Just a quick one to let all you followers of this blog know that i am very sorry for the lack of posts in the last week or so. I have been having real trouble with my internet and have therefore not been able to post. I will get back to posting straight away.
Wolves keeper Matt Murray has signed for League One strugglers Hereford United on a month's loan.
Former England Under-21 international Murray has been out of the game for 18 months with a cruciate ligament injury.
But Murray, 27, is looking to get back to match fitness following the latest long, frustrating chapter in his injury-ravaged career.
And he is expected to go straight into the United squad for Saturday's home basement battle with Cheltenham Town.
"He just needs some football," Wolves boss Mick McCarthy told BBC Sport. "It will be good for him to get a month's football. Then we'll see how he is."
Murray, who won promotion with Wolves in 2003 but only played one Premier League game due to injury, is still keen to challenge current number one Carl Ikeme and Wayne Hennessey for his old first-team place at Molineux.
But he will have to compete for a place this weekend with Hereford youngster Craig Samson, who stood in and kept a clean sheet against Dagenham and Redbridge when on-loan Darren Randolph refused to play.
Randolph dropped out of the Bulls' side for the home FA Cup first round tie two hours before kick-off after hearing reports that United were planning to bring in Murray.
Under the terms of his loan deal from Charlton Athletic, Randolph will remain at Edgar Street until January. But United boss Graham Turner says he is unlikely to play again in the first team.
Matt Jarvis could be back in full training for Wolves in a fortnight, according to boss Mick McCarthy.
Winger Jarvis, 22, is fighting his way back from a hamstring injury picked up against Reading in late September.
"He's great. He's doing far better than we would have hoped for or expected," McCarthy told the Wolves website.
"He might be back in training in a couple of weeks. But we don't want to get carried away as he's got to get right up to first-team pace."
When Jarvis pulled his hamstring in Wolves' 3-0 defeat to the Royals it was feared he would be missing for three months and a quicker-than-expected return to the side would give the Championship leaders a huge boost in their bid for promotion.
Meanwhile, McCarthy revealed defender Jody Craddock has had a scan to determine what is causing pain in his foot.
Craddock broke a metatarsal against Sheffield Wednesday in August and, although x-rays have shown the break has healed, he is still suffering some pain.
"Jody's had to ease off. He just felt something on the side of his foot when he was running," McCarthy explained.
"He's had a bone scan and we're waiting for the results to check what it is."
Michael Kightly scored twice to secure victory for Championship leaders Wolves over high-flyers Burnley.
The England Under-21 international got his first when he followed up his own shot that rebounded back off a post.
Chris Iwelumo had two chances to further the home side's lead but was denied by saves from Brian Jensen.
Kightly scored again when he converted from close-range after good work by Sylvan Ebanks-Blake before Burnley's Clarke Carlisle was sent off.
Elsewhwere Reading won 3-0 against Derby and Birmingham drew 1-1 with Nottingham Forest so Wolves extend their lead at the top of the table.
Stick around as we hope to bring you highlights.
Wolves defender Jody Craddock's return to first-team contention following a foot injury has been delayed after suffering pain during training.
"I've trained a couple of times which has been good but my foot has started to ache at the end of it. The X-rays say it's healed so it's frustrating."
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy says Matt Jarvis is recovering nicely from his hamstring injury, but is reluctant to put a date on the winger's return.
Jarvis, 22, has been out of action since Wolves' 3-0 defeat by Reading at the end of September.
"I wouldn't put a time on it," McCarthy told BBC WM. "We thought it would be three months at the time and we assume it will be that. "I speak to him everyday and he was really pleased with his rehab."
Jarvis had been a key player in Wolves' impressive start to the season, as the Molineux side won six of the first seven games Jarvis played in, and McCarthy is understandably looking forward to welcoming him back.
"He's just pushing it a bit further every day," he said. "He had a little setback recently but now he's fine and is back on the track."
The first came on the stroke of half-time as he twisted and turned under poor marking before firing in.
The Swans hit back as Leon Britton fed Fede Bessone, who chipped a delightful cross to allow Darren Pratley to fire a low shot from the edge of the area.
With half an hour to go Ebanks-Blake again found acres of space in the box and glanced in Carlos Edwards' cross.
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The defeat was Swansea's fourth in the league - each one away from home - and ended their seven-match unbeaten run.
Going further back in time for these 2 great moments in Wolves history. The league cup finals of 1974 and 1980!
Those videos really do bring back great memories don't they!
Wolves have signed Chelsea's England under-21 defender Michael Mancienne on a two-month loan. The 20-year-old centre back, who agreed the deal on Monday afternoon, will be with the club until 29 December. Mancienne has previously been on-loan with Wolves' Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers.
Wolves said they have been "unable to progress" a loan enquiry from MK Dons for Matt Murray as fellow goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has a slight back problem. Mick McCarthy told the club's official website: "He could be involved in the squad tomorrow (against Swansea). "But I wouldn't throw him in without having done some work as a unit beforehand. "I want us to stop leaking 14 goals in five games so maybe there has to be a shake-up or re-jig of affairs. Let's see if we can get a formula that works."
Mancienne could be set to feature or even start in tonights game against Swansea and all Wolves fans eyes will be on him to see if he is a future star of the game and whether he will be able to help Wolves in their promotion push this season.
Wolves take on Swansea in the coca cola championship at molineux tonight and they are looking to go back to the top of the table. The last time the 2 sides met a couple of weeks ago Swansea got the better of Wolves but Wolves had a few players missing on that day and will be looking for revenge tonight. So here is the team news.
Michael Mancienne could make his Wolves debut after joining on loan, while defender Richard Stearman returns after his one-match suspension. Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey is expected to replace Carl Ikeme, who has a slight back problem.
Swansea City will be without full-back Marcos Painter, who will be out for six months with ruptured knee ligaments. He was stretchered off during Swansea's win over Southampton, while goalkeeper Dorus De Vries (broken jaw) is out.
So can Wolves win and go back to the top of the table or will Swansea get the better of Wolves yet again this season?
Chris Iwelumo put Wolves in front after 57 seconds but Grzegorz Rasiak bundled home an equaliser after 21 minutes.
Not to do with Wolves but this is so so funny! So take your pick of the videos or check out both of them and be prepared to laugh!
Leroy Lita hit a hat-trick as Norwich notched a win which knocked Wolves off the top of the Championship table.
Wolves keeper Carl Ikeme tipped Sammy Clingan's free-kick into his own net before Lita converted coolly, but Wolves' Neill Collins headed home.
Lita lobbed Ikeme from 20 yards and Wolves' Sylvan Ebanks-Blake converted a penalty after a foul by Wes Hoolahan.
The visitors' Richard Stearman was sent off before Lita headed in Clingan's free-kick and Lee Croft hit the fifth.
Norwich defender Dejan Stefanovic is back from suspension as City attempt to avoid a fourth straight defeat.
Adam Drury, John Kennedy and Antoine Sibierski are doubtful after suffering knocks during Saturday's 1-0 loss at Bristol City.
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy may keep faith with the same starting XI that beat Coventry, although on-loan winger Carlos Edwards is pushing for a place.
Defenders Jody Craddock and Matt Hill are not yet ready to return.
So how will the mighty Wolves get on tonight then?
Here are the other results in the Coca Cola Championship on the 18th October 2008.
Bristol City 1-0 Norwich
Burnley 1-1 Birmingham
Cardiff 2-0 Charlton
Derby 2-1 Plymouth
Doncaster 0-0 Blackpool
Ipswich 2-2 Swansea
Preston 2-1 Reading
QPR 2-1 Nottm Forest
Southampton 0-3 Watford
Michael Mifsud gave the visitors the lead after just six minutes, firing under Carl Ikeme from close range.
Leon Best should have made it 2-0 six minutes later when he was clean through but before the break Michael Kightly rounded Keiren Westwood to level.
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake then took advantage to bundle home what proved to be the winner as Westwood fumbled a Kightly shot which was straight at him.
Goals- Coventry- Misfud, Wolves- Kightly, Ebanks-Blake
Here is all the team news ahead of Wolves' clash with Coventry City on saturay,
Wolves' attacking stars Michael Kightly, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Chris Iwelumo are all avaialble.
Kightly (hamstring) and Ebanks-Blake (knee) have been passed fit and Iwelumo has served a suspended. But Matt Jarvis is sidelined with a hamstring problem.
Coventry boss Chris Coleman is unlikely to make any changes to the side that thrashed Southampton 4-1.
Defender Ben Turner is set to miss out with an ankle injury with Marcus Hall ready to deputise.
Wolves could realy do with a win to get their season back on track after two defeats in as many games and will be looking to go back to the top of the table if other results go their way.
So will the mighty Wolves be able to win and win comfotably or will Coventry be too strong for us?
With Kights, Ebanks-Blake and Big Chris back we should be strong favourties but lets hope Big Chris can get over his bad miss for Scotland!
There will be a match report and video highlights after the game on saturday so come back to this blog to see them.
A compilation of some of the legend that is Bully's greatest goals!
What a player!
Highlights of the home game against Forest this season.
A performance like that shows that we are deffinitely capable of promotion this season. Kightly is on fire at the moment!
If you're ever feeling down and need cheering up here is a video that will most certainly do that.
What a game! What a result! and what a performance from Matt Murray between the sticks!
The stadium is located within a mile of Wolverhampton city centre, just outside of the city's ring road, and is a prominent building because of its size. It consists of four stands: the Steve Bull Stand (formerly the John Ireland stand), the Jack Harris Stand, the Stan Cullis Stand and the Billy Wright Stand. In front of the Billy Wright Stand is a statue of the player, who made 105 appearances for England, 90 of them as captain. In front of the Stan Cullis stand is a statue of the former player, captain and manager who led the team during their most successful era.
The total seated capacity of the ground is approximately 28,525. This was expanded in 2003 by the building of a temporary stand, known as the Graham Hughes Stand, providing capacity for another 900 fans. These temporary seats were removed before the beginning of the 2006/07 season. In the days before the Taylor Report, which required British football stadia to provide seating for all those attending, the ground had a capacity of over 60,000; the record attendance for a match at the ground is 61,315 for a game against Liverpool on 11 February 1939.
Molineux has hosted England internationals. The first was a 6-1 win over Ireland on March 7, 1891 (the same day England also beat Wales 4-1 at Sunderland's ground). England again beat Ireland, this time 4-0, on February 14, 1903 and lost to Wales 2-1 on February 5, 1936. The last was a 5-2 defeat of Denmark in a 1958 World Cup qualifier on December 5, 1956. In 2005, Molineux hosted some of the European Youth Championship qualifying matches, which featured Mark Davies.
On June 24, 2003, Molineux also became Wolverhampton's biggest live concert venue, with Bon Jovi performing in front of 34,000 people.
The Molineux name originates from Benjamin Molineux, a local merchant who purchased a plot of land in Wolverhampton in 1744, and built his home, Molineux House (later converted to the Molineux Hotel), within this. The estate was purchased in 1860 by O.E. McGregor, who converted the land into a pleasure park open to the public. Molineux Grounds, as it was titled, included a wide range of facilities including an ice rink, a cycling track, a boating lake and, most crucially, an area for football.
The grounds were sold to the Northampton Brewery in 1889, who rented its use to Wolverhampton Wanderers, who had previously lacked a permanent home. After renovating the site, the first ever league game was staged on September 7, 1889 in a 2-0 victory over Notts County before a crowd of 4,000.
Wolves bought the freehold in 1923 for £5,607 and soon set about constructing a major grandstand on the Waterloo Road side. In 1932, the club also built a new stand on the Molineux Street side and followed this with adding a roof to the South Bank two years later. The stadium finally now had four stands, which formed Molineux for the next half century.
In 1953, the club became one of the first to install floodlights, at a cost of around £10,000. The first ever floodlit game was held on September 30, 1953, as Wolves won 3-1 against South Africa. The addition of the floodlights opened the door for Molineux to host a series of midweek friendlies against teams from across the globe. In these days prior to the formation of the European Cup and international club competitions, these games were highly prestigious and gained huge crowds and interest, the BBC often televising such events. A new taller set was later installed in 1957, at a cost of £25,000, as the stadium prepared to host its first European Cup games.
The takeover of the club and stadium by Sir Jack Hayward in 1990 paved the way for redevelopment, which was further prompted by legislation following the Taylor Report that outlawed terraces which affected Premier League and Division One stadiums from the 1993-94 season.
The North Bank terrace was demolished in October 1991, and, the following summer, the new Stan Cullis Stand was completed in time for the 1992-93 season. Next came the demolition of the Waterloo Road Stand, with the new Billy Wright Stand taking its place several months later. The final phase of the redevelopment came in November 1993, when the new Jack Harris Stand was opened on the site of the South Bank terrace.
The newly-renovated stadium was officially opened on December 7, 1993, in a friendly with Honved, the Hungarian team who had been beaten in one of Molineux's most famous original floodlit friendlies. Molineux, with an all-seated capacity of 28,525, was then one of the largest stadiums in England, although this figure has since been exceeded by other new or revamped stadia.
In 2003, the John Ireland Stand was renamed the Steve Bull Stand (in honour of the club's highest goalscorer of all time), and at the same time the south-west corner of the ground was filled with 900 temporary seats, known as the Graham Hughes Stand, which, until their removal in the summer of 2006, raised the Molineux capacity to 29,396. This expansion occurred when Wolves were promoted to the Premier League, but they lasted just one season at this level.
In 2008, Chairman Steve Morgan revealed tentative plans to redevelop the stadium in order to bring the stands closer to the pitch. This would also increase the capacity to 40,000.
So there is pretty much everything you need to know about our beloved stadium.
Shall We Sing A Song For You!- Chants the Gold and Black Army Sing
1 comments Posted by Clarkey at 11:33We have one of the greatest fan bases in English football and our fans deserve to be able to chant at premier league grounds. Here are some of the anthems the Wolves fans sing.
Hi Ho Wolverhampton
Went To War With Albion
We Are Wolves
Always S**t On The Tesco Carrier Bags
South Bank
Wanderers Scalf
When The Wolves Go Marching In
We Hate Albion
Those Were The Days
We'll Never Die
That Boy Kightly
Der Der Der Der Michael Kightly
We Love You Wanderers
Come On Wanderers
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na KEOGH!
Stevie Bull Chant
Stevie Is King
One Jody Craddock
Super Mick
Keogh Keogh
When I Was Just A Little Boy
Glory Glory Wolverhampton
Im Forever Blowing Bubbles Remix
By Far The Greatest Team
Ebanks-Blake- The Dark Destroyer
White Pele- Matt Jarvis
Build A Bonfire
Even Worse Than The Albion
Are You Albion In Disguise?
Albion Slums
Super Micks Gold And Black Army
And now here are some of the chants for you to listen to.
Not as many chants to listen to as i would have liked but enough to see how great the Wolves fans are.
As a player Mick McCarthy played for Barnsley where he started his career, Manchester City, Celtic, Lyon and Millwall. He also represented his country the Republic of Ireland on 57 occasions and also captained the side. He retired from playing in 1992 when he took his first job as a manager at Millwall but not before winning the Scottish league and the Scottish cup on 2 occasions.
He took the Millwall to the playoffs in 1993/94 after a strong 3rd place finish, but they lost out to Derby County in the semi finals. During the 1995/96 season, he became the prime candidate for the vacant Republic of Ireland manager's job, after the resignation of Jack Charlton. After a protracted period of speculation, he was officially appointed on 5 February 1996, two days after his resignation at the club.
After two narrow failures to qualify for the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, McCarthy took the nation to the 2002 World Cup held in Korea and Japan. However, their tournament was overshadowed by a very public and bitter spat between him and the team's star player Roy Keane, who was sent home without having kicked a ball on the eve of the tournament. The conflict occurred after Keane had angrily questioned the quality of the preparations and facilities the team were using. Despite this furore, Ireland reached the second round but were eliminated by Spain in a penalty shootout (after having already missed a penalty in normal time), thus fractionally missing out on a quarter-final place. After a poor start to Euro 2004 qualifying he resigned in November 2002.
On 12 March 2003, he was appointed manager of struggling Sunderland as an immediate replacement for Howard Wilkinson, who was sacked after six successive Premiership defeats left the club facing near-certain relegation. McCarthy could not stop Sunderland's slide, and the Black Cats were relegated at the end of the season. He then took Sunderland to the play-offs the next season but lost to Crystal Palace before being promoted the very next season as champions. After sruggling to keep Sunderland in the Premiership however he was sacked before the end of the next season.
But now the time that we are realy bothered about- His time at Wolves.
On 21 July 2006, McCarthy was appointed manager at Wolves, replacing Glenn Hoddle who had departed a fortnight before. At this time Wolves faced an uncertain future after having to sell the majority of our first-team players. From this awkward position, McCarthy managed to collect together a team from the club's youth ranks, and some lower league signings, and free transfers. Despite the lack of expectations, the team managed to make the promotion playoffs, but it was third time unlucky for McCarthy in them as we lost out to local rivals the Tesco carrier bags West Bromwich Albion over two legs, losing 3-2 at Molineux and 1-0 at The Hawthorns.
In the 2007-08 season he took us to within a single placing of a Premier League play-off position, finishing 7th, losing the coveted 6th place to Watford by a goal difference of only one (although another goal would have been required to overcome Watford's superior goals scored record). The campaign had also seen him linked with the international positions of South Korea and his previous post as Republic of Ireland manager. However, he maintained that he wanted to stay at Wolves. The new season has started well for McCarthy as he won the August Championship Manager of the Month Award, after seeing his side reach the top of the table.
So there it is. All the key information about Super Micks playing and particularly managerial career.
There have been many great players and managers in Wolves' history aswell as many people involved with the club off the pitch. Here is a list of some of the former players/managers etc. who in my opinion deserve the status of Wolves legends. Obviously there are others not on the list but i can't inlude them all.
Billy Wright- Billy spent his whole career at Wolves and earned 105 England caps (90 as captain) during his sparkling playing career. He was the first player ever to represent his country 100 times and made his Wolves debut in a b team game at the age of just 14. His first team debut came at the age of 15. He won the league 3 times aswell as the FA cup as captain of Wolves and is the fourth most capped Englishmen. He went on to manage Arsenal and after retirement from football he was awarded a CBE for services to football and was inducted into English football's hall of fame in 2002. His amazing Wolves career earned him a statue outside Molineux stadium and a stand being named after him.
Stan Cullis- Cullis led Wolves to become one of the top teams in England as captain seeing them finish runners up in the 1st division in 1938/39 aswell as reaching the FA cup final in 39 before World War 2 took away some of the best years of his playing career. He also captained his country on one occasion. He became manager of Wolves at the age of just 31 and won the FA cup in 1948. He went on to win the FA cup again aswell as the League 3 times. Cullis was inducted into English football's hall of fame in 2003 and also has a stand at Molineux named after him.
Derek Parkin- Parkin holds the record for most senior appearances by a player for Wolverhampton Wanderers — 609, including 501 League games, also a club record. He played 50 or more competitive matches in a season for Wolves no fewer than five times — another record — and in seasons 1968-69 and 1969-70, he took part in every single league and cup match played by the club.
Steve Bull- Bully broke no less than four goal scoring records in his 13 years at Wolves including, the most goals scored by a Wolves player 306, the most goals scored by a Wolves player in a single season 52 and most hat tricks scored by a Wolves player 18. He made 464 appearances for Wolves and earned 13 England caps. He is also the only player to be picked for England while playing in the 3rd tier of English football.
Sir Jack Hayward- Hayward became the owner and chairman of his boyhood football team Wolves after buying the club in May 1990 for £2.1million. Some have estimated that he has spent £60m of his personal fortune on redeveloping their Molineux Stadium and players for the club during the 17 years for which he was owner - more moderate figures appear to run from £20m to £40m. He has both a street and Wolves' training ground named after him and in his time as manager Wolves reached the Premier League for a season by winning the playoffs in 2003.
Others who deserve a mention- Derek Dougan, Dennis Westcott, Dave Jones, Jolean Lescott.
Here is a selection of some of the greatest goals that the mighty Wolves have scored in the not so distant past aswell as some of the best moments the club has experienced reccently.
A couple of crackers there but do you remember this amazing moment. Of course you do!
So how about that then!
Here are Wolves' league results so far in the 2008/09. The list will be updated after every game so that you can see the result of every Wolves game this season.
Plymouth v Wolves 2-2
Wolves v Sheffield Wednesday 4-1
Ipswich v Wolves 0-2
Wolves v Nottingham Forest 5-1
Charlton v Wolves 1-3
Wolves v Crystal Palace 2-1
Preston v Wolves 1-3
Wolves v Bristol City 2-0
Wolves v Reading 0-3
Swansea v Wolves- 3-1
Wolves v Coventry City- 2-1
Norwich v Wolves- 5-2
Watford v Wolves- 2-3
Wolves 2-1 Swansea
Cardiff 1-2 Wolves
This is the 1st team squad at Wolves for the 2008/09 season but do they have what it takes to win promotion? I think so!
1 GK Wayne Hennessey
2 DF Neill Collins
3 DF George Elokobi
4 MF David Edwards
5 DF Richard Stearman
6 DFJody Craddock
7 MF Michael Kightly
8 MF Karl Henry
9 FW Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
10 FW Andy Keogh
11 MF Stephen Ward
14 MF David Jones
16 MF Mark Davies
17 MF Matthew Jarvis
18 FW Sam Vokes
19 FW Chris Iwelumo
20 GK Matt Murray
22 DF Jason Shackell
24 MF Carlos Edwards (on loan from Sunderland)
25 MF Darren Potter
26 DF Matt Hill
28 DF George Friend
30 GK Carl Ikeme
31 FW Ashley Hemmings
32 DF Kevin Foley
33 DF Michael Gray
37 FW Liam Hughes
38 MF Lewis Gobern
39 MF Alex Melbourne
40 DF Peter Williams
Out on loan- Mark Little, Daniel Jones, Darren Ward, Stephen Gleeson, Matthew Bailey, Elliot Bennet, Lee Collins.
Full name- Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
Nicknames- Wolves,The Wanderers, Gold and Black Army
Founded- 1877 (as St. Luke's)
Ground- Molineux Stadium (Capacity: 28,525)
Owner- Steve Morgan
Manager- Mick McCarthy
Current League- The Championship
Honours-
Division One Champions: 1953/54, 1957/58, 1958/59
FA Cup Winners: 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960; runners-up: 1889, 1896, 1921, 1939
Division Two Champions: 1931/32, 1976/77
Division One Play-off Winners: 2003
Division Three Champions: 1988/89
Division Three North Champions: 1923/24
Division Four Champions: 1987/88
League Cup Winners: 1974, 1980
Sherpa Van Trophy Winners: 1988
Texaco Cup Winners: 1971
UEFA Cup runners-up: 1972
FA Community Shield Winners: 1949 (shared Portsmouth), 1954 (shared West Bromwich Albion), 1959 (outright), 1960 (shared Burnley)
Football League War Cup Winners: 1942
United Soccer Association Champions 1967 - Playing as Los Angeles Wolves
North American Soccer League International Cup Winners 1969 - Playing as Kansas City Spurs
Record Attendance- 63,315 v Liverpool 1939
Best League win- 10-1 v Leicester City 1938
Most Capped Player- Billy Wright 105 England caps
Most League Appearances- Derek Parkin 501
Most League Goals- Steve Bull 250
