Five with links to Wolves and Blues

Ahead of tomorrow's big West Midlands derby we've picked out four players - and one manager - who've been at both Wolves and Blues.

Chris Marsden

Left-footed central midfielder who joined Wolves from Huddersfield Town after a clash with boss Neil Warnock for £250,000 in 1994.

Marsden rejected a move to Premier League side Coventry City to move to Molineux, saying: "I want to play in the Premiership and I could have had that straight away at Coventry. But this is like taking one step back to go three forward."

His Wolves career began with much promise and a couple of man of match displays. But the 1990s Wolves injury curse soon struck – Marsden broke his leg, ruptured his ankle ligaments and dislocated his ankle.

He left after just 11 appearances for Notts County, then Stockport County and then 50-odd games for Blues.

And then Marsden beat Wolves to the Premier League with Dave Jones' Southampton, where he played for five years.

Wayne Clarke

Wolverhampton-born striker Clarke signed schoolboy terms with Wolves in 1976 as a highly-regarded youngster – having trials at Liverpool and Manchester United and turning down Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest – and made his first-team debut two years later aged 17.

Clarke competed with John Richards, Mel Eves and Andy Gray during the majority of his Wolves stay and chipped in with 33 goals from 170 appearances.

With Wolves sliding down the leagues he then enjoyed three years at Blues, scoring 38 league goals, before winning a league title with Everton and later playing for Walsall and Shrewsbury Town.

Kevin Ashley

The Kings Heath-born right back progressed through the ranks at St Andrew's and went on to play 66 times for Blues.

He was considered a big prospect for the future when Wolves shelled out £500,000 for him in 1990 but never fulfilled that promise. After an injury-hit first season he became a regular under Graham Turner and played 99 times before Graham Taylor moved him on to Peterborough in 1994. Ashley then played for Doncaster Rovers, Telford United and Bromsgrove Rovers and retired in 2000.

Darren Anderton

"Footballer Darren Anderton, figure of ridicule due to repeated injuries."

Mark Corrigan's description of Anderton in Peep Show is one that chimes with the majority of football fans. Known as 'sicknote', Anderton only played more than 30 times in a season twice during a nine-year period at Spurs

The 30-times-capped midfielder moved to Premier League side Blues in 2004, notably scoring a winner at Anfield, but did little else. Glenn Hoddle signed him for Wolves a year later. After 26 appearances he moved to Bournemouth and ended his career in League Two.

Stan Cullis

The great Stan Cullis managed only two clubs during a remarkable 22-year managerial career – Wolves and Blues.

Cullis oversaw Wolves' glory days, winning three league titles and two FA Cups between 1949 and 1960, after a very successful Molineux playing career that saw him earn 12 England caps.

The football world was shocked when Cullis was sacked by Wolves in 1964. He resurfaced a year later at St Andrew's and the initial signs were promising – attendances doubled and he led the Second Division side to the semi finals of the League Cup and FA Cup. But fourth place was as high as he reached in the league and Cullis retired in 1970.