The greatest ... Wolverhampton Wanderers matches
Wolves 3, Newcastle United 1, FA Cup Final, April 25, 1908
In driving sleet at Crystal Palace, Wolves, of the second tier, beat a Newcastle team who finish fourth in the top division. It becomes known as the “H” final as Hunt, Hedley and Harrison score for Wolves and Howie for Newcastle.
Wolves 3, Honved 2, friendly, December 13, 1954
Honved field six members of the Hungary team who had humbled England at Wembley a year earlier, but Wolves recover from 2-0 down at half-time with two Roy Swinbourne goals and one from Johnny Hancocks. Stan Cullis, the manager, proclaims Wolves world champions.
Wolves 2, Juventus 1, Uefa Cup quarter-final, second leg (Wolves win 3-2 on agg), March 22, 1972
After the first leg had finished 1-1 in Turin, Wolves beat the Italian giants at Molineux en route to the final. Goals by Danny Hegan, with a brilliant chip, and Derek Dougan see Wolves through in front of a crowd of 40,000.
Wolves 4, Leicester City 3, top flight, October 25, 2003
Two early headed goals by Les Ferdinand from corners put Leicester in control and Riccardo Scimeca adds a third before half-time. Colin Cameron pulls back two goals for Wolves, the second with a penalty, before Alex Rae heads the equaliser and Henri Camara scores the winner five minutes from time after a goalmouth scramble.
Wolves v Birmingham April 15 1945.War Cuptie.Played three periods of extra time to first goal.This came just before 6pm after nearly three hours,full back Bill Morris getting Wolves winner.
This must be the longest match ever.
Posted by: john dick | March 04, 2008 at 10:05 AM
From a personal memory point of view, it has to be the UEFA win against Juventus. I'd saved my weekend job money for the final, only to see us go down to Spurs over 2 legs. For football as a whole, it would be the victory over Honved, which saw Wolves proclaimed as "Champions of Europe" and ultimately to the birth of the European Cup / Champions League. As the birthplace, perhaps we should have a permanent annual invite into the first group stage!
Posted by: Andy Crane | March 03, 2008 at 07:36 PM