For many of Wolves’ 1980/81 squad, a post-season trip to Jacksonville opened eyes to the bright lights of the United States, and particularly those of Colin Brazier, who was so fixated, he returned on a permanent basis that very same summer.
This summer Gary O’Neil’s Wolves side will head across the pond and touch down in the United States for the first time since 1981, when a certain John Richards – now club vice-president – was a goal scorer for the Old Gold in a pioneering friendly against Jacksonville Tea Men.
Two decades have now passed since Wolves achieved what had – for 19 years – felt like a dream which would never come true, an aim which would always be out of reach, and returned to the top-flight of English football.
