or take part in the penalty shoot out text CARL24 £5 to 70070


Wolves Sky Sports documentary 4-6th August

https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/club/20170725-working-with-wolves-documentary/ on Sky Sports 4/5/6th August (probably on the EFL channel) Womens' Football by Heather Large https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/grassroots/2017/07/25/why-womens-footy-is-winning-over-fans/ A very good article including an interview with Wolves Women's manager Tim Dudding.


Wolves Commentaries, videos/audio package announced


The package includes live commentaries of all first team matches

https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/club/2017726-wolvestv-seasonal-pass-now-available/

The seasonal subscription costs £45 and in addition to the live commentary will also include extended match highlights, full match replays when Wolves have streamed overseas, some Under 23 games streamed live, extended video interviews and features.  The live commentary can be accessed worldwide on any device and highlights / full match replays will be available after the EFL embargo.  Wolves will announce when they will be live streaming Under 23 games and ensure subscribers are notified.

Many of the highlights and interviews from the pre-Season matches are on the Wolves channel on YouTube if you haven't seen them.


Sky Sports Football Yearbook

Dear Member,

The FSF we would like you to know that we are offering again the sale of Sky Sports Football Yearbook for the coming 2017-18 season.

 As members of the FSF you are entitle to received this book at our discounted rate of £14 for Paperback and £23.50 for Hardback. As well as being able to pass this discount on to your own members by getting them to simply state your organisation's name when they place their order.

 Please visit/share our link here http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/sky-sports-football-yearbook-2017-18 for how to purchase a copy.

Kind regards, Nina (Nina Bond, Finance & Administration Manager)


Jacqui Oatley: a Grenfell Tower families support event Wednesday August 9th

Jacqui  is hosting The FWA (Football Writers Association) event and wrote "Hope you'll come along to support the London Fire Relief Fund while listening to top pros talking to us about football."  The FWA, supported by William Hill, have pulled together some of the biggest names in the football media world to preview the upcoming season, including Gary Lineker, Henry Winter, Paul Elliot and more, to raise money for the London Fire Relief Fund which is organised by the British Red Cross.  The event will be hosted by Jacqui Oatley MBE at the Ham Yard Hotel, London.  Time: 7.00-10.00pm Location: Ham Yard Hotel, 1 Ham Yard, Soho, London W1D 7DT Tickets include complimentary snacks and drinks. Tickets are priced at £27.14, which are likely to sell out quickly. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fwa-live-season-preview-in-aid-of-the-london-fire-relief-fund-tickets-36538711269


And finally - the difference 6 points make

On 4th May 2013 Wolves went down with 51 pts. 36 years before they were Champions with 57! (in the old Division One, now the Championship, although 4 fewer games).  BT Sport are showing "Big Match" videos today of the Chelsea/Bolton matches at 7pm (Thurs), and several further repeats in the next few days.



July 2017 Fixtures/Travel/teamkemes



AGM Friday 21st July 2017 7:30pm


Shipwrights Arms London Bridge   88 Tooley Street London SE1 2TF (upstairs room)

minutes at www.londonwolves.com/agms.html  and included below

Agenda:

 1 Apologies for absence,

 2. Chairman's Address,

 3 Minutes of 2016 (see below),

 4 Matters Arising,

 5 Secretary's Report

 6 Treasurer's Report,

 7 Travel Sec Report,

 8 Social Sec Report,

 9 Newsletter Editor's Report,

10 Website Editor's Report,

11 Election of Officers,

12 Membership fee,

13 Any Other Business


Newly promoted Wolves Women support #teamkemes

coverage of their first big training session - pictures from @funky_si here

https://www.facebook.com/pg/simonfphoto/photos/?tab=album&album_id=289152404826413


Steve Plant has published details of the Carl Ikeme Cure Leukaemia fundraiser on 2nd September 12noon-6pm - donate to get a ticket here

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/theyworetheshirt


Live coverage by Wolves TV

The away friendly versus FC Viktoria Plzen (2:1 to Wolves) was broadcast on Wolves TV without commentary. Tuesday's match against will also be streamed for free as part of the new Wolves TV offering testing.  Kick off is 5pm - go to the wolves.co.uk homepage at about 16:50 for the link.  More details here https://www.wolves.co.uk/…/2017713-free-live-streams-for-w…/. The UK PSFs will also be streamed - Shrews and Posh will cost though - an extortionate £7 for two PSFs! Leicester will be streamed but NOT to UK for £5.  Wolves are planning to offer such a service on League matches but not within the UK - all off to Malta then.... Highlights of the Plzen match are now available on the Wolves site, so, if you didn't join Mark G's charabanc tour it's a chance to catch up. https://youtu.be/d185pcrscNs


At the same time the EFL have announced iFollow for overseas fans - 46 matches will be streamed (excluding Sky matches) for approx £110 per season, while for UK fans, the audio streams and highlights will be available for £45 per season.  However Accrington Stanley, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Brighton and Hove Albion, Bristol City, Charlton Athletic, Derby County, Fulham, Leeds United, Leyton Orient, Newcastle United, QPR and Wolverhampton Wanderers have not joined this service and you'll have to wait for WWFC charges to be announced.  Rumours were that the fee for the PSFs was to be £20, so, extrapolating, the tv service might cost as much as a season ticket!  But, if it's as good as the BT Sport tv app, with HD coverage and instant replays of key incidents....


Moves

Good luck to the Stears who is now a Blade, Dom Iorfa on loan at Peter Abbott's local club, and Jon Dadi who has gone Royal, while George Elokobi has joined the Orient's rebuilding programme.


EFL Championship 2017-18 Fixtures


Sky Sports have not included Wolves in the first batch of televised matches (through to the Millwall weekend), although I suspect the (already moved) Villa match may be a likely candidate in October, if both teams are near the top or bottom.

2017

1 Sat 05th Aug 15:00 Middlesbrough H

EFLC1  Tue 08th Aug 19:45 H Yeovil (now the Carabao Cup)

2 Sat 12th Aug 15:00 Derby A

3 Tue 15th Aug 19:45 Hull A

4 Sat 19th Aug 15:00 Cardiff H

EFL2 Tue 22nd  Aug 19:45

5 Sat 26th Aug 15:00 Brentford A

6 Sat 09th Sep 15:00 Millwall H

7 Tue 12th Sep 19:45 Bristol City H

8 Sat 16th Sep 15:00 Nottm Forest A

EFL3 Tue 19th Sep 19:45

9 Sat 23rd  Sept 15:00 Barnsley H

10 Tue 26th Sept 19:45 Sheffield Utd A

11 Sat 30th Sept 17:30 Burton Albion A

12 Sat 14th Oct 15:00 Aston Villa H

13 Sat 21st Oct 15:00 Preston H

14 Sat 28th Oct 15:00 QPR A

15 Tue 31st Oct Norwich A

16 Sat   4th  Nov 15:00 Fulham H

17 Sat 18th Nov 15:00 Reading A

18 Tue 21st Nov 19:45 Leeds H

19 Sat 25th Nov 15:00 Bolton H

20 Sun  3rd Dec 13:00 Birmingham A

21 Sat  9th Dec 15:00 Sunderland H

22 Sat 16th Dec 15:00 Sheff Weds A

23 Sat 23rd Dec 15:00 Ipswich H

24 Tue 26th Dec 13:00 Millwall A

25 Sat 30th Dec 15:00 Bristol City A

2018

26 Mon 1st Jan 2018 15:00  Brentford H

FAC3 Sat  6th Jan 15:00  FA Cup 3rd round

27 Sat 13th Jan 15:00 Barnsley A

28 Sat 20th Jan 15:00 Notts Forest H

29 Sat 27th Jan 15:00 Ipswich A

FAC4 Sat 27th Jan 15:00 FA Cup 4th round

30 Sat   3rd Feb 15:00 Sheffield United H

31 Sat 10th Feb 15:00 QPR H

FAC4 Sat 17th Feb 15:00 FA Cup 5th round

32 Sat 17th Feb 15:00 Preston A

33 Wed 21st Feb 19:45 Norwich H

34 Sat 24th Feb 15:00 Fulham A

35 Sat   3rd Mar 15:00 Reading H

36 Tue   6th Mar 19:45  Leeds A

37 Sat 10th Mar 15:00 Aston Villa A  

38 Sat 17th  Mar 15:00 Burton Albion H

39 Fri 30th Mar 19:45? Middlesbrough A

40 Mon 2nd Apr 15:00 Hull H

41 Sat   7th Apr 15:00 Cardiff A

42 Tue 10th Apr Derby H

43 Sat 14th Apr 15:00 Birmingham H

44 Sat 21st Apr 15:00 Bolton A

45 Sat 28th Apr 15:00 Sheff Weds H

46 Sun  7th May 12:00 Sunderland A

Sat 26th May FA Cup Final

Mon 28th May tbc 17:30 Play off final


*All fixtures are subject to change  changes marked in blue

London Wolves "home" matches  away at

Brentford 26Aug;  Fulham 24Feb; Millwall Boxing Day ko changed! QPR 28Oct;  Reading 18Nov (Ipswich for Peter A 27Jan)


Travel (from Peter Woodifield)


Contact Peter to book tickets/travel Mobile: 07885 141227 e-mail - peter.woodifield@outlook.com or travel@londonwolves.com

M5 closures at West Brom - see attached E&S article.


Here are the provisional travel arrangements for July, August and September:-


Home matches


Sat 29/7/17 v Leicester City (pre-season friendly)

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53


Sat 5/8/17 v Middlesbrough

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:55


Tue 8/8/17 v Yeovil (Carabao Cup (EFL Cup) 1st Round)

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:13


Sat 19/8/17 v Cardiff City

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53


Sat 9/9/17 v Millwall

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:55


Tue 12/9/17 v Bristol City

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:15


Sat 23/9/17 v Barnsley

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53



Away matches


Sat 12/8/17 v Derby County

Outward - Depart St Pancras 09:58 Arrive Derby 11:23

Return - Depart Derby 19:01  Arrive St Pancras 20:30 Fare TBA


Tue 15/8/17 v Hull City

No official club trip. Any member wishing to go to this match please contact Travel Secretary.


Sat 16/9/17 v Nottingham Forest

Outward - Depart St Pancras 09:29 Arrive Nottingham 11:18

Return - Depart Nottingham 18:05  Arrive St Pancras 19:56  Fare TBA


Tue 26/9/17 v Sheffield Utd

No official club trip. Any member wishing to go to this match please contact Travel Secretary.


Sat 30/9/17 v Burton Albion

Outward - Depart Euston 09:03   Arrive Birmingham New St 10:26

               - Depart Birmingham New St 10:49 Arrive Burton-on-Trent 11:20

Return    - Depart Burton-on-Trent 18:24  Arrive Birmingham New St 18:55

               - Depart Birmingham New St 19:10  Arrive Euston 20:53


There won't be trips arranged to any other pre-season friendlies.


Peter's travel information is kept up-to-date on the website www.londonwolves.com/travel.html or mobile.londonwolves.com/travel.html

(you can select either and it will transfer you to the mobile site if you are connecting from your phone).


Safe Standing campaign http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/shrews-look-to-make-rail-seat-breakthrough


Up the Wolves!

Peter

50th Anniversary season 2016-17

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Minutes of 2016 AGM


Meeting held at the Paternoster, 2-4 Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DZ on Saturday 3 September 2016


1. Apologies for absence:


Apologies for absence were received from P Abbott, D Pearl, L Mastebraker, S Armett, K Riordan, G Blake, A Allsop, J Engleman and J Leonard.


2. Chairman's address:


Stuart thanked the committee for the effort put in during the year and for organising the 50th anniversary dinner/dance.  Stuart said that the club had had a very successful year culminating in the anniversary with events at Molineux and Charlton.  He congratulated Roy Eagles, Dave Slape and Morris Jacobs for their fundraising efforts.


3. Matters arising from 2015 AGM:


Dave Slape asked about the latest position with xpro.  Stuart said that another letter had been received from the solicitors approximately 3 months ago but had been incorrectly addressed.  Nothing further had been heard since.  Approval of the minutes was proposed by Roy Eagles and seconded by Dave Slape.


 4. Secretary’s report:


Dave Slape reported that the membership stood at 209 at the end of last season (15/16).  Subs paid up to 31/7/16 were £2,721 and the Golden Gate up to the same date had brought in £636.  The secretary’s expenses were £1,189.82.  Dave Slape said he would like to thank Peter Woodifield, Stuart Earl, Peter Bartlett, Roy Eagles, Steve Ray and Morris Jacobs.


A vote of thanks was given to Dave Slape for all his work over the last year.


 5. Treasurer’s Report:


Carol reported that she is still looking for a high interest account but this is proving difficult.


Peter Bartlett enquired as to the entry for DVD on the accounts and Carol informed the meeting that this relates to a payment in respect of xpro.


Phil O’Connor asked why the Club needed to have £6,000 on deposit and appeared to be making a profit each year.  Carol responded that we needed a buffer for large expenditure such as the season tickets or match tickets which have to be paid in advance.  After some discussion on the point Roy Eagles proposed that the balances be monitored by the Treasurer and it be reviewed next year.  This was proposed by Geoff Castro and seconded by Peter Bartlett.


6. Travel Secretary’s report:


Peter reported that we ran trips to all 26 home games and 15 away games.  He thanked Morris Jacobs who provided transport to a number of midweek games.  The highest attended trips were:


                Home – Brighton (34) and Ipswich (30)


                Away – Ipswich (26) and Nottingham Forest (17)


There was a slight increase in the average number travelling to home games but a slight decrease for the away games.


Fare prices varied throughout the year because we have to compete with other travellers in order to get the cheapest fares.  The fare for home games varied between £16-£25.  Train companies demand immediate payment once the tickets are booked.


We have renewed 6 club season tickets for the 2016/17 season on the early bird scheme and members also purchased 12 away season tickets.


Peter thanked the Wolves ticket office, particularly Dave Wood, in meeting our requests for match tickets last season and thanked Dave Slape for his help during the season and Geoff Castro for booking accommodation on some of the evening away games.


7. Social Secretary’s report


Roy reported that it had been difficult to organise events because of fixtures being changed for Sky.  The Christmas event was cancelled because the match was switched .  An event was held in November at which Mike Bailey attended which proved very successful as was the end of season meal and trip to Monmore.


 Stuart will go to view a possible venue for this year’s Christmas event.  Roy is also looking as an event on 22 October to coincide with the 50th Anniversary .  A pre-match meal at WV1 and possibly an evening event is the plan.


 8.  Newsletter Editor’s report:


Steve said that the newsletter is currently with the printer and it should be out in the next couple of weeks.  He asked if any of the members had any articles that they could submit, these would be gratefully received.


 9.  Website Editor’s report:


 It was reported that we now have 2600 followers on twitter.


 10.  50th Anniversary Dinner:


 Feedback for the event had been good to very good.  There were a couple of hitches with the hotel over room bookings but these were resolved.  Initially we had invited 31 guests but we were very unlucky with the responses and a number failed to respond.  The response to the guests who did attend was very positive, particularly Kenny Jackett.  The final attendance figure for the event was 160.


 11.  Election of Officers:


After some discussion it was approved by a majority to keep the committee at 11.  Of the committee members 10 were willing to stand for re-election and Leo was standing down.  The 10 existing committee members were duly re-elected.


Following the resignation of Leo there was one vacancy on the committee.  Dave Slape said that he had received requests to stand for the committee from Peter Abbott and Phil O’Connor. Both were proposed and seconded and the proposal was put to the room.


After a majority vote Peter Abbott was voted on to the committee to replace Leo.


12.  Membership Fees:


Geoff Castro suggested that the membership fee remains the same for the coming season. This was approved by a majority vote.


13. Any other business:


Peter Abbott has been asked to stand as London Wolves representative for the Wolves Fan Parliament. This was agreed by the meeting.


Peter Bartlett raised the issue of sponsorship of Wolves Women and it was agreed that the club would continue their sponsorship for the fee of £500.


The WWLSC official 50th anniversary coincides with the Leeds match on 22 October.  Tim Spiers of the Express and Star has offered to prepare an article about WWLSC for the paper.


The committee is to look at amending the rules so that the website editor is included as a full committee member.


The meeting was closed at 15:15.


June 2017 (2) Travel

Wolves News

Travel (Peter Woodifield)

Fundraising for Colin Brazier

London Wolves Walk - another spectacular and informative expedition from Geoff Castro

Star reporter opening

Diary reminders

EFL Championship 2017-18 Fixtures

Wolves News

Today Millwall struck deals as expected for Jed Wallace and George Saville (as predicted in Saturday's news)

Silvio's departure was also announced, while rumours abound about fans' favourite Nouha Dicko, and a probable bid for Ethan Ebanks-Landell from the Blades, the team he won promotion with

No more "ins" have been announced, although Tim Spiers reports that Wolves have "missed out" on John O'Shea, so that is a real highlight for the week already!   Britt Assombalonga rumours are still about, although Burnley are also rumoured to be chasing him.

Geoff Shi made a strong statement about wanting to hang on to Helder Costa in his first day back video.

A reminder for season ticket holders that if you wish to change your seat you have to do this by July 1st.

and tomorrow on Sky Sports 1 k.o. at 5pm (UK) England U21 face Germany in the European Championship semi-final.  Penalties, anyone?

Travel (from Peter Woodifield)

Here are the provisional travel arrangements for July, August and September:-


Home matches


Sat 29/7/17 v Leicester City (pre-season friendly)

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53


Sat 5/8/17 v Middlesbrough

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:55


Tue 8/8/17 v Yeovil (Carabao Cup (EFL Cup) 1st Round)

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:13


Sat 19/8/17 v Cardiff City

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53


Sat 9/9/17 v Millwall

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:55


Tue 12/9/17 v Bristol City

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston  01:15


Sat 23/9/17 v Barnsley

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston  20:53



Away matches


Sat 12/8/17 v Derby County

Outward - Depart St Pancras 09:58 Arrive Derby 11:23

Return - Depart Derby 19:01  Arrive St Pancras 20:30 Fare TBA


Tue 15/8/17 v Hull City

No official club trip. Any member wishing to go to this match please contact Travel Secretary.


Sat 16/9/17 v Nottingham Forest

Outward - Depart St Pancras 09:29 Arrive Nottingham 11:18

Return - Depart Nottingham 18:05  Arrive St Pancras 19:56  Fare TBA


Tue 26/9/17 v Sheffield Utd

No official club trip. Any member wishing to go to this match please contact Travel Secretary.


Sat 30/9/17 v Burton Albion

Outward - Depart Euston 09:03   Arrive Birmingham New St 10:26

               - Depart Birmingham New St 10:49 Arrive Burton-on-Trent 11:20 

Return    - Depart Burton-on-Trent 18:24  Arrive Birmingham New St 18:55

               - Depart Birmingham New St 19:10  Arrive Euston 20:53


There won't be trips arranged to any other pre-season friendlies.

Peter's travel information is kept up-to-date on the website www.londonwolves.com/travel.html or mobile.londonwolves.com/travel.html
(you can select either and it will transfer you to the mobile site if you are connecting from your phone).

Fundraising for Colin Brazier

Our friend Jason Guy tells us "Colin Brazier former Wolves and 1980 League cup winner sadly had his van and tools pinched by a callous thief last week. For those that know Colin, he works hard, is a genuinely lovely guy and he needs a van and tools to work so that he continue in his self employment of kitchen fitting.  Colin left the van unattended for 2 minutes whilst he went to help somebody in their home, he returned to find his vehicle and equipment gone and as he left the keys in it he can't claim any insurance.  I am looking to help him raise just a couple of hundred pounds so he can buy some tools or put towards a van and get back working again. Thank you for reading - if you can donate please go to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/colinbrazier?utm_id=61  In just one day Jason has raised £200 but, as you know, this won't buy either a van or the number of tools Colin needs.

London Wolves Walk - another spectacular and informative  expedition from Geoff

Our thanks again to Geoff Castro for providing an educational and liquid itinerary.   It was also arranged for June 24th, the 10th anniversary of Derek Dougan's passing, so an opportunity to raise a glass to The Doog.   It was also great to see "life member" (he's been to every one since a baby) Charlie arrive early, and he brought sister Molly (no, Peter, naughty)

A broad selection of the many pubs in Greenwich were on the itinerary, although it did get complicated when three pubs were offered at the same time and the collective decision-making capability of the membership stretched to breaking point.   But all three were visited, with the barman of the Greenwich Union whooping with delight when a large contingent chose his pub, which stretched way out to the back and into the garden, even though next door neighbour Richard I sold genuine Snake Oil.

Some interesting facts were propounded - including that the Prime Meridian passes through Richmond, although that's rather a detour between Greenwich and East Greenwich as straight lines, or even great circles, go, isn't it Geoff?    However, there's no disputing that, like the view from Hampstead two years ago, the view from the observatory is one of the 10 best of London.

More pictures on the website at http://www.londonwolves.com/walk17.html



Star Fan reporter opening

After a successful year (apart from the results) as one of the six fans writing for the Express & Star their views on each match, Peter Abbott is looking for someone else to take on the role.   You need to attend most matches and write them up before a publishing deadline the following day.  If anyone is interested please reply to me or contact Tim Spiers the Wolves reporter at the Star.

as a postscript, the RSS news capability may be fixed soon and we'll revert to that on the website.

Diary reminders

Friday 30th June - make season ticket seat move request latest

Thursday 13th July EFL August and September live TV games announced (Peter will amend affected travel bookings after this)

Friday 14th July - Bully & The Don evening - Pattingham 

Friday 21st July - London Wolves AGM at the Shipwrights Arms, London Bridge

Saturday 29th July  final pre-season friendly at Molineux v Leicester City

Saturday 5th August Championship Season starts

Tuesday 8th August EFL (Carabao) Cup round 1

Tuesday 22nd August EFL Cup round 2

Tuesday 29th August Checkatrade trophy round 1 (group stage)

Friday October 6th Hayward Suite Molineux - They Wore The Shirt - Derek Parkin Tribute Dinner (contact Peter W or Roy to join London Wolves table - £50 per head) (This is the international weekend)


EFL Championship 2017-18 Fixtures

2017

1 Sat 05th Aug 15:00 Middlesbrough H

EFLC1  Tue 08th Aug 19:45 H Yeovil (now the Carabao Cup)

2 Sat 12th Aug 15:00 Derby A

3 Tue 15th Aug 19:45 Hull A

4 Sat 19th Aug 15:00 Cardiff H

EFL2 Tue 22nd  Aug 19:45

5 Sat 26th Aug 15:00 Brentford A

6 Sat 09th Sep 15:00 Millwall H

7 Tue 12th Sep 19:45 Bristol City H

8 Sat 16th Sep 15:00 Nottm Forest A

EFL3 Tue 19th Sep 19:45

9 Sat 23rd  Sept 15:00 Barnsley H

10 Tue 26th Sept 19:45 Sheffield Utd A

11 Sat 30th Sept 17:30 Burton Albion A

12 Sat 14th Oct 15:00 Aston Villa H

13 Sat 21st Oct 15:00 Preston H

14 Sat 28th Oct 15:00 QPR A

15 Tue 31st Oct Norwich A

16 Sat   4th  Nov 15:00 Fulham H

17 Sat 18th Nov 15:00 Reading A

18 Tue 21st Nov 19:45 Leeds H

19 Sat 25th Nov 15:00 Bolton H

20 Sat  2nd Dec 15:00 Birmingham A

21 Sat  9th Dec 15:00 Sunderland H

22 Sat 16th Dec 15:00 Sheff Weds A

23 Sat 23rd Dec 15:00 Ipswich H

24 Tue 26th Dec 15:00 Millwall A

25 Sat 30th Dec 15:00 Bristol City A

2018

26 Mon 1st Jan 2018 15:00  Brentford H

FAC3 Sat  6th Jan 15:00  FA Cup 3rd round

27 Sat 13th Jan 15:00 Barnsley A

28 Sat 20th Jan 15:00 Notts Forest H

29 Sat 27th Jan 15:00 Ipswich A

FAC4 Sat 27th Jan 15:00 FA Cup 4th round

30 Sat   3rd Feb 15:00 Sheffield United H

31 Sat 10th Feb 15:00 QPR H

FAC4 Sat 17th Feb 15:00 FA Cup 5th round

32 Sat 17th Feb 15:00 Preston A

33 Tue 20th Feb 19:45 Norwich H

34 Sat 24th Feb 15:00 Fulham A

35 Sat   3rd Mar 15:00 Reading H

36 Tue   6th Mar 19:45  Leeds A

37 Sat 10th Mar 15:00 Aston Villa A  

38 Sat 17th  Mar 15:00 Burton Albion H

39 Sat  31st Mar 15:00 Middlesbrough A

40 Mon 2nd Apr 15:00 Hull H

41 Sat   7th Apr 15:00 Cardiff A

42 Tue 10th Apr Derby H

43 Sat 14th Apr 15:00 Birmingham H

44 Sat 21st Apr 15:00 Bolton A

45 Sat 28th Apr 15:00 Sheff Weds H

46 Sun  7th May 12:00 Sunderland A

Sat 26th May FA Cup Final

Mon 28th May tbc 17:30 Play off final



*All fixtures are subject to change

London Wolves "home" matches  away at
Brentford 26Aug;  Fulham 24Feb; Millwall Boxing Day! QPR 28Oct;  Reading 18Nov (Ipswich for Peter A 27Jan)


PSFs:

Weds July 12 Wolves v Werder Bremen – 6pm KO – Parkstadion – Zell Am Ziller + for coach transfer from Munich contact member Mark Griffiths

Sat July15 (6pm) Viktoria Plzeň Jenbach

Tue 18th July FK Jablonec at Kematen (Gareth suggests a quick yodel of a well-known Wolves song)

Sat, July 22nd (3pm)  at Shrewsbury

Tues, July 25 (7:30pm) Peterborough Utd

Saturday, July 29th (3pm) Molineux retiring PL Champions Leicester City

 
Up the Wolves!
Peter



June 2017 (1)

    Saturday's Walk & The Doog

    Hall of Fame dinner 28th June

    Fixtures

    New - Derek Parkin  tribute dinner in October ("They wore the shirt")

    English language

    RSS feed


London Wolves Annual Walk Saturday 24th June


As well as the Walk, it's a chance to raise a glass to celebrate The Doog.  It hardly seems possible but it's ten years on Saturday since he died.


Just a reminder that this Saturday is the London Wolves walk, with tour guide Geoff Castro in Greenwich, home of the National Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory with the Prime Meridian Line, and the tea clipper Cutty Sark, not to mention a plethora of pubs.   Meet at "The Gate Clock" for 11am.  There is no lunch stop so if you want breakfast get there early!  Wetherspoons "The Gate Clock"* (named after the clock fixed to the gate of the Royal Observatory) is at 210 Creek Road, Greenwich SE10 9RB . Nearest stations are "Cutty Sark" on the DLR (next door) or Greenwich main line (13 minutes from Cannon St SE Trains, 40mins-1 hour by Thames Waterbus from the London Eye, 20 mins from Bank via DLR).  Google maps https://goo.gl/maps/PLeNBsTbrpF2

https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/london/the-gate-clock-greenwich   I'll try to bring some pocket fixture cards along.

Hall of Fame/FPA Dinner 28th June


Peter W had just one place left on the table for next week - so if you are interested see him on Saturday.  Remember  this is the long overdue induction of both Thommo and Big Frank.



Fixtures 2017-18 Championship Season

Fixtures were released on Wednesday June 21st.  Sky announce the initial batch of televised matches (and time changes 13th July)


London Wolves "home" matches  away at

Brentford 26Aug;  Fulham 24Feb; Millwall Boxing Day! QPR 28Oct;  Reading 18Nov (Ipswich for Peter A 27Jan)


PSFs:


Weds July 12 Wolves v Werder Bremen – 6pm KO – Parkstadion – Zell Am Ziller + for coach transfer from Munich contact member Mark Griffiths



EFL Championship 2017-18 Fixtures

2017

1 Sat 05th Aug 15:00 Middlesbrough H

EFLC1  Tue 08th Aug 19:45 H Yeovil (now the Carabao Cup)

2 Sat 12th Aug 15:00 Derby A

3 Tue 15th Aug 19:45 Hull A

4 Sat 19th Aug 15:00 Cardiff H

EFL2 Tue 22nd  Aug 19:45

5 Sat 26th Aug 15:00 Brentford A

6 Sat 09th Sep 15:00 Millwall H

7 Tue 12th Sep 19:45 Bristol City H

8 Sat 16th Sep 15:00 Nottm Forest A

EFL3 Tue 19th Sep 19:45

9 Sat 23rd  Sept 15:00 Barnsley H

10 Tue 26th Sept 19:45 Sheffield Utd A

11 Sat 30th Sept 17:30 Burton Albion A

12 Sat 14th Oct 15:00 Aston Villa H

13 Sat 21st Oct 15:00 Preston H

14 Sat 28th Oct 15:00 QPR A

15 Tue 31st Oct Norwich A

16 Sat   4th  Nov 15:00 Fulham H

17 Sat 18th Nov 15:00 Reading A

18 Tue 21st Nov 19:45 Leeds H

19 Sat 25th Nov 15:00 Bolton H

20 Sat  2nd Dec 15:00 Birmingham A

21 Sat  9th Dec 15:00 Sunderland H

22 Sat 16th Dec 15:00 Sheff Weds A

23 Sat 23rd Dec 15:00 Ipswich H

24 Tue 26th Dec 15:00 Millwall A

25 Sat 30th Dec 15:00 Bristol City A

2018

26 Mon 1st Jan 2018 15:00  Brentford H

FAC3 Sat  6th Jan 15:00  FA Cup 3rd round

27 Sat 13th Jan 15:00 Barnsley A

28 Sat 20th Jan 15:00 Notts Forest H

29 Sat 27th Jan 15:00 Ipswich A

FAC4 Sat 27th Jan 15:00 FA Cup 4th round

30 Sat   3rd Feb 15:00 Sheffield United H

31 Sat 10th Feb 15:00 QPR H

FAC4 Sat 17th Feb 15:00 FA Cup 5th round

32 Sat 17th Feb 15:00 Preston A

33 Tue 20th Feb 19:45 Norwich H

34 Sat 24th Feb 15:00 Fulham A

35 Sat   3rd Mar 15:00 Reading H

36 Tue   6th Mar 19:45  Leeds A

37 Sat 10th Mar 15:00 Aston Villa A  

38 Sat 17th  Mar 15:00 Burton Albion H

39 Sat  31st Mar 15:00 Middlesbrough A

40 Mon 2nd Apr 15:00 Hull H

41 Sat   7th Apr 15:00 Cardiff A

42 Tue 10th Apr Derby H

43 Sat 14th Apr 15:00 Birmingham H

44 Sat 21st Apr 15:00 Bolton A

45 Sat 28th Apr 15:00 Sheff Weds H

46 Sun  7th May 12:00 Sunderland A

Sat 26th May FA Cup Final

Mon 28th May tbc 17:30 Play off final


*All fixtures are subject to change



Calendar


    Friday 23rd June Away Season Ticket renewal deadline

    Saturday 24th June London Wolves Walk (see below)

    Thursday 13th July EFL August and September live TV games announced (Peter will make travel bookings after this)

    Friday 14th July - Bully & The Don evening - Pattingham

    Friday 21st July - London Wolves AGM at the Shipwrights Arms, London Bridge

    Saturday 29th July  final pre-season friendly at Molineux v Leicester City

    Saturday 5th August Championship Season starts

    Tuesday 8th August EFL (Carabao) Cup round 1

    Tuesday 22nd August EFL Cup round 2

    Tuesday 29th August Checkatrade trophy round 1 (group stage)

    Friday October 6th Hayward Suite Molineux - They Wore The Shirt - Derek Parkin Tribute Dinner


Special Molineux Event - to celebrate Derek Parkin


Another superb event being organised by the author of They Wore The Shirt, Steve Plant during the international break

if you'd like to join a London Wolves table please let Peter Woodifield or Roy Eagles know on Saturday at the Walk, or by email as soon as you can.  Tickets will be £50 per head.

Steve writes

DEREK PARKIN TRIBUTE DINNER  HAYWARD SUITE, MOLINEUX STADIUM FRIDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2017, 7.00 - 7.30PM


On the anniversary of the book launch we are holding a tribute dinner in honour of Derek Parkin, a member of the great team from the 70's, winning two League Cup Finals, playing in European and FA Cup semi finals, no one, dead or alive,has pulled on our famous shirt more often, 501 appearances between 1968 -1982, a record that will never be broken.


The dinner will be a This is your life style tribute with his team mates and celebrities taking to the stage to talk about and honour one of Wolves all time Legends. This is also a chance for fans to show their appreciation and respect,not only for one of our greatest players but also team to grace the Molineux turf.


Many of his former team mates will be present including the likes of John Richards, Kenny Hibbitt, John McCalle, Geoff Palmer, Willie Carr,  Phil "Lofty" Parkes, George Berry, Mel Eves, Barry Powell and will be joined by a few more recent legends and hopefully some of the current squad subject to availability.


 A tribute edition of the book will be available on the night with just 25 numbered copies. This will feature a new cover,individually numbered certificate and will be pre signed by many legends. The auction will also include the final edition of the book,copy number 1877,already signed by people featured in the book including the likes of JR, Kenny Hibbitt, Bully, Steve Daley, Derek Parkin, Steve Kindon, George Elokobi and the greatest living rock star on the planet, Robert Plant.....


Everyone will be seated and the night also includes videos, 2 course meal, fantastic raffle & auction / silent auction with a surprise ending we feel could not be bettered !! Dress code will be smart casual.


Once again every penny profit will go to to the Birmingham Children's Hospital in memory of my Dad. Proud to say that in the first 12 months we have handed over £28,500.00..............A massive thank you to everyone x

Steve Plant


English, like what it is spoke.

--and in the meantime, Brian Restall makes an observation on the difficulties facing any "foreign" imports ....

...  I sincerely hope that, if any of the many overseas players that super-agent Jorge Mendes will be signing for Wolves stay long enough to need English lessons, they're not given the info below ....  cheers, Brian.

homographs are words of like spelling, but with more than one meaning ;  a homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym ;  you think English is easy ??   this took a lot of work to put together !


1)   The bandage was wound around the wound.

2)   The farm was used to produce produce.

3)   The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.  

4)   We must polish the Polish furniture..

5)   He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6)   The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7)   Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8)   A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9)   When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10)  I did not object to the object.

11)  The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12)  There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13)  They were too close to the door to close it.

14)  The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15)  A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16)  To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17)  The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18)  Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

19)  I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20)  How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend ?


Let's face it - English is a crazy language ;  there is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple ;   English muffins weren't invented in England, or French fries in France ;  sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.


and much more…


RSS feed (the scrolling news on the website) (really simple syndication)

both the Express & Star and Birmingham Mail Wolves feeds seem to be out, so I've reverted to the less informative Daily Mail, hopefully temporarily


Congratulations to the young lions on reaching the U21s semi-final in Poland (Tuesday);  let's hope we see Kortney & Dominic with game time sometime.


See you Saturday, Up the Wolves!  and a chorus of D-D-D-Dougan....





January 2016

Kenny Jackett has again kindly agreed to us holding the 2016 London Wolves Meet the Players at the team hotel the night before the Reading match on Friday February 5th at 5pm sharp, so please assemble by 4:45 latest.   Hotel and bus service from the station details are on the website here http://www.londonwolves.com/mtpvenue.html or ask a committee member.  For security, we do not publish details on email or open pages of the website.   Our thanks go to Paul Richards of Wolves for arranging this.   Traffic around the hotel can be very busy during the Reading rush two hours, so plan for this, especially on a Friday night.

Hopefully this will be a chance to welcome our new striker Joe Mason from the Bluebirds, and, as Steve dubs him, Iron Mike Williamson from the Magpies.  Will there be another striker as also rumoured?  Is there a bird theme?


At long last, the rumours about the WWLSC magazine turning into a Norwegian Blue have been dismissed with the bumper January 2016 edition attached.   Yes, thanks to Steve borrowing a defibrillator from work, it's alive and kicking - and attached.  A great job by Steve resurrecting the edition, catching up, as well as being on top form with the match reports (apparently his Bees mates didn't go too well on Back to the Future Too) but I'm sure our latest signing will be pleased with "Iron Mike Punches his weight" . Our thanks again to Arsenal Dave for a great job in preparation.   The printed copies are at the new printers Steve has brought on board and hopefully will be winging their way to members in the next week or so who have requested a printed copy.


You will see "from the chair" that Stuart has already sent out the guest invitations for the 50th Anniversary dinner in July.  Yet again he is planning some great surprises for us with some special friends of London Wolves.  There's another booking form in the magazine.


Don't forget, also, that the U21s are at Crawley Town FC on Monday evening Feb 1st (7pm ko) details here to meet the Seagulls.  Perhaps a chance also to see some of the development signings including Hakeem Odofin.  Meeting pub probably Wetherspoons.  Tickets £5 (£2 concessions) details here http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/brighton-hove-albion-under-21s-to-play-at-crawley-2910922.aspx


Peter Woodifield has made the travel bookings through until March including the two match changes.


Home Matches

 

Tue 2nd February v Bolton (moved)

 

Outward- Depart Euston 13:23   Arrive Birmingham International 14:33

                - Depart Birmingham International 14:38  Arrive Wolverhampton 15:14

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston 01:15


Sat 13/2/16 v Preston


Outward - Depart Euston 09:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45  Arrive Euston 20:55


Sat 27/2/16 v Derby (k/o 12:30) Sky


Outward - Depart Euston 08:43   Arrive Wolverhampton 10:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton  15:45  Arrive Euston 17:33


Tue 8/3/16 v Bristol City


Outward - Depart Euston 13:43  Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45  Arrive Euston 01:15


Sat 12/3/16 v Birmingham was the 50th Anniversary of Mike Bailey's debut

Now Sun 13/3/16 v Birmingham (Home) kick-off 13:15


Outward - Depart Euston 08:50   Arrive Wolverhampton 11:13

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 16:45  Arrive Euston 18:38



Away Travel

 

Sat 6/2/16 v Reading 3pm


Reading railway station is situated just over three miles away from the Madejski Stadium.

Probably the easiest way to get to the ground is to catch the F1 'Football Special' bus, which eaves just down from the Railway Station on Station Hill (as you exit the station from the main entrance turn right). The bus service starts at 1pm for Saturday afternoon games. It is recommended that you join the bus queue no later than 45 minutes before kick off as all football traffic goes down the same dual carriageway to the stadium. The fare is £5 return for adults and £3 for children and normally takes about fifteen minutes to get to the ground. You should also have the correct fare as the drivers do not give out change.


Sat 20/2/16 v Huddersfield 3pm


Outward - Depart Kings Cross 09:03  Arrive Leeds 11:25

                 - Depart Leeds 11:36  Arrive Huddersfield 11:55

Return - Depart Huddersfield 17:31  Arrive Wakefield Westgate 18:09

             - Depart Wakefield Westgate 18:18  Arrive Kings Cross 20:28


Tue 23/2/16 v Brentford 7:45pm


The nearest railway station is Brentford. This is around a five minute walk away from the ground and the station is on the London Waterloo to Reading line, which normally has services running every 15 minutes. To get from the station to the ground, exit onto Station Road. Take the first right into Orchard Road, right again into Windmill Road and then first left into Hamilton Road which leads into New Road and the ground.

The nearest Underground Station to the ground is South Ealing, which is on the Piccadilly Line. The tube station is around a 15 minute walk from the ground, down Ealing Road. Turn right out of the station and go straight down Ealing Road, and then cross the A4.  Otherwise as you come out of the station cross over to the other side of Ealing Road and catch a number 65 bus down to the ground.


Fri 4/3/16 v Middlesbrough Sky 7:45pm

No Official club trip arranged. Any member wanting to go to this game please contact Travel Secretary.


Sat 19/3/16 v Burnley 3pm


Outward - Depart Euston 09:00  Arrive Manchester Piccadilly 11:07

                -  Walk/Bus to Manchester Victoria

                - Dep M’chester Victoria 11:56  Arr Burnley Manchester Rd 12:47

Return    - Depart Burnley Manchester Road 17:14  Arrive Preston 17:48

                - Depart Preston 17:58   Arrive Euston 20:19


Fixtures P 28 W 10  D 8 L 10 Pts  38 GD  -1 Pos 12


February

29 Tue 2 Feb Bolton     3pm H

30 Sat 06 Feb Reading 3pm A

31 Sat 13 Feb Preston 3pm H

32 Sat 20 Feb Hudd'fld 3pm A

33 Tue 23 Feb Brentford 7:45pm A

34 Sat 27 Feb Derby    12:30pm H  Sky

March

35 Fri 04 Mar  Middboro 7:45pm  A Sky

36 Tue 08 Mar Bristol C 7:45pm H

37 Sun13 Mar B'ham     13:15pm H Sky

38 Sat 19 Mar Burnley 3pm A

April

39 Sat 02 Apr Ipswich  3pm H

40 Tue 05 Apr MK Dons 7:45pm    A

41 Sat 09 Apr Blackburn 3pm H

42 Sat 16 Apr Hull           3pm A

43 Tue 19 Apr Leeds  7:45pm A

44 Sat 23 Apr R'ham      3pm H

45 Sat 30 Apr Notts F    3pm A

May

46 Sat 07 May Sheff W  12:30 H

green - London local or nearly local.


Up the Wolves!

Peter


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April 2015


    WWLSC Magazine

    Player of the Season votes - WWLSC and Official Wolves

    Revised travel details

    Annual summer walk 27th June

    Wolves - This is our love video

    Diary date - 11th July Club Legends Cup

    Football Supporters Federation (FSF)



Regretfully Stef has had to defer the magazine until the summer issue because of personal circumstances but he promises a bumper edition then.   The summer edition is normally produced shortly after the fixtures are published (which is 9am Wednesday June 17th 2015)


Wolves Player of the Season voting - closes Sunday 19th April - i.e. next Sunday.  You can pick up a voting slip at the fans zone, ticket office, megastores, or reception on Saturday or vote on-line at http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/vote-for-player-of-the-season-2398840.aspx


To cast your vote for the WWLSC Player of the season please click here  http://www.londonwolves.com/potsvote.html   You will need your London Wolves login.  If you've forgotten your password you can get a reminder to the email account we have for you, or if you've forgotten/don't have your login then please email me.   If you have family membership you have multiple logins to register votes - or use the comments facility.  If you've recently changed your email address then please let me or Dave know.  You may cast your vote up to the evening of the Millwall match on 2nd May - either on-line or with Dave Slape.


Revised travel details

Sat 18th April v Ipswich now 12:15 ko - train changed

Outward - Depart Euston 08:03 Arrive Birmingham New St 09:27

                   Depart Birm New St 09:36 arr Wolverhampton 09:53

                                        or depart 9:39 arrive 10:05

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 15:45 Arrive Euston 17:33


Sat 25th April ko 3pm

Outward  - Depart Euston 09:30 Arrive Wigan 11:25

Return      - Depart Wigan 18:09 Arrive Euston 20:19


Sat 2nd May v Millwall (k/o 12:15pm)

 

Travel details not yet available.  Committee members please note that Dave is arranging a committee meeting after the match



London Wolves Annual Summer Walk - Saturday June 27th starting around 11


Another "proper" London Walk - this time exploring the scenery of Hampstead and Highgate, with the occasional foray into ghostly hostelries and run by Castronomic Tours again.   Meeting time will be around 11 in The Gatehouse (Wetherspoons) 1 North Road Highgate N6 4BD - it's about 10 minutes' walk from Highgate tube station on the Northern Line.


Wolves’ ‘This is our Love’ video has been awarded the highly prestigious Gold Award for brand communication at the 2015 EVCOM Screen Awards, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on Friday, March 27.   Read more at http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/this-is-our-love-video-lands-award-2382372.aspx#pmQsbO68g447aT1C.99  and watch the video here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcR4CW6bp34


The run in - prior to tonight's game at Boro


and a picture from Peter Abbott, who likes a day out at the Teeside.....

Football Supporters' Federation - some recent news and campaigns - more at fsf.org.uk


    http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/hull-city-away-fans-money-premier-league

    http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/leeds-united-cardiff-city-allocation

     http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/coverage-of-the-sharetvwealth-demo

    Bradford commemoration http://www.fire-anniversary.brad.ac.uk/

    and, as Wolves nearly found out earlier in the season, don't celebrate in your own half  http://www.fsf.org.uk/blog/view/and-finally-dont-celebrate-in-your-own-half


Also our thanks to Jacqui Oatley (and congratulations on her new role anchoring the ITV4 football and darts coverage as well as covering  ITV1 football) for the bizarre England U19 ladies qualification with a retaken penalty just 120 hours after Williamson thought she had scored. http://www.thefa.com/news/england/womens/u19s/2015/apr/leah-williamson-on-penalty-100415


Saturday 11th July sees the Club Legends Cup at the Barclaycard arena (formerly the NIA).  Last year the Wolves legends were led by Matt Murray.   Details here http://www.clublegendscup.co.uk/


March 2015


    Wolves Ladies (Sun 1st Feb, SE28)

    Kenny's Fans Forum with Franksy on WM

    Bakary Sako's goal for Mali versus Ivory Coast (24th Jan) in ACN  (+Mali play again tonight)  https://vine.co/v/OIlhHrMQvKP

    The Tatter

    Sir Jack's Funeral

    Dinners

    Travel - Peter has booked the trains for the rest of the season - details follow (including Derby County now on a Friday and Sky)

    Travel 2 - 400k


Wolves ladies

the ladies are enjoying a much better second half to the season.   As a reward for their great away against Newcastle in the FA Women's Cup  is a trip to Charlton Athletic ladies on Sunday February 1st so a chance for us to turn out in force.   More on the win and Jennifer Kikomeko’s brace - http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/late-cup-winner-for-wolves-women-2196947.aspx


More about Charlton ladies http://www.cafcwomen.co.uk/   The match is scheduled for a 2pm kick off and be played at their home ground just along the river from The Valley at Sporting Club Thamesmead, Bayliss Avenue, Thamesmead,  SE28 8NJ  Nearest rail Abbey Wood (London Bridge) +Bus 244 to Crossway info@cafcwomen.co.uk


Bob Richards

Bob has moved back to the Croydon hospital to continue his recovery.   Dave and Stef visited recently, and Wolves kindly included Mark's picture of him with Andy Mutch, Dale Rudge, and William and Nick with Bob's Twitter address (Bob_WW) for messages in the Charlton matchday programme


Kenny's Fans Forum with Franksy on WM

This is interesting chat with Kenny on 19th February at Molineux .  You can listen to it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02hc84r (available for 28 days from broadcast).  It includes Kenny's views on the "Senior Pros"  (Dave Edwards and Richard Stearman) and their changing contributions.  He also talks about Bakary Sako, potential moves, and how he's looking forward to Bakary's service to Nouha and Benik Afobe.


Bakary Sako's goal for Mali versus Ivory Coast (24th Jan) in ACN

You can view it on-line at  https://vine.co/v/OIlhHrMQvKP

Mali's next match is tonight versus Guinea on Eurosport.


The Tatter

Those who have seen the new fanzine have said that editor Richard Perkins is doing a great job, and enjoyed the latest issue on Saturday.  You may have seen the E&S article (and inside the Tatter) that Richard was burgled, they took his car, laptop and money, and also all the funds (£658) he had raised for Compton Hospice.  (He doesn't ask for payment for the paper, just a donation.)  With help from Amanda Amato of the 1877 facebook group he's set up an online appeal to recover the funds, and Wolves fans have rallied round and so far raised over £1,000 donations here https://www.justgiving.com/Wolves-Tatter/   and article here http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/12/13/heartless-burglar-takes-wolves-fans-charity-money-meant-for-hospice/


Sir Jack's funeral

Wolves have published more details including the cortege map http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/say-farewell-to-sir-jack-2232252.aspx

and in the E&S   http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2015/01/28/update-on-sir-jacks-funeral/

The arrangements have been carefully put together to allow all Wolves fans and members of the general public to pay their final respects.

The service will begin promptly at 2pm. Serving member of the RAF will act as pall bearers, reflecting Sir Jack's service as a Glider Pilot in the Second World War.

• The Fan Zone will be open from 9:00am until 1:00pm, with Sir Jack’s book of remembrance still available for signing. The Wolves Museum will also be open between these times and will be free on a first come, first served basis (no advance booking) on the day.

• The funeral cortege will depart from the trackside in front of the Billy Wright Stand, Molineux at 1:30pm, with the north side of the Billy Wright Stand open (accessed via Turnstile Block 8 ONLY) to the general public. Gates will open at 12:30pm. The Club hopes as many people as possible will make the trip to see Sir Jack leave Molineux for the final time.



Travel (2)

talking of travel here's Abbswolf's odometer - definitely no clocking going on here!

@abbswolf


Dinners


Wolves have announced that the official end-of-season dinner will be on Wednesday May 6th just after the last match against Millwall.


Following Ron Flowers' appointment as Chairman of the Wolves Former Players Association and Mike Bailey's as President WWFPA have announced that players with 100 (instead of 200 and representing changes to the modern game) are eligible to join.   This includes players such as Hughie McIlmoyle who joined us at the 40th dinner, and Rob Edwards the current youth team coach.  WWFPA are planning a Molineux dinner for Thursday March 19th - the day before the rescheduled Derby match - Peter and Roy are looking into this.


Roy is also arranging a London Wolves event for the last day of the season (home match v Millwall - 12:15 ko) on Saturday 2nd May.  John eeek has already booked his hotel and warns that prices in Wolverhampton already seem quite high, and are rising, for that Saturday.



Peter Woodifield's travel - please book travel and tickets with Peter

Home matches

 

Sat 7th February v Reading

 

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45 Arrive Euston 20:55

 

Sat 21st February v Rotherham

 

Outward - Depart Marylebone 09:06 Arrive Birmingham Moor St 10:55

                 - Depart Birmingham New St 11:15 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:00 Arrive Birmingham New St 18:18

                - Depart Birmingham New St 18:33 Arrive Leamington Spa 18:58

                - Depart Leamington Spa 19:17  Arrive Marylebone 20:40

 

Tue 24th February v Fulham

 

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45 Arrive Euston 01:15

 

Sat 7th March v Watford

 

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45 Arrive Euston 20:55

 

Tue 17th March v Sheffield Wed

 

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45 Arrive Euston 01:15

 

Fri 20th March v Derby (live on Sky)

 

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return     - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45 Arrive Euston 01:15

 

Easter Monday 6th April v Leeds

 

Outward - Depart Marylebone 09:06 Arrive Birmingham Moor St 10:55

                - Depart Birmingham New St 11:08 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:35

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:00 Arrive Birmingham New St 18:18

                - Depart Birmingham New St 18:45 Arrive Marylebone 20:46

 

Sat 18th April v Ipswich

 

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45 Arrive Euston 20:55

 

Sat 2nd May v Millwall (k/o 12:15pm)

 

Travel details not yet available.

 

Away matches

 

Tue 10th February v Huddersfield

 

No Official Club trip. Any member wishing to go this match please contact Travel Secretary.

 

Sat 14th February v Norwich

 

Outward - Depart Liverpool St 08:33 Arrive Billericay 09:03

                -  Depart Billericay 09:10  Arrive Ipswich 10:25 (Bus)

                - Depart Ipswich 10:44  Arrive Norwich 11:27

Return    - Depart Norwich 18:00 Arrive Ipswich 18:41

                - Depart Ipswich 18:50  Arrive Billericay 20:05 (Bus)

                - Depart Billericay 20:15  Arrive Liverpool St 20:45


Sat 28th February v Cardiff

 

Outward - Depart Paddington 09:45 Arrive Cardiff 11:46

Return    - Depart Cardiff 18:25 Arrive Paddington 20:36

Fare TBC

 

Tue 3/3/15 v Bournemouth

 

No Official Club trip. Any member wishing to go this match please contact Travel Secretary.

 

Sat 14/3/15 v Brighton

 

No Official Club trip. Any member wishing to go this match please contact Travel Secretary.

 

Good Friday 3rd April v Nottingham Forest

 

Outward - Depart St Pancras Intl 09:26 Arrive Nottingham 11:14

Return    - Depart Nottingham 17:32 Arrive St Pancras Intl 19:15

Fare TBC

 

Sat 11th April v Birmingham

 

Outward - Depart Euston 10:23 Arrive Birmingham New St 11:45

Return    - Depart Birmingham New St 18:30 Arrive Euston 19:56

Fare TBC

 

Tue 14th April v Middlesbrough

 

No Official Club trip. Any member wishing to go this match please contact Travel Secretary.

 

Sat 25th April v Wigan

 

Outward - Depart Euston 09:30 Arrive Wigan 11:25

Return    - Depart Wigan 18:09 Arrive Euston 20:19




Up the Wolves!

Peter B

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January 2015

Three diary dates:


    This Thursday 22nd 7pm kick off Wolves Youth versus Tottenham Hotspur

    Sunday 1st February 2pm kick off  Thamesmead SE28  FAWCup 4th round Wolves ladies v Charlton ladies

    Next Monday 26th January Football Supporters Federation meeting N1

    Eurosport  - tomorrow, Tuesday 20th January - Bakary Sako's Mali kicks off v Cameroon in the ACN - on at 6:45pm


and


    Bob Richards

    Sir Jack's funeral

    Jason's fund-raising for Breakthrough Breast Cancer


For those of you planning to visit Bob Richards, he has now been moved to Croydon hospital - ask Stef for details.


The Express & Star have said that Sir Jack's funeral will take place in Wolverhampton  https://twitter.com/ExpressandStar/status/557119176427716608/photo/1 (article attached) while former chairman Jonathan thanked the fans for their tributes at Molineux and Benik Afobe scored on début after Duracell Dave made in 4 in 3.

 Sir Jack Glad to helpAfobe scores


Before the Blackpool win Carol presented Jason Guy with the proceeds from the Xmas lunch fund-raising to support Breakthrough Breast Cancer.  Jason and Lucy have now raised £30,000 and have increased their target to £50,000.  Well done Jason.

Carol presents BreakthroughBC cheque to Jason


Wolves Youth team take on the Spurs at the Dagenham & Redbridge ground on Thursday 22nd in the FA Youth Cup 4th round – details here http://www.daggers.co.uk/news/article/fa-youth-cup-tottenham-hotspur-wolverhampton-wanderers-lbbd-2152151.aspx  Tickets only £5 or £1 concessions.  Wolves are hoping to bring 4 coachloads from Molineux.


By Rail Nearest Tube station is Dagenham East on the District Line of London's Underground Network. After exiting the station turn left and the ground is the fifth turning on the left about 400 metres from the station or From Liverpool Street Board the Greater Anglia service from London Liverpool Street to Romford Station. When exiting Romford station turn left where the 103 bus (towards Rainham Station) will stop at the nearest bus stop. The 103 bus will stop outside the ground and the ground is to the right of the stop.

http://www.daggers.co.uk/club/visit-us/index.aspx#OG8PctdkSUTei7Gd.99


Many congratulations to Wolves Women FC on beating Newcastle ladies 2:1 in Newcastle yesterday in the FA Women’s Cup 3rd round.   Hopefully they got the full luxury coach treatment and their reward is a trip to Charlton Athletic ladies on Sunday February 1st so a chance for us to turn out in force.


 


More on the win and Jennifer Kikomeko’s brace - http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/late-cup-winner-for-wolves-women-2196947.aspx


 More about Charlton ladies http://www.cafcwomen.co.uk/   The match is scheduled for a 2pm kick off and be played at their home ground just along the river from The Valley at


      Sporting Club Thamesmead


      Bayliss Avenue


      Thamesmead


      SE28 8NJ


Nearest rail Abbey Wood (London Bridge) +Bus 244 to Crossway



info@cafcwomen.co.uk


 

Next FSF meeting is


LONDON: Mon 26th Jan (6.30pm), The Old Queens Head, 44 Essex Rd, London, N1 8LN - See more at: http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/fsf-roadshows-london-and-leeds#sthash.FwEfSU9n.dpuf


 

Up the Wolves!

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September 2014

Date for London Wolves 50th Anniversary event is Saturday 16th Jul 2016.

London Wolves 50th Anniversary event

Stuart has announced that our 50th celebration will be on Saturday 16th Jul 2016. Executives from Wolves and players have already confirmed their interest. Venue – The Valley. Times and prices to be confirmed. Stuart & Stef are trying to get the capacity increased from that available for the 45th as demand is expected to be high and a reservation process will need to be introduced... more about that later.

Don’t forget Stuart’s competition to design a new badge/logo for the 50th event. The 25th/35th/40th are shown here

Home matches

Sat 20th September v Bolton (3pm)

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45 Arrive Euston 20:55

Tue 30th September v Huddersfield (7:45pm)

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45 Arrive Euston 01:15

Wed 1st October v Huddersfield

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45 Arrive Euston 01:15

Sat 4th October v Wigan

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45 Arrive Euston 20:55

Tue 21st October v Middlesbrough

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37 (just in time for the Brewery tour – see below)

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45 Arrive Euston 01:15

Sat 1st November v Birmingham (ko 12:15pm)

Outward - Depart Euston 08:23 Arrive Wolverhampton 09:33

- Depart Birmingham New St 09:57 Arrive Wolverhampton 10:14

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 15:45 Arrive Euston 17:34

Sat 22nd November v Nottingham Forest

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45 Arrive Euston 20:55

Away matches

Tue 16th September v Charlton (7:45pm)

No official club trip arranged. The ground is about 5 mins walk from Charlton Railway Station. Trains run from London Bridge & Charing X mainline stations. Journey time approx 20 mins. Turn right outside station & cross over road. Take first turning on the left, Floyd Road & then right into Valley Grove for away fans entrance.Alternatively take the underground to North Greenwich (Jubilee line), & it is then a short bus ride to the ground. (Buses 161, 472 or 486). Meeting pub – the Sheaf, 24 Southwark St, just round the corner from Borough Market and the Market Porter.

Sat 27th September v Reading (3pm)

Reading railway station is situated just over three miles away from the Madejski Stadium. Probably the easiest way to get to the ground is to catch the F1 'Football Special' bus, which leaves just down from the nearby bus station, from 1pm for Saturday afternoon games.

Sat 18th October v Millwall

No Official Club trip. Nearest station is South Bermondsey. There are frequent trains from London Bridge and the journey time is 4 mins. It is only a few minutes walk to the ground and there is a direct walkway specifically built for away fans which takes you to the away end and back to the station afterwards. Surrey Quays and New Cross Gate on the London Overground are both about a 15-20 mins walk away from the ground.

Sat 25th October v Leeds

Outward - Depart Kings X 09:03 Arrive Leeds 11:25

Return - Depart Leeds 18:05 Arrive Kings X 20:28

Fare TBC

Tue 4th November v Ipswich

Outward - Depart Liverpool St 15:30 Arrive Ipswich 16:40

Return - Depart Ipswich 21:43 Arrive Liverpool St 22:55

Fare TBC

Sat 8th November v Derby (ko 12:15pm)

Outward - Depart St Pancras 08:27 Arrive Derby 10:03

Return - Depart Derby 15:01 Arrive St Pancras 16:31

Fare TBC

Sat 29th November v Brentford

No official Club trip, Nearest railway station is Brentford, which is about a five minute walk to the ground.

This station is on the Waterloo to Reading line, which normally has services running every 15 minutes.

South Ealing (Piccadilly Line) is the nearest tube station to the ground.

It is then about a 15 minute walk to the ground along Ealing Road.

Note: The Blackburn away match has been moved back one day to Sunday 11th January 2015 – 2pm ko because of a Burnley Premier League match

Wolves Allstars fixtures

Mel Eves tells us the Allstars – who now include JC6 – are in action this weekend at Aldridge

WOLVES ALL STARS Sunday September 14th - 2pm Kick-Off - Stick & Wicket , Aldridge CC, The Green, Aldridge WS9 8NH v Walsall All Stars
This is a fund raising day for Walsall Phoenix AFC. Phoenix are one of the oldest amateur football clubs in the Midlands (formed 1897). They run all age groups from Academy to Vets. The club is charter standard. They have found costs rising over the last few years and have to put on fund raiser days such as this to keep afloat.

Next London Wolves outing Tuesday 21st October – a brewery tour

Roy has decided to risk his golden glowing reputation by organising the proverbial – yes it’s a p*** up in a brewery. Courtesy of Simon at Marstons it should be a Pedigree experience. The trip is before the evening match against on Tuesday 21st October before the Middlesborough match. Meet at 4pm at the brewery. The tour takes approximately 45 minutes so there will be time for sampling! Roy has approximately 5 places available so please contact him asap if you wish to go social@londonwolves.com There is a three part series on Friday evenings on channel 5 at 8pm on Marston’s.

John Hartson Dinner

Roy and JohnEeek attended the John Hartson dinner organised by Jason Guy which raised over £3000 for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Donations are still welcome at www.justgiving.com/lucy-jason

Phone covers:

James Muddiman is making phone covers with a great picture of the Golden Palace; tweet to @JKMartwork – you can view it at https://twitter.com/JKMartwork/status/508657647198171136/photo/1 or jkmuddimanart.co.uk or jkmuddiman@hotmail.com

http://footballstadiumvirtualtours.co.uk/wolves/ The new Wolves Molineux virtual tour.

125 Years of Molineux

Attached is a copy of the downloadable brochure – an extract from the excellent programme – celebrating 125 years at the Golden Palace. Many fans tweeted in their experience for that but Wolves are now asking

“We now want to hear more from supporters looking back over their time supporting the club in terms of memories of their first ever game. We would then like to feature those memories on the official website and club’s social media channels over the coming weeks. If you wish to share your experiences of your first ever Wolves game, please click the link here to answer the questions and – if possible – e-mail an accompanying photograph to jamilabrown@wolves.co.uk Read more at http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/20140909-my-first-game-1904630.aspx#RwdBlSQFjeYqT5a4.99 “

The Express & Star also published 125th anniversary editions on the 5th and 6th of September which you can still access if you are an on-line subscriber.

Thanks to Peter Abbott for this link to a 15 minute tour on video by Paul Gardner of the North Bank – circa 1989-90

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grmAzF1vBXo&feature=player_embedded

Don’t forget our book competition

Dirty Northern B*st*rds and Other tales from the Terraces.

A great new book of fan chants – back as far as Elgar and a freebie against the tractor boys from the author. The book is available printed or digital

and you can win a copy too

Tim Marshall is the Diplomatic Editor for Sky News and wrote

WOLVES

Things are looking up. You got rid of, Hard To Sing His Name - Michael Ihiekwe, and brought in, Massive Potential For A Good Chant - Rajiv van La Parra. Mid table respectability beckons.

I’m glad you held on to Nouha Dicko and Bakary Sako because the song for them is tops, even if you did steal it from Man City and their legendary Toure brothers chant.

Then again, apart from Sunderland, all football fans are magpies. You’re allowed to nick songs. We all do it. Last season Brentford nicked ‘Knees Up Mother Brown’. They were already promoted and news came through of Fulham’s relegation. Up went the song - ‘Bees up - Fulham down’. Genius in short form.

I’m confident Wolves fans will rise to challenge of the 2014/15 season. While researching my book ‘Dirty Northern Bastards’ I came across many a top chant from Molineux including references to bus stops in Aston, Tesco carrier bags, and the idea that West Bromwich is not the ideal place to live despite its local amenities and proximity to travel routes including the M5.

Wolves get a few mentions in the book but mostly due to the chant written by one of your most famous fans – Edward Elgar. His ‘He banged the leather for goal’ never went down as well as the tune to Land of Hope and Glory (which he also wrote) but it did provide me with the image of Elgar, chest puffed out, standing on a stanchion and leading the South Bank in a chant of ‘Who art thou?’

In 1898 the Times were a bit sniffy about the song writing that ‘the melody may be complex for the Grandstand’ which is a bloody cheek seeing as I’ve heard you on the telly getting your tonsils round Verdi’s ‘La donna e mobile’ from Rigoletto with ‘Your ground too big for you’.

But what’s with the ‘We all f*cking hate Leeds!’ and ‘We all hate Leeds scum!’ songs? Given that a favourite Leeds song is ‘We’re Leeds United – we don’t give a f*ck’ it’s not a problem you singing that – it’s just -why do you care so much?

Anyway, welcome back to the Championship, which as we know, is the new Premiership. As you’re back you get to play Ipswich again – so here’s one for free. If their keeper, Dean Gerken, lets one in in an embarrassing manner, you may well wish to further embarrass him with ‘Stayed in a burger, you should have stayed in a burger’.

Tim Marshall’s’ Dirty Northern Bastards and other Tales from the Terraces’ is on sale now

http://www.amazon.co.uk/22Dirty-Northern-Bastards-Other-Terraces/dp/1783960604

Tim’s twitter account is @itwitius and the publishers are at @eandtbooks

To win a copy of the book either give the answer to this question to Dave Slape or enter on-line at http://www.londonwolves.com/comps.html

You might recall that we ran a competition to win a t-shirt with Elgar’s chant, “He kicked the leather for goal”, on it – but who was Elgar talking about in this first ever footy chant?

The competition closes at 1pm on Saturday September 20th before the Trotters match. Usual rules apply – one winner drawn from all correct entries.

Here are the details again for Old Gold Glory

Old Gold Glory Fanzine

LW member Graham Large is starting new fanzine with a focus on nostalgia. The first issue focuses on the 1974 League Cup Final and includes interviews with Wolves Captain Mike Bailey and hero of the day, Gary Pierce, amongst others. The fanzine will be printed and digital and available on subscription. Details are on the oldgoldglory.co.uk website but Graham wrote on Molineux Mix


Next week sees the launch of a new retro magazine for Wolves fans.

Issue 1 of Old Gold Glory was sent to print earlier today and will be available from Friday 29th August 2014 in both print and digital formats. The debut issue is dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Wolves’ famous League Cup final victory against Manchester City and will include exclusive interviews with all nine surviving members of the 1974 side. This will be supplemented by columns written by former Wolves players Mel Eves and Gerry O’Hara, former Express & Star Wolves correspondent David Harrison and Daily Mirror Online Sports writer Alex Richards. You can purchase your print copy at Wolverhampton Books and Collectibles on Victoria Street in Wolverhampton City Centre, or you can buy both print and digital copies online at www.oldgoldglory.co.uk, where you can also subscribe for the whole season.
If you are interested in writing for Old Gold Glory, or even selling the magazine on match days, please contact graham@oldgoldglory.co.uk for further information.

Graham is offering a discount for London Wolves members:

- 4 issue Digital subscription (£5) - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TK2EYVPXELAQ4

- 4 issue Print subscription (£9) - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=N4JAAUVBTELCS

Graham is happy to come to the Bluebrick to meet the London train (i.e. after 12) as well as the Great Western to deliver print copies rather than wait for the post or to take cash subscriptions. To subscribe visit the links above or send a cheque with your name and address to Graham Large, 10 York Gardens, Wolverhampton WV3 9BY.

Also, if you have a great story to tell about an experience of Wolves Graham is always interested to see if you can feature in an article.

FSF Southern Area Meeting

FSF Chief Executive Kevin Miles will make an appearance at the next Southern Division which takes place in ‘Arry’s Bar at The Den, Millwall, SE16 3LN on Sunday 21st September (buffet midday, KO 12.30pm). - See more at: http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/fsf-southern-division-meeting-sunday-21st-september#sthash.HpGiotsc.dpuf

The FSF are continuing their away fan surveys and bringing focus on the Police insistence on “Bubble”s for away fans treating fans like criminals.



August 2014


Well, that was a short break! Peter Abbott has only seen 13, or is it 20, matches so far this season as well as taken a holiday and already all three sides relegated from the Premier League have been seen off. For the second London match in succession a London Wolves mascot brought home the points – Pam’s grandson Alfie -and congratulations to our 2013-14 Player of the Season, Kevin McDonald on his Scotland call-up. There’s a video of George Saville, today’s new signing from Chelski here http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2014/08/26/wolves-close-in-on-chelseas-george-saville/ Roy has also announced a Brewery visit before the Boro match.

Lots of publications for you to keep you amused through the international break next week.

Alfie at the Cottage

Congratulations to Pam Tetlow whose grandson Alfie led the team out at Craven Cottage for the 1-0 win against Fulham. Following Tommy’s stint at the Orient, Alfie kept up the winning tradition (pictures from Mark Feehan and Rob Goddard) – More at http://www.londonwolves.com/aug14.html#Fulham

Next London Wolves outing Tuesday 21st October

Roy has decided to risk his golden glowing reputation by organising the proverbial – yes - it’s a p*** up in a brewery. Courtesy of Simon at Marston's it should be a Pedigree experience. The trip is before the evening match against on Tuesday 21st October before the Middlesbrough match. Meet at 4pm at the brewery. The tour takes approximately 45 minutes so there will be time for sampling! Roy has approximately 5 places available so please contact him asap if you wish to go social@londonwolves.com

Old Gold Glory Fanzine

LW member Graham Large is starting new fanzine with a focus on nostalgia. The first issue focuses on the 1974 League Cup Final and includes interviews with Wolves Captain Mike Bailey and hero of the day, Gary Pierce, amongst others. The fanzine will be printed and digital and available on subscription. Details are on the oldgoldglory.co.uk website but Graham wrote on Molineux Mix


Next week sees the launch of a new retro magazine for Wolves fans.

Issue 1 of Old Gold Glory was sent to print earlier today and will be available from Friday 29th August 2014 in both print and digital formats. The debut issue is dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Wolves’ famous League Cup final victory against Manchester City and will include exclusive interviews with all nine surviving members of the 1974 side. This will be supplemented by columns written by former Wolves players Mel Eves and Gerry O’Hara, former Express & Star Wolves correspondent David Harrison and Daily Mirror Online Sports writer Alex Richards. You can purchase your print copy at Wolverhampton Books and Collectibles on Victoria Street in Wolverhampton City Centre, or you can buy both print and digital copies online at www.oldgoldglory.co.uk, where you can also subscribe for the whole season.
If you are interested in writing for Old Gold Glory, or even selling the magazine on match days, please contact graham@oldgoldglory.co.uk for further information.

Graham is offering a discount for London Wolves members:

- 4 issue Digital subscription (£5) - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TK2EYVPXELAQ4

- 4 issue Print subscription (£9) - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=N4JAAUVBTELCS

Graham is happy to come to the Bluebrick to meet the London train (i.e. after 12) as well as the Great Western to deliver print copies rather than wait for the post or to take cash subscriptions. To subscribe visit the links above or send a cheque with your name and address to Graham Large, 10 York Gardens, Wolverhampton WV3 9BY.

Also, if you have a great story to tell about an experience of Wolves Graham is always interested to see if you can feature in an article.

Dirty Northern B*st*rds and Other tales from the Terraces.

A great new book of fan chants – back as far as Elgar and a freebie against the tractor boys from the author. The book is available printed or digital

and you can win a copy too

Tim Marshall is the Diplomatic Editor for Sky News and wrote

WOLVES

Things are looking up. You got rid of, Hard To Sing His Name - Michael Ihiekwe, and brought in, Massive Potential For A Good Chant - Rajiv van La Parra. Mid table respectability beckons.

I’m glad you held on to Nouha Dicko and Bakary Sako because the song for them is tops, even if you did steal it from Man City and their legendary Toure brothers chant.

Then again, apart from Sunderland, all football fans are magpies. You’re allowed to nick songs. We all do it. Last season Brentford nicked ‘Knees Up Mother Brown’. They were already promoted and news came through of Fulham’s relegation. Up went the song - ‘Bees up - Fulham down’. Genius in short form.

I’m confident Wolves fans will rise to challenge of the 2014/15 season. While researching my book ‘Dirty Northern Bastards’ I came across many a top chant from Molineux including references to bus stops in Aston, Tesco carrier bags, and the idea that West Bromwich is not the ideal place to live despite its local amenities and proximity to travel routes including the M5.

Wolves get a few mentions in the book but mostly due to the chant written by one of your most famous fans – Edward Elgar. His ‘He banged the leather for goal’ never went down as well as the tune to Land of Hope and Glory (which he also wrote) but it did provide me with the image of Elgar, chest puffed out, standing on a stanchion and leading the South Bank in a chant of ‘Who art thou?’

In 1898 the Times were a bit sniffy about the song writing that ‘the melody may be complex for the Grandstand’ which is a bloody cheek seeing as I’ve heard you on the telly getting your tonsils round Verdi’s ‘La donna e mobile’ from Rigoletto with ‘Your ground too big for you’.

But what’s with the ‘We all f*cking hate Leeds!’ and ‘We all hate Leeds scum!’ songs? Given that a favourite Leeds song is ‘We’re Leeds United – we don’t give a f*ck’ it’s not a problem you singing that – it’s just -why do you care so much?

Anyway, welcome back to the Championship, which as we know, is the new Premiership. As you’re back you get to play Ipswich again – so here’s one for free. If their keeper, Dean Gerken, lets one in in an embarrassing manner, you may well wish to further embarrass him with ‘Stayed in a burger, you should have stayed in a burger’.

Tim Marshall’s’ Dirty Northern Bastards and other Tales from the Terraces’ is on sale now

http://www.amazon.co.uk/22Dirty-Northern-Bastards-Other-Terraces/dp/1783960604

Tim’s twitter account is @itwitius and the publishers are at @eandtbooks

To win a copy of the book either give the answer to this question to Dave Slape or enter on-line at http://www.londonwolves.com/comps.html

You might recall that we ran a competition to win a t-shirt with Elgar’s chant, “He kicked the leather for goal”, on it – but who was Elgar talking about in this first ever footy chant?

The competition closes at 1pm on Saturday September 20th before the Trotters match. Usual rules apply – one winner drawn from all correct entries.

There is a great write-up on the Waterstones site here http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2014/08/songs-from-the-sideline/#more-59741 and chants from the book can be heard at www.fanchants.com/dnb and the digital edition imbeds links to them

And, in preparation, at last, a fan based book on the Sherpa Van Trophy win – Wolves fan Tim Gibbons writes

I writing a book from a fans view of Wolves’ Sherpa Van Trophy final success, the book will be self-published and will contain views from fans, funny stories, fans photos and a section detailing the players that were involved in the final. From looking on your website, I was noticed that you promoted the Sherpa Van reunion dinner held at Molineux on 25th September 2008. Do you have any photographs from the event, that could be used in my book. Ideally a photograph showing all the players at the event or similar. I would give acknowledgement in the book to who has provided the photographs and a link to your website within the book.

I would also welcome any stories/memories that London wolves supporters have of the game/day.

If you are interested in more information on the book, please visit my website dedicated to the book http://sherpawolves.wix.com/1988

Best wishes,

Tim Gibbons

Please contact Tim directly at sherpawolves@outlook.com if you can help with memories / pictures of the final or the campaign.

Wolves Programmes

Adrian Steele writes:

Due to ill health and pending work issues I'm pruning my programme collection, one such section is my Wolves stuff. Dating back to very early 70's (when I first went to Molineux) I have got majority of homes and aways since then. If you can ask anyone to send a list of what they require I'll be more than happy to help out. Very reasonable prices.
Thanks for your time
Adrian Steele botanybaykid@yahoo.co.uk


Frank’s for the Memory

Dave Instone started shipping copies of the books out last week, and some of you may have got your copy directly from Dave at the Bluebrick before the Cardiff match. If you haven’t bought your copy yet details are here http://www.londonwolves.com/books.html

Wolves Allstars fixtures

Mel Eves tells us the Allstars – who now include JC6 – are in action this weekend at Stafford and in again in three weeks time – so a long weekend this weekend and a stopover on the way back from BlackpoolWOLVES ALL STARS

Sunday August 31st - 3pm Kick-Off - Stafford Town FC Evans Park, Riverway, Stafford ST16 3TH v Stafford All Stars - (Staff from St George's Hospital and members of Sports Group). We are raising funds for the awareness of Mental Health issues in Sport. This is being arranged by David Banks who a very keen Wolves fan in Stafford who is part of the mental health team and a community worker for South Staffs NHS Trust.

Sunday September 14th - 2pm Kick-Off - Stick & Wicket , Aldridge CC, The Green, Aldridge WS9 8NH v Walsall All Stars
This is a fund raising day for Walsall Phoenix AFC. Phoenix are one of the oldest amateur football clubs in the Midlands (formed 1897). They run all age groups from Academy to Vets. The club is charter standard. They have found costs rising over the last few years and have to put on fund raiser days such as this to keep afloat.

FSF news

A full set of activities from the federation for August including AGMs, continuing pressure on ticket prices, more political support for safe standing and good news for the Sky Blues. All at www.FSF.org.uk

and finally, apropos of nothing to do with football, Brian contributed the attached set of jokes which are nearly as good as Dave’s.




July 2014


Peter has finished his marathon task of booking travel for the first two months, with engineering works in August.  Please let him know your travel requirements as soon as you can.   We hope to have the Newsletter available for those who have requested a printed copy at the AGM next week, when you can also learn who you voted our Player of the Season for 2013-14

AGM is next Saturday

Time to book your travel - details for August and September from Peter W

Charity football match at Stourbridge FC with JC6 and Bully Sun 28th Sept from 12:30

Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2014-15 great discount from FSF

Franks For The Memory – pre-order (and add your name to tributes) period ends July 18th

Events – Dickens Walk July 5th (pictures on website http://www.londonwolves.com/walk14.html) John Hartson Dinner 21st August and FSF events – AGM Wembley July 27; fair prices march Regents Park August 14th

Blackburn match moved back one day to Sunday 11th Jan – 2pm ko plus revised list of fixtures

 

AGM next Saturday July 12th at Brockley Social Club 3pm-7pm

 

Agenda


1  Apologies for absence


2 Chairman’s Address


3  Minutes of 2013 AGM


4 Matters arising


5 Secretary’s report


6 Treasurer’s report


7 Travel Secretary’s report


8 Social Secretary’s report


9 Newsletter Editor’s report


10 Website Editor’s report


11 Election of Officers


12 Membership fee


13 Any other business


 


Nearest station Brockley (London Bridge line)

 

 

Travel details August and September

Here are the provisional travel details for August/September matches.  Please contact Peter Woodifield peteraw@globalnet.co.uk to book tickets and travel.  Peter warns: There are planned engineering works on the Euston line during August, so we will be travelling from Marylebone for the Norwich and Cardiff home games on 10th and 23rd August. Any member wishing to travel on these trips please  let the Travel Secretary know by latest 26th July.  

 

Home matches

 

Sat 2nd August v Celta Vigo (PSF 3pm)

 

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return   - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45 Arrive Euston 20:55

 

Sun 10th August v Norwich City (4pm Live on Sky)

 

Outward - Depart Marylebone 10:06 Arrive Birmingham Moor St 11:53

              -  Depart Birmingham New St 12:20 Arrive Wolverhampton 12:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 18:41 Arrive Leamington Spa 19:37

              -  Depart Leamington Spa 19:57 Arrive Marylebone 21:50

 

Tue 12th August v Northampton Capital Cup 1st Round (7:45pm)

 

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45 Arrive Euston 01:15

 

Sat 23rd August v Cardiff (3pm)

 

Outward - Depart Marylebone 09:06 Arrive Birmingham Moor St 10:56

               - Depart Birmingham New St 11:23 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:41

Return    - Depart Wolverhampton 17:59 Arrive Birmingham New St 18:17

              - Depart Birmingham New St 18:33 Arrive Leamington Spa 18:58

              - Depart Leamington Spa 19:17 Arrive Marylebone 20:40

 

Sat 30th August v Blackburn (3pm)

 

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45 Arrive Euston 20:55

 

Sat 20th September v Bolton (3pm)

 

Outward - Depart Euston 09:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 11:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 18:45 Arrive Euston 20:55

 

Tue 30th September v Huddersfield (7:45pm)

 

Outward - Depart Euston 13:43 Arrive Wolverhampton 15:37

Return - Depart Wolverhampton 22:45 Arrive Euston 01:15

 

Away matches

 

Sat 16th August v Rotherham (3pm)

 

Outward - Depart St Pancras 08:57 Arrive Sheffield 10:58

              - Depart Sheffield 11:14 Arrive Rotherham 11;28

Return   - Depart Rotherham 17:27 Arrive Sheffield 17:41

             - Depart Sheffield 17;49 Arrive St Pancras 20;00

Fare TBC

 

Wed 20th August v Fulham (8pm)

 

No Official Club trip. The nearest tube station is Putney Bridge, which is on the District Line. The ground is about a fifteen minute walk. Turn left out of the station and then walk through Bishops Park along the riverbank to the ground.

 

Sat 13th September v Blackpool (3pm)

 

Outward - Depart Euston 09:30 Arrive Preston 11:38

              - Depart Preston 11:48 Arrive Blackpool 12:15

Return   - Depart Blackpool 18:21 Arrive Preston 18:49

             - Depart Preston 19:01 Arrive Euston 21:38

Fare TBC

 

Tue 16th September v Charlton (7:45pm)

 

No official club trip arranged. The ground is about 5 mins walk from Charlton Railway Station. Trains run from London Bridge & Charing X mainline stations. Journey time approx 20 mins. Turn right outside station & cross over road. Take first turning on the left, Floyd Road & then right into Valley Grove for away fans entrance.Alternatively take the underground to North Greenwich (Jubilee line), & it is then a short bus ride to the ground. (Buses 161, 472 or 486).


 


Sat 27th September v Reading (3pm)

 

Reading railway station is situated just over three miles away from the Madejski Stadium. Probably the easiest way to get to the ground is to catch the F1 'Football Special' bus, which leaves just down from the nearby bus station, from 1pm for Saturday afternoon games.

 

Note: The Blackburn away match has been moved back one day to Sunday 11th January 2015 – 2pm ko because of a Burnley Premier League match

 

 

Charity Football match at Sun 28th September in aid of Russell Hall Hospital Children’s and Adults’ emergency units.  Gates open from 12:30, celebrities from 1pm including Jody Craddock and Bully.  Admission £3 adults and children under 12 are free.    For details and updates follow @DGNHSCFootball on Twitter.

DGNHS charity match

 

Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2014-15 great discount from FSF (even cheaper than Amazon) http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/sky-sports-football-yearbook-2014-15FootballYearbook2013-14

Dear Member,



It's that time of year again and we are now taking pre-orders for this seasons Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2014-15 which is released 14th August 2014.  You can buy the Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2014-15 from the FSF for only £23.50 Hardback (RRP £40) and £14 Paperback (RRP £25).  For more information on how to order please visit our website here. http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/sky-sports-football-yearbook-2014-15

Kind regards

Football Supporters' Federation

  

Nina Donkin

The Football Supporters' Federation 1 Ashmore Terrace, Stockton Road, Sunderland, SR2 7DE  Tel: 0330 44 000 44 |Web:  www.fsf.org.uk |Email: info@fsf.org.uk To Join or Donate to the FSF please visit our website at www.fsf.org.uk

 

A nice A3 poster of Molineux is available here https://www.facebook.com/JkMuddimanArt/photos/a.151497831694511.1073741828.151169255060702/297882077056085/?type=1&theater  There is a link on our  Facebook page

 

Frank’s For The Memory


At last, Waggy’s tales of Big Frank is nearly here - the 208-page hard-back publication has none other than Dave Wagstaffe as its author - never before has one Wolves player written a book about another - and is due out in August.    Waggy had badgered Frank Munro to tell his story for ages, but, sadly, their passing in the last two years meant it wasn’t completed.  However Thomas Publications havFrank_Munro_Ronnie_Allen_55ke taken on the completion and they are adding a special 'In Tribute To Frank' section at the back with subscriber names now being taken for the eagerly-awaited forthcoming biography of Frank Munro.

Frank's For The Memory – a name chosen by Frank and Waggy - was compiled by Waggy as a follow-up to the highly entertaining autobiography he penned several years ago (“Waggy’s Tales”). He was Frank's closest mate both in the Molineux dressing room and following the defender's return from Australia and chatted through his career with him during countless visits to his various homes.  David Instone assures us that it's a terrific read - even if Bill McGarry might not have been too impressed with everything in it! – but there are references to London Wolves.  He tells us that editor Steve Gordos has kindly agreed to donate his fee to two of the charities close to the duo's heart.   

Anyone wishing to have their names in a special 'In Tribute To Frank' section at the back need only pre-purchase their copy at the standard price of £14.99 with free UK P&P. To reserve your copy and have your name, or that of a family member or friend in the back for posterity, please send a cheque, made payable to Thomas Publications, to them at 26 Park End, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7JG by July 18th 2014. If you wish to discuss alternative methods of payment, please email David Instone (instone@blueyonder.co.uk) to do so.

  


London Wolves walk in Dickens’ London.  Another brilliant Castromic Tour – some pictures (of first half) now on website at http://www.londonwolves.com/walk14.html  The 2013 walk (South Bank) pix are also on the main site, earlier walks have been moved to the archive site which still has some formatting problems.  There are links here http://www.londonwolves.com/walks.html

 

AGM at Brockley Social Club 240 Brockley Road, London SE4 2SU Nearest Stations Brockley and Crofton Park.  Served by 171, 172 buses.  3pm-7pm Saturday July 12th – bar open much earlier with the usual excellent and well priced beer!  As is customary there will be plenty of food for quaffing too.  Please try to take part and have your say

 

John Hartson with Sludge Lees dinner at Wolves players’ favourite hotel – The Mount in Tettenhall - Thursday 21st August 7:30 in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer.  London Wolves have reserved a table – please book your place with Roy.  Price £35-£40.

 

Football Supporters’ Federation events

AGM The Football Supporters’ Federation and Supporters Direct will host the joint annual Supporters Summit in London, at Wembley Stadium, on 26th July 2014. The event brings fans together from across the UK and Europe, from clubs and supporter organisations, to debate the issues at the heart of the game. Please see our Supporters Summit website for more information on what the day will involve.  The AGM’s of both organisations will be held on Friday 25th July at Wembley Stadium (the FSF's takes place at 4.30pm). The FSF appreciate that some members might only want to attend the FSF AGM rather than the full Supporters Summit. Members can register for the FSF AGM only via the same registration process as the Supporters Summit http://www.supporterssummit.co.uk/   For information on Registration, National Council Elections and how to submit an AGM Motion please see the website. WWLSC are affiliated to FSF.

 

Fans to march on Premier League and Football League demanding “Affordable football for all!” on Thursday 14th August 2014.  The Football Supporters’ Federation will lead fans from dozens of clubs demanding that Premier League and Football League clubs reduce ticket prices.  Supporters will meet in Regent’s Park at 1pm to hear from prominent voices in the fan movement before marching on the Premier League and Football League HQ at 30 Gloucester Place (W1U 8PL).  For more information please visit the website http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/save-the-date-fans-to-march-on-plfl-hq   Anyone wishing to join can register their attendance at events@fsf.org.uk

 

 

Pre-season fixtures

Wolves pre-season friendlies – please let Peter Woodifield know if you wish to go to see if travel can be arranged

Fri July 11th v Cheltenham Town (away)

Mon July 14th v Shamrock Rovers (away) Ireland

Wed 16th July v Bohemians (away) Ireland

Tue 22nd July v Peterborough (away)

Tue 22nd July v Telford (away) U21/Development Squad

Fri 25th July v Margate (away U21/Development Squad

Sat 26th July v Crewe (away)

Tue 29th July v Oxford Utd (away)

Sat 2nd August v Celta Vigo (home)

Capital One Cup Fixture

Tuesday 12th August (probably) home versus Northampton Town.  7:45pm Kick off.

SkyBet Championship Fixtures

Sky Bet Championship

Matches are on Saturday unless stated WWLSC “home” matches in green; note that Fulham is Wednesday 8pm ko.

 

Sunday 10th Aug 4pm  Norwich City (h) live on Sky

16 Aug 15:00 Rotherham United (a)

Wed 20 Aug 20:00 Fulham (a)

23 Aug 15:00 Cardiff City (h)

30 Aug 15:00 Blackburn Rovers (h)

13 Sep 15:00 Blackpool (a)

Tue 16 Sep 19:45 Charlton Athletic (a)

20 Sep 15:00 Bolton Wanderers (h)

27 Sep 15:00 Reading (a)

30 Sep 19:45 Huddersfield Town (h)

04 Oct 15:00 Wigan Athletic (h)

18 Oct 15:00 Millwall (a)

Tue 21 Oct 19:45 Middlesbrough (h)

25 Oct 15:00 Leeds United (a)

01 Nov 15:00 Birmingham City (h)

Tue 04 Nov 19:45 Ipswich Town (a)

08 Nov 15:00 Derby County (a)

22 Nov 15:00 Nottingham Forest (h)

29 Nov 15:00 Brentford (a)

06 Dec 15:00 A.F.C. Bournemouth (h)

13 Dec 15:00 Sheffield Wednesday (a)

20 Dec 15:00 Brighton (h)

Fri 26 Dec 15:00 Watford (a)

Sun 28 Dec 15:00 Brentford (h)

Sun 11 Jan 14:00 Blackburn Rovers (a)

17 Jan 15:00 Blackpool (h)

24 Jan 15:00 Charlton Athletic (h)

31 Jan 15:00 Bolton Wanderers (a)

07 Feb 15:00 Reading (h)

Tue 10 Feb 19:45 Huddersfield Tn (a)

14 Feb 15:00 Norwich City (a) (well, home for the Chairman)

21 Feb 15:00 Rotherham United (h)

Tue 24 Feb 19:45 Fulham (h)

28 Feb 15:00 Cardiff City (a)

Tue 03 Mar 19:45 Bournemouth (a)

07 Mar 15:00 Watford (h)

14 Mar 15:00 Brighton (a)

Tue 17 Mar 19:45 Sheffield Weds (h)

21 Mar 15:00 Derby County (h)

04 Apr 15:00 Nottingham Forest (a)

06 Apr 15:00 Leeds United (h)

11 Apr 15:00 Birmingham City (a)

Tue 14 Apr 19:45 Middlesbrough (a)

18 Apr 15:00 Ipswich Town (h)

25 Apr 15:00 Wigan Athletic (a)

02 May 15:00 Millwall (h)

 

 

Website – older material has been moved to an archive site at lwarchive.londonwolves.com The new site has links from relevant pages to the appropriate pages on the archive site and the archive site also has a link at the top right of each page back to the main site.  Any errors you spot – please let me know.  The photos from the Thames (Teddington) walk have been damaged and need reloading, for example

 




June 2014

The Football League have released the fixtures for the coming SkyBet Football League Championship, but, of course, these are subject to change for television purposes.

Rajiv van la Parra '' Heerenveen Hero'' signed a three year contract on 10th June: http://youtu.be/D5XR0JPz42s another fast young player who should add to the excitement at Molineux. Also Tommy Rowe has signed http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/rowe-highlights-appeal-of-wolves-030614-1597575.aspx while both Dave Edwards (aka Duracell Dave) and Richard (the Stears) Stearman have both signed two year extensions.

London Wolves summer 2014 magazine

Steve’s excellent magazine will be with you soon – it is all ready to go – with just the fixture page being added. Included in this edition – a tribute to Bert and to the record breaking Champions, a review of Wolves Women’s season by “the little blonde one”, pictures from many of Roy’s oustanding social season events, Match Reports including Jody’s brilliant testimonial at Molineux with Craddocks galore on the score sheet (and no Phillips) and see if you can work out which match report carries the perhaps immortal line “(it just goes to show not even God is always ready to give the Pope a helping hand)”.

Frank’s For The Memory

At last, Waggy’s tales of Big Frank is nearly here - the 208-page hard-back publication has none other than Dave Wagstaffe as its author - never before has one Wolves player written a book about another - and is due out in August. Waggy had badgered Frank Munro to tell his story for ages, but, sadly, their passing in the last two years meant it wasn’t completed. However Thomas Publications have taken on the completion and they are adding a special 'In Tribute To Frank' section at the back with subscriber names now being taken for the eagerly-awaited forthcoming biography of Frank Munro.

Frank's For The Memory – a name chosen by Frank and Waggy - was compiled by Waggy as a follow-up to the highly entertaining autobiography he penned several years ago (“Waggy’s Tales”). He was Frank's closest mate both in the Molineux dressing room and following the defender's return from Australia and chatted through his career with him during countless visits to his various homes. David Instone assures us that it's a terrific read - even if Bill McGarry might not have been too impressed with everything in it! – but there are references to London Wolves. He tells us that editor Steve Gordos has kindly agreed to donate his fee to two of the charities close to the duo's heart.

Anyone wishing to have their names in a special 'In Tribute To Frank' section at the back need only pre-purchase their copy at the standard price of £14.99 with free UK P&P. To reserve your copy and have your name, or that of a family member or friend in the back for posterity, please send a cheque, made payable to Thomas Publications, to them at 26 Park End, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7JG by July 18th 2014. If you wish to discuss alternative methods of payment, please email David Instone (instone@blueyonder.co.uk) to do so.

'Three Lions and an Anorak: an England World Cup Quiz Odyssey' The authors of this super quiz book Andrew &Anita Clark have put copies on special offer. Before England’s second fixture of the World Cup Thursday 19th , they are reducing the price of the book to £3.99 (inclusive of postage) when bought directly from the authors via the following Amazon link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Three-Lions-Anorak-England-Odyssey/dp/1907516301/ref=aag_m_pw_dp?ie=UTF8&m=A1F97A5YM38X48 The price will be reduced at five o’clock and remain at £3.99 until the Uruguay versus England game kicks off at eight o’clock.

Despite its title, ‘three lions and an anorak’ is not just for anoraks! While admittedly the round ‘Did I Not Know That!’ is devoted to the more obscure England World Cup facts that only a true anorak will know, there is plenty for everyone. England’s World Cup songs, for instance, are covered in the round ‘We’re Singing for England!’ while some of our more infamous World Cup misdemeanours feature in ‘Infamy, Infamy, the Ref’s Got it in For Me!’ Other rounds include ‘Young Lions’, ‘Paying the Penalty’ (of course!), ‘1966 and All That’ and ‘Around the World in 14 Finals’. Overall, the book is organised into thirty themed rounds of varied questions and is light-hearted, quirky and entertaining. There is a ‘Look Inside’ facility on Amazon that allows you to view the Contents page of the book and also see the first two rounds of questions to whet your appetite. Any England fan will thoroughly enjoy the book and it will be an essential accessory at any World Cup party.

Competition

Congratulations to Stephen Goodey who won the copy of FIFA14 naming Ryan Green as the youngest Wales player in 1998. Ryan only made 8 appearances for Wolves and is currently at Port Talbot Town. His prize was fulfilled by the high street electronic store Cash Generator.

Events

London Wolves walk in Dickens’ London. Meet at the Penderel’s Oak 283-288 High Holborn WC1V 7HP for breakfast by 11am. Saturday July 5th

AGM at Brockley Social Club 240 Brockley Road, London SE4 2SU Nearest Stations Brockley and Crofton Park. Served by 171, 172 buses. 3pm-7pm Saturday July 12th – bar open much earlier with the usual excellent and well priced beer! As is customary there will be plenty of food for quaffing too. Please try to take part and have your say

John Hartson with Sludge Lees dinner at Wolves players’ favourite hotel – The Mount in Tettenhall - Thursday 21st August 7:30 in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer. London Wolves have reserved a table – please book your place with Roy. Price £35-£40.

Football Supporters’ Federation events

AGM The Football Supporters’ Federation and Supporters Direct will host the joint annual Supporters Summit in London, at Wembley Stadium, on 26th July 2014. The event brings fans together from across the UK and Europe, from clubs and supporter organisations, to debate the issues at the heart of the game. Please see our Supporters Summit website for more information on what the day will involve. The AGM’s of both organisations will be held on Friday 25th July at Wembley Stadium (the FSF's takes place at 4.30pm). The FSF appreciate that some members might only want to attend the FSF AGM rather than the full Supporters Summit. Members can register for the FSF AGM only via the same registration process as the Supporters Summit http://www.supporterssummit.co.uk/ For information on Registration, National Council Elections and how to submit an AGM Motion please see the website. WWLSC are affiliated to FSF.

Fans to march on Premier League and Football League demanding “Affordable football for all!” on Thursday 14th August 2014. The Football Supporters’ Federation will lead fans from dozens of clubs demanding that Premier League and Football League clubs reduce ticket prices. Supporters will meet in Regent’s Park at 1pm to hear from prominent voices in the fan movement before marching on the Premier League and Football League HQ at 30 Gloucester Place (W1U 8PL). For more information please visit the website http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/save-the-date-fans-to-march-on-plfl-hq Anyone wishing to join can register their attendance at events@fsf.org.uk

Pre-season fixtures

Wolves pre-season friendlies – please let Peter Woodifield know if you wish to go to see if travel can be arranged

Capital One Cup Fixture

SkyBet Championship Fixtures here


May 2014

Congratulations to Kenny for (rightly) winning the LMA League 1 manager of the year, although he had to share it with Russell Slade; it did look as though George Gavin seemed a bit intimidated when KJ did the summarising for the first play off semi. Congratulations to the Os and the Millers on their Wembley trip.

We’ve teamed up with the Cash Generator Gaming team to give you the chance to win Fifa 14!

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win, is to answer this simple question:

“In 1998, which Wolves player became the youngest to be capped by Wales?”

For existing or new members, correct entries will be entered twice – to double your chances of winning! To enter, just email the name of the Wolves player to comp@londonwolves.com – please use the subject FIFA14.

The Winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries, and will receive a copy of the game on the platform of their choice (Xbox 360 / PS3 / PS4 / PSP / PC / Xbox One / PS2 / PS Vita / Wii / 3DS) (and, no, the question was not set up just for Roy). We do not pass on email addresses other than that of the winner to fulfil the prize. The competition closes with the final whistle of the League 1 Play Off final on Sunday 25th May 2014 and the winner will be notified on Monday 26th.

These details are also on the website at http://www.londonwolves.com/#fifa14

June 2014 Newsletter

Steve is preparing a bumper edition with his usual juicy match reports (with slape-quality title puns) which include the highly successful JC6testimonial where Jody’s son Toby scored a winning penalty and Kevin Phillips took his final boos at Molineux as well as the party at Brisbane Road led out by young Tommy. It also features the many recent and excellent social events arranged by Roy and much more. It will be published after the Football League release the Championship fixtures (9:00am Wednesday June 18th).

Some Dates for your diary

London Wolves Dickens Walk

Geoff writes: Following a pleasant stroll along the Thames last year, we have "Great Expectations" for the Wolves walk this July. Join "Our Mutual Friend" Geoff on a tour of Dickens' London and check out the many places where Charles Dickens lived and worked and used as the basis for many of his novels. There will be MANY opportunities to stop at interesting real ale pubs en-route, not a "Bleak House" among'st them! So, no excuses about being on "Hard Times", come and join us on Saturday 5th July meeting at "The Penderels Oak", 283-288 High Holborn, at 11am - or earlier if you wish as the pub opens at 8am - for a 12 noon start. Nearest stations are Chancery lane on the Central line and Holborn on the Central and Piccadilly lines.

Stad-MK inspired T-shirt

We heard from Gabe, an art student with a very nice t-shirt offer

Hello, my name is Gabriel Cuthbert, I have recently started a clothing company called "Art of Football". I have created a Wolves design to celebrate their promotion, it is from the away match to MK Dons. I am a 19 yr old art student therefore my marketing funds are limited, it would therefore be fantastic and much appreciated if you could share this with your followers? http://art-of-football.com/collections/all/products/we-conquered-limited-edition

Wolves Allstars: Sunday August 3rd – 2pm – Darlaston Town FC Vs West Bromwich Albion All Stars

Mel writes: The cause is to raise funds to re-form Darlaston Town Football Club. Darlaston Town Football Club formed in 1874 folded in June 2013. A Community Interest Company (Limited by Guarantee) was set up in September 2013 with the aim of raising funds to re-form and run the club for the 2014/15 season.

and, in case you haven’t seen it... James Henry Bakary Sako and David Davis took on Fantasy Football's two-footed corner challenge. http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/tv-shows/the-fantasy-football-club/9304468/two-footed-corner-challenge-wolves

leaving a final abbswolf pub-quiz question – Wolves beat every one of the other teams in League 1 at least once apart from one – who were they? No prizes for this one though!


April 2014

First, congratulations to Kenny for finishing off an outstanding month by winning the Sky Bet League One manager of the month award. P8 W6 D1 L1 and top all month.

You might recall Robert participating in the pre Bees match video. If anyone is interested in representing London Wolves at a three way session on Easter Saturday or Sunday with Os and Bees before the match on Sky on Easter Monday please let me know.

While we’re on the Os please give the Wolves mascot a special cheer when he leads the team out. When Dave, Stuart and Peter met Rupert from Wolves’ shirt sponsors What House on the train, he said we should do something with the shirts. He very generously allowed us to nominate the mascot for our last “home” match of the season in London. So big applause for John Webb’s grandson Tommy who as a home STH travels up to Molineux for all the home matches as well as many away games (including front row for the 3-0 v The Bees.)

Meet the Players

Stef has confirmed that he hasn’t been able to set this up for this year, so we’re sorry for the disappointment of missing out on one of the highlights of the year. LW felt that there might be too much at stake for a social event before Easter Monday.

Meet the riders Thursday 10th April in The Mall

We mentioned earlier that the landlord of the Fox at Shipley (Neil Taylor – @wolvesfox ) and Jason Guy (@wolvespremier) were joining the Paris – London cycle ride They’ve set off for Paris and expect to arrive back in the Mall on Thursday afternoon. Mark (@20markf) is planning to join them for the last mile – but would welcome any other London Wolves who can also get to the Mall to welcome them home. (Neil was also planning to run the Paris and London Marathons!) Neil is fundraising for the Birmingham Childrens’ hospital while with Jason’s partner Lucy undergoing breast cancer treatment he is supporting Breakthrough Breast Cancer in Lucy’s name http://www.justgiving.com/Lucy-Jason Follow Mark or Neil or Jason on Twitter for updates

Player of the Season 2013-14 voting

Voting is now closed for London Wolves Player of the Season. We’ll let you know later what the presentation plan is and when Stuart will announce the result of a very closely run contest. Equally close is likely to be the Wolves club vote which is also an on-line vote (otherwise get a voting slip from the ticket office or megastore) here http://www.wolves.co.uk//news/article/fans-player-of-the-year-vote-launched-040414-1466769.aspx Voting closes on Sunday week. Unfortunately there’s not an “all of them” option.

The League 1 run-in

Rotherham are also one point behind the Os with a game in hand which is at the Blades on Tuesday.

Diary date – fixtures

The new season 2014-15 fixtures will be released by the Football League at 9am on Wednesday 18th June

TRAVEL UPDATE April and May


Bully’s (Bravaccio’s) before tomorrow’s Posh match

After the highly successful visit a few weeks ago Roy has again arranged another two meals for a tenner deal at Bully’s tomorrow

An evening with John Hartson

Roy has booked a London Wolves table at this great event for when the new season gets underway. Tickets will cost members £37. Roy is also making hotel arrangements. Jody’s testimonial chairman, Jason Guy, arranged this Sporting Dinner with John Hartson in August in aid of Breakthrough Cancer. John himself was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2009 and subsequently underwent successful chemotherapy and treatment despite it spreading to his lungs and brain and will be the guest speaker on Thursday 21st August 2014 at the Mount Hotel in Tettenhall, Wolves old players’ favourite haunt, to tell his amazing story. The “supporting” act is some-time Wolf Ian Sludge Lees. If you think you might be interested in attending please book with Roy or Dave. Jason is cycling from Paris to London in April which is also fundraising at http://www.justgiving.com/Lucy-Jason

DDCWWFCSC bash 3rd May

If you are also a member of Daventry - Coxy has booked dinner and a party in Northampton after the closing match of the season to celebrate. £32 for DDCWWFCSC members and £42 for non-members. Contact him directly with £10 deposit.

Wolves Allstars Fixtures

Mel writes:

The Allstars won on Sunday 16th March (2:1) raising £4000 for the Birmingham Children’s hospital, including Jody in the line-up. Jason Guy, however, did a Stevie Gerrard, and missed a penalty.

Sunday April 6th - 2.30pm - Bilston Town FC, Queen Street, Bilston v New Park Village Football Dvlpment Coaches XI

Our very own former Wolves Player ( and Wolves All Star) - Joe Jackson - is organising this great fund raiser for this really worthwhile Inner City Project. This is also to help support a connection with two schools in the Hanover area of Jamaica, where the coaches are visiting later this summer to work and coach the youngsters who are involved in a gang culture.

Sunday April 27th – 2pm – AFC Wulfrunians, Castlecroft Stadium, Castlecroft Road Vs Wolverhampton Sunday League Veterans - Supporting Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Following the diagnosis of Lucy Smith (Jason Guy’s partner) of Breast Cancer in May 2013, Jason and Lucy have worked tirelessly to raise funds for ‘Breakthrough Breast Cancer’ who in the words of the Doctor’s at the Nuffield Hospital who are treating Lucy are ‘pioneering in their research for the illness’. Last year Jason and Lucy raised £10,000 and are looking to match the amount this year. Lucy has undergone chemotherapy successfully and now begins an intensive course of radiotherapy.

Sunday August 3rd – 2pm – Darlaston Town FC Vs West Bromwich Albion All Stars

The cause is to raise funds to re-form Darlaston Town Football Club. Darlaston Town Football Club formed in 1874 folded in June 2013. A Community Interest Company (Limited by Guarantee) was set up in September 2013 with the aim of raising funds to re-form and run the club for the 2014/15 season.

Wear your shirt for the Bobby Moore fund – Friday 19th April

April is bowel cancer awareness month so let's get together to do something simple and help save lives. Join us on Friday April 11th and wear your football shirt with pride. It doesn't matter who you support, whether your team is top of the league or struggling in the relegation zone just get your football shirt on and make a £2 donation to help beat bowel cancer sooner. We've made great progress in tackling bowel cancer and since the Bobby Moore Fund was established in 1993, mortality rates have fallen by 30%. But we can't stop there as sadly 43 people die of bowel cancer every day in the UK, that's almost 4 football teams. So spread the word and rally your work mates to wear their footie shirts this April. You don't need to be athletic, it doesn't matter what city you live in, united we can raise even more money for pioneering bowel cancer research.

One day we'll make Bobby proud and beat bowel cancer. With your help we can do it sooner.

Best wishes,

The Bobby Moore Fund Team

Cancer Research UK

details here http://bobbymoorefund.cancerresearchuk.org/get-involved/football-shirt-friday/


March 2014

in this issue.....

First

Congratulations to all at Wolves and the Community team for being named Football League 1 Family Club of the Year. Also to the Wolves Ladies for two very good results recently. And also to Matt Grayson for his upside down apology to the fan whose shirt badge was the wrong way up (it’s on our Facebook page). And, of course, to 8,800 signing up for the MKDons awayday. Congratulations too to Jacqui Oatley (who came to see LW in the pub before he Crawley match) on the return of LKO and her bump due at the end of the season.

You might recall Robert participating in the pre Bees match video. If anyone is interested in representing London Wolves at a three way session in London on Easter Saturday or Sunday with Os and Bees before the match on Sky on Easter Monday please let me know as soon as you can

Bully’s (Bravaccio’s) before the Posh match

After the highly successful visit a few weeks ago Roy is arranging another “two meals for a tenner” deal at Bully’s. It will probably be before the Posh match – to be confirmed next week. Please book with Roy or Dave.

London Wolves Player of the Season 2013-14 vote

Well, Graham Turner wanted a draw on Saturday and got it, but it’s the sharp end of the season and time to start thinking about your vote for player of the season. At the moment Kevin McDonald is marginally ahead of Michael Jacobs and Carl Ikeme. Please let Dave Slape know your choice by 10th April or vote on the website by then (you’ll need your login – if you’ve forgotten it please email webmaster@londonwolves.com ) You can get a password reminder if you know your login. Login here http://www.londonwolves.com/html/members_only.html Vote here http://www.londonwolves.com/html/pots_vote.html

An evening with John Hartson

Roy has booked a London Wolves table at this great event for when the new season gets underway. Tickets will cost members £37. Roy is also making hotel arrangements. Jody’s testimonial chairman, Jason Guy, arranged this Sporting Dinner with John Hartson in August in aid of Breakthrough Cancer. John himself was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2009 and subsequently underwent successful chemotherapy and treatment despite it spreading to his lungs and brain and will be the guest speaker on Thursday 21st August 2014 at the Mount Hotel in Tettenhall, Wolves old players’ favourite haunt, to tell his amazing story. The “supporting” act is some-time Wolf Ian Sludge Lees. If you think you might be interested in attending please book with Roy or Dave. Jason is cycling from Paris to London in April which is also fundraising at http://www.justgiving.com/Lucy-Jason

NEC Memorabilia Show – Sunday 23rd March: 12noon til 4pm.

If any London Wolves members can’t make the show but would like to order one or both of these then please email Jason on jason@first4staff.net He’ll try to arrange that you can pick them up at Bravaccio’s if that is convenient.

Jason confirmed that he will have several members of the Wolves 1980 League Cup Final Winning Squad…

confirmed so far: Mel Eves, Colin Brazier, George Berry, Willie Carr and Geoff Palmer…(with hopefully more to follow) Signing…..


TRAVEL UPDATE April and May

Feb 2014

Stuart Hatwell

We were very sad to learn from Stuart’s brother Keith of his death after a short illness on February 3rd. Stuart and Keith have been Wolves supporters since the 50s (starting young!) and London Wolves members for a long time. Stuart and Keith are pictured here at one of their favourite WWLSC events, the Meet the Players, with Seyi George Olofinjana. This was the Glenn Hoddle era, and was just before the Reading match at the Mad Stad when Rohan Ricketts and a young Leon Clarke gained a 2-1 win. Leon was booked after a fracas with the antique Martin Keown, but gained his revenge as hit shot went off Keown for the winner.

Bees fans claim London Wolves fans are scared

The Besotted website team stumbled across London Wolves returning from the Golden Palace when they were on the way back from the Shrews doing us a favour and interviewed “a frightened Wolves fan”. Move forwards to about the 9th minute for the departure from Wolverhampton, the interview and his Bees 0 WW 5 forecast! http://beesotted.co.uk/?p=11232

The Beesotted guys are offering to meet up next Thursday in central London (possibly Islington or more central) 7:30-8:30 for more fun banter and interviews, and hope to be able to broadcast to YouTube live. We’ll let you know arrangements as soon as we can. Please let Peter W know on the train Saturday or reply to me if you might be interested. They are also kindly identifying some good pubs to meet up at pre-match. The Bees also have a petition open on YouGov to influence Boris for approval for their new ground – staying in Brentford - if you’d like to sign – details and link from the Beesotted site http://beesotted.co.uk/?p=11180

An event for the return to the “division from hell” John Hartson charity dinner Thurs 21st August

Jody’s testimonial chairman, Jason Guy, has arranged a Sporting Dinner with John Hartson in August in aid of Breakthrough Cancer. John himself was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2009 and subsequently underwent successful chemotherapy and treatment despite it spreading to his lungs and brain and will be the guest speaker on Thursday 21st August 2014 at the Mount Hotel in Tettenhall, Wolves old players’ favourite haunt, to tell his amazing story. If you think you might be interested in attending please reply to this email or tell Dave or Roy that you are interested and we will see if we can get a table. Cost £40-£50 a head. Jason is cycling from Paris to London in April which is also fundraising at http://www.justgiving.com/Lucy-Jason

Coventry Fans

Stuart has been asked to ask if you will support the Coventry fans’ initiatives to return to Coventry rather than play at Sixfields by signing another YouGov petition. Although the direction is a bit out of kilter – the committee oversees the department – it may help to bring attention to the Football Governance Bill due for its first reading in June (Damian Collins MP, Folkestone & Hythe) especially if you write to your MP to seek her/his support to the bill. You can find your own MP’s contact details here http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/ The petition details follow

Subject: HM Government e-petition: Keep Cov in Cov

As you all know, Coventry City is in the ludicrous position of having to play its "home" matches at the Sixfields Stadium in Northampton, 35 miles from Coventry. Coventry City fans would greatly appreciate your help in signing a petition to help bring our plight to the attention of the Government. We need 100,000 signatures for this to happen. If you think about it, what is happening at Coventry City is just one example of what is happening nationally to the game we love.

It will take you only a minute or two to do this. Please go to http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/59884 and add your name. And then please circulate this to others.

Many thanks!

Bob Weeks [mailto:bob-weeks@hotmail.co.uk]

FSF Safe Standing

the campaign achieved an important step forward this week with this headline: “League clubs say “yes” to safe standing” at

http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/football-league-clubs-say-yes-to-safe-standing

Tony Daley

Stuart also received this message from FootieBugs. You might have to endure a bit of Villa, but its a nice interview with Tony, and, if you’re interested in football coaching for youngsters, even a business opportunity. If you know someone who might be interested in coaching please pass it on.

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Ben Pugh <ben@thebugsgroup.com
To: londonwolves.66@btinternet.com
Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 13:21
Subject: Exclusive Wolves Fitness Coach Tony Daley Interview

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Dear Sirs,

Children’s football activity specialists FootieBugs work with former England international and Aston Villa player Lee Hendrie. Lee has granted us access to his extensive network of contacts to record some exclusive interviews. We believe this interview with Wolverhampton Wanderers fitness coach Tony Daley may be of interest to your readers, website visitors and social media followers.

EXCLUSIVE TONY DALEY INTERVIEW link http://www.footiebugs.com/tonydaley/

Please feel free to send this video to your mailing lists, publish on your website and share on your social media channels. Can you please let me know if this video is of any use to you and how and when you plan to use it. We have some other great content that we would be delighted to share with you. Please give me a call.

Thanks

Ben

Ben Pugh

Marketing Manager


Jan 2014


Signings

You are probably aware that Wolves re-signed striker Nouha Dicko who was on loan with us last season and scored a proper fox-in-the-box goal against Burnley – funny what happens when you play a striker in a striker’s role. Nouha has signed permanently now which is great news – this season on loan at Rotherham he has scored a goal a game. At that rate maybe he can hit his shirt number, 40, this year for us. We met Nouha just before the season ended – he said all he wanted to do was get on the pitch and score.

And, surely if the team live up to his promise, the Wolves Captain for the next ten years, Danny Batth has also signed until 2017. (He signed for us last year!)

Is there no end to the boy’s talent?...

representing the “Beech Boys” Mark Feehan came up against a tough opponent in Chris on Monday 13th, but was he “Top Gun”? You can still catch the show on http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03qgnky/Eggheads_Series_14_Episode_101/ for a few days

Here are Peter's provisional travel details for February and March matches:-


Oct 2013

Yes, it’s that time of the year again already – and Roy has booked our Christmas lunch. Peter will arrange an early train before the MK Dons match. Details below, including the menu. In the meantime, as you all know, this is Jody Craddock’s testimonial year, and Jody has a very special dinner at Molineux on November 14th, while our raffle at the Christmas lunch will be to support Jody’s charities. You will have noticed there have been some fixture changes. Finally, the Football Supporters’ Federation, of which we are members, are looking for FSF away fan reports, so if you can help and provide reports after any away game please do.


Across the Atlantic for this week's And Finally as LA Galaxy's Robbie Keane shows he's still got it with a "circus-trick" goal. We know this is only on the training pitch but it's still a pretty great artefact of just how skillful the best players are. Impressive stuff...    

Fixture changes


Sep 2013

A brief news – with information from Stan about the U21 match next week on Monday against Arsenal. Wolves also play the JPT first round match v Notts County on Tuesday, which is live on Sky Sports.

Wolves U21 are at the Emirates on Monday 7th October with a 7pm kick off. Doors open 5:30. Tickets are £4 (£2 concessions) and are print-at-home e-tickets generally but there’s a booking fee of £1.20 and a charge of £2 for printing it yourself! Or you can ring them.


Message from the Express & Star archive project – Stuart has written on our behalf to support this, but they are looking for your views on its use.

We need your help to strengthen the bid to make the Express & Star's photo archive available digitally for free.

If you can spare five minutes of your time to fill out a short survey, we can use your views to ensure the plans meet the needs of the thousands of people we believe would be interested in using a future service.

At present, we have an estimated 750,000 photos stored in our offices. Many of these historic photos are beginning to deteriorate with time.

By giving your views on access, likely levels of usage and the benefit to the community, we can shape the bid to save the photos for future generations.

After an appeal for support was launched in August, more than 150 people and organisations have written in support of the bid.

Please take the time to complete the survey.

Click here to begin

Thank you in advance for your time.

Chris Leggett
Brand and communications manager

and Psycho is at the Molineux on Thursday 24th October just






August 2013 AGM Agenda, Jody Craddock, Bully Black Tie & Diamonds, FSF, emails

A brief update on the AGM and other events.

Saturday is also the Sir Bobby Robson National Football Day. http://nationalfootballday.thefa.com/

It is possible that the Walsall match at Molineux scheduled for Saturday 7th September will be moved to Tuesday 17th with a 7:45pm kick off. The 7th is an international weekend and WWFC are anticipating there may be enough international call-ups to request a delay. The same may happen to away fixtures at Carlisle and Notts County.

Congratulations to Wolves Women FC for their 5-1 win against the Foxes on Sunday. If you’re staying over after the Gills match don’t forget you’ll be welcome to watch the ladies in action at Castlecroft on Sunday afternoon (2pm ko) against Lewes in a PSF. Their season starts away at Derby on Sunday 25th August. More details here http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/wolves-women-win-at-foxes-050813-969275.aspx

Jody Craddock #6 Testimonial Year


There’s a chance to join a training session run by Jody Craddock ably assisted by Matt Murray at Compton on Wednesday 4th September at Compton. It costs £149 per person and can be booked through WWFC (see the poster) The event, as does Jody’s other fundraising efforts, supports The Birmingham Children’s Hospital (for Jody’s son Toby) and Balls to Cancer.

You can follow announcements for Jody’s testimonial events at @JC6Testimonial on Twitter

Jody’s fundraising chairman, Jason, is also running the First4Staff first Golf Day, the ‘First4Staff’ Charity Golf Classic on Wednesday 21st August 2013 at Oxley Park Golf Course in Wolverhampton. The charities that will be benefitting from the day are various Breast Cancer charities (named on the day) and the West Park Rehabilitation hospital. The event is supported by Andy Thompson, Jody Craddock, Mel Eves, Jon Purdie, Robbie Dennison, Geoff Palmer amongst others and donations can also be made at www.justgiving.com/jason-guy

The Steve Bull Foundation is also, on its third birthday holding Bully’s Black Tie & Diamonds Charity Ball with a

Live Appearance from M People’s Heather Small

Friday 27th September 2013 at The ICC, Broad Street, Birmingham

Tickets cost £65 or £90 plus VAT – please let Peter W know if you are interested.


London Wolves is affiliated to the Football Supporters Federation. You can find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thefsf and Twitter

They are also surveying away fan experiences – you can feedback here http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/away-fans-2013-14 as well as continuing the fight for safe standing and fair pricing for away tickets. The latest newsletter also includes .....

We’ve tried to clean up the distribution list for current membership. If this is the first item you’ve received please email back asking for your access to the members’ section of the website. Recent enews are here http://www.londonwolves.com/html/enews.html and the summer 2013 newsletter is also on-line here http://www.londonwolves.com/html/lw_newsletters.html (you will have to sign in).

July 2013

AGM Venue / Time change – still Saturday 10th August now at 11:45am in The Lych Gate Tavern

44 Queen Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1TX 01902 399516.

The City Bar is under new management, and undergoing a major refit, which, unfortunately will not now be finished in time for the AGM. The Lych Gate is one of our favourite pubs with a good range of Black Country and guest ales. The London train arrives at 11:11 and we are starting earlier than planned at 11:45 so that you also have time to get food, as the Tavern normally only sells rolls, and also to beat the 1pm rush. The entrance is by St Peter’s Church Lych Gate, on the pedestrian route from Queen Square, by the Barclays Bank, to the subway to Molineux. Stuart looks forward to welcoming you all to the AGM. Peter should have match tickets available after the AGM is concluded.

Travel Change

The Crawley Town match at Molineux has been moved to Friday night 23rd August for Sky with a 7:45pm kick-off and Peter has rebooked trains.

London Wolves on Tour

A somewhat select group travelled internationally to support the team on it’s Scottish and Welsh and Molineux matches – thanks to Peg-Leg Peter and Dave for the pictures at http://www.londonwolves.com/html/preseas13.html

Traffic Alerts

Peter W has identified a facility for the travel pages to show current traffic alerts and these have been added to his travel page at http://www.londonwolves.com/html/travel.html#traffic and also to the mobile website http://mobile.londonwolves.com/html/traffic.html If driving then please ask your passenger to link to these pages or www.frixo.com

London Wolves Walk 2013 from the South Bank to the North Bank

Pictures are here http://www.londonwolves.com/html/walk2013.html Don’t miss the stripper in the (Tower) Bridge House pub, the Wolves fan behind the bar at the oldest pub on the river, The Mayflower, North Banker Mark on the South Bank, and the Gallows at the Prospect.

June 2013 = eTravel

Peter Woodifield has booked the travel for August and September. If you wish to attend a pre-season match as some members are travelling from London then please get directly in touch with him at peteraw@globalnet.co.uk

Former and re-joining member Mark Griffiths who runs On The Ball Travel and organises fan flights and trips has also arranged a long weekend for the Preston match with a Friday departure from Molineux and a detour to Blackpool, although you’ll have to be at the Moli before 10am to catch the coach. Details here http://www.ontheballtravel.com/wolves-away-travel/ Mark also organises travel for England and other games. and is already planning for Brazil so please take a look at his website!

Mel Eves, in his role as Wolverhampton Rotary President, has also written about a big event on July 17th at the Aldersley Village Centre supporting the Compton Hospice and other Rotary Charities and you can also use it to support a charity of your choosing to “set up” fundraising within an existing event. Money has been raised already for anyone to walk (or other) laps of the stadium http://www.wolverhamptonbestfootforward.com/

We hope also to see some early details of Jody’s testimonial events next month.

Don’t forget – Jim Heath’s memorial event on Sunday in Telford, the London Wolves Walk next week 11:00am Saturday July 7th starting in the Market Porter, Borough Market and the AGM before the Gills match. Upstairs in the City Bar, probably from 12:30, Saturday August 10th.

The Easter Saturday fixture against Rotherham has been brought forward to Good Friday, still with a 3pm ko.

The Star has daily transfer rumours here http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2013/06/26/transfer-rumours-june-26/ or http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/ with Luke Murphy and Sam Ricketts fees agreed but competition expected while Dorus, Karl Henry, Wardy, Adam Hammill and O’Hara and Johnson are being shown the door (or, rather, where the door might be) and a miss on Martin Paterson.

June 2013-2 London Wolves Newsletter June 2013 + AGM

Attached is your June 2013 edition of the newsletter. Steve reports on the second half of a dismal season for the Club including (but tries to cheer you up with headlines such as “Solsacken” and “Big Time Lewes’ers”). On a happier note though, there were much better times for our sponsored Wolves ladies as well as the enjoyment of Roy’s events in West Sussex, the 1980 League Cup, Dave’s 50th, and events at Molineux. The new season’s fixture list is included while Chairman Earl claims to be spending more on postage than on beer! Steve has had to hold over some material until the Christmas edition when there will be more on the Chairman’s presentation at the Wolves Women end of season event.

Attached is an updated fixture list – apologies for the JPT and Saddlers date errors, and also if you received two copies. Wolves have also announced that the Capital One Cup match at Morecambe will be televised and have also arranged an additional pre-season friendly at East Fife on July 10th with an evening kickoff. Hopefully the “new David Platt” will be on board by then http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2013/06/26/wolves-could-land-the-next-david-platt/

Don’t forget the London Wolves walk on 6th July, Jim Heath’s memorial matches on 30th June, and the AGM which will be on 10th August in the City Bar. (Time/agenda will follow). This season is also Jody Craddock’s testimonial year – you can keep up to date with plans by following @JC6Testimonial on Twitter – with our friend Jason of the Wolves Allstars acting as committee chairman it promises to be a humdinger. Jason also has recently learned that his better half Lucy has been diagnosed with breast cancer and he has organised a golf event to fundraise for cancer charities. Details were in the last eNews.

Peter is busy booking travel this week so you’ll have the details very soon.

June 2013-1 : Fixtures 2013-14, Newsletter, Walk, AGM, Jody, Golf Day and Waggy

Here are the fixtures announced today plus the pre-season schedule and details of a Memorial Day for Jim Heath at St George’s Cricket Club, Telford, on Sunday June 30th (these are available and up-to-date on the fixtures page here )

If you would like to travel to any of the pre-seasons, especially the Real Betis game at Molineux, please contact Peter Woodifield before the end of this month. Match tickets for Real Betis are a tenner or less.

Steve will be publishing the Newsletter very soon – he waited until the fixtures were announced today. Thanks to Roy for finishing off the season in fine style in Sussex – the Newsletter will have pictures of this and of Stuart, Roy, Ruth, and Mark presenting the Wolves Women training tops at their end of season event at Molineux. The ladies consolidated their place in the premier division, while several of the younger teams achieved league and cup doubles – more in the magazine.

Don’t forget the London Wolves walk on 6th July, Jim Heath’s memorial matches on 30th June, and the AGM (probably) on 10th August in the City Bar. This season is also Jody Craddock’s testimonial year – you can keep up to date with plans by following @JC6Testimonial – with our friend Jason of the Wolves Allstars acting as committee chairman it promises to be a humdinger. Jason also has recently learned that his (much) better half Lucy has been diagnosed with breast cancer and he has organised a golf event to fundraise for cancer charities. Details follow.

You are all probably aware of Waggy’s heart attack earlier in the year. He is now also undergoing chemotherapy which started earlier this month and our best wishes, thoughts and prayers are with him and Val during this very trying year.

Football League One Fixtures

Matchday one is part of the Football League’s 125th Anniversary celebrations against another founding club, Preston North End, at Deepdale.

Shown again in list form at the end of this email

Our “home matches” i.e. London area away matches are marked in green – not much until January and only two real London games at the Bees and Os.

pre-season friendlies.

Saturday, 13th July Livingston (away) Braidwood Motor company Stadium, kick-off 2.00pm

Tuesday, 16th July Wrexham (away) Racecourse Ground, kick-off 7.45pm

Saturday, 20th July Barnsley (away) Oakwell, kick-off 3.00pm

Tuesday, 23rd July Chesterfield (away) Chesterfield’s Proact Stadium, kick-off 7.45pm

Saturday, 27th July Real Betis (home) Molineux, kick-off 3.00pm

Whilst there are no club trips yet planned for these friendlies please contact Peter Woodifield if you are interested in going – especially for the 27th July.

London Wolves Walk 2013

Cap’n Castro writes: Follow in the footsteps of Samuel Pepys, Charles Dickens, I.K.Brunel, the Pilgrim Fathers and countless pirates on Saturday the Sixth of July by joining theLondon Wolves walk. Travel from the historic South Bank by shanks’ pony, omnibus, train and boat via the North Bank to a destination towards (and beyond?) the Prime Meridian Line dividing east from west. Plus, for those of us who like a beer or two (too numerous to count), there are many historic hostelries along the way selling beers which will help you walk (Wainwright ale) and keep you seaworthy (Scurvy Ale). What more could you ask for? Come and join us! Meeting place: Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Borough Market, London Bridge, SE1 9AA at 11am. To fortify yourselves for the voyage you might like to try Maria’s Market Cafe in the Borough Market (opposite the Wheatsheaf in Stoney Street by the Market Porter) especially if you fancy a bubble and squeak bap for breakfast

From Jason Guy @premierwolves

First4Staff are holding our first Golf Day, the ‘First4Staff’ Charity Golf Classic on Wednesday 21st August 2013 at Oxley Park Golf Course in Wolverhampton.

The charities that will be benefitting from the day are various Breast Cancer charities (named on the day) and the West Park Rehabilitation hospital.

My partner Lucy was diagnosed with Breast Cancer last month aged 31. We remain positive as the Cancer has been caught at an early stage and she will soon be undergoing treatment and surgery. We will therefore be distributing funds between various local and national Breast Cancer charities to help support others who are diagnosed with this illness.

For non-golfers Jason has also set up a donation page at www.justgiving.com/jason-guy

Jim Heath

From: Charles Ross

Hi folks

A date for anybody who can make it! St Georges Cricket Club in Telford, on Sunday June 30th, are holding their Presidents Day in honour of Jim Heath.

Full details can be found here:

http://www.wolvesheroes.com/2013/06/08/time-for-whites-with-a-gold-and-black-tint/http://www.stgeorgescc.org.uk/2013/02/03/presidents-day-2013-in-memory-of-jim-heath/It would be great to see a sizeable contingent of Wolves fans there. Jim's family would be delighted to see you - they remain immensely grateful to London Wolves for your support at a very difficult time.
Jim's son Jack will be playing in the Juniors 20/20 game, and we are still working on getting some more Wolves ex-players for the afternoon game.
It would be great to have a good turnout presence if possible! Should be a cracking day.
And again - thanks to everyone who did what they could for the family of one of life's good guys.
Even if you did not know Jim personally - it should be a great day!

Thanks

Charles


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