Johnny Phillips: Fine Wolves tribute to a man who wore the shirt with pride

When Thompson first walked through the doors at Molineux in November 1986 the club was suffering a second successive season in the Fourth Division. He became a key figure in the team which Graham Turner took to two promotions. Yet when the Eighties gave way to the Nineties and Turner was finally given some money to spend, Thompson appeared to be one of those under threat.