Wolverhampton street artist honours Wolves hero Sir Jack Hayward
It's Sir Jack Hayward as you've never seen him before.
Lee Smith, one of Wolverhampton's old-school street artists, has produced his own tribute to Wolves' legandary life president - a mural at the entrance to a city centre car park.
The giant painting, which adorns the wall at the entrance to the Peel Street car park, depicts Sir Jack next to a Wolves badge and the dedication 'Forever our Legend'.
Lee has been painting walls in the city since 1986, having come up in a graffiti scene that was spearheaded by Goldie and also featured the internationally acclaimed spray can master, Temper.
But he is also a lifelong Wolves fan, having first visited Molineux in 1979 to see the side - then managed by John Barnwell and featuring the likes of George Berry and Kenny Hibbitt - beat Norwich City 1-0.
The 43-year-old, from Fordhouses, said as soon as he heard about Sir Jack's death on January 13 he vowed to create his own tribute to the man without whom he says there would be no football to watch in the city.
"I'm Wolves through and through, but when you look at the way we were heading before Sir Jack came, it looked like we were going to disappear completely," said Lee, a former youth worker who now paints full time.
"He brought us out of the dark days. As a city we owe him a great deal and this is my way of saying 'thank you' for all he has done for Wolves. He means the world to me."
Lee completed the mural over the course of four nights after he was granted permission by Wolverhampton City Council.
Meanwhile, The Guardian has officially apologised for Sir Jack being called a 'massive racist' and compared to Hitler during a podcast published on its website.
Football pundit Barry Glendenning made the remarks and has already apologised.
The Guardian statement read: "In a segment about Sir Jack Hayward on a football podcast, the late Wolverhampton Wanderers president was incorrectly described as a racist.
"A reference was also made to Hitler which, while not meant as a direct comparison, was inappropriate.
"We apologise for any hurt or distress caused to his family and have removed that segment of the podcast."
