Wolves Birthdays

[Frank Lincoln]

Happy birthday today to

Hwang (28)
Ryan Giles (24)
Roger Hansbury (69)

and a weekend birthday to

Gary Goodchild (66 - current scout)
Nathan Blake (52)
Morgan Gibbs-White (24 - come on, lets be gracious!)
Lewis Gobern (39)

I wish them all a happy birthday, even Morgan Gibbs-White..

 

[Southdownswolf]

I wish them all a happy birthday, even Morgan Gibbs-White..

I'd be gutted to see Brizzle knock Forest out tonight.....

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday today to

Norman Bodell (85 - former reserve team coach)
Hugh Mcllmoyle (83)
Barry Powell (70)

 

[Frank Lincoln]

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Statue of Hugh McIlmoyle outside the Carlisle United ground.

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday to

John McAlle (74)
John Humphrey (63)
Christophe Berra (39)
Big George Elokobi (38)

and posthumous birthdays for

Jack Curnow (19110-1990 6 appearances 1935-36)
the legendary Bert Williams (1920-2014 - 381 appearances 1945-59)

 

[SuperGran]

Happy birthday George

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Happy birthday to

John McAlle (74)
John Humphrey (63)
Christophe Berra (39)
Big George Elokobi (38)

and posthumous birthdays for

Jack Curnow (19110-1990 6 appearances 1935-36)
the legendary Bert Williams (1920-2014 - 381 appearances 1945-59)

Happy birthday to them all.

John McAlle was one of the most underrated players in Bill McGarry‘s team. He was probably fortunate that he played so many games with big Frank Munro, but he also played his part and was an important member of the early ‘70’s Wolves team.

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday today to

John Paskin (62)
Talisca (30 - feels like he should be a Wolf)

and a posthumous birthday to

Tom Baxter (1903-87 - 50 appearances 1927-29)
Davey Boy Martin (1914-91 - 25 appearances 1934-36)

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday today and tomorrow to

Willy Boly (33)
Mixu Paatelainan (57)
Tim Flowers (57)
Dave Edwards (38)
Maurice Ross (43)
Mikkel Bischoff (42)

and a posthumous birthday to

George Swift (1870-1956 - 51 appearances 1891-94. Part of the 1893 FA Cup winning team)
Tom Yule (1888-? - 33 appearances 1911-13)

 

[Norman Bell]

Today being the 3rd of February, is the 59th birthday of that fine man of intellect, good looks and humour. ....................................................................... @Norman Bell !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SuperGran]

Today being the 3rd of February, is the 59th birthday of that fine man of intellect, good looks and humour. ....................................................................... @Norman Bell !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy birthday Norman

 

[Jack Russell]

6 February.

Happy 100th birthday Billy Wright!

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Today being the 3rd of February, is the 59th birthday of that fine man of intellect, good looks and humour. ....................................................................... @Norman Bell !!!!!!!!!!!!!

My apologies for missing this. Belated birthday greetings.

 

[HICKO]

Today being the 3rd of February, is the 59th birthday of that fine man of intellect, good looks and humour. ....................................................................... @Norman Bell !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Belated birthday wishes.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

6 February.

Happy 100th birthday Billy Wright!

It should have been Sir William Ambrose Wright. Captain of Wolves and England and first man to win 100 caps for England, 90 of them as captain.

Happy heavenly birthday.

 

[SuperGran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1754475457443979305

 

[WickedWolfie]

Today being the 3rd of February, is the 59th birthday of that fine man of intellect, good looks and humour. ....................................................................... @Norman Bell !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had missed this.... Belated Happy Birthday Norm. At that advanced age you should know that self praise is no praise lol......

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

As pointed out by @Jack Russell today would have been the 100th Birthday of our greatest ever player Billy Wright. He still holds the record for the highest number of times he captained England. Probably the most forgotten great of England football. Did everything that Bobby Moore did (apart from World Cup success sadly) but 15 years earlier.

Also Happy Birthday today to

Jimmy Kelly (69)
Joao Teixeira (29)

and a posthumous birthday to

George Poyser (1910-1995)

 

[Norman Bell]

As pointed out by @Jack Russell today would have been the 100th Birthday of our greatest ever player Billy Wright. He still holds the record for the highest number of times he captained England. Probably the most forgotten great of England football. Did everything that Bobby Moore did (apart from World Cup success sadly) but 15 years earlier.

Also Happy Birthday today to

Jimmy Kelly (69)
Joao Teixeira (29)

and a posthumous birthday to

George Poyser (1910-1995)

If I recall correctly Jimmy Kelly was a promising Irish winger who never made the breakthrough at Wolves.

A few years back I bought a load of Wolves player pictures that came out of Shoot ! , Goal and Tiger magazine from ebay. The team posters of the mid seventies had Jimmy Kelly on them. Not sure where he went after leaving Wolves after having made 20 appearances in the seasons from 1975/76 through to 1977/78.

 

[SuperGran]

If I recall correctly Jimmy Kelly was a promising Irish winger who never made the breakthrough at Wolves.

Isn’t he the one that killed a bouncer in a nightclub?

 

[Norman Bell]

Isn’t he the one that killed a bouncer in a nightclub?

I have just googled it and there are two ex Wolves players called Jimmy Kelly. The one you recall was born in Scotland. He was sent down for 5 years for his part in killing a Liverpool nightclub bouncer on February 7th 1996. That James Kelly was still a Wolves player at the time from what I have just read.

The other Jimmy Kelly who is 69 today, was sold to Walsall ( therefore ending his football career !!!! ) in 1978. It seems he became a coach upon retirement from the pro game.

 

[Pompey Wolf]

As I share the same birthday as William Ambrose Wright (all be it exactly 30 years later) I guess it was written in the stars that I would become a Wolves fan.
The day I was born Wolves beat Blackpool 4-1 on route to their first league title.

 

[SuperGran]

have just googled it and there are two ex Wolves players called Jimmy Kelly. The one you recall was born in Scotland. He was sent down for 5 years for his part in killing a Liverpool nightclub bouncer on February 7th 1996. That James Kelly was still a Wolves player at the time from what I have just read.

Yes he played in the reserves until he got sent down. We nicknamed him killer Kelly

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy Birthday today to

Mick McCarthy (65)
Andy De Bont (50)

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Happy Birthday today to

Mick McCarthy (65)
Andy De Bont (50)

Happy birthday Mick. I can still recall his press conference where he told the press that the ‘MM’ on his tracksuit stood for Mick McCarthy, not Merlin the Magician..

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday today to

Tommy Langley (66)
Kevin Cooper (49)
Bright Enobakhare (26)

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Happy birthday today to

Tommy Langley (66)
Kevin Cooper (49)
Bright Enobakhare (26)

Happy birthday to them all. I wonder if Bright Enobakhare will look back as having wasted his talent. He must regret that he never made it in England, despite being given many chances.

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday today to

Gary Pendrey (75)
Brian Thompson (74)
Darren Ferguson (52)
Jake Cassidy (31)

and a posthumous birthday to

George Showell (1934-2012 - 200 appearances 1955-65. Part of the last Wolves team to win the League and FA Cup)
Cyrille Regis (1958-2018 - 19 appearances 1993-94. One of the most beloved men in West Midlands football history)

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Happy birthday today to

Gary Pendrey (75)
Brian Thompson (74)
Darren Ferguson (52)
Jake Cassidy (31)

and a posthumous birthday to

George Showell (1934-2012 - 200 appearances 1955-65. Part of the last Wolves team to win the League and FA Cup)
Cyrille Regis (1958-2018 - 19 appearances 1993-94. One of the most beloved men in West Midlands football history)

Not many players have crossed the Black Country divide between the Albion and Wolves and still be popular with both sets of fans. Cyrillie Regis did that. He was a lovely, caring man as well as being a very good footballer.

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday and posthumous birthday over the weekend and today to

Charles Baker (1867-1924 - 37 appearances 1891-93)
Harry Crump (1873-1918 - 1 appearance 1894-95)
Arthur Lowder (1863-1926 - 46 appearances 1882-91)
Shaun Bradbury (50)
JJ Melligan (42)
Jack Chadburn (1873-1923 - 11 appearances 1897-1900)
Mark Burke (55)
Benik Afobe (31)
Joao Gomes (23)

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday today to

Peter Zelem (62)
Chris Westwood (47)

and a posthumous birthday for

Joe Butcher (1875-1945 - 65 appearances 1892-95. Part of the 1893 FA Cup winning side)

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday today to

Brian Caswell (68)
Jimmy Kelly (51 - the convict one)
David Wheater (37)

and a posthumous birthday for

Samuel Thompson (1862-1943 - 21 appearances 1890)
Dickie Baugh (1864-1929 - 185 appearances 1886-96 part of the 1893 FA Cup winning team and the 1889 & 1896 finalist teams)
Val Gregory (1888-1940 - 96 appearances 1920-25. Captain of the 1921 FA Cup finalist team)
Dick Richards (1890-1934 - 88 appearances 1913-22)
Vic Rouse (1897-1961 - 5 appearances 1921-22)
Bryn Jones (1912-1985 - 163 appearances 1933-38, was briefly the most expensive player in British history, going to Arsenal in 1938 for £14,000)

 

[Adrian_Monk]

Happy birthday today to

Hwang (28)
Ryan Giles (24)
Roger Hansbury (69)

and a weekend birthday to

Gary Goodchild (66 - current scout)
Nathan Blake (52)
Morgan Gibbs-White (24 - come on, lets be gracious!)
Lewis Gobern (39)

(Belated) happy birthday to everybody except Roger Hansbury.

Will never forgive him for hugging the post instead of goalkeeping against Torquay

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Happy birthday today to

Rui Patricio (36)

and a posthumous birthday to

Ted Pheasant (1875-1910 - 159 appearances 1895-1904)
Jack Taylor (1914-1978 - 79 appearances 1931-38)
Eric Jones (1915-1985 - 3 appearances 1936-37)

 

[lets all have a disco]

(Belated) happy birthday to everybody except Roger Hansbury.

Will never forgive him for hugging the post instead of goalkeeping against Torquay

Agree...the useless tool .....bang went our deposit on the coach to wembley we had paid......

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

A posthumous birthday today for

Harry Marshall (1905-1959 - 52 appearances 1927-30. Not the former Chairman)
Sammy Chapman (1938-2019 - managed Wolves 1985-86)

 

[Frank Lincoln]

A posthumous birthday today for

Harry Marshall (1905-1959 - 52 appearances 1927-30. Not the former Chairman)
Sammy Chapman (1938-2019 - managed Wolves 1985-86)

Sammy Chapman managed Wolves during the worst time in the clubs history. Though it wasn’t his fault, the Bhakti Brothers were in charge then and non league and even extinction seemed a distinct possibility. Sammy did the best he could, but the players just weren’t good enough.

 

[Werewolf of Wombourne]

Sammy Chapman managed Wolves during the worst time in the clubs history. Though it wasn’t his fault, the Bhakti Brothers were in charge then and non league and even extinction seemed a distinct possibility. Sammy did the best he could, but the players just weren’t good enough.

That season 85-86 was about as bad as it could possibly get. People always think of Chorley as being our lowest ever point but I actually think the 6-0 defeat by Rotherham in the FA Cup 1st round the season before in '85 was our lowest point

 

[Frank Lincoln]

That season 85-86 was about as bad as it could possibly get. People always think of Chorley as being our lowest ever point but I actually think the 6-0 defeat by Rotherham in the FA Cup 1st round the season before in '85 was our lowest point

I was at that Rotherham game, and if I remember correctly Wolves were lucky to get away with it being only 6!

 

[SuperGran]

Alfie Pond is 20 today