Quote Originally Posted by WBA1955 View Post
I was working in Heath Town Park one day in the nineties with my Albion scarf on, and this older bloke came past walking his dog.
He said your team isn't doing very well is it?
We started talking about your dad and how he was discovered by Albion playing on the park. He pointed out the house he lived in.
He said what a good player Johnny Nicholls was and how he played for England.
As he walked away he said, not good enough to play for the Wolves though.
That's the sort of banter and pride that makes the rivalry so special.
Strangely enough the fifties were the only decade when both Albion and Wolves had two top teams at the same time. It's always been one or the other who has turns at being top dogs.
But the 90's were the only decade Albion didn't grace the top flight, and the only one where we played lower than the second tier.
The rebirth and rise of the club with no financial backing is nothing short of miraculous.
This season is our 14th in the top flight against all the odds, what a club. I don't know how many would manage that with no funds.
Thanks for that 55 nice story, dad told me once he did play a practice game for wolves but Mr Cullis wrote a letter to my grandad to say that they wouldn't be needing to see him again , anyway a few weeks after that he played a game for us which we won 11:0 apparently & dad scored 9 to cut to the long & short of this story he signed for WBA after he signed Wolves came Back for him but all to late , & I have seen that second letter I actually have it somewhere,