Peter Broadbent

[UNCLE REMUS]

Just bought what appears to be an excellent biography about Peter Broadbent. More interesting to "us" of a certain age, but a good read for others to see how good we really were and how good was Peter.

We are Wolves

[Bertiewolf]

Sadly in the eyes of Walter Winterbottom (or the selection committee that choose the England team for him!!) , he was not deemed as good as Johnny Haynes otherwise he would have got a deserved 50 or so England caps

[kennyB]

Peter Broadbent was my hero, the best inside forward I ever saw at Molineux and there were quite a few, Denis Wilshaw, Sammy Smyth etc. What a great entertainer.

[UNCLE REMUS]

He was the best I ever saw, playing at Molineux, I do however think that John White, who came on the scene slightly later with Spurs was as good.

I never rated Johhny Haynes that much, perhaps because he played for Fulham and they always seemed to struggle. I always used to think they only stayed in the Division because of Tony Macedo who was a good goalkeeper. Didn't Bobby Robson play inside forward as well during Peter's time.

[howlin wolf]

Good shout Remus.Nice to be reminded when we were a BIG CLUB.Broadbent was also one of my heroes, also a good call for John White, often forgotten .

[kennyB]

So were Wilf Mannion and Len Shackleton. Loved Shackleton's book where he headed one chapter "The average football director's knowledge of the game" and then left the page blank!!

[EasternWolf]

Agree with everything said. He was and is my all time Wolves hero.

[kennyB]

Anyone know how he is? Last I heard he was in a nursing home and not very well but not living in Wolvo am out of touch.

[Berkswolf]

Didn't Bobby Robson play inside forward as well during Peter's time.

Was Robson not a full back? I seem to recall him playing for England in that position.

[arthur williams]

Robson was an inside forward.

I was asked once, who was the player who evoked my earliest memories of Wolves. I answered it was the great man Peter Broadbent. He'd walk into any team you wish to imagine today and he'd be the star player.

[UNCLE REMUS]

Was Robson not a full back? I seem to recall him playing for England in that position.

May have played Half Back, don't think he had the pace to play full back in those days.

[kennyB]

I seem to recall that Robson was a wing half but could be wrong. (Fading memory and all that!).

[Hanbone's Hamme]

I seem to recall that Robson started as an inside forward and it was for this position that he was chosen for the 1958 World Cup squad, as was our Peter. I believe he was chosen for the 1962 squad as a wing half.

[jayeff17]

Peter Broadbent my hero too, it seemed whenever he played for England somebody got injured (no substitutes in those days) Broadbent had to drop back to cover.
A good article about him in last weeks Black country bugle.