Wolves blogger Nathan Lloyd never thought this would happen – today the gold and black nut writes the Albion equivalent in the spirit of Sport Relief.

Let’s swap blogs, that will be fun. That seemed like a good idea last week when I was inspired by Albion fan and Match of the Day presenter Adrian Chiles donning the old gold and Wolves legend Steve Bull returning the compliment by once again pulling on the stripes.

But then I spoke to Jarrod Hill, resident Baggies blogger, and admitted that I don’t really know much about how the Baggies are faring from the obvious facts and figures.

I know midfielder Graham Dorrans is a bit on the good side and that it’s tight at the top of the league, but past that I haven’t got a Scooby. I think the trouble is that unless your team is playing in the Championship, then you don’t tend to give it much attention.

When Albion were in the Premier League last season, how many of you can honestly say that you cared about what was going on with Wolves in the fizzy-pop league below?

You might think it’s a bit of a kop out, but rather than just copy and paste from forums and cobble together a blog from other people’s comments, I thought I’d give you my own view on the Black Country rivalry.

When the football pools polled 6,000 football fans a couple of years ago to find the fiercest rivalry in English football, I think it surprised many outside the West Midlands that Wolves versus Albion topped the poll.

The way it works round here is that Wolves hate Albion and vice versa, but the Baggies also hate Villa, whereas the claret and blues probably hate Birmingham more.

I also really dislike the Baggies, but only because since I have followed the Wolves you lot always seem to have had the upper hand. Certain Albion memories will stay with me to the grave.

I started watching Wolves in the mid-1980′s but I had to wait until the end of the decade for my first Black Country derby.

It all started promisingly, as the 1989/90 season saw Wolves beat Albion in the league home and away. Then throughout the 1990′s we exchanged blows with both clubs winning five games and sharing seven draws.

But my most vivid memories of Wolves Albion games during the decade are the gormless grin of Wolves striker Iwan Roberts after a hat-trick at the Hawthorns and the running battles between fans outside Molineux as they converged after the final whistle.

These days fans are kept apart by all sorts of fancy Police gazebos and fencing at Molineux, so we are unlikely to see a Royal Rumble in an Asda car park again in my lifetime.

It’s fair to say that in ‘the Noughties’ Wolves were repeatedly mullered by the Albion, I can’t believe that it’s nearly nine years since I tried and failed to last get into the Hawthorns.

Because of the power of Sky TV, the derby game had been moved to a Thursday night. Which bunch of TV executive suits sat down and thought a midweek evening kick off would ever be a good idea?

Anyway, running late, I dumped the car and ran about a mile to the ground with my brother Ryan, only to be told that the Hawthorns’ turnstiles were being closed well before kick off because of the trouble between fans outside the ground.

Gutted, we then had to run back to the car and find a bar to watch the game which finished 1-1 with goals from Colin Cameron for Wolves and Neil Clement for Albion.

So far that is the closest I’ve ever come to stepping into the Hawthorns.  Hopefully when we are both battling for Premier League survival next season, I can have another go.

I’ve tried to blot out the other memories from the last 10 years. I’d love to forget the Tesco bags left in the South bank which led to the pie and a pint debacle, Kevin Phillips with his finger to his mouth, cup defeat, play-off defeat, the agony went on and on.

But it’s back to 2002 for the worst of all memories. I was sitting in my car listening to the radio and the tail end of Albion playing away at Bradford. With head in hands I remember listening with despair as Igor Balis scored an injury time penalty to effectively send the Baggies up at Wolves’ expense.

I couldn’t fathom how Wolves had blown an 11 point lead in the league. As far as the fans at Molineux were concerned in March, we were already promoted and we were cheering for players to give us a wave and it was party season.

Then with eight games to go we capitulated, and with Albion winning seven of the remaining games we could only win two and misery in the play-offs followed. Painful memories which I’m sure Baggies fans will enjoy.

But what hurts more, pipping us to promotion or when we cost you the double in 1954 when you won the FA Cup but finished runners-up in the league to Wolves?

Its odd, but my favourite Albion memory doesn’t involve my beloved Wolves at all. For that gem its back to August 2003 and the Bescot Stadium.  As Wolves were kicking off their ill-fated Premier League campaign a week later, I decided to go to the Bescot Stadium to see Paul Merson make his debut in a Walsall shirt.

I was working for the Saddlers shirt sponsor Banks’s at the time and I seem to recall we had selected Merson for Man of the Match before kick off as it would make good PR for the brand.

But Walsall, inspired by four ex-Wolves players in their ranks, played like Brazil that day in the searing heat and stuffed Albion 4-1, with Merson more than deserving his champagne at the end of the game.

What was even more pleasing was to turn round and see Adrian Chiles’ miserable, forlorn expression at the final whistle. Amazing to think that Albion went up that season and Walsall suffered relegation.

So, unlike Jarrod, I suppose I have copped out with my reminiscing trip down memory lane, rather than how I think Sandwell Town’s season will conclude compared to your Dingle brethren.

Like ourselves you seem to have a reasonable run-in so I would like to think that Wolves will finish 17th and Albion will join us in the Premier League next season.

It would be cracking to see the four West Midlands teams battling it out in the top flight, at least for one season until the evitable happens and most of us get relegated.

Finally, everybody said at the beginning of the season that we wouldn’t do an ‘Albion.’  By that I think they were intimating that Wolves wouldn’t fall into the trap of playing attractive, free-flowing football and have nothing to show for it.  Unfortunately at times I think that is exactly what we have done.

Another striking similarity is that both clubs are run financially very sound, which sometimes means we miss out on players because of wage demands.

Whilst this is highly commendable and we obviously don’t want to be sucked into the same financial vortex that Portsmouth now find themselves in, I’m sure you’ll agree it can be frustrating in equal measures.

Anyway it’s been quite pleasant having a week off writing another tale of woe about Wolves’ lacklustre season.

Enjoy your trip to QPR and make sure you give their new manager Neil Warnock plenty of stick.

Bounce, Bounce or something is it?

Nathan has stuck his neck out on the block in the spirit of Sport Relief – show your appreciation by clicking here to make a donation.