Geoff Blackwell, a former Hereford United scout, has died at the age of 80. He worked for Graham Turner and Ron Jukes whilst they were at Wolves and later when Turner was with Hereford United.
His greatest claim to fame was 'scouting' Steve Bull.
Blackwell's son Steve told the Express and Star how it came about.
"He got called into Graham Turner’s office with Ron and they were
asked about Andy Thompson, because he wasn’t happy being in the reserves
at Albion.
“They then went to watch a reserve game and my dad really liked the look of the centre forward, he thought he could play.
"He was talking about him in the stand and Les – Steve Bull’s dad – tapped him on the shoulder and asked if he was talking about his son.
“Les told him that Steve was devoted to Wolves and would love to move, as he was fed up of being in the reserves.
“They went back to Graham and persuaded him to put in a cheeky bid for the pair and the rest is history.”