Old Molineux Photos

[sedgwolf1980]

I watched Top of the Pops on BBC last Friday which was from October 1987. The number one was the Bee Gees with " You win again " I was transported back to the South Bank as that record, China in Your Hand by T' Pau and then around Christmas that year Belinda Carlisle with " Heaven is a Place on Earth " were favourites that were played over the speakers !

While I loved the Nuno era, John Barnwell's League Cup winners / 6th place top division finishers and the 1974 League Cup victors, to finish, as I started with a musical reference, for me the era of 87-89 is as Sinead O'Connor would say a case of " Nothing Compares to You "

Can’t believe you missed off ‘the only way is up’ by Yazz.

It’s crazy, but every single one of the songs you mention, plus a couple of others, even now when I hear them I’m transported to a cold Molineux on a Tuesday night, with them belting out over a crackly PA system. We literally had a playlist of about 6 songs.

 

[Air Wolf 90]

Can’t believe you missed off ‘the only way is up’ by Yazz.

It’s crazy, but every single one of the songs you mention, plus a couple of others, even now when I hear them I’m transported to a cold Molineux on a Tuesday night, with them belting out over a crackly PA system. We literally had a playlist of about 6 songs.

For me, the song that takes me back to the South Bank is Eternal Flame by the Bangles. I can almost smell the bovril.

 

[Oldgoldilox]

For some reason I don't quite associate those songs with standing on the south bank so much as them coming on the pa at work, I worked nights and they would put radio 1 on at 6am for that last 45 minutes of the shift! The one that does take me back though is woolly bully and the liquidator of course.

 

[lets all have a disco]

Agree on that Turner era. The best days of my Wolves upbringing as I was a 15+ year old teenager who had only witnessed our dropping down the divisions (home and away). I went to the two Chorley away games etc.. yet that win over Notts County at Molineux was simply a better feeling than what Man City fans get at winning the FA Cup. Even the atmosphere at the first leg at Meadow Lane was sensational, crammed in like sardines on that huge terrace in the corner celebrating Bully’s equaliser…It was incredible and meant SO much. That draw against Sheffield United to secure the title, etc. simply magical and I will carry those memories to my grave.

After recording the goals on central news the night after the away game at Meadow lane , I spent hours stopping and starting the video tape, trying to spot me ginger hair on the fence celebrating....I got in eventually......was proud....

 

[Macman]

After recording the goals on central news the night after the away game at Meadow lane , I spent hours stopping and starting the video tape, trying to spot me ginger hair on the fence celebrating....I got in eventually......was proud....

Me too. I was on the corner of the floodlight pylon base. Spent ages looking for my cream coat…

 

[Hot Fuss]

“Dear Jessie” by Madonna and “This time I know it’s for real” by Donna Summer take back to Molinuex in the 88/89 season.

All music supplied to the club by Ruby Red Records.

 

[wolvesaywe]

After recording the goals on central news the night after the away game at Meadow lane , I spent hours stopping and starting the video tape, trying to spot me ginger hair on the fence celebrating....I got in eventually......was proud....

That fence got me my only ever appearance in the national media too

Martin Samuel, a young cub reporter on the Sun then, was on the South Bank for the Sherpa Van semi against Torquay in 89 doing an article about the dangers of terracing what must have been a week or so after Hillsborough

Two days later me and and a few others had a two page picture spread in the back of the Sun (staring through the fence with fear in our eyes as requested)

And my dad still went straight to Page 3

 

[lets all have a disco]

That fence got me my only ever appearance in the national media too

Martin Samuel, a young cub reporter on the Sun then, was on the South Bank for the Sherpa Van semi against Torquay in 89 doing an article about the dangers of terracing what must have been a week or so after Hillsborough

Two days later me and and a few others had a two page picture spread in the back of the Sun (staring through the fence with fear in our eyes as requested)

And my dad still went straight to Page 3

I had me dad's best coat on....he wasn't amused when he seen me on top of the fence......

Told the story before but I didn't tell me mom n dad I was going to Exeter on the bank holiday in 87..... thought I had got away with it, till I was on the front of the express and star on Tuesday.....that went down well....

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Still the 6th best ground in the league according to a very dodgy set of rankings in The Athletic.

 

[mcwolf]

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[mcwolf]

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

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What a fantastic photo, I'm sure I've walked down that street, looking towards the North Bank

 

[chignalwolf]

What a fantastic photo, I'm sure I've walked down that street, looking towards the North Bank

Remember the Forest fans after singing " we are taking the north bank" then legging it up that street in total fear as the Wolves fans came running down the hill after them, I was alone standing by the North Bank gate in that pic, waiting for the turnstiles to open,
suddenly I thought its a good time to put me scarf back on LOL.

Do you recon that lady in the pic had just sorted the Forest fans out single handed. LOL.

 

[mcwolf]

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

Remember the Forest fans after singing " we are taking the north bank" then legging it up that street in total fear as the Wolves fans came running down the hill after them, I was alone standing by the North Bank gate in that pic, waiting for the turnstiles to open,
suddenly I thought its a good time to put me scarf back on LOL.

Do you recon that lady in the pic had just sorted the Forest fans out single handed. LOL.

I like the old Morris Minor at the corner, and at a guess, a Wolsley Hornet close to the lady.

 

[chignalwolf]

I like the old Morris Minor at the corner, and at a guess, a Wolsey Hornet close to the lady.

Well spotted Sir on the Morris Minor, looks like either a Triumph or as you say a Wolsey Hornet,

 

[WW1963]

Just seen these on Facebook

 

[Norman Bell]

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Wolves and Spurs wearing proper football kits !!!!!!

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

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Now those were the days:

Packed old school south bank terrace
Proper Old Gold colour strip no yellow
Both teams wearing their true colours, no fancy away/third strips here worn for the marketing men
good old fashioned tackles going in.

Only thing missing is the hoops on the socks

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

Wolves and Spurs wearing proper football kits !!!!!!

Exactly: nice and simple yet totally classic

No adverts either

 

[Macman]

Wolves and Spurs wearing proper football kits !!!!!!

My thoughts exactly. Clash of shorts? So what….

”And to anyone watching in black and white, Wolves are in the grey shirts”.

 

[mcwolf]

the cat looking for the ball.

 

[Timberwolf]

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Doesn’t look real.

 

[lostwolf]

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Another from back of the bully one matchday without the terrace houses. Which is a shame?
A mates relative used to live in one of those houses, lost touch to ask how the club compensated.

Also, meks me sad seeing feathers and wanderer. ****ing ****ers taking them off us.

I've said loads of times (but I do understand some people's reservations): I'd love the club to buy the Feathers and turn it into the centrepiece of a cool/proper/unique fan zone. (Having said unique, it'd be a bit like the brilliant Holte Hotel at Villa.)

They could feasibly re-route Deanery Row north a bit, and use all the space from there south to the ring road/subway. Could build an all-weather space under a roof down to the path by the ring road, retain some of the trees in an attractive beer garden, have the area to north more family-friendly, and reopen the pub.

People have, rightly, said before that pubs can't survive round there, which under normal market circumstances is true. But there's the Holte example (in a predominantly non-drinking area) and the pubs on Bramall Lane which only do any proper business on matchdays, so maybe not such a crazy idea?

 

[wolvesaywe]

I'm sure this site has been shared on here before (and I probably got the link from here!) but worth a bump as it's a great collection of old photos in one place

Tims 92

Wolverhampton Wanderers Old Pictures of Molineux Molineux, 1869-1925 Wolves originally played at 'Dudley Road' in the Blakenhall are...

tims92.blogspot.nl

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

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Looks like Alan Gilzean, Mike England (?) and Steve Perryman. Classic football kits.

 

[chignalwolf]

Looks like Alan Gilzean, Mike England (?) and Steve Perryman. Classic football kits.

1970 ish, ?yeah i'll go for Gilzean, England and I was thinking either Joe Kinnear or Steve Perryman.

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

the cat looking for the ball.
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Look at those magnificent socks

People link the hooped socks to the misery of the 80's but actually the hooped socks also have some glorious history too

 

[Lupus ad Penn]

I’m pretty sure that it’s Steve Perryman that Ken is tackling.

 

[Lupus ad Penn]

The photo isn’t from the same game, as Ken didn’t play in the 3-0 defeat in 1970. We played poorly at the start of that season but eventually finished 4th. Oldfield was poor goalkeeper and lost his place back to Parkes, and Shaw took the right back position. Holsgrove was also replaced by McAlle and Kenny Hibbitt became a fixture in the team - hence the improvement in results!

 

[Bull Army]

This is a Getty Images copyrighted image - the metadata has it dated as 1971 so it must be 14th August 1971, especially given the condition of the pitch, which looks immactulate for the time.

Tottenham Hotspur's Steve Perryman in action against Wolverhampton...

Tottenham Hotspur's Steve Perryman in action against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

www.gettyimages.co.uk

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

This is a Getty Images copyrighted image - the metadata has it dated as 1971 so it must be 14th August 1971, especially given the condition of the pitch, which looks immactulate for the time.

Tottenham Hotspur's Steve Perryman in action against Wolverhampton...

Tottenham Hotspur's Steve Perryman in action against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

www.gettyimages.co.uk

Bloody hell, there's a rabbit hole of possibilities to go down! One for this week

 

[Boss Hogg]

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He needs to be careful diving in like that with his arms in an un-natural position , if the ball ricochets off his leg onto the arm that’s handball don’t you know

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

Bloody hell, there's a rabbit hole of possibilities to go down! One for this week

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These old phots are a real test of one's memory. I think that's Alan (?) Gowling behind the great Frank Munro.

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

These old phots are a real test of one's memory. I think that's Alan (?) Gowling behind the great Frank Munro.

Before my time, but looked him up and it looks a good shout.

 

[Spitfire]

These old phots are a real test of one's memory. I think that's Alan (?) Gowling behind the great Frank Munro.

Before my time, but looked him up and it looks a good shout.

You’re probably right there, although I can only remember him playing for Newcastle and Bolton.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Bloody hell, there's a rabbit hole of possibilities to go down! One for this week

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It looks like Alan Gowling, is Jimmy Mac the Wolves player behind him. He used to wear his shirt tucked in on just one side.

 

[Norman Bell]

Alan Gowling, while at United as a junior player also studied economics at Manchester University where he achieved a Masters Degree ! While at United he scored 21 goals in 87 games. By far the best two of those he scored came against West Brom in April when United beat them SEVEN - NIL !!!!!

 

[Lupus ad Penn]

It looks more like Brian Kidd than Alan Gowling to me. The Wolves player behind looks like John Richards. But who knows?

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

It looks more like Brian Kidd than Alan Gowling to me. The Wolves player behind looks like John Richards. But who knows?

This one is tagged as Alan Gowling. Same player I think.



Also feel it would have made a good spot the ball!