13 Feb 2023 12:43:33
Hey Pack!

I'm going to be in the Caribbean from 24th Feb to 24th March onboard the Britannia.

Any Wolves players have links to Caribbean clubs or represented Caribbean nations?

I intend to use the free gym daily and might be fun in my head to represent the Wolves whilst on board by wearing a shirt whilst training!

1.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 14:06:41
Above all have a great time GDawg.

2.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 14:38:50
GDwag - one of the players I have talked avout a lot in the past, Floyd Streete was a Jamaican.
Played in the Sherpa fan team - needed wheels as he was v v slow but good player once he got there.
A much much better player but one who failed for a variety of reasons to fulfill his talent was Bob Hazell, also from Jamaica.
More recently Ronald Zubar came Guadeloup- or St Marie for those that watch "Death in Paradise"
V jealous of your trip - enjoy and keep in touch!

3.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 14:52:08
GDawg lucky you you'll love it! I've been fortunate to have a few holidays in the Caribbean many years ago. If I can make one suggestion if you get the opportunity try if you call in to Antigua see if you can get a trip up to Shirley Heights. It's well worth it! Mate enjoy it I'm very jealous particularly as it's cold here!

4.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 15:06:24
Thank you. The tour goes from Barbados to various other islands and I do that 3 times before coming back to europe to largely go to the Fjords several times before a short Baltic trip and then two tours of the Mediterranean but really not venturing too far beyond Spain. I will be onboard for 6 months.

I'm going to be working every day but shorter days than a regular working day with no rent or elec to pay and the opportunity to go ashore for a few hours most times the ship docks so it's quite a lifestyle change. I may love it. I may not.

I won't be able to drink much so will stream the Wolves whilst I'm on the static bike.

Floyd Streete was one of the players o had in mind but I don't actually go Jamiaca. I remember watching Zubar play!

I've got a Havard Flo - Werder Bremen shirt off one of these cult kits stores for my time in Norway ?

5.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 15:25:16
Nice one GDawg, have a great time, it sounds perfect I think you'll love it.

6.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 15:48:33
Have a good time GDawg.Went on Britannia in 2015 and stopped off at both Bilbao and Corunna. Checked out Bilbao's ground (excellent) and Deportivo's (dump!).Didn't have any problems myself but quite a few passengers struggled with the ship's layout and got themselves lost!

7.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 17:36:14
Thanks everyone. I worked in Cordoba onna teaching practice and went to watch them play. It's the only stadium I've been to in Spain. Similarly I was teaching at a British Army base in Germany and went to see Armenia Bielefeld play.

8.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 20:54:03
GDawg, stay safe buddy, have a safe journey, (to the ship and on it), and have a fantastic break. From what you’ve been good enough to share with us, you need this break so I wish you all the best mate. Try and log on when you can, keep us up to date with your travels and your well being. And one more thing- wear that old Gold with pride and let the whole of the Caribbean know who Wolves are.
All the best mucka ????

9.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 23:38:10
GDawg re Cordoba lucky you it is stunning we loved it when we went there on hols.
ps did you know that a "cordwainer" i.e. someone who makes new shoes as oppossed to a "cobbler" who repairs shoes or makes shoes from the discarded leather of old shoes is so named after the "Norman" word for someone that uses leather that came originally from Cordoba!

10.) 14 Feb 2023
14 Feb 2023 09:51:53
Nice one Future. Cordwainers appeared quite a lot when I researched my family history and I thought it was an unusual job description.

11.) 14 Feb 2023
14 Feb 2023 11:12:12
Old - There is an area of the city of London near the Bank of England that is called the Ward of Cordwainers, (they were a v powerful and wealthy guild) and in Bow Church yard a lovely square in that area that once contained an "Eleanor Cross" there is a statue of John Smith of Pocohontas fame who was a real person and a "Cordwainer"!