After going through the interview process they decided that Mullery was going to be the next manager but somewhere along the line somebody made a mistake and informed Allen that he’d got the job instead, rather than Alan. I think that was the biggest reason why I never got a Scottish cap," he said. "You're left out for a year and a half and nobody knows you, you've got to start again.

There were not many like him. As a player he was ferocious, always wanting to win. Such a great competitor. Next thing I know Brian Little phones me up and he said why not come to the Wolves as player-coach? At the writers conference, I interviewed Ally Robertson, editor with The Wild Rose Press and suspense author. She is a wealth of information since she works on the editing side as well as the writing side. I learned so many tidbits on how to improve my manuscript from just a brief conversation with her. Before I share the interview, here is her biography. Bio After 18 years' service and more than 600 games, Robertson moved to Wolves in 1986, helping the club to Fourth Division (1988) and Third Division (1989) Championships, as well as the 1988 Sherpa Van Trophy. Robertson had won nothing in 18 years at Albion, and yet two seasons into his Wolves career he was lifting a trophy at Wembley. The irony was not lost on him.We can be disappointed to see him go while also knowing it probably has helped the club in the financial position that we are in,” wrote Robertson, via Express & Star. I always remember the 1978 World Cup in Argentina because Willie Johnston went. Willie used to say to me the Scottish manager is here, so I'd play out of my skin.

There are a lot of editors out there. What’s some tips for how to find freelance editors who know what they’re doing? It was like the whole of West Bromwich had gone on holiday – yellow and green, blue and white, it was a great sight. Joining the likes of Carl Ikeme, Kenny Hibbitt and David Kelly as inductees into Old Gold Club, sponsored by Wolverhampton Building Supplies, Robertson will speak about captaining the successful Wolves side of the late 80s while on the podcast.Steve Bull scored a whopping 52 goals that season and next year the team topped Division Three as champions too. His actual words to me were: ‘Ally, when you won the ball you could give the ball to Bryan Robson, Tony Brown, Len Cantello, who have we got you can pass the ball to?

Almost exactly 40 years on, Robertson now reflects on a moment when instinct took over. “He shot into the top corner and I went up to try and head it and just punched it,” he says. “I didn’t stand there and think ‘I’ve got to save this.’ The shot was so fast and so hard, I just did it. I think in our day nobody intentionally went to save it and cause a penalty.” After making the save he lay in the goalmouth for a moment before standing sheepishly, hands on hips and head bowed, as the referee took his name. “It was on the telly and if I remember my face is so upset, it was like ‘Good God – what have I done?’” When he caught that corner in the last second, I thought ‘God bless him’. It was so brilliant when his team-mates all rushed towards him at full-time. There's no hint of arrogance in Robertson's voice when he says the above, just an overwhelming sense of pride. Three decades later, he feels fortunate to have a unique place in the history of both clubs.

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But the disappointment only lasted a year, because next season Wolves went up as champions and completed the double when they won the Sherpa Van Trophy. Wembley winner It all started in 1967 when he joined the Baggies as a 15-year-old apprentice, leaving six sisters and five brothers behind in Philipstoun, a tiny village 20 miles west of Edinburgh with a population of 300. Anything can happen. Five teams are going for two places. But we need to win. If we win and still don’t go up at least we did our bit on the day and finish on a good note.