With OLD GOLD AND BLACK, Steve Plant set out to create the ultimate showcase for his celebrated collection of Wolves shirts, working with Conker Editions to produce a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated book that is accessible to every fan.
The result is truly a thing of beauty, of interest not only to Wolves fans but to every football shirt collector.
There are only a small number of football shirts from clubs the world over that are recognisable by the sheer mention of their colours alone. By specifying a shirt in OLD GOLD AND BLACK, you could only be talking about the famous Wolverhampton Wanderers. The unique colours of Wolves’ strip are a symbol of the history and tradition of a football club that for nearly 150 years has remained ingrained into the fabric of its community roots.
OLD GOLD AND BLACK tells Wolves’ story through a wonderfully evocative collection of matchworn shirts. Stretching back to the Victorian age, it takes in the Golden Era of the 1950s’ floodlit friendlies and the 1960 FA Cup final; covers the 1974 and ’80 League Cup finals and Bully’s favourite hat-trick, right through to the Fosun era and Rúben Neves.
Author Steve Plant reveals for the first time how he has come to assemble such a remarkable collection. Building on his two editions of They Wore the Shirt, Steve has now added 80 more historic shirts, taking the total to over 200. Features a foreword by Wolves legend Rúben Neves.
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R.I.P. STEVE PLANT
3.4.61 – 23.9.2024
Last week we received the terrible news that Steve Plant had sadly passed. Along with countless others, we paid tribute to the great Wolves fan, collector and charity fundraiser, and an In Memoriam tribute will be added to every subscriber and advance copy of Old Gold & Black. In accordance with the wishes of Steve’s family and closest friends, the publication of the book will go ahead in October, as will Steve’s charity fundraising shirt exhibition – just as he planned.
Steve Plant: A Tribute by Paul Berry of the Wolves Former Players Association
