Joe Hodnett played for Wolves for four years between 1919 and 1923, and was paid ‘£3 a game’ for his footballing talent – but died at the age of 47 because of an accident in a factory where he worked to supplement his footballing wage.
Recently, fans of the club have been up-in-arms over the huge ticket-hikes slapped on fans – which came out of the blue – and in some cases has seen prices nearly triple in total to sit in the stands next season.
Hodnett’s daughter, 88-year-old Pauline, said the region has enough ‘starving children’ without having to force their parents to shell-out even more to watch their beloved club take on their 19 competitors next season.
Pauline, said: “I think he would be in disbelief, I can’t imagine what he would say, he would be very very cross.