From Molesworth to Adrian Mole, English literature is crammed with memorable schoolboy narrators. In his fifth novel, Christopher Wakling takes us back even further, acting as ventriloquist to the kindergarten classes with a horribly plausible journey in

The low point of the Billy Wright era arrived when his Arsenal team faced Leeds United in the final home league game of the 1965/1966 season. Only 4,554, Arsenal’s record lowest home attendance, turned up. Youth team graduates including John Radford, Geo

George Swindin’s signing of Newcastle star George Eastham in 1960 for a gigantic £47,500 fee appeared to be a step in the right direction but the problem was that, as the Club’s most high profile signing, a great deal was required of the former Newcastle

Wolves favourite Don Goodman today lamented the nature of Mick McCarthy’s Molineux exit and insisted the former boss deserved better. Goodman admitted he was uneasy about the fans’ protest in the wake of Sunday’s 5-1 home defeat to Albion – a game that t

Wolverhampton Wanderers sacked their manager Mick McCarthy on Monday, a day after they lost 5-1 at home to local rivals West Bromwich Albion. London – Wolverhampton Wanderers sacked their manager Mick McCarthy on Monday, a day after they lost 5-1 at home

MARCHING ORDERS: Mick McCarthy has been shown the door by under-performing English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolverhampton Wanderers have sacked their manager Mick McCarthy, a day after they lost 5-1 at home to local rivals West Bromwi

LONDON (Reuters) - Wolverhampton Wanderers sacked their manager Mick McCarthy on Monday, a day after they lost 5-1 at home to local rivals West Bromwich Albion and slipped back into the bottom three of the Premier League. McCarthy, 53, was appointed Wolv

Manager Mick McCarthy apologised to Wolves' fans after their 5-1 home mauling by West Brom - but insisted he remains the right man for the job. Wolves dropped into the Barclays Premier League's bottom three on goal difference after Peter Odemwingie hit t

Shell-shocked Mick McCarthy today apologised to Wolves fans for his team’s performance in yesterday’s 5-1 defeat to Albion. McCarthy branded his side’s capitulation a “disgrace” after conceding four second-half goals as Wolves crashed to their joint bigg

Mick McCarthy apologised for the first time in his career after a defeat. But it’s going to take a lot more than the manager’s “sorry” to erase the pain of this humiliation for thousands of angry, disenchanted Wolves fans. It’s been more than a decade si

Manager Mick McCarthy apologised to Wolves' fans after their 5-1 home mauling by West Brom - but insisted he remains the right man for the job. Wolves dropped into the Barclays Premier League's bottom three on goal difference after Peter Odemwingie hit t

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy is apologetic over the team's 5-1 defeat by West Brom but insists he's the right man for the job. However McCarthy insists he remains the right man for the job. Wolves dropped into the English Premier League's bottom three on

A section of Wolves fans vented their anger at the directors' box towards the end of the game and a couple of hundred protested afterwards by the Billy Wright statue. McCarthy said: "I would think it was one of the most disappointing afternoons of my car

Mick McCarthy's 101st Premier League match as manager of Wolves will be his last if the club's owner, Steve Morgan, heeds the clamour of angry demonstrators after Peter Odemwingie's hat-trick drove West Bromwich Albion to their biggest win in the Black C

Mick McCarthy apologised for the first time in his managerial career yesterday after his Wolves side were humiliated in the Black Country derby. Furious fans protested under the statue of Billy Wright following the 5-1 thrashing by local rivals West Brom

Wolves dropped into the Premier League’s bottom three on goal difference after Peter Odemwingie hit the second hat-trick of his career for the Baggies at Molineux. A section of Wolves fans vented their anger at the directors’ box towards the end of the g

On a day of apologies, Mick McCarthy issued one of his own to Wolves' fans after their 5-1 home mauling by hated local rivals West Brom this afternoon. Wolves dropped into the bottom three on goal difference after Peter Odemwingie hit the second hat-tric

Manager Mick McCarthy apologised to Wolves' fans after their 5-1 home mauling by West Brom - but insisted he remains the right man for the job. Wolves dropped into the Barclays Premier League's bottom three on goal difference after Peter Odemwingie hit t

A section of Wolves supporters directed their anger at the directors' box towards the end of the game and a couple of hundred protested afterwards by the Billy Wright statue. McCarthy said: "I would think it was one of the most disappointing afternoons o