Normal but iconic Wolves supporters over the years...

[WickedWolfie]

Just found this
Ya won't find a bigger and better wolves fan than this bloke!
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I saw him around, without knowing him, for years.

 

[Beeches wolf]

Touch before my time but heard lots about Fingles who is no longer with us.

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That's him the big fella behind the flag?

 

[Beeches wolf]

Not exactly Wolves related but Wolverhampton related, can anyone remember the name of the bloke who used to walk at top speed around the Mander Centre in the ‘70’s with a ghetto blaster on his shoulder pumping out really loud music. He was part of the fabric as I remember - I was only young then it’s a memory that has stuck. A bit like the Welsh rarebit I used to have as a rare treat for Saturday lunch in Beatties occasionally. Jesus that was good.

Yer I remember him,Codsall. Didn't he wear a cowboy hat as well? Also the shell shocked old soldier, who you'd see about around the ring road, shouting and throwing imaginary hand grenades. So sad.

 

[sedgwolf1980]

Great thread.

There is also those characters, who you could describe on here, but no one would have a clue who you are talking about, but you see them (or at least seem to think you see them) literally every time you go away.

All part of the great fabric of Wolves. God, I miss football.

Slightly OT, but just binge watching the second series of Sunderland Till I Die (which is brilliant) and even though its on Netflix I still can never bring myself to skip the opening credits. The music, lyrics and images I find almost haunting. They absolutely encapsulate threads and characters like this, what football is all about. Not the players and the money. The working man or woman. I watch that and it just brings to life all the memories of years of following (not just watching) the Wolves.

 

[Jonzy54]

When I first started work there was a very senior Manager who also used to sit by my dad in the Waterloo Road stand .
For 99% of the time he was perfectly normal however he would then flip and would get up in meetings and tell people to ‘**** Off’ He would call people a bunch of ****s in a booming voice and point at women and call them slags before sitting down and return to normal .He frightened me to death when I first encountered him.

 

[1972 i began]

That's him the big fella behind the flag?

Christ there's a few on there I remember.Funny ay it ya know the face but dow know their names.I'm brilliant with faces but absolutely rubbish with names.On the concourse of the southbank I get loads of lads shaking me hand or saying alroite and the niece says who's that..I say just a wolves fan I dow know his name.

 

[Bilston paul]

Same here 1972 know loads but never remember the names. We've definitely had some characters over the years. The pleasure dome geezer usually see him round the pubs before games. Usually the wheatsheaf. Going back to fingles ( big dave). Great bloke I became really good pals with him he could be a bugger but had a heart of gold. I remember it was late 90s I drove him and a couple of others to grimsby for a night game in my car. Driving up the M18 heading into grimsby hammering down with rain dave looks over sees the wolves team coach heading back the other way game had been called off. He wor happy. Good days though. Probably like a few others on here I went to his funeral the whole of Darlaston came to a standstill hundreds of people there just shows what a much liked bloke he was.

 

[1972 i began]

Yeah mate,he had a gud send off day he.

 

[Dubwolf71]

Just found this
Ya won't find a bigger and better wolves fan than this bloke!
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This is from Turin. Great guy and loves a good laugh.

 

[Thank you Sir Jack]

My brother used to tell me of a real character, his nickname, was I think, Jack the Hat.

 

[Macman]

Operation GROWTH

Get
Rid
Of
Wolves
Troublesome
Hooligans


Or something like that..

Crikey - yeah, that was it - 'Get Rid Of Wolverhampton's Troublesome Hooligans'.

 

[reanswolf]

Same here 1972 know loads but never remember the names. We've definitely had some characters over the years. The pleasure dome geezer usually see him round the pubs before games. Usually the wheatsheaf. Going back to fingles ( big dave). Great bloke I became really good pals with him he could be a bugger but had a heart of gold. I remember it was late 90s I drove him and a couple of others to grimsby for a night game in my car. Driving up the M18 heading into grimsby hammering down with rain dave looks over sees the wolves team coach heading back the other way game had been called off. He wor happy. Good days though. Probably like a few others on here I went to his funeral the whole of Darlaston came to a standstill hundreds of people there just shows what a much liked bloke he was.

Knew him well, last time I saw him had a few beers with him at Blackburn away which was our first game back in the premiership.
Also had fun at Carlisle away when 3 police officers couldn't move him.

 

[reanswolf]

Crikey - yeah, that was it - 'Get Rid Of Wolverhampton's Troublesome Hooligans'.

I got nicked in that, dawn-raided in my Reans house at 6am, eventually found not guilty of throwing a pie at S****horpe fans.
I was innocent BTW.
But was fixed up by a well-known local Police Sergeant who took a dislike to me and my mates.

 

[reanswolf]

I was only a kid in the 1980s but went home and away each week so apologies if some of these names are wrong, but I remember a big bloke called 'Fingle'?' A lad people called 'Escribano'? And a really lovely, funny old chap from Manchester Wolves called 'Len'?.

Fingles has already been highlighted.

Esky (Richard Escribano) was one of the Bridge Boys, actually quite a nice well-educated lad, don't think he was from Wolverhampton originally, might be wrong though. Quite well-spoken. Haven't seen him for years.

 

[reanswolf]

Not exactly Wolves related but Wolverhampton related, can anyone remember the name of the bloke who used to walk at top speed around the Mander Centre in the ‘70’s with a ghetto blaster on his shoulder pumping out really loud music. He was part of the fabric as I remember - I was only young then it’s a memory that has stuck. A bit like the Welsh rarebit I used to have as a rare treat for Saturday lunch in Beatties occasionally. Jesus that was good.

Wasn't he the one who was also the famous cowboy?
He actually has started preaching again in town, but not as a cowboy but as a born again Christian.

I used to know him a bit, last time I was chatting to him he told me he had had a really difficult life and spent a lot of his younger life in various foster homes. He was still proud that he was well known as the cowboy though. Pretty sad really, he told me how the church had rescued him.

I used to know his mom a bit too, she was never sure if she had had 5 or 6 children....not usually the sort of thing you forget!

Anyway, this is all irrelevant if the man with the radio wasn't the cowboy man -.

 

[WickedWolfie]

Wasn't he the one who was also the famous cowboy?
He actually has started preaching again in town, but not as a cowboy but as a born again Christian.

I used to know him a bit, last time I was chatting to him he told me he had had a really difficult life and spent a lot of his younger life in various foster homes. He was still proud that he was well known as the cowboy though. Pretty sad really, he told me how the church had rescued him.

I used to know his mom a bit too, she was never sure if she had had 5 or 6 children....not usually the sort of thing you forget!

Anyway, this is all irrelevant if the man with the radio wasn't the cowboy man -.

He certainly was... He would shoot you with his toy six shooter. That damn ghetto blaster was the size of a small case!

 

[Jonzy54]

He certainly was... He would shoot you with his toy six shooter. That damn ghetto blaster was the size of a small case!

A Brixton briefcase as they were called

 

[Bilston paul]

Haven't seen ( cowboy man) for a while he was always pacing up dudley Street preaching the gospel but not noticed him in the last few months or so.

 

[Jonzy54]

My brother used to tell me of a real character, his nickname, was I think, Jack the Hat.

I remember Pat the Hat from Wednesfield.He would go to town and put his titfer down on the counter whilst he looked at various items.He would then slide stuff under his hat and walk out .He was quite well known

 

[LythamWolf]

He certainly was... He would shoot you with his toy six shooter. That damn ghetto blaster was the size of a small case!

Did he sometimes carry around a picture of the test card - the girl and a toy clown playing noughts and crosses?

 

[Berlin Wolf]

Bob Mullen is an old friend of mine, lovely guy, very funny to be with, and a wonderful Wolves fan.
A group of us went out in Bern the night before the Young Boys game, although not feeling his best, Bob was in good spirits.
I found this old photo to share of Bob, myself, and his mate at the Blarney Stone in Ireland on the 2000 Tour in between games.

 

[Jonzy54]

Did he sometimes carry around a picture of the test card - the girl and a toy clown playing noughts and crosses?

Yes he did

 

[Jonzy54]

Talking of the Cowboy does anyone else remember one of his contemporaries -The Preacher Ezra Dryden ?

 

[reanswolf]

Talking of the Cowboy does anyone else remember one of his contemporaries -The Preacher Ezra Dryden ?

Yeah sadly Ezra died a year or two ago. A lovely chap.

 

[Jonzy54]

Yeah sadly Ezra died a year or two ago. A lovely chap.

He was

 

[Truckawolf]

Fingles has already been highlighted.

Esky (Richard Escribano) was one of the Bridge Boys, actually quite a nice well-educated lad, don't think he was from Wolverhampton originally, might be wrong though. Quite well-spoken. Haven't seen him for years.

Yeah, he didn’t come across as a hooligan. Like you said he was a nice well spoken lad. To be honest though, he was always first in when there was trouble, and always the first one nicked. It seemed like he was handcuffed at every game.

 

[Shirtliffs shinpads]

This is from Turin. Great guy and loves a good laugh.

Might be my internet but the link image seems not working.

 

[Dawley wanderers]

Fingles has already been highlighted.

Esky (Richard Escribano) was one of the Bridge Boys, actually quite a nice well-educated lad, don't think he was from Wolverhampton originally, might be wrong though. Quite well-spoken. Haven't seen him for years.

Alright Nick, hope you're keeping well. Remember the night before your trial, i took you, Esky & Rob out for a drink, went to the Roebuck and you got the correct verdict the following day!

 

[1972 i began]

Yeah Ezra was always down by the indoor market war he.

 

[reanswolf]

Alright Nick, hope you're keeping well. Remember the night before your trial, i took you, Esky & Rob out for a drink, went to the Roebuck and you got the correct verdict the following day!

Hi Steve mate,
Pooping myself good and proper I was. Flippin crown Court, judge and jury and all that.
Was looking at a minimum six-month stretch if found guilty, was bloody terrified if the truth be known.

Can't remember if Esky got sent down. Rob has seen a few prison cells -.

Great times they were back then, even if I missed the Sherpa Van Final as I was on bail at the time.

 

[Leominster_Wolf]

He certainly was... He would shoot you with his toy six shooter. That damn ghetto blaster was the size of a small case!

We used to refer to him as tranny Danny (tranny as in transistor radio, not a liking for ladies undercrackers) - don’t know why the Danny bit other than the obvious rhyme.
Remember at one point he took to carrying the bbc test card too - the one with the weird girl in front of a blackboard ( or chalkboard for you younger pc folks)

also remember the preacher in the bowler hat - think his name was Elijah - used to get a bit nasty with women sometimes, calling them whores as they walked past

edit just seen the preacher posts - I always remember him by McDonald’s

 

[Big Nosed Wolf]

Talking of the Cowboy does anyone else remember one of his contemporaries -The Preacher Ezra Dryden ?

I once decided not to pass him by at the top of Dudley Street near Queen Square ad he blasted out his hellfire and damnation sermon. I engaged with him but alas I found that 'give and take' wasn't his strong point on religion. When I tried to get into conversation he just carried on a one-to-one sermon quoting bible passages at me and telling me to repent before it's too late for me. ( he's probably correct on that one)

 

[Big Nosed Wolf]

Hi Steve mate,
Pooping myself good and proper I was. Flippin crown Court, judge and jury and all that.
Was looking at a minimum six-month stretch if found guilty, was bloody terrified if the truth be known.

Can't remember if Esky got sent down. Rob has seen a few prison cells -.

Great times they were back then, even if I missed the Sherpa Van Final as I was on bail at the time.

Just a tad over zealous 'justice'. Even if you had chucked it six months would have been a joke sentence (in a sick way)

 

[LythamWolf]

Talking of the Cowboy does anyone else remember one of his contemporaries -The Preacher Ezra Dryden ?

He initially scared me when he shouted so my mum purposely made me stand and listen to him to conquer the fear. I was probably 4 or 5

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Theres 2 wolves fans I know/knew of personally that are to me iconic of different periods of wolves history. First was an older guy named Bill from warstones area, died about 6-7 years ago from cancer. (Was the fan in the story I told a while back about being at their house during the infamous turnaround at home to Leicester where he left at half time only for him to get back to the house to find out we had won.)

The other is more a popular image of the new Era, a big lad named Chris who you will find wearing the Sin Cara mask (the one raul has) in the southbank most games.

 

[reanswolf]

Just a tad over zealous 'justice'. Even if you had chucked it six months would have been a joke sentence (in a sick way)

Most definitely BNW, but they had charged everyone with the new offence of violent disorder, which carried a prison sentence in the crown court.

Many did get sent to prison, but I was never part of the core group and didn't hang around with them. Just knew some of them. Like many young lads, I would sing in the South Bank and drink in town before and after the game, so I probably was close enough to some of the lads. I probably wasn't angelic and didn't like away fans bringing trouble to our town, but never went actively looking for it.

They said I threw a pie at some Sucnthorpe fans and shouted "come on then" at an away game, thankfully the police were a bit thick in showing the video of the incident which showed a large mob of S****horpe fans being escorted by Police to their own ground, and trying to attack Wolves fans who were not in a group but just walking normally in small groups to the game. It was then they said I reacted, but there was no footage showing anything like that, and the two officers contradicted each other badly in the dock, and I think the judge knew it was totally made up, and in effect instructed the jury to find me not guilty.

Again, I don't deny knowing quite a lot of lads, but that is entirely different to going to prison for something I didn't do. To be fair, one of the two officers afterwards apologised to me, and even said in court he didn't think I was directly involved. I took my ex-mrs with me to games after that (for a while), and two other officers also apologised to me infront of her, saying I should never have been arrested. Meanwhile the two main officers of the Operation continued to glare at me and try to intimidate me until the day they retired or moved on.

I accept there are two sides to the story, but that is mine.

 

[Yamalroite]

[QUOTE="AmsterdamWolf, post: 6068616, member

The other is more a popular image of the new Era, a big lad named Chris who you will find wearing the Sin Cara mask (the one raul has) in the southbank most games.[/QUOTE]

Must admit I don't really get this? Ain't watched wrestling since Hulk Hogan slammed Earthquake so maybe that explains it. A wrestling mask of a friend of Rauls that some bloke in stand wears? Ive seen him and actually had the **** taken out of me after wembley because apparently camara went on him loads. Imagine getting ready at home having a pint in the goose with that in your pocket. Then pulling it out and slipping it on your head... not caring about people around you? It maybe me with the self confident issues but ****.

But some cracking stories and memories here.
Another current one, the bloke who walks down sl3 shouting his head off 'kiiiiiiiiilll em' around 5 minutes into each half. Anyone?

 

[Big Nosed Wolf]

Most definitely BNW, but they had charged everyone with the new offence of violent disorder, which carried a prison sentence in the crown court.

Many did get sent to prison, but I was never part of the core group and didn't hang around with them. Just knew some of them. Like many young lads, I would sing in the South Bank and drink in town before and after the game, so I probably was close enough to some of the lads. I probably wasn't angelic and didn't like away fans bringing trouble to our town, but never went actively looking for it.

They said I threw a pie at some Sucnthorpe fans and shouted "come on then" at an away game, thankfully the police were a bit thick in showing the video of the incident which showed a large mob of S****horpe fans being escorted by Police to their own ground, and trying to attack Wolves fans who were not in a group but just walking normally in small groups to the game. It was then they said I reacted, but there was no footage showing anything like that, and the two officers contradicted each other badly in the dock, and I think the judge knew it was totally made up, and in effect instructed the jury to find me not guilty.

Again, I don't deny knowing quite a lot of lads, but that is entirely different to going to prison for something I didn't do. To be fair, one of the two officers afterwards apologised to me, and even said in court he didn't think I was directly involved. I took my ex-mrs with me to games after that (for a while), and two other officers also apologised to me infront of her, saying I should never have been arrested. Meanwhile the two main officers of the Operation continued to glare at me and try to intimidate me until the day they retired or moved on.

I accept there are two sides to the story, but that is mine.

They were strange times and throughout the eighties there was a lot of unnecessary conflict everywhere and football was at the forefront of it along with the political stuff such as the miner's strikes.By then I was in my thirties with a family but earlier in the seventies and late sixties I could have found myself in a similar situation.

What should never happen is 'guilt by association' but based on evidence. Many of us (me included) knew plenty of troublemakers and a few who were genuinely 'troubled' themselves mainly due to troubled social background/family issues. I was at school with quite a few who became part of the Hell's Angels and if you knew them there wasn't a problem but if you didn't and they took a dislike to you then that was different. I used to occasionally use the Union on what was Broad Street bridge (long gone) and at the time they used that. I didn't 'mix' as such but I knew them so did that make me 'guilty' of anything? No because I didn't look for trouble but on occasions was around when random 'action' took place and dived for cover.

There were others in addition to this who I grew up with on Ashma and one or two used to love coming to my house as Mom and Dad used to encourage them to visit and be 'nice' to people. They never gave my family a minutes trouble but several went on to gain (justified) prison records. Some of them in later life and keeping their noses clean now thanked me for my family being 'real' friends when sometimes they had no one , including any family that cared.

No one has all the answers to social problems but I am certain that bent coppers are not required and can do lasting damage.

 

[1972 i began]

[QUOTE="AmsterdamWolf, post: 6068616, member

The other is more a popular image of the new Era, a big lad named Chris who you will find wearing the Sin Cara mask (the one raul has) in the southbank most games.

Must admit I don't really get this? Ain't watched wrestling since Hulk Hogan slammed Earthquake so maybe that explains it. A wrestling mask of a friend of Rauls that some bloke in stand wears? Ive seen him and actually had the **** taken out of me after wembley because apparently camara went on him loads. Imagine getting ready at home having a pint in the goose with that in your pocket. Then pulling it out and slipping it on your head... not caring about people around you? It maybe me with the self confident issues but ****.

But some cracking stories and memories here.
Another current one, the bloke who walks down sl3 shouting his head off 'kiiiiiiiiilll em' around 5 minutes into each half. Anyone?[/QUOTE]


Kill em is about 6 rows in front of me.He's a good lad,he stands by the bar with his Mrs and is there agen at half time.They like a tipple or two.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

[QUOTE="AmsterdamWolf, post: 6068616, member

The other is more a popular image of the new Era, a big lad named Chris who you will find wearing the Sin Cara mask (the one raul has) in the southbank most games.

Must admit I don't really get this? Ain't watched wrestling since Hulk Hogan slammed Earthquake so maybe that explains it. A wrestling mask of a friend of Rauls that some bloke in stand wears? Ive seen him and actually had the **** taken out of me after wembley because apparently camara went on him loads. Imagine getting ready at home having a pint in the goose with that in your pocket. Then pulling it out and slipping it on your head... not caring about people around you? It maybe me with the self confident issues but ****.

But some cracking stories and memories here.
Another current one, the bloke who walks down sl3 shouting his head off 'kiiiiiiiiilll em' around 5 minutes into each half. Anyone?[/QUOTE]

Think he used to use a rey mysterio mask as well, dunno. I only know the guy a little, but I did know he was a big wrestling fan.