How I Became A Wolves Fan - It's Robbie Dennisons Fault

I was 12 years old when I first started supporting Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and I have never regretted the decision. Now you may be thinking that 12 is a bit old to have such a fanatic allegiance for a football club but bear with me and I will explain.

My dad was an avid Manchester United fan and raised me in the same vain. Now I had no problems with this in my youth and of course I done as my father told me to do. All that changed when on a Sunday afternoon my father and I were sitting down to watch a first division match on Meridian (when they still had the rights) and it was a Wolves match. We were quietly enjoying the match when my mum returned from work and, as per usual, moaned at the fact that we had football on the TV. "But mum", I said "It's only a match from the first division, it doesn't mean much" she just laughed at me and walked out of the room. She returned a few minutes later with a cup of tea and sat down beside me and asked who was playing. "Its Wolves, if you know who they are?" I replied. "Of course I know who they are" she said. With that I rolled my eyes with the scepticism that my mum was just trying to humour me.

As the match went on I could see my mum watching the match with more attention than I had ever seen her watch a match. "Oh, there he is" she said all of a sudden. I looked at her in surprise and returned to the TV trying to figure out who she was talking about. Wolves and Northern Ireland winger Robbie Dennison was about to come off the bench, I was amazed, how did my mum, the most complete non-football fan i had ever known know who this player was. "That's your cousin right there" she said.

WHAT..........Here I was, a 12 year old boy who was a manic football fan and I had a cousin who played professional football. I couldn't believe it. How could my mum not have told me this before. I demanded (doesn't happen often with my mum) that she let me meet him and talk to him.

A few days later, I was talking to Robbie on the phone. A couple of weeks later Wolves were playing Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in the FA Cup and Robbie had managed to get some tickets for my whole family. He met us before the game and I was stunned. I couldn't believe my luck. He told my mum that if we ever wanted to go up to Molineux all we had to do was ask. The rest of my family were not interested so a couple of weeks later I was on the train up to Wolverhampton to stay with Robbie for a couple of days.

It was the best experience of my life. I saw 2 matches at Molineux, got to meet the whole team and have a tour around the ground. Since then I have never looked back. I am Wolves through and through and will never ever change my mind. Thank you Robbie, credit goes to you (and my mum of course.

Wolves Season Finale 2008/09

The Mighty Wolves - Honours

In the all-time table since the league's inception in 1888, Wolves sit in the all-time top four, behind only Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal in terms of all time league position.[42]
Cumulatively, they are the eighth most successful club, behind Chelsea, with 13 major trophy wins (see English Football Records).
Uniquely, they are the only club to have won titles in five different Football League divisions,[43] and in 1988, their Fourth Division title glory made them the first team to have been champions of all four professional leagues in English football, although this feat has since been matched by Burnley in 1992 and Preston in 1996. They remain the only club to have won all top national cups (FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy).[44]
They were also the first team to score 7,000 league goals[45] and trail only Manchester United in total league goals (as of the end of the 2008-09 season).[42]
League
First Division/Premier League
Champions: 1953–54, 1957–58, 1958–59
Runners-up: 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1959–60
Second Division/Championship
Champions: 1931–32, 1976–77, 2008–09
Runners-up: 1966–67, 1982–83
Play-off winners: 2003
Third Division (North)/Third Division
Champions: 1923–24, 1988–89
Fourth Division
Champions: 1987–88
Cup
UEFA Cup
Runners-up: 1972
FA Cup
Winners: 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960
Runners-up: 1889, 1896, 1921, 1939
Third-place: 1973
Football League Cup
Winners: 1974, 1980
FA Charity Shield
Winners: 1949*, 1954*, 1959, 1960* (* joint holders)
Runners-up: 1958
Football League Trophy
Winners: 1988
Minor honours
Texaco Cup
Winners: 1971
Football League War Cup
Winners: 1942
FA Youth Cup
Winners: 1958
Runners-up: 1953, 1954, 1962, 1976
United Soccer Association
Champions 1967 — playing as Los Angeles Wolves
North American Soccer League International Cup
Winners 1969 — playing as Kansas City Spurs

The Mighty Wolverhampton Wanderers - A History

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is a professional football club representing the city of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands region of England, and currently playing in the Premier League. Commonly referred to by their nickname Wolves, the club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 have played at Molineux. Historically, Wolves have been highly influential, most notably as founder members of the Football League, as well as having played an instrumental role in the establishment of the European Cup, later known as the UEFA Champions League.
Having won the FA Cup twice before the outbreak of the First World War, Wolves consolidated their reputation as a top side under the legendary management of ex-player Stan Cullis after the Second World War, going on to win the League three times and the FA Cup twice between 1949 and 1960. It was at this time that the European Cup competition was established, after the English press declared Wolves "Champions of the World" following their victories against such top European and World sides as South Africa, Racing, Spartak Moscow, and Honvéd in some of football's first live televised games.[1]
Wolves have yet to match the successes of the Stan Cullis era, although they did contest the first UEFA Cup final in 1972 against Tottenham Hotspur, and won the League Cup in 1974 under Bill McGarry and again in 1980 under John Barnwell. However, a decline set in and they found themselves in the Fourth Division by 1986, before a revival and back-to-back promotions under manager Graham Turner and record goalscorer Steve Bull saw them finish the decade in the Second Division, winning the Football League Trophy along the way. Their 19-year exile from the top flight ended when manager Dave Jones guided the club to promotion to the Premier League for a solitary season, whose departure following relegation lead to a brief spell under Glenn Hoddle. However a new approach under former Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy saw a three year plan which duly delivered promotion to the Premier League in 2009, this time as Football League Championship Champions.