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30th April 2001
Temuri Ketsbaia has reacted
angrily to being substituted at Crystal Palace on Saturday, he ripped his
shirt off, threw it on the ground and stormed to the dressing room just
before half-time at Selhurst Park. 29th April 2001
One of Dave Jones summer targets
is thought to be Port Vales midfielder Dave Brammer, although the Wolves
boss won't name the five targets he has in mind chief scout George Foster,
Dave Jones, John Ward and Terry Connor have all watched Vale this week.
Wolves goal scoring legend Steve
Bull was back on the score sheet yesterday for Hereford Utd, he came on
after 59 minutes and scored in the 85th minute to earn Hereford a 2-2 draw
with Morecambe. 28th April 2001
Palace started brightest with
two good chances to score within the first 5 minutes, then Wolves took the
lead in the 16th minute with a 25 yard half volley from Andy Sinton. Just
before half-time Keith Andrews was sent off for a bad tackle on Rubins when
Wolves seemed to be in control of the game. Ketsbaia had to be substituted
again for Emblen for Wolves to regroup, he was not happy about it happening
for the second game and ripped his shirt off and walked down the tunnel.
Half-Time Palace 0-1 Wolves.
Dave Jones has announced that
Wolves youngsters Adam Proudlock and Keith Andrews are to be offered new
long-term contracts at Molineux. 27th April 2001
Wolves: Cedric
Roussel could replace George Ndah who is out for the rest of the season with
a thumb injury. Crystal Palace: Fan Zhiyi
is still away on Chinese international duty. Full-backs Craig Harrison and
Dean Austin may continue their unlikely centre-back pairing - although
American international Gregg Berhalter could come in.
Dave Jones will start his summer
clear out of the Wolves squad by releasing Scott Taylor, Haarvard Flo and
Mike Stowell in the summer. The three players contracts run out in the
summer and they will not have have their deals renewed. Also Neil Emblem,
Temuri Ketsbaia and Robert Taylor are expected to be made available for
transfer. 26th April 2001
Wolves reserves lost to WBA
reserves last night, four goals were scored against Wolves during 12 minutes
either side of half-time.
25th April 2001
Wolves in-form striker George
Ndah has had his season finish early because of a hand injury. It
was discovered that he had torn ligament away from the bone in the thumb and
an operation to repair the damage was the only course of action open.
Recovery will take several weeks, so Ndah will miss the final three games of
the season, against Crystal Palace, Bolton and QPR. 24th April 2001
Oakes first job was in the 22nd
minute when he had to get the ball out of the back of the net when Fulham
opened the scoring with a penalty.
Tony Dinning and Andy Sinton are
doubtful for tonight's match at Div 1 Champions Fulham. Dinning is suffering
with a back injury and Sinton is doubtful after limping out of the action
with a leg injury on Saturday. 23rd April 2001 Also see the Gossip page, where you the fan's get to post the news you've heard
Temuri Ketsbaia has left
Molineux for international duty and will be missing from the squad for the
clash with Fulham, after boo's from the crowd when he was substituted in
Wolves draw with Blackburn. But Dave Jones has defended his decision to
substitute Ketsbaia, saying Wolves would have lost if he hadn't made the
change purely for tactical reasons.
Harvard Flo could be the first
Wolves player to leave Molineux in Dave Jones summer clear out, Flo is not
thought to be in the boss' plans and has emerged as a summer target for
Norwegian side Lyn and is set to discuss his future with Jones over the next
48 hours. 21st April 2001
A very heated first 30 minutes
saw 2 yellow cards and Andy Sinton getting injured and having to be
substituted, George Ndah came closest to scoring when he headed against the
post. Full Match Report
by Tom Sperrink
Wolves have unveiled there new away kit, it's a silver and blue design the new kit goes on sale at the club shops on Saturday 5th May, but you can pre-order by calling the mail order department on 01902 658800. The current light blue away kit will become a third strip next season, with the home shirt, and shirt sponsor name, remaining unchanged. The prices are as follows: Shirt: Adult - £39.99, Youth - £34.99, Children - £29.99 Shorts: Adult - £22.99, Youth - £20.99, Children - £17.99 Socks: Adult - £7.99,
Youth - £6.99, Children - £6.99 20th April 2001
Wolves: Boss Dave Jones has vowed Wolves will push Blackburn all the way despite his side having nothing to play for. Ludovic Pollet is doubtful after injuring his sternum during Monday's match with Watford, but Wolves are boosted by the return of skipper Kevin Muscat after his international duities with Australia Blackburn: Manager
Graeme Souness is unlikely to change a winning side as Blackburn continue
their promotion push at Molineux. Also see Match Preview for more information 19th April 2001
Wolves are confident that
defender Ludovic Pollet will be back in the squad that takes on Blackburn on
Saturday, he took a knock in his chest during Tuesday evening's match with
Watford.
Wolves under 19's team went out as the reserves again last night and came very close to earning a draw with Birmingham. 18th April 2001
Wolves captain Ludovic Pollet is doubtful for Saturday's match with Blackburn after a clash with Tommy Mooney after an hour into Wolves game with Watford. He went for an X-ray on his damaged sternum on Wednesday morning and the scan revealed there was no fracture. Pollet has missed alot of matches this season through injuries and said "If they had an award for injuries in one season, then I think I'd stand a good chance of winning". After just one game at the start of the season he had to undergo a hernia operation, then he has had three bad facial cuts and, on New Year's Day, he suffered a broken nose at Burnley.
Former Mansfield Town player and
manager George Foster has joined Wolves as the new chief scout at Molineux.
Foster has not worked in football since he was sacked as assistant manager
at Lincoln City earlier in the season. 17th April 2001
Watford took the points from a
10 man Wolves late in the game with a 90'th minute goal, Wolves were reduced
to 10 men in the 34th minute when Sean Connolly was sent off for a
profesonal foul on Smith who was clear on goal.
Watford: No fresh injury worries after Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Grimsby, assistant boss Kenny Jackett feels that Wolves will provide a tough test for his play-off chasing Watford, even though they have nothing to play for in terms of promotion or relegation. Wolves: boss Dave Jones
is expected to recall striker Michael Branch who was dropped for the
goalless draw with Crewe, Cedric Roussel may make way for Branch. Also see the Match Preview
Dave Jones and Cedric Roussel
have said Wolves players need to be heard on the pitch more, the boss said
the only voices he could hear during last Saturday's goaless draw were
himself, John Ward, Sean Connelly and Andy Sinton. Dave Jones has also said he
wants to make Molineux a fortress next season and will be getting rid of any
players that can't take the pressure after Wolves near the finish of another
inconsistent season. 16th April 2001
Wolves boss Dave Jones was
furious with his team as they failed to score for the third successive home
match as they drew with Crewe at Molineux. 15th April 2001
Wolves owner chairman returned to Molineux yesterday to watch his first game since last November, he says he will never forget the look of hatred on some fans faces during the protests, but his trip across the Atlantic which included a trip to Australia and New Zealand has left him refreshed and now he's glad to be back and looking forward to seeing out the rest of season. He also said he never had any intention of getting out or selling the club. 14th April 2001
Full Match Report by Tom Sperrink
Wolves: Tony
Dinning is out after injuring his back on Monday, also Paul Butler is out
after suffering a recurrence of his groin problem and he is seeing a
specialist on Wednesday. Crewe: Colin
Little is likely to keep his place in the Crewe side despite his sending off
in the game against QPR. Dario Gradi decided the incident was not malicious
and has decided not to carry out his threat to leave Little out for the
remainder of the season. Also see the Match Preview
Wolves
now have Joleon Lescott available for the First Division game at Fulham a
week on Tuesday, after they successfully pulled him out of the England
under-18 trip to Poland. 13th April 2001
The Wolves under 19 side were promoted to the reserve level against an experienced Port Vale reserves side, and only just lost 1-0 on a very soggy Vale Park pitch.
Wolves have announced a new
sponsorship deal with IT service company Freedom 2000, this is the first of
three major sponsorship deals.
Wolves are rumored
to be trying to sign David Burrow's from Birmingham City, the defenders
contract with the Blues ends this summer and he probably won't be offered a
new one. Thanks to Tom for letting me know! 12th April 2001
Wolves'
owner-chairman Sir Jack Hayward is returning to Molineux this weekend for
Saturday's game against Crewe, he left the club in
mid-November with the message "I may be some time," he left
England after the post-match demonstrations at the Palace game five months ago, some of
which were aimed at him. 11th April 2001
Wolves defender Paul Butler is
certain to be out for the remainder of the season, he suffered a groin strain in the match at Preston and was ordered to
rest but is now to
see a specialist later this week. Also injured is Tony Dinning who
strained his back in the reserve
game with Bolton after returning from a shoulder injury that kept him on the sidelines
for a month.
Wolves boss Dave Jones is in a rage over
International call up's for Kevin Muscat and Joleon Lescott. Also Joleon Lescott
has been named in the England under 18 squad for their UEFA Championship
game in Poland in two weeks, if he does travel
to Poland, it will mean he is unavailable for the game at Fulham on the 25th
April, and Wolves are already without Paul Butler. 10th April 2001
Wolves reserves lost to Bolton
last night at the Reebok Stadium after two goals in a minute from Bolton's
Jeff Smith, Wolves substitute Dickson grabbed a consolation in
stoppage time when he blasted home Neil Emblen's square pass from just
outside the box.
9th April 2001
Wolves defender Kevin Muscat,
scored 5 goals in his debut as Australian international captain as the
Socceroos beat Tonga by a record-breaking 22-0 on Monday. Three of Muscat's
goals came from the penalty spot, after being taken off penalty taking duty
at Molineux.
Congratulations to Sarah Davies
who spotted the ball on the Millennium Turf page, thanks to everyone that
entered, the Ball is on the move again so if you would like to enter it's
somewhere in the Supporters Section, if your
first out of the hat the prize is a 1958-59 Wolves v Birmingham programme 8th April 2001
Steve Bull and FA Cup legend
Ricky George will be signing autograph's in Hereford on Good Friday, Ricky
George scored the famous goal against Newcastle Utd in 1972 when Hereford
knocked them out 2-1. He will be signing copies of his autobiography One
Goal - One Horse which was published earlier this year, Ricky will be in
attendance from 10am to 4pm. 7th April 2001
In very difficult conditions
with a soaked pitch Huddersfield had the first chance but Naylor cleared off
the line, moments later a mistake by Pollet let Facey score to give
Huddersfield the lead and the only goal of the game.
6th April 2001
Wolves boss Dave Jones has hit back at claims by a French Magazine that the club has a drink problem. Both Pollet and Camara stated
that they were shocked by the amount of alcohol consumed at the club.
"The players would take me to the pub from day one, that didn't
surprise me, but the speed in which they knocked them back did," said
Pollet. Jones said he had spoken to the players and they had made it clear the comments had been taken out of context.
Wolves: Captain Kevin Muscat has completed his 2 match suspension and will be looking to get back into the squad. Tony Dinning and Paul Butler are also back in contention for a return to the squad after being out through a shoulder injury (Dinning) and a groin injury (Butler), but boss Dave Jones has warned the trio not to expect to walk straight back into the starting line-up. Huddersfield: Martin
Smith could again be ruled out for Huddersfield after suffering a recurrence
of a knee injury whilst playing for the reserves in midweek. See Match Preview for more info on this game 5th April 2001
Dave Jones has announced he will be trying to sign 5 new players over the summer to turn the Wolves squad into a promotion contender. He has the full backing of the club, who have already splashed out £2.5 million on players since Jones arrived at Molineux. The Wolves boss knows who he wants to sign and is hoping that there clubs will allow them to leave, but he's not yet naming anyone.
Wolves have arranged a friendly against Premiership club Liverpool on Saturday August 4 (KO 3pm) at Molineux. Wolves played Liverpool two years ago in a pre-season friendly at Molineux, with Liverpool winning 2-0 in front of over 24,000 spectators. Dave Jones said, "It will
be an excellent way to wind up our preparations for the new season," Tickets will go on sale in early July with prices to be announced at a later date.
Wolves have announced the details of the Stan Cullis memorial service on the official website www.wolves.co.uk, details as follows: A service of celebration for the
life of Stan Cullis, Wolves and England football legend, will take place at
1.00pm on Thursday, 3rd May, 2001, at St Peter's Collegiate Church,
Wolverhampton. 4th April 2001
Wolves boss Dave Jones has said he will be building the Wolves team around the youngsters who have come through the ranks at Molineux this season, Joleon Lescott, Adam Proudlock and Keith Andrews all made the breakthrough into the first team and there are more waiting in the wings.
Carl
Robinson is a major doubt for tonight's match at Molineux with Wimbledon,
Robinson is struggling to shake off a niggling knee injury he picked up in
Sunday's 1-0 victory at St Andrews. 3rd April 2001
Dave
Jones has sent a warning to the Wolves players that they will have to earn
there place in the squad now, in particular Kevin Muscat who is suspended
could see new signing Sean Connelly challenging for his place. 2nd April 2001
Ex Wolves boss Mark McGhee could
be making an £800,000 offer for Wolves defender/midfielder/striker! Neil
Emblen. 1st April 2001
Wolves
made a great start with George Ndah opening the scoring after one minute,
that was followed by a lot of stop start football with lot's of hard tackles!
All the 50-50 decisions seemed to go Birmingham's way during the first half and after 40 mins two
yellow cards where shown to Birmingham City players after a dangerous tackle
on Oakes and a heated debate after by players from both teams, more deservedly
a yellow for Horsfield.
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