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[George Lakin @GesLakin]

This is a beautiful, beautiful tribute.

One that makes you realise that right at the heart of the most glorious memories for Wolves fans in the modern era is Diogo Jota.

His arrival marked the start of our uprising.

Willing to join a team languishing in the Championship, in a country he didn’t know, in a city he’d probably never heard of... simply because he bought into our dream.

His willingness to lift our club and city off the ground will never be forgotten. He put us back on the map.

His willingness to take a chance in life is a lesson for us all.

And 'willingness' is the word I use to describe him because boundless willingness is what made a humble, down to earth young lad from Portugal a symbol of hope and fearless ambition in Wolverhampton.

A symbol now immortalised.

In the Championship, he excelled. Not bullied physically in one of the most demanding leagues in the world. In fact, he bossed it: tenacious, physical, dogged, determined. No one could handle him.

We knew he was a star from the get-go.

Soon, so did the entire Premier League- then the whole of Europe.

Has a newly promoted club ever taken the Premier League by storm quite like Diogo Jota's Wolves?

Then he scores our first European goal in 40+ years.

He scores back-to-back European hat-tricks at Molineux against Beşiktaş and Espanyol.

He was a history maker. Redefining who we were.

We hadn’t dreamed of heights, or nights, like this just a few years prior, yet here we were, with him, Neves, Moutinho, Raúl Jiménez and co.

A true golden era.

One that he spearheaded.

The sky was the limit.

Perhaps the very peak of that period, and Jota’s finest moment in a Wolves shirt, was his FA Cup quarter-final goal against Manchester United in 2019.

A storming run from the halfway line and bang.

Ecstasy.

Jubilation.

We were going to Wembley.

This was us now. An unstoppable force. A footballing force to be reckoned with. Mixing it with best. Beating the best.

And it was all thanks to Diogo.

It was a goal that embodied him as a person: spirited, determined, a true force of nature. In fact, he came to embody everything that was 'Wolves' at that time- we saw it all on the pitch, and we were just riding his wave. It was palpable.

Ultimately, he created a legacy. A figurehead in a period in which we rose from the doldrums to the elite in rapid fashion.

It was dizzying.

It was a period we’ll never forget.

And one, right now, we can only dream of reaching again.

But we have the memories.

The priceless, timeless memories.

Around Molineux are the words “OLD GOLD”, with the acronym: Our Loving Devotion Guides Our Lifelong Dream.

Diogo Jota was a man who didn't take these words lightly. In the years he gave us, he lived and breathed them. Because for a brief moment in all of our lives -a special moment in time- he made that lifelong dream a reality.

He was everything you could ever want from anyone that wears the shirt, and we were proud of him beyond words- even after he went to Liverpool and won it all.

Why?

Because we knew he was destined for greatness. We knew he deserved it all.

He shifted our entire universe. He shifted the entire stature of our club in modernity.

In many respects, he made us what we are today and what we strive to one day become again.

He's engrained in the DNA of Wolves, and he always will be.

How many can say that?

His achievements as a footballer are truly immeasurable. As a person even more so.

Diogo Jota, you were a special, special player.

Thank you for the huge part of yourself you gave to us all.

We are a club forever in your debt.

May you and your brother rest in everlasting peace.

[Wolves @Wolves]

You made us happy, Diogo.

We will never forget you.

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@_DazzlingDave @wwfcfoundation Very welcome mate thanks for having me

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

Content Creators Cup 2026 - absolutely cracking day and all for a great cause @wwfcfoundation

Thanks to @_DazzlingDave for organising

And great to catch up with Mel Eves too! #wwfc

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@valmary_rose8 Easily

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

To a man we stood strong when it mattered.

No bemoaning our luck after their keeper's heroics in the first half. Straight out fast in the 2nd.

Managed the whole occasion with authority.

We are some force at home, and Peixoto -for any lingering doubters- is the real deal. #wwfc

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

'Foreign managers don't understand what it means' 🙄

LOVE this guy. #wwfc

[Chris_Fischer @ChrisFischer_]

Scuffle at the end

Mak’em Cry Me Babies!!!

LFG
#WWFC #UTW 🟡⚫️🐺

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@Spencer17240 Nothing like a last min winner!! If carlsberg did Sundays and all that 😂👏

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@WolfOutOfWater They barely laid a glove on us. Didn't even win a corner. They were the home team? We had 63% possession, our task was to break them down, we passed.

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

Much improved second half, and without setting the world alight we always looked the more likely.

The epitome of a game you just need to find a way of winning - and we did.

Don't always have to play well, not in this league.

Important result and a clean sheet to boot. #wwfc

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@1madchef I think we stand as much of a chance as anyone else so far, think the criticism is unjust personally.

Solid enough start lost one out of 6, well in the mix. Nothing else really matters early doors, not that I think performances have really been any massive cause for concern tho

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@RHT_Stephen Bizarre - this is championship football

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@WWFCBZZ 9/10 he buries that tbf - sitter by his standards

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

1st half we looked the superior team, let down by some obvious defensive lapses.

Disappointing to completely lose our way in the 2nd half.

Despite this, Armstrong should bury that chance late on and it's by the by.

Shame we don't have a home game next, we need one. #wwfc

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@Nashville_85 No idea but it was some fall off - 1st half will be forgotten now but it was quite good bar the ridiculous calamities at the back-- we could've and probs should've been 2/3 nil up

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@lumpton 👍

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

Better side for large periods tonight and I think we can consider ourselves a bit unlucky to come away with nothing.

It was West Ham's night - everything flew in.

Important not to overreact to this.

Losing happens. Dust it off.

Instant response at Blues now pivotal. #wwfc

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@Spencer17240 Here's hoping mate - we need him

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@TrickyBunny Managed it against stoke which was encouraging - and to some extend blackburn - tonight just wasn't our night.

But I still thought we played some nice football and stuck to our way of playing, which I liked.

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@CaptainGriff I do like munetsi in the champ but yes, you're probably right. Bellegarde should be handy too when fit.

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@Spencer17240 Looks like Krejci is staying for now - let's hope his head and heart are too.

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

46 game seasons are long, and losses are inevitable, the ability to bounce back quickly from defeats is probably the defining characteristic of any team with genuine ambitions of getting out of this league.

Very soon we will learn a whole lot more about Peixoto and his group.

[George Lakin @GesLakin]

@ihatewetleg Yeah exactly how I saw it tonight too, still feeling good