KARL WHITEHOUSE LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V FULHAM
first meetings
The first league meeting of the two clubs was on the 9th November 1907 at Molineux in Division 2. The game finished with a 2-0 win for Wolves.
The first meeting in the FA Cup was on 19th February 1921 at Craven Cottage and the score of the game was 1-0 win for Wolves.
The first meeting in a League Cup Game was 5th October 1966 at Craven Cottage which ended in a defeat with a score of 5-0.
The first meeting in the Premier League was 18th October 2003, this game ended in a nil nil draw at Loftus Road in front of a crowd of 17,031 The match was played at Loftus Road due to redevelopment work at Craven Cottage. The team that played that day was Oakes, Irwin, Naylor, Butler, Craddock, Rae, Cameron, Camara, Gudjonsson, Blake, Miller and the only sub was used on that day was Kennedy. The manager of that game was Dave Jones.
MATCH OF THE DAY
The game that was nearest to the upcoming fixture between the two sides was played on the 24th February 2015 the game finished 3-0 to Wolves, 24th February 2018 the game finished 2-0 to Fulham and 24th February 2023 the game finished 1-1.
most recent meeting
Premier League – The most recent game was on the 23rd November 2024 the game finished 1-4 to Wolves scorer for Fulham was Alex Iwobi and Wolves scorers were Matheus Cunha 2 goals, Joao Gomes, Gonçalo Guedes in front of a crowd of 26,685.
The latest meeting in the FA Cup was a replay 13th January 2015 at Molineux after the original game at Craven Cottage was a 0-0 draw. This game went all the way into extra time where it finished 2-2 after 90 minutes, 3-3 after 120 minutes before going to a penalty shootout which Fulham won 5-3 in front of a crowd of 8,148.
The last meeting in the League Cup was 1st November 2000 at Craven Cottage in front of a crowd of 6,763, Fulham won the game 3-2.
LAST 6 MATCHES
9th April 2021 Fulham 0 Wolves 1 at Craven Cottage
13th August 2022 Wolves 0 Fulham 0 at Molineux
24th February 2023 Fulham 1 Wolves 1 at Craven Cottage
27th November 2023 Fulham 3 Wolves 2 at Craven Cottage
9th March 2024 Wolves 2 Fulham 1 at Molineux
23rd November 2024 Fulham 1 Wolves 4 at Craven Cottage
biggest win
Division 3 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 11th February 1989 and the game finished 5-2 to Wolves.
Division 2 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 26th November 1910 & 19th February 1977 and the game finished 5-1 to Wolves.
Division 1 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 16th September 1959 and the game finished 9-0 to Wolves.
Premier League – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 23rd November 2024 the game finished 1-4 to Wolves.
Championship – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 24th February 2015 & 29th September 2015 and the games finished 3-0 to Wolves.
League Cup – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 3rd October 1995 and the game finished 5-1 to Wolves.
Fa Cup – The biggest win between the two clubs was in the 3rd Round on the 19th February 1921 and the game finished 1-0 to Wolves.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
Wolves 3 Fulham 2 12th January 2016
It took Wolves six minutes to take the lead in this game when Zyro opened the scoring in the game after been assisted by Graham for his 8th assist of the season.
Zyro then pounced for another goal who broke the Fulham offside trap, and his shot went through the legs of Lonergan legs to make it 2-0 thirteen minutes played.
Fulham got themselves a way back into the game when Richards sent a curling ball into the Wolves box towards Christensen who nodded past Ikeme in the Wolves goal to make to 2-1 twenty-four minutes played.
Second half kicks off and three minutes since it started Wolves went and scored their third goal of the game when Doherty hit a shot from 35 yards out after Fulham cleared a corner which was taken by Graham, and this made the game 3-1 in Wolves favour.
McCormack made it a nervous ending for Wolves when he scored from 20 yards out to make it 3-2 and Wolves held on for the victory in the game after seeing out the rest of the game.
Wolves 3 (Zyro 6 13, Doherty 48): Ikeme, Iorfa, Doherty, Ebanks-Landell, Batth, Coady, Edwards, McDonald, van la Parra (le Fondre 89), Graham (Byrne 86), Zyro (Henry 81).
Subs Martinez, Golbourne, Saville, Price.
Manager: Kenny Jackett
Fulham 2 (Christensen 24, McCormack 74): Lonergan, Richards (Fredericks 72), Garbutt, Burn, Hutchinson, Cairney, O’Hara, Christensen (Smith 84), Kacaniklic (Hyndman 72), McCormack, Dembele.
Subs Lewis, Stearman, Ream, Williams.
Manager: Slavisa Jokanovic
Attendance: 17,387
biggest defeat
Spare a though for Wolves fans travelling to Craven Cottage in 1928 who saw the biggest defeat with Wolves losing 7-0 in League Division 2. A crowd of over 12,981 turned up to watch.
The biggest defeat in the Premier League was on the 4th March 2012 at Craven Cottage with Fulham beating Wolves 5-0 where Pavel Pogrebnyak got a hat trick and Clint Dempsey got a brace of goals.
The line up for Wolves was Hennessey, Stearman, Berra, Zubar, Foley, Kightly, Henry, Ward, Jarvis, O’Hara, Doyle and Subs were Hunt, Milijas, Fletcher, Johnson, Bassong, Jonsson, De Vries and it was Caretaker Manager Terry Connor in charge.
head to head stats
A LITTLE MORE HISTORY
Wolves 5 Fulham 2 11th February 1989
Wolves open the scoring from a corner when Bull fired in his shot from close range to make it 1-0.
Bull got his second goal when he chested down a cross to fire his second goal of the game to make it 2-0
Fulham came back into the game with a goal from Davies who met a cross close in to make it 2-1.
Wolves went on a counterattack move with a cross from the left-hand side only for the Fulham defender Thomas to head straight into his own net to make it 3-1.
Wolves are awarded a penalty with the Fulham defender conceding a foul in the box and Thompson comes up to take the kick and scores with goalkeeper gong right way, but the ball was out of reach to make it 4-1 before half time.
Second half starts and Wolves score again this time Bull scores and gets his hat-trick after a mix up by the Fulham defenders to make it 5-1.
Fulham get a late consolation goal from Rougvie who headed a goal from a corner for a debut goal in his first game for the club to make it 5-2 and Wolves held on for the victory in the game.
Wolves 5 (Bull 6 13 67, Thomas 25 own goal, Thompson 29p): Kendall, Bellamy, Venus, Streete, Downing, Vaughan (Kelly 75), Thompson, Gooding, Bull, Mutch (Robinson 75), Dennison.
Manager: Graham Turner
Fulham 2 (Davies 20, Rougvie 89): Stannard, Marshall, Elkins, Wilson, Thomas, Rougvie, Barnett, Scott, Cole, Davies, Walker.
Subs Sayer, Skinner.
Manager: Ray Lewington
Attendance:15,621
PLAYING FOR BOTH TEAMS
Ivan Cavaleiro
Played for Wolves 2016-2020 made 96 appearances and scored 17 goals made his debut on the 10th September 2016 in a 1-1 draw against Burton Albion and played for Fulham on a season long Loan 2019-2020 and permanent 2020 to 2023 made 103 appearances and scored 12 goals on the 21st August 2019 when he made his debut for the club played against Millwall where he did a player of the match performance by scoring 2 goals and assisted 1 goal.
Emmanuel Frimpong
Played for Wolves January 2012 in a loan spell for the rest of the season from Arsenal made 5 appearances made his debut against Chelsea in a 2-1 defeat and played for Fulham January 2013 in a season loan spell from Arsenal made 6 appearances.
Jordan Graham
Played for Wolves 2015-2020 made 14 appearances and scored 1 goal and made his debut for the club 21st November 2015 against Ipswich Town and played for Fulham 2017-2018 in a loan spell from Wolves made 3 appearances which started 31st August 2017 to Mid January 2018 restricted to substitute appearances and was subsequently recalled by the club his loan spell.
Marcus Hahnemann
Played for Fulham 1999-2002 made 2 appearances failed to displace Fulham’s number one choice Maik Taylor as number one at the time at the club and played for Wolves 2009-2011 made 40 appearances he was backup goalkeeper to Wayne Hennessy for the opening 4 months and then Hahnemann was made first choice goalkeeper for the remainder of the season.
Mario Lemina
Played for in a loan spell for Fulham from Southampton 2020-2021 made 28 appearances and scored 1 goal where he made his debut for the club in the 2nd Round of the EFL cup against Ipswich Town and played for Wolves 2023-2025 made 77 appearances scored 6 goals made his debut for the club against West Ham in the Premier League where Wolves won the game 1-0.
Scott Malone
Started his career at Wolves 2009-2012 never made any first team appearances for the club and came through the Wolves Academy to turn professional in 2009 and played for Fulham 2016-2017 made 36 appearances and scored 6 goals where he made his debut in the opening game of the 2016 season in a 1-0 win over Newcastle United.
Kevin McDonald
Played for Wolves 2013-2016 made 120 appearances and scored 8 goals where he made his debut for Wolves in a 2-1 win at Bristol City on the 17th August as a substitute and played for Fulham 2016-2021 made 116 appearances and scored 6 goals where he scored his first goal for the club against Cardiff City in 2-2 draw on 20th August 2016.
Jamie O’Hara
Played for Wolves 2011 in a loan spell from Tottenham on the 30th January 2011 and made his first start for the club by playing against Bolton Wanderers as a substitute and a permanent spell 2011-2014 made 55 appearances and scored 5 goals and played for Fulham 2015-2016 made 37 appearances and scored 1 goal and made his debut in the opening game of the 2015 season against Cardiff City.
Sheyi Ojo
Played for Wolves in a loan spell from Liverpool 2015-2016 made 16 appearances and scored 2 goals made his debut as a substitute coming on in the 84th Minute playing against Blackburn Rovers and played for Fulham also from a loan spell from Liverpool 2017-2018 made 24 appearances and scored 4 goals.
Seol Ki Hyeon
Played for Wolves 2004-2006 made 69 appearances and scored 8 goals and played for Fulham 2007-2010 made 18 appearances and scored 1 goal.
Jamie Smith
Played for Wolves 1994-1997 made 87 appearances and scored 1 goal and played for Fulham in a loan spell from Crystal Palace 1999 made 9 appearances and scored 1 goal.
Richard Stearman
Played for Wolves 2008-2015 and loan spell 2016-2017 from Fulham made 229 appearances and scored 5 goals he made his debut for Wolves in a 2-2 at Plymouth Argyle on the 9th August 2008 and played for Fulham 2015-2017 made 29 appearances.
Adama Traore
Played for Wolves 2018-2023 made 200 appearances scored 14 goals and is currently playing for Fulham after signing for them in 2023 made 45 appearances scored 4 goals.
Raul Jimenez
Played for Wolves 2018-2023 made 166 appearances scored 57 goals and is currently playing for Fulham after signing for them in 2023 made 57 appearances scored 18 goals.
Others Who Played For Both Clubs
Dave Beasant, Gordon Brice, Donald Cock, Stan Collymore, George Edmonds, Jack Hamilton, Jackie Henderson, Max Kilman, Tony Lange, Mekhi Leacock McLeod, Andrew Lonergan, Stacey North, Billy Richards, Dick Richards, Harry Robotham, Alf Tootill.
Played, Coached, Managed Both Teams
Stuart Gray – Assistant Manager & Caretaker Manager
Was at Wolves 2004 working with Dave Jones as a assistant manager and also was a caretaker manager of the for a month taking charge of 7 games and also was a caretaker manager at Fulham 2015 for 19 days taking charge of 4 games and is currently the Assistant Manager at Fulham working with Marco Silva at this current time.
Dave Beasant – Goalkeeping Coach
Played for Wolves in a loan spell 1992 from Chelsea made 4 appearances and was a player for Fulham 2003-2004 made no appearances and was also a goalkeeping coach at Fulham working with Lawrie Sanchez and also with Northern Ireland.
ARTICLE BY KARL WHITEHOUSE
I have been a Wolves fan for over 30 years.
I have supported them both home and away games in the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s and now like looking into wolves games the stats behind the games they play in the premier league and also look other stats if asked by someone else in the podcast. I have also done the 92 football league grounds and shortly be doing a ebook about peoples favourite match they went to along with a match report and if possible stats from game.