please log in to view this image Sunday 10th August 2014 - Kick Off 4:00PM please log in to view this image Vs please log in to view this image 1 - 0 90mins+6 Edwards 64' HT 0-0 So the new season is finally upon us and City travel to The Molineux which is undoubtedly their 'bogey' ground having won there only once in twenty-four competitive fixtures. That was way back in September 1995 where they were 2-0 victors. For City fans the most memorable game at The Molineux must surely be the 0-1 defeat in the second leg of the League Division One play-off semi-final in May 2002. This result of course meant that City won the two legged affair 3-2 on aggregate to reach the Final. It was however to end in tears at The Millennium Stadium Cardiff where City lost on penalties to Birmingham City the match finishing 1-1 after extra time. Wolves' biggest win over City came in January 1998 where they thrashed the visitors 5-0 City's largest victory and also the highest aggregate score between the two sides was in October 2008, City running out 5-2 winners. In combined League and Cup games, City and Wolves have faced each other 24 times home and away. At The Molineux: Wolves 17 wins City 1 win Draws 6 At Carrow Road: City 9 Wins Wolves 8 wins Draws 7 Not good stats if you're a City fan but as they say ârecords are there to be brokenâ So what connections are there between the two clubs if any ? Well not too many to speak of but notable players to have turned out for both sides are Seb Bassong, Andrew Surman, Iwan Roberts, and Hugh Curran. Current City winger Elliot Bennett also turned out in 'old gold' but was restricted to a few Cup games. please log in to view this image Hugh Curran celebrates a goal for Norwich City Former City 'uitilty' player Sammy Chung was assistant to Bill McGarry at The Molineux when they guided Wolves to League Cup victory at Wembley in 1974. Co-incidently the same management team had previously won the old Second Division title with Ipswich Town in 1968 taking the Blues back up to the top flight. please log in to view this image Under McGarry's and Chung's stewardship Wolves celebrate victory at Wembley in 1974 Sammy Chung took over from McGarry as permanent Wolves boss in 1976 please log in to view this image One infamous event happened at The Molineux in December 1998 where a horror tackle from a certain Mr Kevin Muscat quite possibly put an end to Craig Bellamy's career at City, he was transferred to Coventry City not long after for £6M a large fee at the time. please log in to view this image City's Craig Bellamy writhes in agony after being pole-axed by Kevin Muscat If City have any real aspirations of making a swift return to the Barclays Premier League, this is a match that they should be looking to take at least a point from regardless of their hitherto dreadful record in this fixture. Wolves have just been promoted from the third tier and City really should be too strong for them in all departments having retained the services of their better players since relegation last term. OTBC â¦.. CTID â¦. 'In Neyul we trust' Wolverhampton Wanderers 01 Ikeme 02 Doherty 03 Golbourne 11 McDonald 06 Batth 05 Stearman 17 van La Parra 14 Evans 40 Dicko 04 Edwards 10 Sako Substitutes 07 Henry 09 Clarke 13 McCarey 18 Ricketts 19 Price 23 Ebanks-Landell 27 Jacobs Norwich City 01 Ruddy 02 Whittaker (Lafferty 76') 23 Olsson 04 Johnson 05 Martin 06 Turner 17 E Bennett 14 Hoolahan (Garrido 63') 22 Redmond 07 Grabban 29 Surman (Tettey 65') Substitutes 09 Lafferty 16 Loza 18 Garrido 21 Murphy 24 R Bennett 26 Rudd 27 Tettey Referee: Simon Hooper
Not sure whether anyone was going to do a thread for tomorrow's game so I hope I haven't trodden on anyone's toes as it were ?
Bournemouth seem to be doing alright without a certain Mr Grabban, they're 3-0 up away at Huddersfield as I type !
Thanks Dave, I enjoy doing them but don't always have the time. I'm predicting a 2-1 win for City so whatever you do don't put money on that at the bookies !
please log in to view this image Hey Sports Fans! Welcome to the CanariesSoccer Match Center, Live from The Wolves Lair. [video=youtube;fwl8oJWRYDo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwl8oJWRYDo[/video] ------------------------- Hey There Sports Fans, and welcome to the CanariesSoccer Match Center for Canaries @ Wolves. Canaries begin their SBC campaign versus a Wolves Franchise freshly promoted from the SBL1. Having enjoyed a successful pre-season game series playing the likes of North-West-Italy-Sunday-League-Select-XI (alongside some actual football teams) Canaries will be looking to start their SBC series with a convincing victory as they target a straight promotion back to the EPL. Coach Adams: âWhen you're at a club of this size, with the amount of following we've got and the amount of season tickets that we sell year in, year out, you should have that pressure. We should expect to be up there" Canaries will be without star midfield-linesman R. Snodgrass who has left Canaries for EPL Franchise Hull Tigers, and will also be without nice-but-rubbish Score-Attempt-Converter R. V. Wolfswinkel. Coach Adams has worked hard to strengthen his depth charts during the off-season and looks likely to start freshmen S-A-C's L. Grabban and K. Lafferty, the former having converted an impressive 22 touchdowns last ballgame-series. please log in to view this image For Wolves, this matchup represents a real test to see whether Coach Jackett's inter-series draft picks are up to the test posed by the SBC. Having won the SBL1 comfortably, they appear to be best placed of the freshman-franchises to retain their SBC status and potentially challenge for back-to-back promotions. Coach Jackett: "These are the games we want. We want to be in these games, testing ourselves â and we do early on. Weâve got some really good games. It is a terrific opening game, live on television. There will also be huge interest because of what happened to the clubs in recent seasons and seeing where they are in this new season and what standard they are at." This ballgame will present an added challenge for both Franchises as it is a traditional divisional-rivalry, with both teams looking to start their series well this added dynamic should provide an entertaining matchup This sure is going to be a great Soccer matchup, so fill up your Coca-Cola⢠tankards, get your hot-dogs and grab a seat for this smash-and-grab matchup, brought to you exclusively on Not606!
For anyone that's interested, Mick Dennis is on Transfer Tavern show on talkSPORT 7:05PM. He's tweeted that he 'might' mention his beloved NCFC
Apologies I did an American one without checking to see if there were any others! This is good, good work!
Great threads from both, cheers guys. If anyone is any doubt as to how hard this season will be, look no further than Fulham's struggles against the Scum
Maybe you can merge the 2 threads Dave? Otherwise it`s going to be too confusing and the work put in will be wasted.
