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REBUILT WOLVES CLIMB OUT OF THE RAT-PACK

OLD GOLD ON THE RISE
JOHN WRAGG LOOKS AT HOW A FAMOUS OLD CLUB HAVE PUT HARD TIMES BEHIND THEM…

Pumped up: Wolves playmaker Ruben Neves celebrates scoring with Ruben Vinagre

YOU used to think about taking your wellies with you when you went to Wolves. There was water everywhere - even on a dry day - and you also needed something hefty on your feet because rats scurried everywhere.
Molineux, the whole club, was in a terrible state back in the late 1980s. Poor on the pitch, they were destitute off it.
Now when you go to Molineux people dress up for it. Brilliant statues outside the ...

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