Upcoming Documentary

[WW1963]

https://www.expressandstar.com/nostalgia/the-wolves-fans-who-left-for-mexico-86-and-never-came-back-8644348?fbclid=IwdGRjcASGFZtjbGNrBIYUXmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHg3PokwgTl1YCA1joK-IJBN0cX9n-9h5fVnGAn_yJhV8M7ZKcw540w2bZ2Rg_aem_M81VpD2UXzQxde4eljcuRQ

 

[WW1963]

Looking forward to this:

They were a group of Wolves fans who famously went to the 1986 World Cup in Mexico - and didn’t come back.

Now the story of Adder, Batesy, Rabbit Head, Arnie, and their American buddy Texas Steve has been told in a new documentary just in time for the upcoming 2026 World Cup, called “Lost Down Mexico Way.”

 

[BlahBlah]

Looking forward to this:

They were a group of Wolves fans who famously went to the 1986 World Cup in Mexico - and didn’t come back.

Now the story of Adder, Batesy, Rabbit Head, Arnie, and their American buddy Texas Steve has been told in a new documentary just in time for the upcoming 2026 World Cup, called “Lost Down Mexico Way.”

It's already on Youtube. The blues fan who went to Monterrey, met a Mexican girl and just stayed there is amazing...now a school headmaster. 40 ******* years ago.
If you remember the UK in 86 it was terrible for young people, so nothing to lose. The add on story is that lots followed them especially to Atlanta and all have had much better lives than they would have had here.

 

[thetwistedsock]

This was a fantastic video.

 

[NewOrder306]

Hopefully in Atlanta for Round of 32 - will try and look him up.....

 

[Olivergoldblack]

Good documentary. Good set of lads, great adventure for them.

 

[Lofty wolf]

Just watched
That is brilliant. Almost a tear to my eye hearing Texas Steve singing " Where the hell are you from"

I moved from Wolves in 1986 to find work, but only made it as far as Isle of Wight!!

 

[The Pie Poker]

 

[The Pie Poker]

When the Texan named Steve sings "everywhere we gooo-o" made me loff.

 

[wolvesandbooze]

Just watched this. What a fantastic story.

 

[Ercall Wolves]

Just finished watching it
Brilliant story

 

[Shergar]

Brilliant.

‘Peter Shilton’ getting laid..

 

[westside wolf]

Great film. Odd that they seem to have confused Stourbridge and Bristol right near the start!

 

[xbomber]

Great film. Odd that they seem to have confused Stourbridge and Bristol right near the start!


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Good spot, that's indeed a relatively recent view of Central Bristol, Frogmore Street near the Hatchet Inn. View from 2024:

 

[JAIRDUCOCHET]

A good watch, I enjoyed it.

 

[Netherton Wolf]

Not a good read

My Mexico '86 dad 'popped out for a pint of milk' and never came home

Staring into the camera with his arm wrapped around his three-year-old girl (left), Garry Hardwicke (right) is the picture of a proud young father.

www.dailymail.com

 

[Wonder Boyo]

Not a good read

My Mexico '86 dad 'popped out for a pint of milk' and never came home

Staring into the camera with his arm wrapped around his three-year-old girl (left), Garry Hardwicke (right) is the picture of a proud young father.

www.dailymail.com

I quite enjoyed the documentary but I didn't think it was as great as some others. I imagine there was a lot of gilding the lily going on! Just a young group of lads off for an adventure and I guess most of them did create lives that they otherwise wouldn't have had the opportunity to do. I just didn't warm to them very much from the beginning, when 3 years in prison for robbing a post office and running down 3 people in a car was seen as just a bit of banter. Still, I guess this gave some of them the opportunity to change their lives for the better and contribute. Some of us do stupid things when we are younger and I guess he did at least seek out and find his daughter.