On Apr 7, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Derek Cooper wrote: > Near Wolverhampton myself here and sorry don't support them > > From: Neil Morgan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, 7 April 2012, 13:12 > Subject: The Wolves > > ray, regarding your tweet. Are you a Wolves fan? Surprising if you are. I > live here and am not, can't get past supporting their rivals!
As I said a while back, in 1967, Jack Kent Cook, who at the time owned the Lakers (NBA) and Kings (NHL) got involved in a group wanting to bring soccer to the US. Rather than spend years developing a league they simply imported teams. This was back when European teams had an off season, instead of the year-round insantity they have now, so they could do it. Shamrock Rovers went to Boston and became the Boston Rovers, Cagliari Calcio of Italy becvame the Chicago Mustanks, Stoke City became the Cleveland Stokers, Dundee became Dallas Tornados, etc. Wolverhampton came to L.A. as the L.A. Wolves. That was the United Soccer Association league. It lasted one year, but reformed as the North American Soccer League. In '69 they moved to Kansas City as the Kansas City Spurs, and won the NASL international Cup. While others in the US follow the big guys, Arsenal, ManU, Chelsea, and LIverpool, I have followed by sorry Wolves through thick and thin. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
