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For information on “Peter Knowles: God’s Footballer” click here For dinner with Bully click here

We are running a competition to win a copy of each of these books here (until 24th October) Competition

Billy Wright and Steve Bull are arguably the two most important players in Wolverhampton Wanderers' history. Billy played 105 times for England and helped take the club's name all over the world; Bully scored 306 goals for Wolves, the first few dozen of them at least at a time when we were feared there might not be a Molineux for much longer or indeed a team in the town to support.

Their colossal imprints on the Wolves story are generations apart, their respective paths coming together only when Billy returned to the fold in his twilight years to serve on Sir Jack Hayward's board of directors while Bully was busy accumulating another 100 goals or so. But there's a surprising amount of common ground in their football lives to fit snugly among happenings and facts that in other ways make them polar opposites. It's 70 years this year since Billy made his Wolves debut, 60 since he lifted the FA Cup and 50 since he played his last games for club and country. It also happens to be 20 years since Bully made his sensational goal-scoring England debut as a 50-plus-goals-a-season lower-division striker and ten since he was forced to quit. So many anniversaries. And the time somehow seems right to celebrate the curiously coincidental and yet sharply contrasting careers of two of Wolverhampton Wanderers' very finest. (Picture - Billy & Bully on the signed poster available from London Wolves (click here for details)n order form will be added here

You can print an order form here http://www.londonwolves.com/html/thomaspubs.html

To officially launch celebrating Wolves' author David Instone's new book "Billy & Bully" there is a fantastic dinner. The Jack Hayward Suite, Molineux, Wolverhampton FC, November 18th 7pm (2009)

It’s for a three course dinner in the company of Wolves legends Steve Bull who will talk about his career and times at Wolves and Ron Flowers who will be on hand to recall his fond memories of the Billy Wright Golden Era. David Instone will be on hand to field questions about compiling the book and the discoveries he made along the way.

What's Included:

• 3 Course Dinner Followed by Tea Coffee & Mints
• Live Q&A with Steve Bull, Ron Flowers & David Instone, Hosted by BBC radios Daz Hale
• A limited edition copy of the book signed by Author David Instone and Steve Bull for every guest
• Charity Fundraising Raffle & Auction of Unique memorabilia supporting Alzheimers memory walks and High Arcal School

Tables of 10 at £450 plus VAT

A quantity of individual places (2-4) are available @ £50 each on shared tables of 10

Please Contact : Peter Woodifield if you’re interested in a London Wolves table contact details here

“Peter Knowles: God’s Footballer”

The story of Peter Knowles is unique.The gifted, good-looking Wolves and England Under-23 midfielder seemed to have the world at his talented feet. He was tipped to be the English George Best but sensationally quit football after becoming a Jehovah’sWitness.  He was just a few days short of his 24th birthday.  Despite the pleas of his club, the players, friends, fans and family, Knowles would not change his mind and has always said it was the best thing he ever did.

In God’s Footballer, Steve Gordos recalls the shock waves created by Knowles’s decision and traces the rise to fame of this son of a Yorkshire miner, who became an idol to fans, old and young, male and female. The book details all the matches that Knowles played for Wolves and includes tributes and recollections from his teammates and from fans.  There are also team line-ups for each match of his first-team career.  September 2009 saw the 40th anniversary of Knowles’s final match forWolves.  Those who remember him as a gifted player whose best years were lost to the game, and those who have only heard the story second hand will be fascinated to read about the young man who turned his back on football fame and fortune.

Ordering information:  exclusively through London Wolves you can order “God’s Footballer”  at a discounted price of £3 off the RRP and free p & p for UK customers click here www.breedonbooks.co.uk/londonwolvespeter.html  or you can also call Breedon Books  us to order by card on: 01332 384235 as long as they quote London Wolves Peter Knowles offer. (n.b. London Wolves do not receive payment for this)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

STEVE GORDOS was born in Bilston and has been aWolves fan virtually all his life. He began his journalistic career with the Wellington Journal and Shrewsbury News but spent the rest of his working life with the Express & Star, the Black Country’s evening newspaper. During his many years on the sports desk of the Express & Star, Steve acquired a deep knowledge ofWolves’ history. Before he retired in 2003, he had been sports editor for eight years.He still writes in the Wolves’matchday magazine and was this year invited to be on the committee to choose the first inductees into Wolves’ newly-created Hall of Fame.  He is the author of Peter Broadbent:A Biography published by Breedon Books in 2007