As Wolves settle into life in the Premier League it marks the awakening of a sleeping football giant. The decline of the Midlands club was as steep as you can get – the club were playing fourth division football in the late 1980s. But despite that low point, the club slowly began to claw their way back up the divisions, largely thanks to one man.

Steve Bull began his career with Wolves’ great rivals West Brom but when he crossed the divide in 1986 it was the start of a 13 year association with the club.

Bull would go on to become Wolves’ all-time leading goalscorer with 306 goals in competitive games and became their highest goalscorer in a single season when he scored 52 goals during the club’s Fourth Division Championship winning 1987-88 campaign. He also scored a club record of 18 hat-tricks, and gradullay increased their football betting odds of winning the league throughout the season.

The year after his record breaking season of goal scoring, 1988-89, he hit a further 50 goals as the club won back-to-back championships. Bull’s performances and goal scoring feats meant he was called up to the England squad. He predictably netted on his international debut against Scotland at Hampden Park and would go on to win 13 caps.

His biggest regret was that he never played for the club in the top flight, in fact his only first division appearance came as a late substitute for West Brom in 1986. He came close to realising his dream in 1995 and 1997, but the club twice crashed out of the play-offs at the semi-final stage. Since announcing his retirement in 1999 the club have named a stand at their Molineux ground after him.

The kit Wolves wore in their 1988-89 title winning season was made by Scoreline and was the club’s traditional old-gold colour with black trim on the sleeves and v-neck. The Scoreline insignia unusually appeared on both sleeves rather than on the front of the shirt, which contained just the badge and the sponsor ‘Manders’.

It was the clubs third sponsor in five years and would change again two years later when tyre maker ‘Good Year’ took over. ‘Good Year’ would then remain the clubs principal shirt sponsor until 2002, when it was replaced by Doritos crisps.