Club News

Wolves Win In Glasgow

Wolves STFC continued their current good form as they won all six matches in Glasgow to claim the Glasgow International Open for the first time. Wolves topped group B with victories against IPl, Wobbly Hobby B, Glasgow B, and Glasgow C to book a semi-final game against Glasgow A. Victories for Chris Short & Mick Hammonds along with draws from Chris Bedford and Richard Badger helped secure a 2-0 win. In the final, they faced a very strong Wobbly Hobby A side. It was a tight affair with Wolves STFC claiming a 2-1 victory, Chris Short (2-0) and Chris Bedford (1-0) both grabbing the wins.

English Championship 2023

Wolves STFC had eight players take part in the first round of the new English Championship. Richard Badger finished the day in second spot with Graham Harwood ending in fourth. Justin Scott, Mick Hammonds, Richard Roper, Simon Bodily, Alex Scott (Won The Under 20 Section), and Gage Badger (Pulled out after the second game through illness) also took part.

Wolves STFC Retain UK Club League Championship

Wolves STFC once again proved people wrong as they retained the UK & Ireland Club League Title in 2022. This year saw the competition almost double in size as 19 teams took part with Wolves STFC putting a second team out in Division two.  Wolves STFC were sporting a new kit, sponsored by Wolverhampton-based company Trailer Monster, with Wolves A in green tops with black and old gold trim and Wolves B in black with old gold and green trim.

At the event, which took place on November 19 and 20, the A team, of Justin Scott, Richard Badger, Mick Hammond's and Chris Bedford started strongly with four good wins on the first day. The B side also had a very good day winning three of their opening five games to be in contention for the second-division title. 

Wolves A started the second day with a 3-0 over White Star before losing 2-1 to Cardiff giving their opponents the upper hand in the title race. Going into round 16 of the competition Wolves had two games left but trailed the leaders Cardiff by four points, All Cardiff had to do was win their final game against Kent Invicta. However, while Wolves STFC were claiming a 3-0 victory over London Road, Kent stunned Cardiff with a 2-2 draw meaning the title was now back in Wolves hand. 

The final game saw them face Harrow and claim a 3-1 victory, and lift the trophy for the second time as UK & Ireland Club League Champions.

The B side had a tougher second day losing all four of their games and finished the competition in seventh. All five members of the B side had a great weekend overall and can be proud of their performances.


Wolves TFC Crowned UK Club League Division One Champions.

Sunday 14th of November 2021 will be remembered as a very special day for Wolves STFC for many years to come. The reason, Well, just a small matter of them being crowned the first-ever champions of the newly formed UK Club League Championship. On Saturday 13th of November, Justin Scott, Richard Badger, Mick Hammonds, and Justin Finch arrived at the Brooklyn Bar & Billiards club in Redhill along with eleven other clubs from England, Scotland, and Wales in an attempt to win the new competition. 

 

The format for this competition which is hoped to become an annual event consisted of a first-round containing 3 groups of 4 teams, with the teams playing one another once. The top two teams of each group qualified for Division One, whilst the bottom two played in Division Two. Again in each division, teams would face each other once.

Wolves STFC was drawn in Group One along with Solent, Kent Invicta and Stanway. Two wins over Solent (4-0) and Kent (3-0) made sure Wolves STFC would be in Division One for the second stage which would start later in the afternoon. A 1-3 loss to Stanway meant it was a second-place finish in the group. Wolves STFC opened their Division One account with a loss to Harrow Hawks (1-2) before ending the day on a high with a victory over Cardiff Bluebirds (3-1). 

Day two started off in fantastic style with a 2-1 victory over White Star before grabbing a 1-1 draw with Dundee United TFC. Wolves STFC went into the final game against Stanway focused on the games at hand rather than on what was required. Wolves STFC won 4-0 and now had to wait to see where they finished. The awards were announced in reverse order starting with Division 2 runners-up, Glasgow, and Divison 2 winners Kent Invicta. In Division 1, third place was Harrow while Dundee Utd was called out in second leaving the Wolves lads in shock. Then the announcement came out that the first-ever winners of the UK Club League were WOLVERHAMPTON!  Yes, Wolves STFC was UK Club League Division One Champions for 2021, An exceptional achievement.

Speaking after the event, Club Chairman Justin Scott said "For us to be victorious in such a high-quality tournament, like this, is just amazing.  The club's best moment so far.  Thanks to the event organizers for their hard work and to all the players who played the game in the right spirit.  A brilliant weekend overall and an incredible result for us!”.

Richard Badger later stated " This has to go down as the biggest thing I have achieved in Subbuteo, I was playing for a fantastic club with three fantastic lads. We came into this event thinking it would be amazing if we were to pull off a shock and win it. To go on and do exactly that is mind-blowing. Wolves Aye We!!!!!

Wolves STFC Irish Open Team Champions 

Wolves STFC flew over to Derry City to take part in the Irish Open 2022. Following three wins and a draw the team came out on top of the five team event. Wolves beat Derry City TFC 4-0 before a battling 1-1 draw with Wobbly Hobby SC. They recorded a second 4-0 win, this time against the Irish Premier League B side. With Wobbly Hobby only recording a 3-1 win over Derry, Wolves knew any kind of victory would do in there final game against IPL A. At half time, Richard (2-0) and Gage (1-0) were both winning while Mick (0-1) and Justin (0-2) were both losing. Things soon looked bleak as Gage was pegged back to 1-1 leaving Wolves 2-1 down. However, Mick turned things around to win his game 2-1 and with Gage playing safe to hold onto the draw Wolves STFC secured a 2-1 victory to claim the title.

Wolves STFC Reach Semi-Finals In Glasgow

Wolves STFC Reached the Glasgow International Open 2022 Semi-finals before crashing out to Wobbly Hobby SC A. Wolves STFC Beat Wobbly Hobby SC B 4-0 before losing to the eventual winners Glide Slide Chip Dip 0-3. In their final group game, they faced a strong Glasgow TSA A team knowing a draw would see them through to the semi-finals. Despite leading 2-1 at the break, Glasgow TSA battled back but Wolves STFC held on and got a 1-1 draw. In the Semi-Finals, Wolves STFC battled hard against another tough team but unfortunately, they were held to a 1-1 draw losing out 6-5 on goal difference.