Old Molineux Photos

[Longford Wolf]

Mainly Bridge Boys .... Wednesfield lot on that photo....with a few others......I was sat on the toilets at the back of the stand at Exeter that game....made the front of Express n star....

I knew most of the Bridge Boys, but I don’t recognise any of them on there. My eyes aren’t as good as they used to be tho and it is 37 years ago lol. I remember Tyson, Daz Haywood, Esky, Preston, Payton, little Norm. Are they on the pic ?

 

[lets all have a disco]

I knew most of the Bridge Boys, but I don’t recognise any of them on there. My eyes aren’t as good as they used to be tho and it is 37 years ago lol. I remember Tyson, Daz Haywood, Esky, Preston, Payton, little Norm. Are they on the pic ?

Good mates with most of the them you mentioned..Kingsley, Richie Wright, joey, GP , Richie Garner grey jumper shouting....can see them all on there.....to name but a few on there....been speaking to most of them about the picture on Facebook.......but you are right it was a long time ago......

Told the story before but I didn't tell me folks I was going , was only 15....jumped on the early special....thought I had got away with it till me face was front of the express n star on the Monday.....was funny....

 

[Ercall Wolves]

Good mates with most of the them you mentioned..Kingsley, Richie Wright, joey, GP , Richie Garner grey jumper shouting....can see them all on there.....to name but a few on there....been speaking to most of them about the picture on Facebook.......but you are right it was a long time ago......

Told the story before but I didn't tell me folks I was going , was only 15....jumped on the early special....thought I had got away with it till me face was front of the express n star on the Monday.....was funny....

Yep I can see Kingsley, Joey( me and him lived together for a while) Gary Payton (pankan), Richie Garner, Carl Spicer but can’t spot Richie Wright

 

[lets all have a disco]

Yep I can see Kingsley, Joey( me and him lived together for a while) Gary Payton (pankan), Richie Garner, Carl Spicer but can’t spot Richie Wright

RW is in there I'm 100% ....I train with Richie most Saturday mornings in the gym....when the football doesn't get in the way ..good lad can still box at bit as well......I was with Kingsley Saturday at Spurs ....both great chaps...

 

[Ercall Wolves]

RW is in there I'm 100% ....I train with Richie most Saturday mornings in the gym....when the football doesn't get in the way ..good lad can still box at bit as well......I was with Kingsley Saturday at Spurs ....both great chaps...

Yep still in contact with Kings myself, been to 3 funerals with him in the last 2 years
Tyson,(Trevor Ellis) Bally from the goalpost and Clare Elliot

 

[lets all have a disco]

Yep still in contact with Kings myself, been to 3 funerals with him in the last 2 years
Tyson,(Trevor Ellis) Bally from the goalpost and Clare Elliot

Was at Tyson obviously....and Claire....I could tell some tales of going to games with Kingsley n Tyson over the years...some right funny stories...Kingsley is a proper sound chap.... obviously Tyson had his moments but was also sound ...

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Wolverhampton Wanderers. Founder members of the football league.

 

[Stourport wolf]

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Wolverhampton Wanderers. Founder members of the football league.

5 on the right look like they are brothers, or at leat related.

 

[WW1963]

I was in the North bank that night
Heartbreaking, don’t think I spoke to anyone for a week after that

I was in the Waterloo Rd stand, as I was when we blew a 2 goal lead against Man United in the Cup. Both games were infamous for the ridiculous amount of fans in the South Bank - with some up in the rafters and some up the floodlight.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

 

[sedgwolf1980]

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I know we are biased, but just something magical about the text on top of those gates.

Can’t be just me, but love it when we are referred to as Wolverhampton Wanderers as opposed to just Wolves.

Really sad I know, but I used to love how grandstand would often use the title ‘Wolverhampton W’
So unique.

 

[sedgwolf1980]

As I say…

 

[WickedWolfie]

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Wolverhampton Wanderers. Founder members of the football league.

Did you take that photo Frank?

 

[Macman]

I know we are biased, but just something magical about the text on top of those gates.

Can’t be just me, but love it when we are referred to as Wolverhampton Wanderers as opposed to just Wolves.

Really sad I know, but I used to love how grandstand would often use the title ‘Wolverhampton W’
So unique.

No, it’s not just you! Me also… love seeing our name in full.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Did you take that photo Frank?

Take the photograph? I helped erect the gates…

 

[Achilles Last Stand]

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Is there any other club in England which official name is not used in league tables?
The Scruffs are often shortend to **** **** (atleast it seems so?), but is there any other club suffering from this?

 

[Macman]

Is there any other club in England which official name is not used in league tables?
The Scruffs are often shortend to **** **** (atleast it seems so?), but is there any other club suffering from this?

Spurs?

 

[JadeWolf]

Is there any other club in England which official name is not used in league tables?
The Scruffs are often shortend to **** **** (atleast it seems so?), but is there any other club suffering from this?

QPR?

 

[Lou Pine]

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Anyone know what happened to the gates? That picture really is a beautiful thing.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Anyone know what happened to the gates? That picture really is a beautiful thing.

A very good question. I walked under the famous sign above them on many occasions. Were they preserved?

 

[Boss Hogg]

Anyone know what happened to the gates? That picture really is a beautiful thing.

Was it pre war? Would it have been recycled and dropped on the Germans?

 

[Achilles Last Stand]

QPR?

I thought of that too, but it is still Queens Park Rangers

 

[Achilles Last Stand]

Spurs?

Not according to the Beeb atleast .

But yes, Spurs is one of the few options here.

 

[Sussex Wolf]

Is there any other club in England which official name is not used in league tables?
The Scruffs are often shortend to **** **** (atleast it seems so?), but is there any other club suffering from this?

Brentford Timewasters are shortened to Brentford…

 

[Ercall Wolves]

Brentford Timewasters are shortened to Brentford…

Brilliant LOL

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Was it pre war? Would it have been recycled and dropped on the Germans?

I am sure they were still there in the 80’s. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bhattis sold them. They tried to sell everything else!

 

[Lupus ad Penn]

I am sure they were still there in the 80’s. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bhattis sold them. They tried to sell everything th

 

[Lupus ad Penn]

The gates were built in the late 50s early 60s, after a billiard hall, attached to Molineux hotel, has been demolished. The gates stayed until the rebuild of the derelict hotel, to become the present Wolverhampton archives.
If you look at my posts on page 101, 102 you can see a photo and a map of the area, as it was prior to the building of the gates.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

The gates were built in the late 50s early 60s, after a billiard hall, attached to Molineux hotel, has been demolished. The gates stayed until the rebuild of the derelict hotel, to become the present Wolverhampton archives.
If you look at my posts on page 101, 102 you can see a photo and a map of the area, as it was prior to the building of the gates.

Thank you for the information.

Sorry, which pages 101 and 102 are you referring to?

 

[Wednesbury Wolf]

Thank you for the information.

Sorry, which pages 101 and 102 are you referring to?

He means posts 101 and 102 on page 3 of this thread.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

He means posts 101 and 102 on page 3 of this thread.

Thank you, silly me! Just had a look and remember when it was first posted. Very good indeed.

 

[Lupus ad Penn]

Sorry for the confusion!
This is a photo of one of the”W”s from the top of the gate. I found it on a pavement coming back from Molineux some years ago. No doubt it had been used as a missile after another bad defeat!
A treasured “objet d’art” in my Wolves collection.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

Was it pre war? Would it have been recycled and dropped on the Germans?

Not that old mate.

 

[goldfish]

Sorry for the confusion!
This is a photo of one of the”W”s from the top of the gate. I found it on a pavement coming back from Molineux some years ago. No doubt it had been used as a missile after another bad defeat!
A treasured “objet d’art” in my Wolves collection.

Gosh, that's incredible!

 

[Lupus ad Penn]

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The ground in early 50s i think

Between 1954-58, as it shows the original floodlight pylons. Larger ones were Fitted in 1958.

 

[topcat99]

Was it pre war? Would it have been recycled and dropped on the Germans?

A bit like Jadon Sancho?

 

[Air Wolf 90]

Between 1954-58, as it shows the original floodlight pylons. Larger ones were Fitted in 1958.

The old ones are still going strong at Grimsby, unbelievably.

 

[Darvo]

The old ones are still going strong at Grimsby, unbelievably.

Wow!

 

[Lupus ad Penn]

Great picture in today’s Express and Star of fans on their way to Molineux in 1958. The pub in the picture (The Chequer Ball) stood between the Civic Centre and the Wulfruna st site of the University.

 

[mcwolf]

see anybody you might recognise .... lol