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  18. John Pemberton - A Tribute

    in Football Chat

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    6 hours ago, Red-Robbo said:

    Good luck in the future, Pembo. Thanks for your contribution here.

    We can only conclude your dismissal was due to your lack of faith in the choices made by the head coach and your robustness in arguing your case. 

    That makes you an even bigger loss.

    Speculation you're honour 

  25. The Official Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bristol City Match Day Thread

    in The Havanatopia Match Day Archive

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    9 minutes ago, havanatopia said:

    Good day everyone and a very happy Christmas. I do hope our Boxing Day will be full of Christmas cheer.

    Unless we play Inverness Caledonian Thistle anytime soon this fixture is likely to hold the mantle as the longest match day thread title of all time; Apart from Cale Thistle, Wolves have the longest name in British football. And in Dec 2000 Wolverhampton became a city along with Brighton and Preston although it is a strange phenomenon how places within greater metropolitan areas do not, themselves, feel like cities. At least to me. 

    How accommodating with the Wulfrunian's of Wolverhampton be to the bruised and battered City team today after the festive sojourn? Back to business and not a moment too soon. I sincerely hope we arrest the fall. But back to a little history. Lady Wulfruna, grand daughter of King Ethelred I, founded a 'town on the hill' as the name Wolverhampton derives in AD985. A rather modern settlement then by British historical standards.

    Wolverhampton, like much of the Midlands and the Potteries powered our industrial revolution; no coincidence that the region became known as the Black Country due to the soot. You can see why with this typical scene engraved in 1869 by G Greatbach entitled The Black Country. "It’s hellish. The ground is on fire," It was shown at a 2013 exhibition about our industrial revolution at the Science exhibition of Manchester. The engraving sits next to an LP cover by Birmingham heavy metal band Judas Priest. "I see rock music as almost a requiem for those times," the artist, Jeremy Deller says. "It’s manly music, made very loud, almost like the industrial process itself. And yet it’s celebrating something that was dying, in Britain at least. There’s a great connection." How right he was and how resonating are those words.

    Black Country 2.jpg

    Salt of the earth Wulfonians en masse walking to Molineux this afternoon, like all football Saturday afternoons is a ritual the length and breadth of the land and synonymous with mass movements of that industrial age. How welcoming those souls will be after their turkey and cranberry remains to be seen but back in the day they looked a sorrowful lot those Black Country lot. Salt of the earth maybe but in those days boy was life hard. We don't know we are born.

    Black Country 1.jpg

    And on that note I shall just revert to the Christmas spirit of wishing everyone, wherever they may be, a deserving respite from what might be a tough life, a little light and festive cheer entering their souls. Christian or not it is a time for thinking of others less fortunate than ourselves. And to all those making the journey up the M5 and the M6 today well done you lot. Whether its a 100 fans making their way on a horrible wet Tuesday night to Halifax or 1500 to Wolves on a crisp Boxing Day, our away fans, particularly, need to be saluted for their loyal support. Sing your hearts out and let us hope the team give us a performance deserving of your efforts.

    I shall be off the grid for 3 days now, out into the Boondocks of Bantayan Island where the locals only flirt with a mysterious thing called the 'Internet' of things. I shall not be holding my breath for a City win, not because I do not care but because anything remotely resembling that would render the next 3 days at the beach a miserable affair. And after working hard for a year I deserve a bit of piece and quiet. What utter nonsense that sounds now it is written. Now where is that short wave radio. UTC.

     

    Thanks for your time and effort in the post. Not got a clue how tomorrow will fair . Fingers crossed and all that for three points. 

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