The Story of the Wolves
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CARTOONS 58 and 59 cover two disparate elements of the club’s history.
The first remembers that Monday 15th November 1926 saw a match played at Molineux to commemorate the Jubilee of the Staffordshire Football Association.
The game was fought out between a Staffs FA XI (including players from Aston Villa, Birmingham, Port Vale, Stoke City, Walsall, West Bromwich Albion and Wolves) and an FA XI.
It also records that the draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made for the first time in Wolverhampton. For those of us of a particular age we know that Monday lunch time was the traditional timing of the draw, sadly another practice consigned to the dustbin of history.
Progress
What is not recorded is the fact that Wolves were drawn away to Carlisle United and made their best progress in the competition since 1921, eventually losing 2-1 at Arsenal in the sixth round.
The other cartoon marks the importance of the Paulton family to the club over many years. The Paulton Brothers Printing Works in Wolverhampton was founded by Councillor Albert Henry Paulton (a former Wolves director) and the cartoonist spotted a poster in the works advertising the meeting in November 1876 that led to the establishment of the club.
Licensee
It also recalls that Albert’s son, Harry, was licensee of the Molineux Hotel between 1919 and 1928, as well as holding a number of roles in local sporting clubs. Harry is pictured with his brother Albert checking a proof of a Wolves match day programme that the company then printed.
Paulton’s had two premises on Berry Street and were also responsible for producing a rare set of 33 cards (issued around 1923-24) featuring directors, staff and players of the club.