I'm back in April this year too, and hoping to get along for the Brighton game. There is a former NSWolves member called Elliot who now lives in London and is coming along so perhaps we can meet up. My mum still lives in Wall Heath.
On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 20:20, Andy Hinton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tim, > I’m 51 and a die hard wolves fan. I’ve been following the lads since about > 1974. I’ve only just joined myself, so we’re both newbies lol. > Me and my family moved from just outside Wolverhampton in 2009. We live > S/W of Sydney in a small country town called Robertson. It’s in the > Southern Highlands and about halfway between Sydney and Canberra. I last > went back in 2013 and was lucky enough to see us beat Cardiff and Blackburn > at home. Me and the wife are going back Easter this year and I’m hoping to > get a ticket for the Brighton game. Anyway come on me babbies against > Shrewsbury in the morning. > Andy. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 4 Feb 2019, at 10:06, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi all - just wanted to introduce myself - I found your group through the > WW Wolves fan group (how many members are there?). I'm a Sydney-sider > (northern beaches) who, one cold day just over twenty years ago went to > Swindon Town to see a terrible football match (I think Wolves lost 1-0 or > 2-0?). It was wet, cold, and grey - but somehow I fell in love with Wolves > that day (my mate - who took me - is a Wolves fan and he is from > Wolverhampton but now lives in Canberra). It's great to know there are > other Wolves fans in NSW! I only know of one other fan in Sydney (he works > for OilSearch) - but the kit is well recognised when I wear it! I was down > at Dee Why beach in the holidays and a English guy said that he didn't > think he'd travel halfway across the world to see some Wolves fans - but he > did credit me for wearing it! Same day a surf lifesaver yelled across the > beach at me saying that his lot (Tottenham) are playing my lot overnight. > He was pretty confident about the win! I was hoping to bump into him again > next time I was down there ;) > > Also I hassled Adidas about bringing the kit into Australia and they > "politely declined" - so my mate picked some up for me and my son when he > was over there in October. After we make Europe they hopefully will try to > make the club more global! > > It has been a LONG time since I have seen a match live in person - all the > way back to about 2000 or 2001 - the bad old days when that rough bastard > Kevin Muscat and Steve Corica were playing - shortly after the Robbie Keane > era (when their one strategy was to kick it upfield - in the air - to the > very short striker and get him to score...). Last match I saw live was > against West Brom at Molineux - and I think we lost? Funnily enough I ended > up playing against Corica last year in a local futsal comp (safe to say > they thrashed us!) - but I think he was surprised that anyone in Australia > knew he even played for Wolves! > > BTW did anyone hear the BBC commentary on the cat from Saturday's game: > https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/47108649?fbclid=IwAR1QoqLCcTTJnSFK35o9Hd5YzQ47yggs5s77_4mMrd53kSPrlMPkdDvNQwA > - very funny! > > And also just as an FYI, I am a fan of Finerrz vlogs - if you don't know > them check out his latest from Everton - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUGeP7XcFGM - he does a good job > capturing the atmosphere at most games, which is helpful for people on the > other side of the globe! > > Anyway - I'll shut-up now. Keep up the banter - I am enjoying it! And > hopefully we can meet in person at some stage - maybe to celebrate the FA > Cup victory ;) > > Tim > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NSWolves" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NSWolves" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NSWolves" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
