 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pritchard akabatana nechikwata chomunzvimbomo cheWolverhampton Wanderers zvakananga kubva kuchikoro muna 1941. Kumiswa kweligi nhabvu nekuda kweHondo Yenyika II kwakanonoka kutanga kwebasa rake reWolves, kunyangwe zvakamupa mukana wekutamba semuenzi weMansfield Town, Notts County, Swindon Town neWalsall. Pakupedzisira akaita First Division yake kutanga mushure mekutangazve kweFootball League musi wa12 Gumiguru 1946, mukukunda 6-1 kweHuddersfield Town kuMolineux. Uyu waiva mumwe wevatambi vana chete pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaTed Vizard mumwaka wa194647. Pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaStan Cullis, Pritchard yakava musimboti wenguva dzose kumashure kumashure muWolves kumativi emwaka minomwe inotevera. Vakawana nzvimbo yechishanu neyechitanhatu muligi mumwaka wa194748 na194849, kunyangwe kubudirira kwavo kukuru kwaive kuuya muFA Cup. Pritchard akabatsira chikwata ichi kurwisa mumakwikwi e194849 eFA Cup, vachikunda Chesterfield, Sheffield United, Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion neManchester United mumutambo we semi-final replay kusvika ku1949 FA Cup Final.. Akatamba maminitsi makumi mapfumbamwe ose paWembley, sezvo Wolves yakakunda Leicester City 3 1. Wolves yakabva yauya yechipiri muligi mumwaka wa194950, sezvo chinangwa chePortsmouth chepamusoro chakaratidza chisarudzo. Vakadonha kusvika pachinzvimbo chegumi nemana muna 195051, asi vakakwanisa kusvika kuma semi fainari eFA Cup. Nzvimbo yegumi nenhanhatu muna 195152 yakateverwa nenzvimbo yechitatu muna 195253. Akatamba mitambo 27 yeligi mumwaka wa195354, sezvo maWolves akakunda mukombe wavo wekutanga weligi aine huwandu hwemapoinzi mana pamusoro peMidlands vanokwikwidza West Bromwich Albion. Vakasvika padyo nekuchengetedza zita ravo mumushandirapamwe wa195455, sezvo Chelsea yakahwina zita nemapoinzi mana; Pritchard akaratidzira kasere kasere uye zvakare akarasikirwa ne1954 FA Charity Shield, sezvo kudzoreredza kwekudzivirira kwakamuona asiri kufarirwa. 