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Wolves' Academy Sponsorship

Wolves' Academy Sponsorship

Make Mine A Manchester Double!

That’s what’s being printed after Wolves Academy under - 18s completed a Manchester double by winning 3-0 against Manchester City on Saturday 15th October, after the 5-2 win over Manchester United on the 8th October.

Wolves under 18s

Wolves Robbie Parry, pictured above in the Chaucer sponsored Wolves’ shirt, scored his first goal in the first half followed by another after the break, with Sam Whittall completed the scoring.   
Wolves under -16’s also made it a Manchester double by following up their win over Manchester United with a 2-1 victory over Manchester City.

Wolves' End of Season Dinner

Wolves' End of Season dinner was held at the Telford International Centre on Wednesday 18th May 2011. Along with the club's management and players were over 800 fans.

Bob Laslett presented the Chaucer sponsored Wolves' Academy Trophy to the Academy 'Player of the Season' Johnny Gorman - pictured left. 

 

Pictured right is a close-up of the Trophy itself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chaucer and Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (Wolves) have a strong history together, dating back to Chaucer’s sponsorship of the team in 2004.

That sponsorship ran all the way to the end of the 2008/09 season, when Wolves were promoted to the Barclays Premier League, England’s top footballing tier.

Wolves' Academy

Since Wolves’ promotion to the Barclays English Premier League in 2009, Chaucer have continued to support the club as the Academy sponsor. We now have 120 players and 6 teams (9 years to 16 years) playing in Chaucer shirts every week in a variety of leagues and competitions.

Many of the Academy players already play for their country and some have played in the Wolves senior squad in competitions such as the League Cup. We are proud to play our small part in the development of these players, and indeed the club as a whole.

Pictured is the whole Academy shown in Chaucer strip. 

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Front row centre, left to right: Richard Skirrow, Wolves FC Club Secretary; Chris Laslett, Director, Chaucer Group; Kevin Thelwell, Wolves Academy Manager; Jez Moxey, CEO, Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club.

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The Chaucer kit has had a few design changes in that time, but its popularity across the world has stayed the same.

Indeed we are often sent newspaper cuttings or pictures of Chaucer-sponsored Wolves shirts from various corners of the globe.  Such as Sierra Leone – where a UK businessman and avid Wolves supporter arranged a shipment of shirts to kit out locals in his beloved team’s colours.

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As these photographs show, the Chaucer shirts were handed out to many local youngsters and the local football club. Perhaps we will soon see one of them playing in the Premier League, following in the footsteps of African players like Didier Drogba and Michael Essien.

African children wearing Chaucer shirts