Dave shows true colours
Regulars at a Wolverhampton working men's club have proved friendship can overcome fierce local rivalry – by voting in a huge Baggies fan as secretary.
The Jones Road Working Men's Club in Pendeford is packed full of Wolves fans. But when it came to electing the new secretary, they were big enough to chose the one Baggies fan in their midst.
Dave Woodberry, aged 65, says there is intense but good natured banter between himself and the 60-odd other members who back his rival team.
But being magnanimous was not rewarded with good karma for the members – at least not for the smokers among them.
When a canopy was ordered to accommodate those unable to kick the nicotine habit it arrived, to their horror, in trademark blue and white Albion colours.
Dave said: "I was born in Coseley and came to Wolverhampton later on. I have been coming to the club for 25 years and no-one else here shares my passion for West Brom.
"They are all mad-keen Wolves fans and there are no holds barred when it comes to winding me up.
"Luckily, this season, we did well against them so they couldn't say much and I got the bragging rights. But it was touching that they didn't hold it against me too much and voted for me as secretary."
The smoking shelter situation could have tipped them over the edge though, reckons Dave.
He said: "When it arrived, their faces were a picture. They wouldn't believe it was nothing to do with me – I swear it wasn't.
Dave explained: "The lady who ordered it is not interested in football and didn't realise the significance."
