I've been to a couple of terrible games in my lifetime (not a very long time), and I'll tell you about them.
02, November 2002. Watford 1 Wolves 1
Everything in this day had gone wrong. The car had broken down on the way, we had to walk and watch the game in the pouring rain at Vicarage Road and the game we were watching was a terrible excuse for a match that we were losing. It was the second ever match that I had been too, and one of the things that stuck inside my head from that match were both the goals. Jones had decided to make a substitution at a Watford corner. Colin Cameron came off for Alex Rae. My Dad said to me as it was happening, 'They'll score now, you should never make a change at a corner'. Neil Ardley whipped in the corner and Cox scored. We then brought Sturridge on, who made quite an impact and played well. All had seemed lost and it looked like we would be going home miserable, but Kevin Cooper's shot was deflected home and we all went home a lot happier than expected.15, December 2007. QPR 0 Wolves 0
This came to mind straight after the Stoke game. This was in the season that we missed out on the play offs by a point, Stephen Ward was keeping Matty Jarvis out of the team and we had a forward line of Stephen Elliot and Jay Bothroyd. And I wondered why we scored so little goals that season. It was awful to watch. The whole game seemed to be exactly the same. Pass it around the back and give it to Darren Ward to lump it up the field. We used Hennessey's kicking as our secret weapon to kick it even further. There were hardly any chances, and the single chance we did make still gives me nightmares today. On loan midfielder Darron Gibson swung a low cross to the back post where all Stephen Elliot had to do was roll it into the empty net but somehow he put it wide. It was another horrible away day inLondon and one I wish I could forget.
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In the late seventies I somewhat stupidly agreed to start my birthday celebrations at Molineux with the England v Wales Under 21 international. Wolves striker Alan Sunderland had been drafted into the England team to try to attract the interest of the local fans (strange considering what a consistent target for the booboys he had become even before his big money transfer to Arsenal). The game was an unmitigated bore, Sunderland touched the ball about three times, and ended in a predictable 0-0 scoreline. As my friend said to me as we left the almost silent North bank 'Well, the linesman held his flag straight'.
ReplyDeleteThe one nil defeat to Birmingham at home was a particular horrible experience this season. I could hardly talk to any of my Birmingham supporting colleagues at work. I got over it, until we lost two one to Kevin Phillips.
ReplyDeleteI travelled from Portsmouth to see the Stoke game on Sunday - it's alright for you lot who live in Cannock or wherever!!
ReplyDeleteProbably Wolves 0-0 away to Swindon about 8 years ago when nobody wanted to be there - including the players.
And a 0-0 at Oxford about 10 years ago when it was raining torrents in the open end all. All the Wolves fans were singing 'we are wet, we are wet, we are wet'. Awful stuff.
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I'd like to say all the games that Glenn Hddle was manager... but the worst I can remember was 19 November 2004 in the dog days of Dave Jones reign. Wolves 0 Coventry 1. My stepson and I had flown from Aberdeen and my brother driven from London. It was shockingly boring and awful. They had one shot, we didn't. Nor many passes for that matter. Awful.
ReplyDeleteI remember that QPR game, horrible stuff.
ReplyDeleteWorst one for me was in the second year with Mick. We couldn't score for sh1t and we lost one nil at home to Hull. I couldn't watch it, they were first to everything and we looked like we couldn't be bothered.
What about that 3-0 home defeat by Everton at the start of the great 80s decline. Geoff Palmer rugby tackled a protesting fan and Mick Hollifield produced perhaps the worst display by a Wolves player in my lifetime even stopping a goalbound Johnny Richards shot on the line in the last few minutes
ReplyDeleteCrystal Palace away, the early eighties. Mind numbing, soul sucking, arse clenching tedium. Neither side deserved the nil they got. Norman bell was playing. Need I say more?
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