Computers donated to cancer centre by ex-Wolves boss Graham Hawkins

It was while he was undergoing treatment for low grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma after being diagnosed just over four years ago that he decided he wanted to raise money.

Mr Hawkins, who managed Wolves between 1982 and 1984 and guided them to promotion to the old division one during his first season, says the wanted to buy luxury items that the NHS couldn't afford to pay for.

He organised two fundraising dinners one at Molineux and the other at Shrewsbury's Greenhous Meadow stadium, where he was also a former assistant manager.

Yesterday he presented eight iPad Airs and two Notebooks to the Lingen Davies Cancer Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital where he underwent treatment.

He was joined by his former boss and current Shrewsbury manager Graham Turner who helped him with his fundraising drive.

Mr Hawkins, who also played for Wolves between 1964 and 1967, said: "It was probably when I was having the chemotherapy that I thought I would like to do some fundraising.

"I had computers on my mind then. I was there up to six hours, seven hours at a time, and it gets a bit lonely. You can only read so many newspapers and I just thought is there anything else that could be done?

"There were no computers. So as I am sat there thinking about it, obviously Graham springs to mind.

"I am at Shrewsbury and I was assistant manager to Graham here many years ago and I knew he could certainly pull a crowd in. He also pulled the crowd in at Wolves as well.

"I asked him very nicely if he would do it for free, which he did. Every penny we took was profits which was fabulous."

Mr Hawkins is now in remission.