WOLVES’ BEST EVER PLAYER: England’s first 100-cap player led the club through their most successful period, while striker Steve Bull holds the goalscoring record. But who do YOU ​​think is the club’s all-time star?

Mail Sport is working with our readers to find the greatest player of all time at each of the 20 Premier League clubs.

Today it’s the turn of the legends of Wolverhampton Wanderers, from the first English player to reach 100 caps Billy Wright to goal machine Steve Bull and more recent foreign stars such as Ruben Neves.

And once you’ve decided who the best ever is, it’s time to vote…

Between 1949 and 1960, Wolves were one of the biggest clubs in the country, winning three First Division titles and two FA Cups, and were also pioneers in the use of floodlights, hosting Honved and Spartak Moscow in the days before English clubs were in the European Cup.

Their captain, and the captain of England, was Billy Wright whose fame extended beyond football, thanks to his marriage to singer Joy Beverley, member of the famous Beverley Sisters.

Billy Wright was one of the stars of the Wolves team when they were among the biggest clubs in the country

Bert Williams was something of a pioneer for goalkeepers because of his distribution skills

Wright, a central defender whose unrivalled vision of the game made up for his modest height of 1.73 metres (5ft 8in), became the first international player for a country to earn 100 caps.

At club level he won the 1949 FA Cup against Leicester, heralding a glorious era for the club under legendary manager Stan Cullis. He was named Footballer of the Year in 1952 and led Wolves to their first championship two years later.

In the goal stood Bert Williams who signed for the club immediately after World War II and was a pioneer for the goalkeepers due to his ability to set up attacks after making saves.

After his retirement he set up a coaching school for goalkeepers, where he trained, among others, the future England international Joe Corrigan and Phil Parkes, who was the world’s most expensive number 1 in the late 1970s.

Ron Bloemen was the other central defender during that period and played for all three championship teams. The accuracy of his long-range passes was a key aspect of Wolves’ success.

At 31, he was the oldest member of Sir Alf Ramsey’s 1966 team, although he did not play with Bobby Moore, preferring Jack Charlton. He remained loyal to Wolves, helping them win promotion back when they were relegated in the 1960s.

Although Wolves’ famous gold and black shirt was no longer as beautiful as it had been in the 1950s, they did win the League Cup twice, in 1974 and 1980.

The star of the ’74 team when they beat Manchester City 2-1 at Wembley was Derek Dougana tough and outspoken striker from Northern Ireland who was also a huge hit on television when expert panels were introduced for major tournaments.

Derek Dougan was a tough and outspoken striker from Northern Ireland

Derek Parkin (left) still holds the club record, having made 501 appearances for Wolves.

Geoff Palmer has two cup winners medals and formed a partnership with Derek Parkin at the back

Dougan scored 123 times for Wolves before retiring in 1975 and formed a deadly attacking duo with John Richards, one of four players to appear in both cup finals.

At their best, the two could destroy any team. In 1973, they beat Manchester City 5-1, with Dougan grabbing a hat-trick and the highly regarded Richards scoring the other two.

The other players with two cup winners medals from that time were Derek Parkin, Geoff Palmer And Kenny Hibbitt.

Palmer and Palmer were a full-back combination that became the epitome of consistency. Parkin’s 501 appearances for Wolves between 1968 and 1982 remain a club record.

Hibbitt, on the other hand, provided the team with composure and craftsmanship in midfield and was known as a deadly penalty taker.

Fittingly, he scored the opening goal in the 2-1 win over City in 1974 and six years later he was still in the team when Wolves beat reigning European champions Nottingham Forest 1-0 at Wembley thanks to an Andy Gray goal.

Wolves struggled in the 80s due to chronic financial problems, but their fans discovered a real hero in the striker Steve Stier who scored 305 goals, a club record, and remained loyal to the club despite never playing in the top division.

Bully’s reputation as a goalscorer saw him included in Bobby Robson’s England squad for Italy 90, while several top strikers, such as Arsenal’s Alan Smith, remained at home.

Steve Bull remains Wolves’ club record with 306 goals – which is unlikely to be surpassed

By then, Bull had guided Wolves to two successive promotions from the Fourth Division, scoring 52 times in 1987/88 and another 50 the following season. ‘I put my shirt on, put my boots on, went out there and gave 100 per cent,’ he muses modestly.

Molineux has gained international prominence in recent years and is now once again a permanent fixture in the current Premier League.

The Portuguese influence is particularly evident in the midfield collaboration between Ruben Neves And Joao Moutinho and garnered national admiration.

Neves made 253 appearances in six years at Wolves, the club has played more Premier League games than any other club and his stunning long-range goals have been appreciated by clubs such as Manchester United.

No one has made more Premier League appearances for Wolves than midfielder Ruben Neves

Joao Moutinho was Neves’ partner in crime when the two played together at Molineux

When he left for Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia in 2023, Wolves received a welcome transfer fee of £47m and paid a moving tribute to their master passer, saying: ‘No other player has made such an impact.’

His partner-in-crime Moutinho was nearly 32 when he signed in 2018 but showed Champions League qualities and was voted Player of the Season by fans at the end of his first season, as Wolves finished seventh in the Premier League and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

With all the influx of players from abroad, Conor Coady formed the backbone of England and was an integral part of Nuno Espirito Santo’s highly successful defensive line.

Coady signed for Wolves in 2015 when they were in the Championship and became the team’s leader as they achieved promotion and stayed there. As a Wolves player he went to two major international tournaments with England before signing for Leicester in 2023 when Nuno’s successors opted to play with a back four.

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