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Next matches: July sees a series of preseason friendlies before the season restarts on August 8th. Details here.... Sun May 8th WW 4 Sheffield Utd 2
B We could have gone behind in the 23rd minute when Jagielka’s curling shot hit the woodwork.
Seconds later, though, neat interplay between Leon and Kenny gave Leon a very nice through ball off a Sheffield defender, and Leon was clear through on goal - and it’s 2-1, with Leon’s form in the reserves coming through to the first team.
Rob Edwards had had a pretty poor first half with several passes going astray but was said to have a dead leg and Seyi George Olofinjana looked to be carrying an injury (back) so Glenn acted at half time bringing on Mikkel Bischoff and Kevin Cooper. Once again Coops was a lucky talisman for us. A long clearance in the 50th by Lee Naylor, again having a terrific game, went to Kenny about 10 yards in from the half way line. Although he was being pulled down he shielded the ball from the Sheffield defender, and as he was falling brilliantly released the ball to the onrushing Coops who put it inside Paddy Kenny’s left post.
Although Kenny had had a hand in all three goals he was of course determined to be on the score sheet and his chance came before this incident in the 60th minute when Rohan slotted the ball through to Leon running the inside left channel and he put in an inch perfect cross for Kenny to slot it home for his 19th League goal of the season. and it could easily have been 5 two minutes later as Leon tried a curling shot from just outsider the area which beat Paddy Kenny, but hit the post!
The match was followed by presentations for the Fans player of the Year (Joleon, of course) and Goal Scorer of the Season Kenny Miller (also scorer of the goal of the season) and Young Player of the Season Leon Clarke. Pix here.Garry's News So, for the fans a nice day out in the sun, but it was all overshadowed by the news that the young girl from Kidderminster who had been hit by a car before the match had died in hospital. Our sympathies are with her family. Sat Apr 30th Reading 1 (Forster 8) v WW 2 (Clarke 53 Ricketts 84) AFTER WWLSC MEET THE PLAYERS (here) Back to the form we showed against Ipswich, dominating possession, but the first goal went to the Royals chasing a play off berth. Via a route one Hahnemann to Reading player of the season Dave Kitson who flicked on to Nicky Forster to score giving Jody and Oakesy no chance. This was completely against the run of play though, in a match where we clocked up 60% possession and 20 shots. “Best 90 minute performance” said Glenn. Man-of-the match - well just about everybody but for the first time Seyi George Olofinjana. ST gave it to Rohan Ricketts.
But the first 8 minutes were all Gold until that long ball from Hahnemann. A pass from Seyi George almost put Kenny in around Murty in the first few minutes and both Seyi and Seol had good shots in the first six. The Reading goal really did come out of the blue
Here the story diverges depending on whether you are a Reading aficionado or a Wolves fan or even a neutral. Reading, desperately needing to win to hang on to the final play off slot....the Reading commentary tried to keep their hopes alive but they were comprehensively outplayed. With Paul Ince still injured, Seyi George dropped back into the hole, but the movement of the Wolves players gave him acres to play in and he could constantly get forward. A bit more confidence to snap-shoot and he could have had a hat trick himself. This was a match where he showed what he was capable of. Well Wolves were rocking and Reading were reeling, and Glenn started doing the hand-jive as he got Seol and Rohan to switch I Ref Styles finally got a decision right when, instead of red-carding George he warned the Reading’s Nicky Forster for diving (but didn’t book him)
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And yet another poor refereeing performance, this time from the cup final referee Rob Styles. Rather than give Seol any protection he actually booked him for protesting to the linesman about one too many fouls on him, and the Reading fans were even more upset in their post match phone-in. Glenn had kindly allowed us time with the Players on the evening before the match (here). When asked about his future he said he wanted to see what the Club’s plans were for promotion and then to stay up. In the Sky Sports segment though he was quoted as saying there needed to be a change of mentality at the Club. Whoever could he be talking about? These comments are also in the Reading post match report here Sat Apr 23rd WW 2 (Miller 55, 94) Rotherham United 0
Even the line up for goal kicks looked like Under 8’s football.
In fact, it was Rotherham who gained the first corner and indeed forced Oaksey into a save, but in truth no pressure was really felt by either keeper. A And it’s true the match was illuminated by Kenny’s two goals and a “goalie off the line shot from distance” that went just wide in the 88th. Kenny scored from a period of Wolves pressure which resulted in a corner in front of the North Bank in the screen corner. Nayls took it long, Mikkel Bischoff headed it back into the centre, Kenny stretched,
beating Scott Minto (18) to the ball and turned it home with the Rotherham goalie and defenders stranded.
And he wheels off to celebrate and then gives a thumbs up to thank Mikkel for the header. This was in the 54th minute.
B One highlight of the week of course was the return to reserve action of Romanian international, and, we hope, the new Bully (what a great goal against Arsenal last season) and it was good to see him in the stand. Oh, and congratulations to Chris Cornes being in the squad.
Sat Apr 16th Coventry City 2 (McSheffrey 19 pen, John 88) v WW 2 (Clarke 15, Naylor 79)
25th minute Jody saves a certain goal from McSheffrey. Joleon does the same from Adebola in the 40th and Ince has to cover for Mikkel a minute later. Kenny breaks but Coventry turn it over, and Adebola is too selfish so their counter comes to nothing. End to end, with 53% possession, but again we’re not putting a lower team away. Cams shows his frustration and gets booked. The second half starts brightly for us. In the 50th minute Nayls shoots wide left. In the 51st minute there’s a Leon Clarke run, Kenny Miller puts the ball through, Seol picks up the rebound moving in from the right wing has a great shot, but a great save by Coventry keeper Steele. Seol misses Another corner from Nayls. Leon passes Staunton but the ball goes through to Steele. In the 12th McSheffrey puts the ball past Joleon and dives looking for another penalty, but the ref isn’t conned. Jorgeson wins a corner on the 60th minute. Oakes came and missed but Joleon hooks it clear and Seol is off and free but Jorgeson hauls him down, and gets booked. As cynical as Unsworth on Monday. Free kick wasted as Kenny gets too far forward and is offside. The temperature heats up in the 65th with Cams and Incey getting involved. Goater is replaced by Stern John. Two minutes later Adebola muscles his way past Craddock but Oakes makes a great save. Olofinjana makes a poor back pass but the ball is cleared by Nayls. Cams to Kenny to Ince to Kenny who should have passed to Seol instead of trying to get the ball on to Leon. Kenny gets a great chance - pulling it wide of the keeper and the right hand post much to the amusement of the Coventry fans behind the goal who had been taunting Kenny. Down to the other end and sub Morel shoots, but Oakes collects the ball easily.
A corner for Coventry is headed over by Staunton. Sparky replaces Cams. Coventry force another corner - Benjamin turns Oakes parries and Nayls throws himself across the shot to concede another corner. Rohan comes on in the 86th. Seol backheels the ball but Coventry pick it up and the winger sends it on to Stern John who runs on goal and scores from 6 yads. 2-2 A valuable point for Coventry who should have been easily beaten - we had 56% of possession, 14 goal attempts, and 21 crosses. Can’t even go up one place as the Hoops equalise in the last minute - in fact Stoke’s win pushes us back into the bottom half. Hoddle blames Seol for the loss for his backheel but this was near the halfway line, Coventry’s number 12 had to thread the ball through our defence, Bischoff failed to tackle Stern John or force him wide, and Jody stood like a statue as John went round him. Joleon again our man of the match. Mon Apr 11th WW 2 (Cams 5, Cort 20) Ipswich Town 0 live on Sky Sports
An outstanding first half, with Cameron, Lescott, Ince Seol Nayls and (yes) Olofinjana Craddock and Cort all absolutely outstanding. A match marred by a lack of disciplinary action by ref Steve Dunn and by a superb (yes probably man of the match) display by Ipswich keeper Kelvin Davis. Should have been 6-1 since Darren Bent missed a sitter. Shots on target by far the best this season.
Colin Cameron ran out with a big smile on his face as you can see above. Others were more pensive.
With so many of the Wolves having their best game of the season - Nayls, George, Jody, the football was exhilarating. Too often we’ve been pushed back and concede early, but we withstood any pressure and contained the dangerous Darren Bent and Shefki Kuki. But it was Nayls whose crossing all evening was excellent who created the first goal. He cleverly beat Wilnis on the left (who probably wished he’d hacked him down) and centred.. It was cleared poorly by Unsworth and Mickey cleverly and cooly chested it down before hammering in off the crossbar - and only minutes gone. Minutes later he looked dangerous again - outsprinting the defender in a great one-two with Seol and getting a great shot in - one of many which the excellent Kelvin Davis saved.
In to the 22nd minute. Again Nayls was the architect - seeing Cams ahead of him he slotted the ball through the Ipswich defenders, Mickey ran on to it accompanied by Carl Cort. He went left and drew the goalie, chipping back over him for Carl, clearly onside in spite of the appeals, to just tap it home. And how’s the celebration for showing team spirit with Mickey getting all the praise.
More later.... Tue Apr 5th Southampton v WW (19:00) (FA YOUTH CUP SEMI-FINAL This match at St Mary’s is against firm favourites Southampton who field prodigy Theo Walcott who signed on turning 16 for the Saints a few weeks ago in spite of Man U and Chelsea interest. He is part of the England U17 squad which qualified for the EUFA U17 Championship including a 3-0 at Molineux and captained by Wolf Mark Davies. Chris Evans, with Glenn, has signed goalkeeper 6’ 5” Wayne Hennessey on a long term contract until 2008 for the Wolves. He is the Welsh youth keeper, and already on the bench for the U21s which will give him a big boost. Tue Apr 5th Leicester City 1 (Maybury 72) WW 1 (Lescott 88) 1 Ref Eddie Evans started the game at 7:48 with Wolves kicking off but the ball goes through to keeper Ian. Soon back on the attack but Dabizas clears. Kennedy fouls so a free kick to the Foxes, but Joleon heads clear then is fouled on the return. Then a Leicester attack - the ball goes over Paul Ince but Oakes collects ok. Down to the other end but no-one’s in the box. Good passing around by the Wolves. Leicester resorting to the long ball to Connolly. A Wolves break and Seol looks to be able to beat Dublin but his ball control lets him down. The return catches Connolly offside. McArthy puts in a nasty tackle on Kenny as Sammy Hyypia scores against Juventus. A free kick from Nayls via Ince is headed out by Joey, but Edwards - Walker and Dublin handle Olo’s challenge and a quick throw out to Gillespie puts us under pressure but Kenny tracks back. Cort is playing in the centre and Kenny’s more out to the left week. An attack from Keith Gillespie from the right - a great cross to Connolly and demands an excellent save from Michael Oakes. The ball is cleared, Seol is fouled but from the kick Kennedy tries to guide the ball back to Oakes from the half way line but concedes a corner. Wolves again are resorting to a long ball Hughes esscapes but Rob Edwards’ challenge doesn’t need the offside flag. Oakes kicks long, and Dublin pushes Carl Cort. Ince’s kick is too high for Kenny although he gets in glancing header. Hughes and Connolly escape but Connolly shoots and the bal is in the back of the net. Connolly in the inside left position is offside, given immediately bythe linesman, while Wolves were caught ball watching. Incey also claims offside. Straight back on the attack - Oakes to Edwards to Naylor but McArthy challenges. Nayls again into the corner. Ince is challenged heavily by Connolly and again no booking. He’s caught offside again as Lusi Garcia puts Liverpool two up. More Leicester pressure - Seol losing possession and they are stepping up the pressure. Another good save from Michael Oakes right foot shot from outside the D. A corner which Cort clears. This time we’re playing out of defence. Kenny’s on the right crosses to Carl to Lee Naylor, and a great cross but Kenny’s header goes just wide of the post. Walker kicks long again, but Dublin fouls Joleon. Miller’s offside from Oakes long free kick. Play is to and fro, and Kenny’s seeing plenty of action. Edwards gives the ball away and Williams is in, but Jody gets in a great tackle. Paul Ince gives Rob a piece of his mind. Rob makes up for it coming into the inside right position on to a quality free kick from Nayls, but three Leicester defenders close him down. Wolves now get into a period of controlled passing. Seol is flattened but collects the ball on the ground gets pu and would have been away but for another foul. Leicester get possession, but de Vries is offside for Connolly’s pass. Nayls nutmegs Joey, but Dabizas boots the ball out. Ince shoots and just over the bar. Gillespie attacks again but Naylor covers well and we’re back with a free kick. Craddock pulls off a great interception. Gillespie crosses and Rob Edwards forces de Vries to take it early and the shot goes well wide. Carl is penalised for a foul on Greek international Dabizas. A wild kick by Maybury on Seol while Incey gives Rob Edwards some more advice. Kenny gets through into he area but loses control. Nayls intercepts the Leicester counter, but Olo gives the ball away. We’re getting more of the ball while Leicester maintain their long ball game. Coming up to half time we’re showing 56% of possession but NO shots on target. Kennedy loses possession but wins it back. A foul on Seol isn’t given, but Leicester’s attack fizzles out with a wayward shot by Maybury. A tough natch so far as the Foxes concede 18 free kicks, nearly half of those on Seol. A last attack by Leicester is broken up by Olo, but Dabizas beats Kenny to the long pass. Into the second half, and it’s a bit stop start, and backwards and forwards! And another Leicester foul-a-minute period. Kenny’s penalised and gives the ref the benfit of some words of wisdom. Lee’s hobbling after challenging Keith Gillespie, and Olo also takes a knock. Cort concedes a free kick from Oakes hitting the ball long. Craddock intercepts, to Olo, interplay, around the Wolves players, but Kenny’s final control goes awry and Dabizas boots it into our half. Another Wolves attack looks promising but Seol’s shot is blocked by Dublin. Another attack in the 58th, and Miller is hacked down then kicked up in the air. Ince goes for McCarthy who is finally booked . Dion steps in front of Incey to stop him getting to the Leicester full back. Connolly leads the attack, long out of the Leicester half, but went down too early as he went between Craddock and Lescott but the ref isn’t having any and no penalty is given. Miller pulls Gillespie back and gets himself booked. Ince goes forward left side of the penalty area and right on the 18 yard line Leicester’s Mark de Vries handles Incey. A wasted free kick though from Nayls hits the two man wall. A Gudjonsson shot is headed away by Sparky, although it’s ball to head! From the corner, Dion heads over More Leicster pressure although they’ve now conceded 26 free kicks. We’re getting a lot of passing in but there seems no way through A run from inside the Leicester half. Left back Alan Maybury gets past the challenge of Rob Edwards, gets it on to his right foot and shoots well past Michael Oakes. Described again as a lack of attention by the commentators. We’re giving the ball away again from the restart with 17 minutes to go.. Gillespie leads another attack which is broken up by Nayls but Kenny’s offside just in their half. Olo loses the ball again and from Leicester’s break Connolly’s shot towards the top corner is pushed round the post by a magnificent save to keep us in the match. Carl clears the corner. At last Glenn gets to substitutions Seol and Kennedy off with Cams and Leon coming on. Dublin begines to come forward - Kenny trips him but the ref plays advantage. Back down the other end for a corner by Nayls. Olo hots it from 25 yards, cross by Craddock, and Walker is saved by the crossbar from Kenny Miller lifting the ball across the box Another attack is blocked out by a too short pass. Leicester pack back. Leon’s shirt is pulle dinthe box but the ref isn’t having any And our passing is going astray, but so is theirs. Another attack ends harmlessly as the ball is watched out by Walker. Connolly is substituted by Nalis on 85. Dabiizas heads Nayl’s cross out for a corner. A short corner - a great shot and DUblin yields another corner. From the next Nayls corner Joleon strikes the ball home with a magnificent right foot volley from just inside the area. 1-1. Gi Ball across from the right wing from Cams to Kenny who puts and excellent cross straight acrss the six yard box but Leon Clarke can’t keen the header down for a match winning opportunity. Craddock saves the counterattack and it’s another record breaking 20th draw. Not enough to get ahead of Leeds in the table and fortunately Burnley were beaten. The scoreboard showed 1:1 before the match. How prophetic! Should also have shown 23 fouls by Leicester, 53% possession to Wolves but only 2 shots on target!! Sat Apr 2nd Leeds 1 (Derry,50) v WW 1 (Miller, 40) Butler’s revenge? Wolves in control until Oakes gives it away. And there go the play offs. Wolves gradually took control of this match and looked in command until Olofinjana yet again gave away a stupid free kick in a dangerous position made worse by Rob Edwards arguing. Derry’s free kick looked easy for Oakes, but he missed his punch,Leeds equalised and got right back into the game. Again we were unlucky not to get a late winner when Kenny hit the woodwork and Sullivan saved from Nayls in injury time.
Ref Phil Crossley didn’t seem as bad as we’ve had in recent weeks. The match started with a minute’s silence for Don Revies’ widow Elsie who died this week. Wolves kicked off towards the Don Revie stand and away from the Wolves fans in the South Stand but soon yielded a corner to Leeds. Seth Johnson’s corner was won by Paul Butler (who else?) but he headed wide. Goal kick to Cort on to Ricketts who was quickly tackled. Kennedy’s disappointing cross goes easily through to Sullivan. Leeds then come on the attack down the right, but the shot goes for a goal kick. Then a good build up between Ricketts and Kenny but Kenny’s shot was too close to Sullivan who again collected easily. A Leeds offside and Cort’s header in is headed out for a throw. From the throw Kenny got into space but his shot goes wide. Rohan changes his boots. A few minutes later Ian Moore caught him high up on the shin, but Rohan quickly gets up. From the free kick Joleon gets a free header but this goes well wide. Another free kick this time taken by Sparky, but it’s scuffed and Leeds eventually regain possession. A shot by Marlon King goes over the bar. A shot from Seth Johnson is collected and turned round to another Wolves attack. Ian Moore has to come back to defend another two Wolves attacks, and we’re edging ahead in possession. A throw in to Wolves near the Leeds goal line is easily cleared. Attacking again and Ricketts is down with a foul in the back but no free kick is given, and for a moment Leeds threaten on the break.
Leeds try to hit back - but a rising shot from 25 yards by xxxx goes well. From the goal kick Rob Hulse gets in between Lescott and Nayls robs them gets into the box and shoots but the shot goes wide. Back on the attack but Buts just beats Kenny to the header. Leeds attack again at the end of the first half but the whistle goes. I Glenn doesn’t waste too much time and the ineffectual Ricketts is replaced by Seol. Edwards gets through but runs our of inspiration and Sullivan collects early. Buts concedes a FK on our right. Ince and Nayls line up, and Incey puts the ball across the area. A throw in near the Leeds box, Kennedy wins but gives the ball away to Lennon but King makes a mess of the shot and Oakes blocks it in the line. Our attacking edge seems to be blunted and Leeds are enjoying a period of supremacy. A corner in the 66th is cleared by Kenny, but Leeds come back until Hulse fouls Craddock. We need to get some control and stop giving the ball away. Against the run of play Kenny collects and goes on a good run winning a corner off Kilgallon. Nothing comes of the corner though because Nayls effort is well wide. Leeds back on the attack but Craddock gets the ball back to Oakes who goes back to route one. Cort wins the ball but gives it away. Our next attack down the right, but both Carl and Kenny (with the ball) are out there so there is no central threat. Leeds break, but Joleon intercepts. Cort attacks but Sullivan beats him to the ball. Leeds replace Johnson and Hulse.
Leeds win a corner as a shot bounces off Joleon, but it comes to nothing as everyone is getting too anxious. Marlon King is replaced by Spring who is promptly fouled by Carl. From the free kick more pressure easily contained. Seol wins the ball but Cams loses it only for Seol to regain it. Both sides are giving away the ball. Kenny gets a break but Buts throws himself in the way and the ball is cleared. Into the last minute, Butler pushes Carl Cort in the back 15 yards outside the Leeds area right in front of the ref. Everyone goes forward. But Nayls lays the ball to Ince who puts a weak shot in. The ball goes straight back down the other end with 3 minutes of extra time. Edwards to Cort, Buts lashes a clearance. Back to Nayls. We’re retaining possession but not getting anywhere. Buts heads back to Sullivan, who puts it long into our area but Edwards intercepts. Leeds handball and Oakes comes out of his area to take the free kick. It gets to Kenny but he can’t control it. Ince wins a free kick just outside the area on the left in front of the Wolves travelling support. Ince and Nayls line up. Ince taps it to Naylor hits it and Sullivan just turns it round the post. And that’s it. Man of the Match seems to be a tie between Incey and Kenny.
Oakes - Could have saved Goal...But didn a Very good Shot stop in same half. Verdict - 6 Crowd was 29733
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A good afternoon’s entertainment improved by second half substitutions with the defence leaking a bit to allow Sheffield’s two equalisers. Another man-of-the-match performance, including the first goal, by man-of-the-season Joleon Lescott and another battling performance by one goal, two assists and a glaring miss by Kenny Miller.
With the only target of extending the unbeaten record to 18 games and overtaking Millwall, Wolves celebrated VE day as the Americans invaded the City Centre with a comfortable win over the team we beat 3-0 in Cardiff two years ago. The South Bank were quick to point out that Neil Warnock’s Blades couldn’t score in Cardiff. However, less than two minutes gone and Michael Tonge brought out a save from Michael Oakes. Paddy Kenny was immediately brought into the action two minutes later intercepting Lee’s cross to Kenny Miller. Then Seol centred with the same result, Nayls had two shots high or wide, and the Blades went down to the North Bank and won two corners. Back to the other end and Leon who could easily have had a hat trick went narrowly wide.
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ut we had started brightly and not conceded. Kenny knew from the outset it would be a bruising contest. He was clattered on the 20 yard line by Montgomery in the 10th minute. Kenny and Nayls lined up to take the free kick, while Rohan and Seol lined up in the wall. Nayls shot at the wall hit Quinn and it trickled through to Seol, whose shot Paddy Kenny could only parry. Joleon following up stroked it into the net around Kenny.
ut we were still celebrating when a centre from the touchline around 35 yards out wasn’t dealt with by Jody and it bounced off to Sheffield. Phil Jagielka picked it up and laid it beautifully into the path of Alan Quinn who scored with an unsaveable shot from 25 yards. Again we’d not done the simple thing in defence.
We kept up the pressure well for 15 minutes with neat passing, but Mickey’s attempt to put Seol through was intercepted in the Sheffield half and with Jody in a one on two position laid off to Andy Gray who slotted it through Jody’s legs and wide of Oaksey. Mickey correctly apologised to his keeper, but our defence was again also too easily breached. 
Five minutes from half time and Kenny should have put us ahead and even he can’t work out how he missed the goal after a beautiful pass from Rohan Ricketts put him clear through who also couldn’t understand the miss. So half time 2-2 and an award was made to Mark Davies (who was away in Italy with England U17)
Kenny was again clattered in the 70th minute - he’d passed the ball and his standing leg was taken by Derek Geary. When he got to his feet we had a great Kenny moment as he marched towards Geary to give a piece of his mind (or maybe a Glasgow kiss). Ref Walton booked him for this. But the discussion continued for some time after.
Rick came to wave at our fans before the start when Dave Kitson was presented with his player of the season trophy. And Kenny gave the fans a wave before the match too. Joleon captained the side again with Incey out with a calf strain and Sparky recovering from his ankle operation. Carl Cort was also still missing with Leon again starting. Rob Edwards took his right back slot back from Mikkel Bischoff and Rohan Ricketts got his second start.
Nicky Forster is exhorting the Reading fans after his goal (#10) and celebrating with Dave Kitson Steve Sidwell and (right) James Harper.
Another battle which gave us immense pleasure was Leon up against Martin Keown. Keown, when he was in Leicester blue, had spent the whole match at Molineux winding Leon up and getting him booked but it was the young Wolves striker who had the last laugh in the 54th minute when he came strongly onto Nayls excellent corner and his goal bound header took a deflection off the veteran Arsenal defender into the net. See Leon here
n the 68th ex Wolf Ivar Ingimarsson came on but his only real contribution was to hack down Leon and earn a booking. Steve Coppell defended his strange decision to take one of Reading’s more influential players - Glen Little - off in the 74th by saying he needed fresh legs and bringing on Les Ferdinand. Les had enjoyed a joke or two with the Wolves fans when he was warming up. But Les was really playing as a defender although he had one shot in extra time which was quite weak and an alert Michael Oakes got down to and collected easily.
Rohan Ricketts was far more exciting and in control - man-of-the-match according to the ST - and had a great shot flash just wide in the 72nd minute
t he wasn’t to be denied. A long forward pass from Seyi George was headed back out by centre back Sonko only to Rohan whose long run opened up the Reading defence and he continued his run towards the centre of the box. Kenny’s cross field run took the defence with him and Rohan shot under the advancing goalkeeper and scoring his first goal for Wolves from the near the penalty spot. Like Leon, Rohan too celebrated with the travelling supporters (once the other players had caught him!)
Reading had announced Saturday as a Beach Party day - and although Kenny appeared in flip-flops at the end of the match this shark was clearly toothless.
A turgid first half as we sank to Rotherham’s level. “This is awful” from my adjacent match summariser, but I’m not sure it was that good. A taste of how close we came to third division football, illuminated by outstanding effort from Kenny (and two goals) and sterling performances from Mikkel Bischoff, Joleon and Jody and two great saves by an almost redundant Michael Oakes - so underworked that he came out for catching practice at half time. So we reached the dizzy heights of 10th for one day, Millwall pushing us back to 11th on Sunday. It could have been significantly different if Seol - later accused of dreaming by Glenn Hoddle - hadn’t contrived to miss an open goal in the 4th minute from a great Nayls throw. Can you believe this amount of space?
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arky Mark Kennedy, Club vice-captain, again captained the side and admitted how much he and the others missed the injured Paul Ince. After the match it was revealed that Mark was to have an exploratory operation on his ankle, which had been troubling him for some time. Since neither Sparky nor Joleon nor Mickey either appear to be able to pick up the team as Captain this is very worrying for next season, and a new Ince deputy is required.
Coupled with a near silent home crowd (apart from the two back rows of the South Bank flank of Rotherham die-hards) only aroused when Joleon Lescott got so bored with the proceedings he tried to fix it on his own from our own half through to their penalty area, evading tackles and almost getting in to a shooting position.
couple of free kicks were wasted - the first by Seol, who should have left it for Nayls and then by Nayls himself, but the Korean’s performance had Glenn warming Rohan Ricketts up before 35 minutes were on the clock. And he did replace Seol early, but in truth he wasn’t the only one out of sorts. Mickey (Cameron) was unnoticeable until the second half, most of Leon’s touches were poor, Mikkel had a few good runs but took over the Olofinjana “give the ball away” role, and George himself was quite scarce, muscled easily out of the game, and given no time to play. Nayls was a bit out of sorts and not the impressive player we have seen recently. Leon did have a header go just over in the first half, and another two good chances in the second. Jody was well in control but Joleon again was man of the match - narrowly shaving Kenny
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hit the side netting in the 63rd from Sparky’s centre, and then Nayls shot from about 25 yards, injuring himself in the process. He was substituted by Coops in the 70th. Four minutes later and it was beginning to look as though Rotherham might equalise and drag us into yet another draw. Their pressure got stronger until Oakes was forced into an outstanding save. He deserves full marks for maintaining concentration when he had nothing to do for so long - and for helping to ensure he did by coming out at half time for practice with Bobby Mimms. Presumably this was when Glenn was the giving the others a royal roasting for their first half display!
ut it was Kenny who had the final word. A speculative shot in the 88th with the keeper well off his line nearly made it safe but with us into the 5th minute of the 4 minutes 
of extra time, and many of the supposed 25,177 crowd well on their way home, Rohan Ricketts from 10 yards in our half, saw Kenny on a run and sent him an outstanding pass, right into his path. Kenny headed the ball past Swailes and slotted it under keeper Montgomery to make it two-nil. He lashed the ball into row z of the North Bank in celebration. (Preparing the fans for Camara’s return and wayward shooting perhaps?). Great determination and skill from Kenny yet again for his 19th goal of the season.
So, our last match at Highfield Road as Coventry are moving. Thanks to Pete from Telford Wolves for the picture. Wolves kicked off defending the east stand with Colin Cameron retaining his place, Leon starting becasues of Carl’s injury and Mikkel Bischoff replacing Rob Andrews. And youngster Sammy Clingan is on the bench with Kennedy Ricketts Edwards and Coops.
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gets a chance from the kick off in 11 seconds - ball to Ince to George to Cams and just shot wide - in 11 seconds. Coventry straight down the left hand side to Dyer and Adebola pulled the shot wide. Another shot from McSheffrey after Adebola shrugged off Bischoff. Wolves force a corner but Craddock’s flick goes just wide of Leon. Wolves retain possession and Joleon shoots wide from near the penalty spot.
15th minute a great bullet header from Leon from a left wing free kick taken byNayls. 1-0. He’s made lots of space in the box for himself. Two minutes later another excellent break with Seol Kenny and Mickey leads to a great shot by Seol blocked by Coventry’s Marcus Hall. 2 minutes later McSheffrey is tackled by Nayls in the box and referee Hegley gives the penalty. He takes it and beats Oakes to the bottom right. 1-1. The picture shows him celebrating his winner at Molinuex with Johnson
78th - it’s Lee Naylor from 25 yards!!! - Ince to Clarke who lays it off for Nayls! 1-2.
The return of Mickey - Colin Cameron started at last and what a difference! A goal in 5 minutes and an assist 15 minutes later to beat the tractor boys, who would have gone 2nd with a win. Before the match London Wolves joined legend Bully on the pitch to present the signed shirt to Paul Walker of Telford Wolves with Phil Bant.
Before the match London Wolves’ Dave Slape took part in the presentation of the signed shirt to winner Paul Walker. by Wolves legend Steve Bull. We also had a quick word with Vio who’ll be in full training on Monday. Pictures here.
9 draws for Wolves this season and 17 for Leicester so who can dare predict the result. One change from Saturday is the return of Seol for Rohan Ricketts. Carl Cort passed a late fitness test. Leicester , captained by Dion Dublin, included ex Wolves Joey Gudjonsson and David Connolly. Also playing was Niko Dabizas, usually a good luck charm for the opposition, (especially when playing in a 4-3 comeback at Moli, or for Newcastle in the FA Cup). 22,950 watched the game.
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llespie is subbed by Stefan Moore in the 89th and it’s into three minutes of extra time. Leicester then bring on Jason Wilcox for Joey G. Clarke is beaten by Dublin and Nayls has to concede a corner. Dion will be up for this. Williams’ corner is headed past Oakes left hand post by Dion. Oakes long, Miller heads down into the ground but taken again
Seol’s late arrival back from the South Korean win over Uzbekistan gave Rohan Ricketts his starting debut for Wolves. So Seol started as a substitute and Hoddle also took a risk by having no keeper on the bench with Leon, Cams, Mikkel Bischoff and Coop joining Seol. Fuss before the game came from exWolf Paul Butler’s attack in the Express & Star on Moxey for the way he handled the contract negotiations. This link is to the Leeds page 
From the restart, Kennedy lays the ball into Incey’s path. He shoots from 25 yards but again it goes well wide. A poor back pass from Kennedy is just intercepted by Joleon beating Hulse to the ball. Kenny is taken out by Kilgallon and limps away from the challenge. Derry then smashes two-footed into Ince. Ince struggles. Then Carl Cort is hurt as the next in a whole series of robust tackles. Buts puts a great challenge in on Carl Cort. Kenny is pulled down and wins a free kick. More pressure leads to a corner won by Carl Cort. Left foot out swinger from Nayls and Carl from the centre of the penalty area stoops and heads it down past Sullivan. 1 up to the Wolves
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second half and an unnecessary free kick is given against Olofinjana in a dangerous position on the right side of our box. Rob Edwards challenges the decision kicking the ball away and the ref moves the ball ten yards. Derry takes the free kick and it heads harmlessly towards goal. Oakes tries to punch the ball over the bar but misses the ball completely and it’s a goal to Leeds. “A bad bad error by the keeper” says Leeds radio, before amending it to “shocking”. On the tv replays then “howler” does seem much more appropriate. More end to end play, but Wolves are distracted by that poor equaliser and keep giving the ball away. Five minutes of pressure from Leeds are closed by Jody backheading to Oakes. No bite, Wolves are restricted to shots from outside the box.
A good attack by Seol again comes to nothing with all our strikers in the box as the ball goes behind them and Leeds counter. We’re getting back into it, Craddock gets the ball away to Seol to Ince Kennedy nutmegs Healy, Olo and Cort on to Kenny and Kenny’s shot hits the post. Seol wins the ball again and pressure is on. With 9 to go, it’s time to gamble and Cams comes on to replace Mark Kennedy. It’s getting hectic but
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