Wolves fans of recent years don’t have to think too hard about a modern day hero at Molineux, there is one man’s name on the lips of most fans, no not David Kelly, but the legendary Steve Bull. It’s no surprise the find that he is Mick Harper’s Fans Favourite.

He was a one club man, he came from West Brom but he was very loyal to us. He could have gone on and played at a higher level but he didn’t.
I remember the first time I saw him play, I think it was Wrexham at home. Him and Andy Thompson made their debuts on the same day and I was asked on the Monday what I thought of them, I said I didn’t think too much of the little man, Andy Thompson, and he turned out to be really good, and I said I’ll reserve judgement on the other fellow. Sure enough he started to produce the goods.

I was at Cardiff in the Old Sherpa Vans Trophy when he scored his first goal, there were only 60 or 70 Wolves fans there. He was local lad who came from West Brom but he soon won us over, he hadn’t played too many games for West Brom so that was ok. I remember his 300th goal as well, that was against Bradford and that was an emotional night.

He was 100 per cent, whole-hearted, dedicated. A lot of people used to say that his first touch wasn’t very good but his first touch was often smashing it into the back of the net. He could ruffle all sorts of defenders, he had a lot of steel and that is maybe why his career finished prematurely, because of all the kicking he got.

I remember him coming on as a sub and scoring for England against Scotland, I toyed with the idea of actually travelling up and watching the game because it was him but we watched it on the TV and I remember jumping up in the air in front of my TV.

I think he should have had more games for England than he actually had, he had 13 actual appearances and he scored four goals, but he was only on the pitch for the equivalent of eight games so I like to think that he had a record of scoring a goal once every two games.

Initially I was worried that we might lose him but as time went on it came clear that he probably wouldn’t leave. The closest he came to leaving is when Coventry came in for him but I remember the relief when it was decided that he would be staying.

They are having a game against Aston Villa to celebrate 20 years of him signing and I think he will be playing in that.

I think he’d have done alright in the top flight, at his peak he would have been a 20-goal-a-season man in the Premiership.