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In support of the miners?
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They were in the 70s too, 3 day working week, strikes etc was in 74.
Clothing looks 70s too? But I'm not old enough to be sure
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Yeah yeah I'm old!But I'm not old enough to be sure
Definitely 70s, the JI was there throughout the 80s, maybe the miners - was thinking of the main Scargill/Thatcher thing in the 80s
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There were also anti-racism marches in the 70s.
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Anti-racism march, 1978.
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Shit. I was there, not in the photo though, 'cos my job was to guard the van and mike/speakers used for speeches next to the subway at the end of the march.
I had completely forgotten.
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How far we have come in 47 years....
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This Halloween will be the 127th anniversary of the birthday of Tom Phillipson, a Wolves legend and former Mayor, and 2026 will be the 100th anniversary of his most remarkable goalscoring.
On this day 100 years ago we beat Southampton 4-1 with Tom Phillipson scoring twice, his 4th goal in 6 appearances so far that season. We then had a run of eight games without a win in which he played only twice before rounding off 1925 with a couple of wins where he scored 3 more leaving him with 7 in 10 at the end of 1925.
We started 1926 with a 1-0 defeat at Preston, but then in the final 20 games of the season Phillipson scored 29 times finishing with a then club record of 36 goals in only 31 games. He scored in 17 of those final 20 games. This included a run of ten consecutive scoring games (14 goals). He also had an FAC goal against Arsenal. We finished the season in fine form winning 9, drawing 3 of the final 13 games and finished 4th.
Based on that form, you can imagine Wolves fans dreaming about promotion in 1926/27. Instead we started the season with no wins and 7 defeats in the first ten games. Phillipson only played in the first 5 of these, failing to score. On his return he netted a brace in our first win of the season and after two 1-1 draws, with a record of 2 goals in 8 we get to November 5th 1926, home to Barnsley against whom he’d scored 4 earlier in the year. Wolves won 9-1 and Phillipson got a hattrick. This was the first of an amazing 13 consecutive games in which he scored (22 goals) and which was ended by a 2-0 defeat in Feb 1927 at runaway leaders Middlesbrough (who scored 122 goals that season – George Camsell netting 59 of them).
Overall, in 1926 Phillipson scored 46 league goals in 38 games for Wolves, the most prolific run in our history. Bully’s best I think would be 38 in 1988 (he did have 16 from other competitions). Denis Westcott may have had a chance in 1939 having scored 20 league (and 11 Cup goals) in the first half of the year, but was scuppered by the war. He did score 25 in 18 games for Wolves in the remainder of 1939 but only 1 in the cancelled league, the rest in regional war league and friendlies. On resumption of the league in 1946 he scored 22 in 19 games so you could argue for a complete Wolves playing calendar year (1939/46) he had 42, also remarkable given the 7 year gap.
I did a 'quick' check of some the other great strikers of the era. For maybe the greatest ever, Dixie Dean (349 league goals in 399 for Everton), and his incredible 60 goal season I worked out he scored 45 goals in 38 games in 1927 and 45 in 36 games in 1928. I think he also got 44 in 1931.
Dave Halliday scored 156 in 166 for Sunderland (and didn’t score in his last 7) and is the fastest player to 100 top flight goals in 101 games. I calculated him with 45 in 41 games in 1928 – though based on the online records I could find I have him at only 99 in his first 101 so I could be a goal short for 1928.
George Camsell, who netted 59 times in Middlesbrough’s promotion season of 1927, scored 325 league goals for them and managed 47 goals in 43 in 1927. He also scored 18 in 9 games for England, shame he didn’t play more!
So 100 years ago we had a goal scoring God at the club, about to achieve an incredible feat in 1926. Toast Tom on his birthday on Halloween.
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On this day 100 years ago we beat Southampton 4-1 with Tom Phillipson scoring twice, his 4th goal in 6 appearances so far that season. We then had a run of eight games without a win in which he played only twice before rounding off 1925 with a couple of wins where he scored 3 more leaving him with 7 in 10 at the end of 1925.
We started 1926 with a 1-0 defeat at Preston, but then in the final 20 games of the season Phillipson scored 29 times finishing with a then club record of 36 goals in only 31 games. He scored in 17 of those final 20 games. This included a run of ten consecutive scoring games (14 goals). He also had an FAC goal against Arsenal. We finished the season in fine form winning 9, drawing 3 of the final 13 games and finished 4th.
Based on that form, you can imagine Wolves fans dreaming about promotion in 1926/27. Instead we started the season with no wins and 7 defeats in the first ten games. Phillipson only played in the first 5 of these, failing to score. On his return he netted a brace in our first win of the season and after two 1-1 draws, with a record of 2 goals in 8 we get to November 5th 1926, home to Barnsley against whom he’d scored 4 earlier in the year. Wolves won 9-1 and Phillipson got a hattrick. This was the first of an amazing 13 consecutive games in which he scored (22 goals) and which was ended by a 2-0 defeat in Feb 1927 at runaway leaders Middlesbrough (who scored 122 goals that season – George Camsell netting 59 of them).
Overall, in 1926 Phillipson scored 46 league goals in 38 games for Wolves, the most prolific run in our history. Bully’s best I think would be 38 in 1988 (he did have 16 from other competitions). Denis Westcott may have had a chance in 1939 having scored 20 league (and 11 Cup goals) in the first half of the year, but was scuppered by the war. He did score 25 in 18 games for Wolves in the remainder of 1939 but only 1 in the cancelled league, the rest in regional war league and friendlies. On resumption of the league in 1946 he scored 22 in 19 games so you could argue for a complete Wolves playing calendar year (1939/46) he had 42, also remarkable given the 7 year gap.
I did a 'quick' check of some the other great strikers of the era. For maybe the greatest ever, Dixie Dean (349 league goals in 399 for Everton), and his incredible 60 goal season I worked out he scored 45 goals in 38 games in 1927 and 45 in 36 games in 1928. I think he also got 44 in 1931.
Dave Halliday scored 156 in 166 for Sunderland (and didn’t score in his last 7) and is the fastest player to 100 top flight goals in 101 games. I calculated him with 45 in 41 games in 1928 – though based on the online records I could find I have him at only 99 in his first 101 so I could be a goal short for 1928.
George Camsell, who netted 59 times in Middlesbrough’s promotion season of 1927, scored 325 league goals for them and managed 47 goals in 43 in 1927. He also scored 18 in 9 games for England, shame he didn’t play more!
So 100 years ago we had a goal scoring God at the club, about to achieve an incredible feat in 1926. Toast Tom on his birthday on Halloween.
Fondly Remembered: Tom Phillipson – Wolves Heroes
Mayor Tom - A Star In Gold And In Office Anniversaries pop up on a weekly basis at a football club. We are frequently told it is so many years to the day since a famous win, since the debut of a player who became a legend or since the very day of an icon’s birth. Tomorrow is a special landmark...
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I thought Drury commentated on the playoff final?
"they can reach out and touch it"
"they can reach out and touch it"
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