On the 28th of April 1994, two rugby enthusiasts bore a child, into a humble, yet middle class background from Oxfordshire. Now 16 years on as my father begrudgingly drives me to football matches, both for the team I play to Molineux to see the mighty Wolverhampton Wanderers; I wonder if it is really possible to embrace the culture of being a football fan of a team who’s followers have such a different background to myself, and whether all the obstacles I must overcome in order to be a …
So the Easter weekend is over, and we we’re unlucky not to take a point home with us form the Emirates Stadium. The bitterly disappointing 1-0 defeat to The Gunners leaves us in 14th place, 5 points adrift of the relegation zone with 5 games to play. With a better goal difference than everyone else below us bar West Ham, have we done enough to secure another season in England’s top flight?
Portsmouth are all but guaranteed relegation, so it leaves just two spots to avoid. Our run in is, to …
Wolves may have turned up at Glanford Park expecting an easy victory. After all, just two years earlier, they had strolled home by two goals, against what was arguably a stronger Scunthorpe side than that of their current squad. But it wasn’t all plain sailing…
Despite missing the influential pairing of Michael Kightly and Sylvain Ebanks-Blake, Mick McCarthy still named a strong line-up, including summer signings Andrew Surman and Ronald Zubar, although the placing of Nathan Mendez-Laing, an academy scholar, raised a few eyebrows.
However, just six minutes in Wolves were firmly under …
Approximately half way through a grueling Championship season and Wolves lead the chasing pack of Reading and Birmingham by 5 and 7 points respectively. And whilst all of the Molineux contingent would have bit your hands off for this at the beggining of the season, Wolves fans remain suprisingly pessimistic.
True. Two consecutive home defeats is cause for concern if you are gunning for a spot in the greatest league on earth. But try telling that to Charlton and Southampton supporters who turn up week in week out, just to see …
