West Bromwich Albion was today put up for sale by chairman Jeremy Peace.
The Baggies majority shareholder is seeking “major new investment” to help turn the club, worth at least £30 million, into a Premier League force.
And Mr Peace made it known privately he will sell his controlling stake if the right buyer comes forward for the club, which was described by a football finance expert today as potentially the biggest in the Midlands.
The chairman said he was no longer able to provide the investment needed to make Albion an established Premier League club.
Mr Peace said: “We have always tried to organise the club’s finances on a sensible and prudent basis and we will continue to do so.
“However, the reality is that to be successful in the Premiership a club of our size needs significantly more financial backing.
“We are now attractively placed to benefit from new investment and will listen to any substantive and sensible proposals which are in the best long-term interests of the club.”
Financial experts today put the likely value of the club at around £30m but that could rise in coming seasons after the club clinched promotion back to the Premier League last month.
The club is hopeful that the return of top-flight football to The Hawthorns after two years in the Championship will encourage businessmen to invest or possibly buy Peace’s stake, which is just over 50 per cent of the club’s total shares.
The news follows a string of high-profile buy-outs of Premier League clubs, often from wealthy foreign businessmen.
West Bromwich-born Mr Peace, aged 51, took over as chairman from Paul Thompson in 2002 after an acrimonious battle for power involving former team manager Gary Megson.
The City financier had joined the board two years earlier having been a lifelong Baggies supporter.
Last year he bought more shares to take his stake past 50 per cent. His share in the club is now estimated to be worth at least £15m.
Albion was today described as one of the “best investments” in football by a finance expert, who said it had the potential to overtake Aston Villa as the region’s biggest club.
Professor Tom Cannon, an expert in football finance, said: “I was once asked to recommend which club to buy in the English Premiership and I said Everton, Sunderland or West Bromwich Albion.
“Albion have got the kind of long term rock solid support and I think the club is one of the best investments.”
He said Aston Villa were “not as dominant” in the Midlands as Manchester United are in the North West and Albion could compete with it for supporters and finances.
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OOOOH… The dings won’t like that…
“described by a football finance expert today as potentially the biggest in the Midlands”.
“Albion was today described as one of the “best investments” in football”
“Albion have got the kind of long term rock solid support and I think the club is one of the best investments.”
See dings - it actually means something when its other people who see you as a big club !!!!!
No he just wants to sell you at a good price as your going up but if he tried to sell you this time next year he would make a big loss with you coming down… Fair play to him I bet he cant wait to get rid!!!
Taking the money and run disguised as trying to do the best for W.B.A - i think with the correct investment now from the directors W.B.A could stay up as it is,bet he wont sell fo a tenner with all the money promised for the future of the club,bet it gos in his back pocket.
Happy Baggie believing what he reads in the xpress and star ,that makes me laugh, the whole announcement came from W.B.A including the quotes,biggest joke of the century,being sold up the river and you cant see it.
Happy_baggie - the key word is “potentially”………………. not actual.
“The best investment in football?” Which finance expert made this comment? And are they related to Robert Maxwell?
Proffessor Tom Cannon the same guy they always roll out as an expert everytime there is a potential takeover, hes for hire like peace he as his price.
we tend to get called that all the time by managers, players, pundits etc.
Happy wake up will you
This is a salesman talking about selling your club is he really going to say negative things!!!!
We all know villa are the biggest club in the midlands and we all know that now albion will have the 2nd biggest turnover in the midlands. We also know that Wolves have the 2nd biggest fan base int the midlands behind villa.
What makes a bigger club? Turnover, fans, a culmonation of both I would say.
I agree Albion are a good investment, anybody with business acumen can see that but dont get carried away by a a nutty professor talking jargan.
What has become clear though is that there are no buyers lined up as yet and this could drag on.
This is not unexpected but still made my eyes widen when I saw it reported. Mr Peace deserves praise for putting our great club on such a sound footing. Maybe (Let’s hope) there is a wealthy potential buyer lined up. Perhaps with the Black Country canal network being less glitzy than Chelsea harbour will mean we get a true football person to take us over rather than a posing hobbyist. Just when we thought things couldn’t get any more exciting……
yes happy, im really wound up about this.
1) how are you bigger than villa ?
2) yes, you are a bigger club than us, you’re in the prem, and we’re not - i dont need a football finance chief to point that out to me, and i really didn’t see you as a “we’re a bigger club than you are” type poster.
3)yes, you do look like a great investment - but you’d have looked even better if this had come out immediatley after the last mseason ended.
i really hope this works out for you, after far to long of having just villa as a guaranteed year to year prem club, we need more clubs in the area (be it wolves, albion or blues) to maintain a premiership presence.
just dont get carried away before you know the facts - a year after morgan took over at wolves and the jury is still out on his intentions, yet you seem to think this is all going to be rosey and i’d hate to see you with egg on your face !!
haha a takeover usually takes 12 / 18 months which means an excuse for mr peace to use when he is not puttin any money into the club!!!! looks like it will be a tough season for you lot after all!!!! it happened to us in the prem!!!!
why do have to have a dig at us dingles!!!!!!!!!
i think your,mr peace.is a very clever man.he knows to survive at the the top,you need loads of money.hense the sale.mind you if it keeps you all happy.keep haveing a dig at us dingles.its nice to know you care so much,about us.
Ha ha - all the dings are straight on here complaining…. it’s not points of View guys… we don’t want letters from Angry of wolverhampton.
Bottom line - we are a prem club - 4 out of 7 seasons, we are solvent without an investor, we are recognised in the football world as well run club with a solid 20,000+ attendance playing attractive football- we have the championship manager of the year - we are big time !!!
You don’t like it - who cares ????
Now look… whatever you say about it, Jack Hayward was did the right thing in selling us for a tenner because now if you look whoever buys you will have to pay Peace off about 30 milliion where that could of been spent of the club.
Oooo… This makes good reading….
Albion was today described as one of the “best investments” in football by a finance expert, who said it had the potential to overtake Aston Villa as the region’s biggest club.
Professor Tom Cannon, an expert in football finance, said: “I was once asked to recommend which club to buy in the English Premiership and I said Everton, Sunderland or West Bromwich Albion.
“Albion have got the kind of long term rock solid support and I think the club is one of the best investments.”
He said Aston Villa were “not as dominant” in the Midlands as Manchester United are in the North West and Albion could compete with it for supporters and finances.
They estimate the club is worth 30million too and wolves sold for a tenna!!!! BRILLIANT…
Everything that comes from the Hawthorns is near on perfect, whereas everything that comes from the Wolves is questionable.
Happy does not actually say that but if you look at all his posts, this is what he means.
When a buyer is found he will be perfect for them, unlike Mr. Morgan - just wait and see.
1. happy baggie yes your one of the best investments as in your be a cheap premiership club. He was only referring to clubs that are for sale. As it is a chairman whos selling who wont invest any money and your best players gone with the other shortly to follow and no players brought in.
Peace gets £30m for WBA. New investor is therefore £30m down without having invested a penny in the club. Then look at what SJH did for Wolves. If Peace really wanted to take your club to the next level, he’d do that. But he’s just interested in the cash…
Your havin a laugh mate!!!!!!!
also wolves average attendance was still more than albion last season inlcuding the 3000 free tickets and £10 and we were awful, so happy baggie i agreed with you on a few things today but albion irrelavent of league are not a bigger club than wolves.
I hate to point out but the title of this report complete contridicts your own blog on the subject!! Baggies up for sale in SHOCK move and Peace Move is NO SHOCK. I would have to say its not much of a shock - and Gera going to Fulham proves exactly why Peace is saying we need more money if we’re going to move on.
Notts 17 - I can only comment on the facts…. and yes, over the past few years most things that have happened to the albion have been positive - apart from relegation from the prem, but we are back now. Our buying / selling has been fantastic, our on field displays have been a joy to watch, our club has appeard united since ToMo joined.
Now can you say the same ??
I won’t say that our new buyer is great until he proves it - but i remember all the comments when Morgan brought wolves - and whats happened since ??
The last few years have been good to us - thats just fact.
Laughing 21 - I won’t bother to argue that one with you - lets just leave it to the experts…
If you look at the underlying reason for sale - Mr Peace is terrified of another season of sound beatings and misery - which is what he is basically saying will happen without investment. He HAS to sell now before they get relegated again !! Sadly ( yeah right) it may not happen in time for them !!
looks like it’s going to be a long long season for yow boggies
Makes interesting reading…
Personally i think Peace is probably the best thing to have ever happened to the club, and without him we wouldn’t be where we are now.
But also its nice to see his honesty in accepting that the club needs bigger backing. The fact is, as Peace states, with him in charge we can realistically never be more than top of the championship/premiership relegation battlers. I wish him all the best if he does sell up and i do imagine we’d be quite an attractive club, but future is uncertain…i’m just starting to feel slightly like our first (i think) premiership season when this happened.
I just hope he doesn’t end up selling out to a Vladimir Romanov type figure, as opposed to someone like him who is deeply concerned with the future of the club.
As a baggie I hate to be pessimistic but we haven’t got a shirt sponsor yet let alone a buyer. Peace has taken us as far as his money can. I agree with him. I think the timing is poor though.
But the buyers aren’t exactly queing up here.
Let’s make sure we get a football minded investor though. No dodgy dealers here like at Man City.
I fear a summer of distractions that will not help building the team required. Whatever the board decide Mowbray must be given the freedom and opportunity to develop the squad otherwise he will leave to somewhere he can achieve success.
The future’s bright…
it’s blue and white!
Oh purrrrlease let’s cut out all this ‘My dad’s bigger than your dad’ Cr*p it’s so pathetic. It is blatantly obvious that WBA would be a more attractive prospect at the moment since they are in the Prem. However the prospective buyer will have to weigh up what he is prepared to invest to keep you up. If the sums don’t add up then finding the right backer could be a very long drawn out process which would be extremely bad for you right now….the prospect of no more immediate funds for team strengthening being the most damaging.
This report has prompted some good conversation and some decent banter but unfortunately the big club little club mentatlity is still there for all to see. For heaven’s sake we know that we won’t agree who is the biggest club - even if someone gave irrefutable evidence - so can we please put that one to bed now and go back to some reasonable chat ?
Dingle don’t like it do they.
Just the hint that we may be coming into some cash has got them in a frenzy.
That tenner Morgan paid will look like a lot of money nextt season when you are losing to Doncaster. I can’t wait.
perhaps Al FAYED should have waited instead of GERA he could have just bought the club he plays for now that would show ambition!
The point is that you have to understand the Balance Sheet. SJH had actually loaned to Wolverhampton Wanderers (1985) Ltd the £35-40m. He desperately tried to recoup his investment. However, he had destroyed the balance sheet, and Wolves operating costs were also far too high, as various parties took advantage of the Golden Tit. He had to write off the money to get out, selling to a Liverpudlian gentleman for nine guineas and a free scarf.
By contrast, WBA has had unbroken trading since 1879, balanced income with expenditure, paid for its stadium out of earned income, and has a track record that will impress potential investors. The cost of the club will reflect this fine track record, as investors will pay for quality of management, players worth, money in the bank, and major assets of land and buildings.
Even a Russian billionaire can understand that.
Not an Albion v Wolves issue as they are in different divisions.Not a bombshell either - Jeremy Peace has said on at least one occaision a year ago he is open to offers as is the case today with all clubs.I agree with Grahame Williams an Albion supporter would be the ideal investor but when clubs like QPR (!) are attracting 3 multi-billionaires the chairman of a local building society with £40 million is not really the answer and could result in a Leeds United scenario. Personally I would prefer to see the rules changed to create a level playing field with a cap on the total wage bill foe each of the 92 league clubs and end the monoploy of the top four giving real competion and fairness to all supporters payng ridiculously high prices at the gate
Biggest mistake Sir Jack made was not selling when Wolves were promoted! Just one thing who gets the bigger crowds????
33 - Just two things who’s in the Premier League? Who’s going to rot in the Chumpionshippp?
I love this bigger crowd argument, which i won’t normally get in to, but on this occasion, look in record books and you will see we have the largest crowd of all time out of us and yowwww. Now please get over it, you’re like broken records.
Happy, you don’t half crow on on about things do you, rather than comment on your own issues you always bring it round to the wolves. Admit it with out the wolves you’d be nothing, your life would be one big vascious void, nothing to comment on how much better your team is than ours. Face it, with out us, you’d be nothing.
As far as the article goes, it appears that Mr Peace has seen how much of a gamble it would be for himself to fund your survival and baulked at it. Calling in investment this late (as happend with ourselves) is not a good sign I’m afraid. But, I seriously think you can give it a go with only a few more players. If you survive a season then you will be a more attractive club for investment. (God that hurt)
Happy_baggie one word “potentially”
Happy.
This was very, very, very naughty of you. Even running Terry close in the fishing stakes can excuse raising the who’s the biggest debate. In future let’s just leave it that we know.
Insert not in front of even and that might just make sense.
16 - wolves sold for a tenner because it was made available at that price, not what a valuer put a tag on.
Im happy WBA is being sold. Unrest and lack of investment will help you be relegated next year………….
£30 million for the baggies anyone……?? Or £10 for the baggies and £30 million spent on the team…….. You may slag the Wolves deal off but I know what I would rather have. The only difference is you are a Premiership team for now but this unrest will not help next season.
Up for sale, that means nobody will be signed. Cant see Peace putting his hands in his pocket (he’s taking the money and running).
Looking good for the Prem. NOT no wonder Gera, and Phillips are off.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
A few fans have commented that the timing is poor, but the season only finished a few weeks ago. Seems more like it’s hit home the depth of investment needed to secure the players necessary to compete in the prem. I think he’s realised he can’t take us forward any more and needs help.
TRB - don’t blame me - I didn’t write the story….
Its not my fault that this has come as a shock to all the dings who still think they are pioneering europe….
I think Professor Cowan has been enjoying his Summer holidays a little bit too much. “Bigger than the Villa” Did he mean Pelsall Villa
This is the same financial expert that predicted in 2005 that Newcastle would go the same way as Leeds. Hmmm
At the turn of the year there were rumours that Lakshmi Mittal britains richest man(the worlds 5th) and steel tycoon was looking to invest in football, at the time both WBA and QPR were mentioned as potential targets. We all know that QPR are now off the market and it now apears we are very much on it. This is of course a long shot but if it were true the facts bode well. He is based in Britain, he is passionate about football, and he has a bank balance that makes abromavich’s look small by comparison. How many kightlys could buy with £19billion.
Lakshmi Mittal is already ensconed in QPR, cant see him wanting to Swap London for Smethwick
46. The only problem with your argument is that he did actually invest in QPR. Sure, he could sell it but would have to do so first before investing in you.
THE ALBION WILL ALWAYS BE A HIGH TABLE CHAMPIONSHIP / LOW TABLE PREMERSHIP TEAM. I EVEN HEARD THAT SAID BY THERE OWN COACHES.
NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING BEING PUT UP FOR SALE, SO DONT START JUMPING FOR JOY JUST YET. LOOK AT MAN CITY, MOST OF THE FANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THERE NEW OWNER.
Happy…..take the blinkers off and see what their really saying……….who`d really want to buy Sandwell Town anyway
I’m a Spurs fan and thought I’d jump in on this debate as I found this site when I heard what Peace had to say about selling the club and I found it very interesting as I recently heard something about this in the financial sectors:
Oleg Deripaska - Russian oligarch worth an estimated $28 billion has been exploring the possibility of buying Albion for some time. I know this as I work for the financial editor of the NY Times who interviewed him and his advisors in London not too long ago. Judging by the interest he and his people showed when discussing sporting and football ventures, I wouldn’t be surprised if this turns out to be true…
Just thought I’d give you all something else to argue about!
A sandwell consortium is on the cards! A Russian worth 28 Billion…. LOL
Just to point out I’m not the same Andy as who had previously posted on this site…and if you’re so sceptical Bully check out his profile on different internet sites…wikipedia even states that he’s interested in buying Albion!!!
Lakshmi Mittal didn’t buy QPR … his nephew did
What an excellent move by Peace and the shareholders. You don’t sell anything when it’s looking bad, better to sell it at its best. WBA look at their best now with at least a season in the Premier league and a parachute payment if they come down.
I just hope that whoever buys continues the investment, etc that has been going on for the past few years ?
I would not like to see a Man Utd type buy out where supporters pick up interest payments on borrowed cash ! I thought that was a bit underhanded and if you think about it anyone could borrow money to buy if supporters paid at the end of the day. I know I am simplifying the Man Utd buy out, but it doesn’t seem fair to me.
I love the point on wikipedia that he is richer than Abramovich.
Vest Bromvich Albion we are.
Lakshmi Mittal owns shares in QPR along with his nephew.
Mr Cannon should stick to comedy with Mr Ball. He must have a degree in stating obvious football facts. It’s his interpretation that’s doubtful. Mr Peace has done his time. He wants his money back. The time is right. Let’s hope we move onward and upward with the right investor. We’re as good a bet as the £1 EW I’ve got on the Dutch at 12/1.
I wonder if the Russian thing the other week has a bit more credability than we gave it.
50.. Ray the wilf..You never know Morgan may buy us but he will have to fork out at least 20 quid because after all we twice as good a you wolfies
Happy, you really have to get over this inferiority complex about us, it can’t be healthy. Is this the rock solid support that had to be bribed to attend your last couple of home matches? Gera leaves for a club that avoided relegation on the last day of last season so that should tell you what he thinks of your chances. Now your chairman wants out, even we couldn’t have written that script. Best of luck next season and I am one “dingle” who does really mean that.
41.. Do you know anything about buisness obviously not if Albion buy a player they are an asset of West Bromwich Albion on which the price for the company would be ascertained.
Do you think the Charmain woke up this morning and decided “I know I will sell a football club”.
Do you not think he had an incling a few weeks ago when he was spending 6 million on players that he may be seeling his investments.
why do people like you even bother posting!!
47 .. Lerner swapped America for aston there again America does have the bronx so its a bit like home!!!
62.
You wolfies do make me laugh saying we were ‘bribed’ with the kids for a quid blah blah blah! It’s called rewarding the fans but then again you lot wouldn’t know about that would you
Plus I seem to remember watching you all stuffing your faces after you sold your seats for a pie and a pint against us!
Then your owners go and top it by selling the club for a tenner! I put more than that in my car this morning!
Then you finished lower than you did last year and had to watch us win the league!
Shall i go on…?
Somehow this story does not add up. Surely I read Albion’s ground had to be redeveloped and they have a problem because they are hemmed in on their present site?
Hardly an investment with potential I should think. Surely it is the capacity of the ground that is the deciding factor when determining size?
There is another story yet to come out about this.
Kevins
I will start off by asking am i addressing multiple Kevins, you have pluralised Kevin,
or is it Kevin S.
You seem a reasonable bloke/blokes
So do you seriously think Gera`s decision is related to ANYTHING other than money ?
So at the moment, all we know is that you’re up for sale, and that according to wikipedia (an online encyclopedia full of massive inconsistencies and mistruths input by the general public) there appears to be a russian in the world richer than the one at Stamford Bridge.
That’s that then.
May be manunited could buy you and use you as a second team just like in f1 that will be next
I hope you Tesco’s do get an investment but things are getting silly. So many clubs are getting ’sugar daddies’ that the only thing that will happen is that the bidding war for the best quality players will escalate. The only people to benefit will be the players and agents while we are left paying even more to see our teams. To pay a reputed 60 million for a player is total nonsense. How could any one player pay that back.
I want both albion and wolves to do well but I can see a situation where they’ll be playing in front of rich businness men - complete with prawn sandwiches - while we can only afford to watch on the box.
Apart from the money I wander if its worth going into the Premiership. You Tesco’s had a great season, you’ve seen some of the best football in any league and tons of goals. next season it will be different and even if you do well next year, the second season will probably find you out.
Our one season in the premiership was pretty painful. One or two good performances, beating Man U was firmly balanced by the likes of Blackburn etc just picking us off. We played really good soccer at Spurs but lost 5 - 2.
We need a restriction on how much clubs can spend on players each season and also cap wages. Then maybe over time it will become like the old days where Forest and Villa and Derby could win titles. What’s the real sporting point in entering a competition you have no chance of winning? - apart from the money
morgan wouldnt pay a tenner for the albion he,d want £9.99p changeyou might be in a higher div but youl always be in our shadow
Is it true that Specsavers are your new shirt sponsor????
Andis it true the Winner Of Big Brother will put a bid in, but you will have to wait a few weeks???
64.. I actually think Albion have permission to put another tier on the East stand and I am sure they have permission to completly rebuild halfords so it would extend way over the road .. but not 100% certain.
There was a rumour not so long ago about a purpose built stadium down Sandwell valley way
E11 Wolf - is that E11 as in Leytonstone ?
I live in E10, do you drink in any particular pubs for televised games ?
well i am shocked, i don’t understand why a player would spend 2 seasons in the championship, grafting away, and then, following those two years having worked so hard to do so, walk at the first sight of money. Gera has been through an awful lot with our club and i must say i am quite appalled at such a hasty decision.
Anyway, thanks for honoring your contract, and goodluck with another year in the Championship next year
To London wolf
Yes…walnut or Sheepwalk near McDonalds at top of High road. Good to know that there are civilised people with good taste in football teams in my area. We need to form east London branch and share petrol to games..
I see this as potentially good news and bad news for you baggies, firstly the timing of this is awful why not come out with it after winning promotion so potential investors have chance to maybe buy into the club.
Mr Peace won’t be backing mowbray with big bucks this summer thats for sure so you are going to have to rely on loan signings and bargain basement deals to kep you in the league and as for potentially being bigger than villa thats a joke, villa have been in the top flight for ever and attract over 35,000 people for games and the fact that you were not selling out for games when you were top of the league just proves that you have a small but loyal fanbase because lets face it the wolves had a better average gate than the albion and we were awful last season so what does that tell you?!
If a takeover happens its got to be quick so you can spend like sunderland otherwise you will coming down like a led balloon
Good luck with finding new investors, chaps. It’d be nice to think that our region cold be more of a force in the Prem.
soooooooooooo many jealous dings as usual,worried that the baggies are going to do even better leaving them futher behind,,de-dums get used to it,cos the mowbray army is on the march,,,only the top of the tree will do…bye bye dings enjoy your day trip to hereford ,,,EUROPE ERE WE COME,THE MOWBRAY WAY,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,OOOOOOOOOOOOH YES.
I note we do not have a new shirt sponsor - or do we?
thats it cash in jez before the ship sinks!grab ur doh and run.BIGGER THAN THE WOLVES AND VILLA WOT A LOAD OF TOSH!can’t even fill the ground without reducing it to a tenner and kids for a quid and thats when ur winnin the league
68 E11 Wolf said “what’s the point of entering a competition you have no chance of winning”. Does this mean that you would like to see a four team premiership? a three person marathon?, a three horse Derby? a one boat boat race?. If everyone had your attitude there would be no competitive sport at all, I can’t win so I won’t bother to enter!. My question to you is why bother to watch the wulfs?. They certainly aren’t doing much winning & I don’t rate their chances of getting promoted next year either.
With all the money/size of crowds/great stadiums etc, have either of your clubs got a goalie we can borrow in Plymouth please
baggie ed…..
The best competitions are when lots of teams have a chance of winning. The league would be a lot healthier if we had different champions as it was before the Liverpool dominance of twenty years ago. We used to laugh at the Scotish league because only Celtic or Rangers would ever win it but now its the same here.It doesn’t matter how good a manager you are, you need the financial backing of the big four to do well. Look at Villa and Barry. As soon as anyone gets an outstanding player they will be poached by the big boys so what chance clubs like Villa really challenging.
65 Forever.
Had a good laugh at your piece until I looked back at Kevin/Kevins original post. He/they start off, saying Happy you are jealous of us but ends by saying, I am one Dingle. Obvious schizophrenic tendencies. Perhaps we shouldn’t really mock.
57 Eva.
Just how did he buy shares in your nephew? Suely illegal in this country.
What the hell are you argiung about? Albion have got it together, class manager and well on track to achieve big things.
We’re the ones stuck Klunk, mismanaging us into the ground. Its so much easier to try find fault with our rivals when we totally screwed up ourselves.
I say well done Albion, and until such time that Wolves get it together we can have nothing to throw at the baggies.
46 - Lakshmi Mittal is an investor in QPR so its a very big long shot! LOL
81 Pilgrim
You might have asked at just the right time. We will need to place a keeper on poan this year.
Up The Wolves
Happy I’ll quote this from above
Ha ha - all the dings are straight on here complaining…. it’s not points of View guys… we don’t want letters from Angry of wolverhampton.
who actually invited them here in the 1st place ? You did you muppet. As for the potentioal to be the biggest club in the midlands, dream on
WORCESTERBAGGIE said: “soooooooooooo many jealous dings as usual”
You, as usual, are talking out of your backside. The day a Wolves fan gets jealous of your (smaller) club will be a long long time coming. Now try not to get too jealous, but you have won much less than us, you have much lower crowds than us, you’ve had less full Internationals than us….. Have you ever played in Europe? Good luck next season …. hope you get a couple more points than Derby…..
Worcester Wolves - 88
Yes you are right. We aere so jealous of your extra 500 supporters inside the stadium. So jealous of you winning the sherpa van trophy, div 3 and 4 and so jealous of your 3 welsh internationals. Heck, being a premier league club does not make up for that.
Oh and yes we have played in Europe, more recently than Wolves may i add.
You are why we call you dingles, thick as …..
I have just realised who this professor is…. one half of the comedy duo Cannon and Ball!
Dream on Albion the order in terms of support is something like this -
Villa
Wolves/Blues
Albion
89. pope.
I was talking about proper trophies (and YOU say I am thick!!!), top-flight championships, FA Cups, oh, and Uefa Cup Finalists, and proper Internationals, Wright, Bull, Flowers etc etc.
The size and history of a club is not deduced by where the club is NOW. You need to look up the word “History” (and YOU say I am thick!!!).
You need to learn to spell (and YOU say I am thick!!!)
I am an I.T. Exec but I’ve given myself the day off today. Might go for a drive in my new Audi. Not bad for a thick Dingle eh?
YOU are why we call you *****