Ebanks-Blake to fulfill Anfield ambition

By Gregg Davies
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Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake has revealed he cannot wait to play at Anfield against Liverpool next season, as it will finally fulfill a lifelong ambition. The FourFourTwo Football League Player of the Year is set to become the Championship's Golden Boot winner for a second successive season in 2008/09. Ebanks-Blake netted 23 league goals last season, only for the club to miss out on a play-off place on goal difference.  However, this time the striker's 25th league goal of the campaign against QPR last weekend ensured the Molineux outfit will return to the Premier League for the first time since their demotion from the top flight in 2004. And with promotion to the top tier, the former Manchester United trainee will finally fulfill a personal dream, harboured since he was eight-years-old.

The 23-year-old marksman is a lifelong Liverpool fan, and has never set foot in Anfield having vowed never to go inside the stadium until the day he was able to play there.

“As a Liverpool fan the biggest treat in being in the Premier League will be to play against them for Wolves," he told the Birmingham Mail.

“I have never been to Anfield. I told myself a long time ago that the first time I would go there would not be until I play there. Hopefully I will get my chance to do that next season.

“It was just something I set as a target for myself as a youngster. I have never been to watch Liverpool at Anfield even though they are my team and I have had lots of chances over the years.

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Gregg Davies
Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.