During the Thirties the club became firmly established and achieved success on and off the field.  In 1932 a new pitch was acquired at the rear of the Three Tuns public house, Stafford Road, with a groundsman being paid 3/- a week, to include fixing the nets and marking out.  Perhaps as a result of this move the 1st Xl was promoted at the end of the 1932-33 season.  To clinch the championship in 1933 we had to beat a team called Western House.  Western House was a "hospital" in Birmingham, their players being doctors and warders!  The inmates were allowed out to watch the game and as Max Westwood and Dennis Moore were inspecting the pitch and demonstrating their skills before the match, they were approached by one such.  He asked Max what he thought our chances were and on being told that they were good decided to bet on the Old Boys to the tune of 6d with his mate "Blossom."  He went over to Blossom to make the bet, but returned to Max rather chastened reporting that he wasn't going to bet as Blossom had said "if the other nine are owt like them two, mek it ninepence!"

Be that as it may, we duly won the game 1-0 and Ken Paterson became a folk hero at Western House as he regularly dumped warders on the ground with his crunching tackles, to rousing cheers from the inmates.

A few playing members from the thirties remained involved with the club for many years. Cecil Patten was elected as A.F.A. representative in 1932 and has continued to serve the club for over 50 years, a remarkable record.  Cec had at one time or another been secretary, A.F.A. rep, match secretary, fixture secretary and chairman.

Dennis Mortiboy was a fast winger with a direct, head down style in the thirties.  Dennis' style of play resulted in one of the most amazing occurrences in the history of the club.  Usually a left winger, he was selected for the 3rd Xl at outside right for a game away to Walsall Phoenix, who in those days had two pitches running parallel with only a yard between the two touchlines.  The third team were playing up the slope and our first team were playing down the slope on the next pitch.  Dennis received the ball and, thinking he was on the left wing, immediately cut in towards goal on the wrong pitch!  He waltzed round a stationary Old Wulfs first team defence and planted the ball past Roger Holder our 1st Xl goalkeeper to the complete and utter amazement of 21 players on the pitch he had just left and the 22 on the pitch on which he had arrived.  Records don t tell us whether or not Dennis was ever selected on the right wing again, but it is strongly suspected that he wasn't.

Despite such occurrences, the club continued to expand and in 1935-36 a 4th Xl was fielded and perhaps because of this, the social side of the club started to become more prominent.  There were annual dinners, the one in 1935 costing 4/6d a head, and several dances with such well known combos as Billy Garnham's Band and the New Savoy Band, a favourite number with club members being "I can't get my winkle out"!!

The club was in excellent shape towards the end of this decade but progress was obviously cut short in 1939 with the outbreak of World War II.  The Birmingham A.F.A. immediately suspended all league games and it was decided to run one team, playing friendlies, participating in the Express and Star scheme for friendly fixtures.