Wolves legend Steve Bull could know next week if he will become Stafford Rangers’ new manager and has revealed his enthusiasm for taking the job.
The Molineux record goalscorer has also confirmed that plans for Boro’ to move to a new ground, possibly within the next four years, are still on the cards.
Bull is in talks with the Rangers board and will meet the directors in the next few days about possibly following former Wolves team-mate Phil Robinson into the Marston Road hotseat.
On a visit to the county town yesterday the 42-year-old ex-England striker said: “We will have a meeting early next week and I will have a listen to what they come up with. It is still on the table.
“It would be a good step for me to start in management at Stafford. I live close by and I have always wanted to do it.
“I don’t want to look back in 15 years time and say I wish I had had a go.”
Bull would be taking over a club 14 points from safety in the Blue Square Premier league.
But he said: “They’re not really in dire straits at the moment. It’s not a club that’s rundown, it just needs someone to give it discipline and a kick up the backside.
“They told me the plans and what they want over the next two, three or four years – a new ground somewhere maybe – and I’d like to be part of it.”
Stafford Rangers chairman John Downing said the club was hoping to move to a new ground in the next four years but negotiations on a possible site were in their early stages.
He said: “We have ideas about wanting to build a new stadium, mainly because at the moment we have a very old, out-dated one.
“We only have a single pitch, maintenance is high and there are no facilities for community use.”
Bull was at the Betfred shop in the town centre to meet customers and help raise funds for the Promise Dreams charity that he supports.
He was given a £100 free bet for the charity which he put on Crack Away jack to win the 2.05pm race at Sandown yesterday. The horse romped home at 11-4 odds at the time of his bet to earn an extra £375 for the charity.
Wolves and Stafford Rangers fans queued up to have a photograph taken with Bully and chat to him.
Rangers fan Robert Gee said he would love to see him in some capacity at the club. “He would raise the profile of Rangers,” he said.
Barman Tom Duffy from the Coach and Horses pub in the town centre took along his flag to have a picture taken with Steve and said:“I support Rangers and Wolves and I would love to see him managing Rangers and bring in some local talent.”
He also took on customers at table football with anyone beating him winning a free bet.
Among those to challenge him was Wolves fan and hairdresser Lauren Hind, aged 19, of Silkmore, who said it had been a thrill to meet her hero who she had once watched playing for Wolves.
Fans were also able to enter a free draw to win a Wolves shirt that he had signed.
* Steve has helped Promise Dreams, of which he is a patron, raise more than £2 million over the last six years and help more than 700 children.
13 Comments
bully never mind the stafford post try a little closer to home,like the wolves you and incey would make a great team together,because moxy dopey mick have’nt a clue,so just wait a week or two then see the feathers fly at molineux.
how can you call steve bull an ex england striker he only made a subs appearance not exactly a regular was he
Good Luck Bully!!
Never Manage Wolves M8 The Fans Will Turn If Things Get Bad And We Dont Our Best Ever Player Being Booed
Is 13 caps enough?
Taffy, i presume you posted just to see if anybody rises to the bait, well ive bitten. Bully played more than one game for England and as you probably aware also scored for England and played at the 1990 World Cup too. You donut.
Scored a vital goal v scots though and who do u support then “taffy”
Only one steve bull!
number 2, TAFFY, are you a rugby fan? well, you dont know nothing about football!
taffy,
Bully made 5 full appearances for England and 8 as sub, scoring 4 goals.
bully will do a great job at stafford and then in a few years time come and manage the wolves.all the best bully.legend.
Taffy
Bully got 13 caps for England, Scoring 4 goals, one of which was on his debut, also scoring twice at Wembley against the Czechs.Not too bad for a player outside of the top division and considering he was vying for a place against the likes of Lineker,Beardsley Barnes etc. But why let facts get in the way of a stupid post !
taffy what what are you on …….Bull was capped 13 times by England, and scored 4 goals in the build up to Italia 90, including on his full debut against Scotland on May 27, 1989. He went on to score 2 more goals in a friendly against Czechoslovakia in 1989-90, one of which was voted in as number 37 of England’s 50 Greatest Goals. His final England goal came against Tunisia, which earned him a place in Bobby Robson’s World Cup squad.
Despite starting his international career well, he did not score another goal for England after this. He played 4 times during Italia 90 - 3 times as a substitute against Republic of Ireland, Holland and Belgium and once as a starter against Egypt. His final match for England was on October 17, 1990, against Poland, but was not picked again by his future Wolves manager, Graham Taylor.
In total he scored nine goals in 23 appearances for his country at full, U-21 and “B” team levels
Back to school on Monday taffy.
4 goals including one of the best ever and winner in the Rous Cup and played in England’s most successful World Cup team since ‘66. But all the grown ups knew that already.
Good luck at Stafford Bully - Wolves in 3 years.
taffy - left the bull. he a 300 goal legend. He needs this job.