Bully's 20th Anniversary Game has been confirmed as Wolves pre-season friendly against Aston Villa on Saturday 29th July 2006.
Subject to final discussions Bully will play for the first team for the very last time against David O'Leary's Aston Villa in a competitive pre-season game.
Bully said, "It will be great to pull on the famous gold & black shirt for the last time as a player."
"I'm hoping to get the first 10 to 15 minutes if the knees hold up and I've been working hard in the gym to keep my fitness levels up for the game."
"I'd like to thank everybody at Wolves for granting me this game. This will be an emotional day for me to say a final farewell as a player to the fans that have supported me over the last 20 years."
Said Jez Moxey, Chief Executive at Wolves: “Steve has done more than most over the years to help Wolves both on the field and in the community. We are delighted to be supporting him during his anniversary year.”
Bully said, “I’ve had an amazing 20 years and I would like to thank all of the wolves fans for there support.”
Steve Bull MBE is synonymous with Wolves and the club has recognised his commitment and loyalty over the past 20 years by agreeing his request to host an anniversary game at the Molineux later this year..
The game, which is subject to finding a suitable date and opposition (further news on this in due course), will be the highlight of the anniversary year and has the full support of the Board and Manager, Glenn Hoddle.
Said Jez Moxey, Chief Executive at Wolves: “Steve has done more than most over the years
to help Wolves both on the field and in the community. We are delighted to be supporting him
during his anniversary year and hope to finalise the details on when the game will take place
in the near future.”
Many other events have been planned including a launch dinner, golf day & race evening. There will also be an official anniversary shirt, commemorative DVD & anniversary brochure to mark this occasion.
As patron of locally based charity Promise Dreams, Steve is delighted that he has been able to adopt this national charity as his special ‘Partner of the Year’.
Steve Bull said, “I’m delighed that the club are giving me this game. I’m also over the moon to have an official partner so close to my heart. Promise Dreams is a very special charity and I try to do as much as I can to help the terminally and seriously ill children.”
Steve Walker and Suresh Bawa, Promise Dreams Trustees said, “On behalf of Promise Dreams we are absolutely delighted that Steve Bull, our charity's Patron and loyal supporter since we launched the charity in February 2001, has decided to appoint our charity Promise Dreams as the official partner for the Steve Bull Anniversary Year.”
“This is a natural extension of the working relationship that we have with Steve and will help
immensely in not only raising additional funds, but also, more importantly, helping terminally ill and seriously ill children. ”
“On behalf of the Trustees and Promise Friends, we wish Steve tremendous success in his well deserved Anniversary Year. ”
Bully has had an amazing career scoring a record 306 goals for his club, he won 13 full international caps for his country, received an MBE from the queen, the John Ireland stand was re-named Steve Bull Stand in 2003 and is now a patron of a local children’s charity and an ambassador for the club.
Bully said, “I’ve had an amazing 20 years and I would like to thank all of the wolves fans for there support.”
Bully's 20th Anniversary Game has been confirmed as Wolves pre-season friendly against Aston Villa on Saturday 29th July 2006.
Steve Bull MBE is synonymous with Wolves and the club has recognised his commitment and loyalty over the past 20 years by agreeing his request to host an anniversary game at the Molineux later this year..
