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Milestones on and off the pitch as thousands raised on the road for Wolves Foundation by loyal supporter.
27.08.26, 06:00 Updated 25.08.26, 21:58
What began as a throwaway joke ended with aching feet, a dodgy knee, 122 miles completed and over £3,000 raised for the Wolves Foundation.
Football content creator George Horton found an unusual way to mark Wolves’ disappointing campaign last season. Horton decided that if Wolves were to beat Derby County’s infamous record-low Premier League points tally of 11, he would walk to Wolves’ first away game of the new campaign.
“At first I said it as a bit of a laugh and a joke,” he tells The Wanderers Post. “But when the fixtures got released, and I realised it was Preston, I thought it was pretty doable. I thought it would be a good idea to do it for charity and that’s where the idea stemmed from, to do it with the Foundation.
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Tom Gibson
Writeris a graduate of the University of Derby's football journalism course and an accredited UEFA journalist. He has already amassed plenty of experience working for PA, Wolves Foundation and in the club's media department on a voluntary basis covering the women's and under-21s teams.