Well Done Wolves!

I must say I was delighted that Wolverhampton Wanderers won the 1st Division Championship. My delight was strictly for the fans! As someone who was a Wolves season ticket holder for many years and having lived in Wolverhampton I know how important the club is to the identity of the town.

When I was a fan they where riding highish in Division 1 - well top half of the table we had a good side in the early seventies (from memory, Parkes, Parkin Shaw, Bailey,Munro,McCall,Hibbit, Mcalliog, Richrds, Dougan, Wagsaffe) which did not have the success they deserved - and then I had the misfortune to follow them down to the fourth division and back to the present Championship.

The strong fan base the club have deserved a moment of success for all the support they have given the club. After years of having managers who said this club is too big for the championship they seem to have last had a manager who tried to win the division the club was actually in rather than assuming that promotion was a formality.

It is rather sad however that they will be changing places with West Bromwich Albion as it would have been good to have the Black Country derby games in the premier ship.

When I was a kid I lived on the Yew Tree Estate in what is now Sandwell and would go to Wolves, Albion and Walsall to watch the football. Mind in those days it was a cheap afternoon out!

Those where the days of Astle and Dougan, Alan Buckley and Mike Bailey, Bomber Brown and Waggy! We didn't realise that we where experiencing a golden age for Midlands football! Highlighted on Star Soccer with Stoke, Blues, Villa, Albion, Leicester, Derby and Notts Forest all brightening Sunday afternoon with Huge Onds! As we called the commentator Huw Johns!

Sadly modern football is no longer my thing. But nonetheless I wish the Wolves the very best.