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Wandering down to London – Will’s Roadtransport Revival

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According to the scribblings on the back of this old Motor Transport photograph, Wolverhampton-based brewer Frank Myatt took these football fans to the 1921 FA Cup Final. They all look quite excited about the prospect of watching local team Wolverhampton Wanderers play Tottenham Hotspur.
When you consider that the game was 135 miles away at Stamford bridge, the dray had a top speed of about 20mph, solid tyres, not much in the way of suspension and bugger-all protection from the rain, this must have been quite a long and miserable journey. You can bet your life the return leg was even more depressing though as Wolverhampton lost 1-0.
Hopefully Frank supplied a few barrels of beer to help them drown their sorrows.

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