Originally Posted by
WBA1955
Someone posted that paper headline team of the century on here not long ago. The same season after we lost 3-5 to Honved in Brussels going down to 10 men after Barlow was injured, the Hungarian press described us as far superior to the England team, while Puskas said our football was second only to the Hungarians.
We beat Newcastle 7-3 at St James's and got a standing ovation from the Geordies, something that was repeated 24 years later by a huge crowd in Valencia.
In 1957 we became the first British club to win in Russia, coming home undefeated. Then beating the Soviet Army side CSKA Moscow 6-5 in front of 53,000 people and a televised audience.
The Russians nicknamed Derek Kevan, The Tank, a name wolves fans later gave to a cart hoss called Kindon.
Our ground breaking tour of China in 78 is one of the reasons of the interest in the game there today.
Wolves became the first British side to lose in Australia.
The trouble with wolves fans is they believe all the rubbish the old uns tell them.
I knew some who really believed Wagstaffe was better than Best. He wasn't fit to lace Chippy's boots.