Poetic Writing of Robbie Kennedy Bennett

Poetic Writing of ROBBIE KENNEDY BENNETT © www.rkbpoetry.co.uk Born in Wolverhampton of English and Scottish parentage. He grew up on the Rough Hills Estate area of the town and his Scottish ancestral roots are in the Kingdom of Fife and Dundee. The author is now residing in Codsall, Staffordshire. Drawings, pictures and writing are copyright of the author Robbie Kennedy Bennett.

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Outside the reception on the Waterloo Road at Molineux, the home of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is the statue of their greatest ever captain, William Ambrose Wright.

Billy Wright was also the England captain and the holder of 105 international caps. He was born in Ironbridge in Shropshire on the 6th February 1924. Billy’s childhood home on Belmont Road bears a plaque stating that a football legend lived here. At the time of writing my poem the house is up for sale. It overlooks the historic bridge that is spread over the River Severn and in 1787 it became the first iron bridge to be built.

Billy Wright’s statue outside Molineux is a magnificent sight and an obvious meeting place on match-day. Many times I have observed the work of art and thought that the sculpture had captured the moment. There’s Billy, captain of club and country running out onto the pitch with ball in hand. Following him over hundreds of games would be footballers worthy of legend status themselves. And there is the heart of my poem, they followed did men of ten.

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Billy Wright's statue was made by Warwickshire based sculpture James Butler.

Billy Wright's birthplace and Ironbridge in picture.