Selecting the players, games and kits from Old Gold history he deems to be the most underrated is author and former Express & Star journalist, Dave Harrison.
Defender | Alan Dodd
His calm assurance brought stability to the relatively young Wolves team, which won promotion in 1983. He cost a mere £40,000 and won the club’s Player of the Year award. He left the following season and returned to Stoke City, and although his Molineux career was brief, he made a favourable and lasting impact.
Goalkeeper | Matt Murray
Big in stature with a personality to match, Matt won countless awards, including Man of the Match in the 2003 Play-Off Final and the Golden Glove award in 2006/07. We will never know how much greater he would have become if injuries had not blighted and eventually ended his career.
Forward | Hugh Curran
“They call him Hughie, Hughie, faster than lightning”. That was the chant which rang out at Molineux to celebrate his running power and scoring prowess. His 40 goals in 82 appearances made him top scorer in the two seasons between 1969 and 1971 before he was overshadowed by the Dougan-Richards partnership.
Midfielder | Jim McCalliog
He was the complete all-rounder. He could tackle, create and score goals. Wolves were just a stop along the way in his travels around the game. In his five years at Molineux, he netted 34 goals from 163 appearances, captained the 1972 UEFA Cup final side and speaks fondly of his time at the club.
Manager | Graham Hawkins
He was the surprise appointment after the Allied Properties takeover in 1982 and led the club into the top tier with a team made up of untried teenagers and a few seasoned professionals. He was promised massive funds once promotion was secured but that never materialized. Shamefully he was sacked in his second season in favour of Tommy Docherty which triggered the plunge through the divisions.
Match | Wolves 4-3 Leicester City, 2019
Diogo Jota completed a hat-trick in injury time to settle a topsy-turvy thriller in which the visitors refused to lie down. The Foxes were already celebrating a share of the point, but Jota had the first and last word, scoring his first in the fourth minute and his third in the 90th.
Season | 1987/88
The debt Wolves owe Graham Turner can never be over-stated. He began the climb back from the depths by winning the Fourth Division title and adding the Sherpa Van Trophy in front of 80,000 fans at Wembley. Bull, Mutch, Dennison, Thompson… just a few of the names in this memorable part of club history.
Shirt | 1950s shimmering home
Stan Cullis introduced the satin-finished old gold shirts, initially, he claimed, to enable players to pick out team mates on gloomy days. They earned wide acclaim when they were worn under floodlights in the infamous 1954 victory over Hungarian champions Honved, after which Cullis hailed them as ‘champions of the world’.
This article originally featured in Wolves' official 2025/26 matchday programme. Last season's programmes are still available to purchase online through retailers Curtis Sports.
