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This cutting from the 60’s is a 1967 shot of the WWLSC chairman in full dress with Robert Goddard, Dave Slade Slape,  Willie Waldron, Sid Green, Martin Duckett, Dave Bell Chris Stonnell and other WWLSC fans in Molineux’s North Bank.  The article At Home? That’s Quite a Trip published 31st Jan 1968 read:


There are plenty of football fans who are keen enough to follow their favourite football team  through every match, home or away, throughout the season. But few for whom a home match means a journey over over 100 miles! Every Saturday a group of 35 lads board a train to travel throughout the country to follow the Wolves  Founded halfway through last football season, the team’s London Fan Club spare no expense to follow their idols and have been known to spend up to £8 to go to one match.  For each home match the group have a specially allocated corner in the North Bank at Molineux, and the picture shows Stuart Earl of Treville St London SW15 surrounded by the rest of the fans at a recent home game.  Why do they go to such great expense to to follow Wolves in preference to one of the top London clubs? “Because we think Wolves are the best team in the first division” said Stuart.  He added that the club was only going through a bad spell at present, and the fans were confident Wolves would be back on top form very soon. There are plenty of football fans who are keen enough to follow their favourite football team  through every match, home or away, throughout the season. But few for whom a home match means a journey over over 100 miles! Every Saturday a group of 35 lads board a train to travel throughout the country to follow the Wolves  Founded halfway through last football season, the team’s London Fan Club spare no expense to follow their idols and have been known to spend up to £8 to go to one match.  For each home match the group have a specially allocated corner in the North Bank at Molineux, and the picture shows Stuart Earl of Treville St London SW15 surrounded by the rest of the fans at a recent home game.  Why do they go to such great expense to to follow Wolves in preference to one of the top London clubs? “Because we think Wolves are the best team in the first division” said Stuart.  He added that the club was only going through a bad spell at present, and the fans were confident Wolves would be back on top form very soon.



Our first recorded member match though goes back a bit further when George Vincent went to the 8-3 thrashing of Chelsea in 1946 and the following year the 26th April - WW 6 Chelsea 4  George is pictured here with Life President John Richards




Although Dave Gilson remembers pre-war football













and 50 years on from Dave Slape’s first trip he was presented with an anniversary cake





LWFC 1977


The London Wolves Football team of 1977 (youtube link from Louis Rómulo  - click on the picture)

Back row L:R Rob Coleman,Tim Maher, John Engleman, Ray Stock, Colin Cutts, Peter Coath, Terry Peachey, Martin Rutherford, John Saville, Reg Bartley, Ray Harris, Mark Feehan  Front row L:R Steve Roe, Tony Roche, Ivan Gillespie, Gerry Hirth, Bob Tyler, Mel Marston

Photo: Mike Woodward of the Daily Mirror.

Remembering Terry Peachey d 27/7/18 (7th from left back row)

 






















And the early 80’s incarnation arrived in colour. Martin Rutherford (back row 4th from left was WWLSC chairman 1978-85


The team included

Back row L:R Peter Mayhew, Mike Spittle, Leo  Mastbraker,   Martin Rutherford, ?,   ?    Peter Delve,

Front row: Gary Mastbraker,  Mark Feehan,  John Harvey,   ?  ,  ?.,

Other players of the time  


Peter Singleton; Laurie McCarthy; Brendan Price; Vic Marshall (think that maybe someone in the front row);Tony Stewart;

Dick Miskell; John Donnegan; Andy Barr

About London Wolves:

Founded in 1966, and the longest established Wolves Supporters’ Club,  when several members got together on the train to Wolverhampton, we are still  helping our over 300 members with reduced rate travel - our first coach was 22nd October 1966 to the home win against Plymouth.  We are looking forward to celebrating 50 years of supporting  Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club - “THE WOLVES” - in 2016. Details here  If you are a Wolves fan based in the South of England (or anywhere else - we have members all over the world!)  why not join us?    

The teams for that first official LW match a 2-1 win with Ernie Hunt and Dave Woodfield scoring were in the programme.  The sub, Graham Hawkins, a terrace fan, then a player, later became a promotion winning manager.


















  Benefits of membership include:



Latest Travel news  is on the Travel page   Latest Wolves news homepage & Match Reports & pix on the matches pages


This article congratulating London Wolves on their support of the Wolves appears in the January 8th 2005 Sporting Star (the pink pages) following Wolves’ win over Millwall in the FA Cup. John presents a regular “fan’s eye view” in the Sporting Star - which used to be published at 5:30 on Saturdays and available on-line Sunday morning.  Details of how to subscribe to the Digital edition of the E&S follow the article.....

this article is Express & Star Newspapers’ copyright.   You can also get the full newspaper every day (or on the evening following matches if you don’t want them all) Monday to Friday from about 5.30pm here:  http://www.expressandstar.com











Golden Moments from 50 Years of Supporting the Wolves Tim Spiers 2016 article Express & Star


http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2016/10/11/feature-golden-moments-from-50-years-of-supporting-wolves/


World Wide Wolves


In 2018 Wolves’ Alan Perrins announced a programme for supporters clubs around the world - World Wide Wolves and London Wolves were delighted to be the first club enrolled as World Wide Wolves - London.  Alan has opened a special area in the Steve Bull stand for the World Wide Wolves clubs visiting Molineux.  For access contact Stuart Earl.

An article in the December 5th 2018 programme (2:1 Premier League win over Chelsea) examined LW and others.   The programme also said happy birthday to Joey Feehan.


At the end of the 2021-22 Season Alan Perrins announced that London Wolves had been awarded the Worldwide Wolves UK Supporters’ Club of the Year for the third year in a row.


Capn Jack

Stef writes (7/7/19)  As members set off for their summer holidays, those flying to sunny European climes with easyJet should listen to the cockpit announcement you get at the start of the flight. Lo and behold, they may well find themselves in the hands of young Jacko, now officially re-branded Captain Jack! Last week, he was notified than he'd passed the strenuous Civil Aviation Authority & easyJet Command Course with distinction.


If a member out there is flying on one of Jack's planes, he says that they're more than welcome to pass their boarding card to one of the Cabin Crew and he'll come out and meet and greet them.












WWLSC in matchday progamme, 11/1/2020 v Newcastle

pic Wayne Devaney Berlon Wolves


In May 2023 Alan Perrins of World Wide Wolves announced that London Wolves were World Wide Wolves UK Supporters’ Club of the year for the fourth season in a row.  Chairman Earl said he was delighted to receive this unprecedented accolade. Other awards included Overseas club Irish Wolves; Outstanding contribution: Tony Lawlor, Irish Wolves.; Most improved supporter club: Scotland (Andrew Marshall & John Simcox).; Mark Hadley Clubman of the Year: and David Koppe, New York Wolves.


London Wolves celebrate their 55th Anniversary (one year late)


We celebrated our 55th anniversary as our 56th as it was one year late becaused of the pandemic sweeping the world in 2020-21 at The Valley. Full details here.  On of the guests was the popluar sports journalists, Johnny Phillips, a regular Sky reporter and Express and Star journalist.  He and the Star have kindly given permission to reprint the article on 23rd July 2022 here.  Johnny wrote:


“The 55th anniversary of London Wolves (one year late, owing to the pandemic) took place in an executive suite at The Valley and the guests included some fans’ favourites who graced Molineux in years gone by.


The loyal supporters’ club was founded in 1966 when a dozen or so supporters travelling independently on trains from Paddington to Wolverhampton discovered they were bumping into each other regularly.


They got together and decided to form a club, putting out a few flyers at football games until they found enough people to run a coach from the capital to Molineux.


“It was 10 shillings (50pe) to go and if there were a few less it would be 15 shillings,” founding member Dave Slape recalled……”  for more of the article please visit the Star at https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2022/07/23/johnny-phillips-some-56-years-on-london-wolves-still-a-capital-idea/?fbclid=IwAR3QuEWtVyURH9HBkv41fHLeqOFFNodbh2MZOv3Y1cfrwIvawZN4oDZbOKk


The next London Wolves newsletter (pdf/printed) will contain a full reprint