William Ambrose Wright CBE, was an English footballer who played as a centre half. He spent his entire club career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The first footballer in the world to earn 100 international caps, Wright also held the record for longest unbroken run in competitive international football, with 70 consecutive appearances, although that was surpassed by Andoni Zubizarreta's 86 consecutive appearances (1985-94). He also made a total of 105 appearances for England, captaining them a record 90 times, including during their campaigns at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 World Cup finals.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which competes in the Premier League. The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's traditional kit consists of old gold shirts and socks with black shorts. Since 1979, the kit has also featured the club's "wolf's head" logo. Long-standing rivalries exist with other clubs from the West Midlands, the main ones being the Black Country derby contested with West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa.
Cannock is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverhampton are also nearby.
Michael John Foster is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1997 until 2010, and was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for International Development.
Modeste M'bami was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. M'bami played for clubs in France, Saudi Arabia, and Cameroon, most notably Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille, both of which in Ligue 1.
Great Wyrley is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It forms a built up area with nearby Cheslyn Hay, Churchbridge, Landywood and Little Wyrley. It lies 6 miles north of Walsall and a similar distance from Wolverhampton. Cannock is directly north of the village. It had a population of 11,060 at the 2011 census.
Stanley Cullis was an English professional footballer and manager, primarily for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter is the managing director of the House of Suntory and Maison Courvoisier at Beam Suntory. He is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold-winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani is a former English international field hockey player.
Cannock Hockey Club are an English professional field hockey team. They were established in 1905, and are based in the village of Hatherton, near Cannock, Staffordshire. Both the men's and women's first teams play in the England Hockey League Premier Division, the top division of hockey in England.
James "Jimi" Lewis is an English field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Craig Parnham is an English field hockey defender and coach. He represented Great Britain in two Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004, and played club hockey for Stourport, Bridgnorth and Cannock.
Jamie Darryl O'Hara is an English football manager, former footballer and radio host.
Abdoul-Razak "Razak" Boukari is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Steve Edge is an English actor, writer and former stand-up comedian. He is most famous for his work on Starlings, Phoenix Nights, The Cup, The Visit, Peep Show, Benidorm and the satirical magazine show Star Stories.
John Peter Richards is an English retired professional international footballer, who played as a striker.
The 2010–11 English Hockey League season took place from September 2010 until April 2011. The Men's Championship was won by Beeston and the Women's Championship was won by Reading.
The 2005–06 English Hockey League season took place from September 2005 until June 2006.
Cannock Chase Hospital is a community hospital in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. It is managed by Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
Nicholas Kimon "Nick" Bandurak is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Holcombe and the England and Great Britain national teams.
