KARL WHITEHOUSE LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V SOUTHAMPTON
FIRST MEETINGS
- FA Cup – The first meeting in the Fa Cup was on the 18th February 1905 which was in the 2nd round which was played at Molineux in front of 27,000 fans and the game finished in a 3-2 win for Southampton.
- Division 1 – The first meeting of the two clubs in division 1 was on the 2nd December 1967 which was played at Molineux in front of 29,488 fans and the game finished in 2-0 win for Wolves.
- Championship – The first meeting of the two clubs in the Championship was on the 6th August 2005 which was played at St Mary’s Stadium in front of 24,061 fans and the game finished 0-0.
- Premier League – The first meeting of the two clubs in the Premier League was on the 13th September 2003 which was played at St Mary’s stadium in front of 31,711 fans and the game finished in a 2-0 win for Southampton.
- League Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs in the League Cup 3rd Round tie was on the 30th October 1984 which was played at the Dell stadium in front of 14,164 fans and game ended in a 2-2 and this game went to a replay to be played at Molineux 6th November 1984 and game ended in a 2-0 win for Southampton.
MOST RECENT MEETINGS
- Premier League – The most recent game that was played in the Premier League was on the 3rd September 2022 and the game finished 1-0 to Wolves.
- FA Cup – The latest meeting in the FA Cup was on the 11th February 2021 which was a 5th Round tie at Molineux which was played behind closed doors due to COVID 19 Restrictions and the game ended in a 2-0 win for Southampton.
- League Cup – The latest meeting that was played in the League Cup was on the 23rd August 2017 which was a 2nd Round tie which was played at St Mary’s Stadium in front of 17,931 fans and the game ended in a 2-0 win for Wolves.
- Championship – The latest meeting that was played in the Championship was on the 10th April 2009 which was played at Molineux in front of 24,636 fans and the game ended in a 3-0 win for Wolves.
BIGGEST WIN
- Division 1 – The biggest win in Division 1 was on the 9th October 1971 played at Molineux in front of a crowd of 21,418 fans and the score was a 4-2 win for Wolves.
- Championship – The biggest win in Championship was on the 10th April 2009 played at Molineux in front of a crowd of 24,636 fans and the score was 3-0 win for Wolves.
- Premier League – The biggest win in Premier League was on the 15th January 2022 played at Molineux in front of a crowd of 30,257 fans and the score was 3-1 win for Wolves.
- League Cup – The biggest win in League Cup was on the 23rd August 2017 which was a 2nd Round tie played at St Mary’s Stadium in front of a crowd of 17,931 fans and the score was 2-0 win for Wolves.
- FA Cup – The biggest win FA Cup was on the 10th January 1914 which was a 1st Round tie played at Molineux in front of a crowd of 18,000 fans and the score was 3-0 win for Wolves.
BIGGEST DEFEAT
- Division 1 – The biggest defeat in Division 1 was on the 5th October 1976 played at Molineux in front of a crowd of 21,286 fans and the score was 6-2 win for Southampton.
- Championship – The biggest defeat in Championship was on the 31st March 2007 played at Molineux in front of a crowd of 24,804 fans and the score was 6-0 win for Southampton.
- Premier League – The biggest defeat in Premier league was on the 3rd April 2004 played at Molineux in front of a crowd of 29,106 fans and the score was 4-1 win for Southampton.
- FA Cup – The biggest defeat in FA Cup was on the 9th March 2003 played at St Mary’s Stadium in a quarter final tie in front of a crowd of 31,715 fans and 11th February 2021 at Molineux both were 2-0 wins for Southampton
- League Cup – The biggest defeat in League cup was on the 6th November 1984 played at Molineux as a 3rd Round Replay was 2-0 win for Southampton in front of a crowd of 13,064 after the original tie in the 3rd Round was 2-2 draw at the Dell Stadium played in front of a crowd of 14,164 fans.
MATCH OF THE DAY
The nearest match to be played to the date of the Premier league match coming up was on 11th February 2021 in the FA Cup 5th Round which was played at Molineux and the score was 2-0 to Southampton.
OTHER MEETINGS
Wolves played Southampton in a pre season friendly played at Molineux on the 5th August 2000 and Wolves lost the game 2-1 in front of a crowd of 4,680 fans.
do you remember?
Southampton 0 Wolves 1 At St Mary’s 26th September 2021.
This was the game that Raul Jimenez made his return to the goal scoring charts for Wolves for the first time since 25th October 2020 against Newcastle United.
Raul Jimenez scored his first goal since fracturing his skull in November 2020 as Wolverhampton Wanderers recorded back-to-back wins with a 1-0 victory at Southampton.
Wolves started on the front foot and almost went ahead in the opening minute when Nelson Semedo’s stinging shot was parried by goalkeeper Alex McCarthy.
Southampton grew into the match and goalkeeper Jose Sa was called into action on 40 minutes, making a smart stop from Adam Armstrong.
Half Time Southampton 0 Wolves 0
Sa reacted quickly to thwart Valentino Livramento’s effort on 55 minutes while Jimenez was denied by a Kyle-Walker-Peters block moments later.
But Jimenez was not to be denied, producing a superb turn and finish from Sa’s long ball to beat McCarthy in style to claim the winner on 61 minutes.
It was the Mexican’s first Premier League goal in 336 days since netting against Newcastle in October 2020.
Southampton Lineup: McCarthy, Livramento, Bednarek, Salisu, Walker Peters, Elyounoussi, Romeu, Ward Prowse, Redmond, Adams, Armstrong.
Subs: Lyanco, Long, Perraud, Broja, Djenepo, Tella, Diallo, Valero, Forster.
Wolves Lineup: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Marcel, Podence, Jimenez, Hwang.
Subs: Hoever, Neves, Trincao, Moulden, Boly, Silva, Ruddy, Traore, Cundle.
HEAD TO HEAD STATS
Premier League Stats
There has been 11 games between the two sides.
Wolves have won 6 games with 3 Home wins and 3 away wins
Southampton have won 3 games with 2 Home wins and 1 away win
There has been 2 draws between the sides.
Wolves have scored 16 goals and Southampton have scored 15 goals.
Overall Head to Head
There has been 73 Meetings in total.
Wolves have won 27 games.
Southampton have won 28 games.
There has been 18 draws.
playing for both teams
Jim McCalliog
Played for Wolves 1969-1974 made 163 appearances and scored 34 goals and played for Southampton 1975-1977 made 72 appearances and scored 8 goals.
Henri Camara
Played for Wolves 2003-2005 made 30 appearances and scoring 7 goals and then went on a loan spell to Southampton in 2005 and made 13 appearances and scored 4 goals.
Andrew Surnam
Played for Southampton 2004-2009 made 133 appearances scoring 15 goals and played for Wolves 2009-2010 and made 7 appearances.
Paul Jones
Played for Wolves in two spells at the club 1991-1996 where he made 33 appearances and the 2nd Spell 2004-2006 where he made another 26 appearances and played for Southampton 1997-2004 made 193 appearances.
Dean Richards
Played for Wolves 1995-1999 this included a loan spell made 122 appearances and scored 7 goals and played for Southampton 1999-2001 made 67 appearances and scored 3 goals.
Chris Marsden
Played for Wolves 1994 made 8 appearances and played for Southampton 1999-2004 made 129 appearances and scored 6 goals.
Tim Flowers
Played for Wolves 1984-1986 made 63 appearances and played for Southampton 1986-1993 made 192 appearances.
Hassan Kachloul
Played for Southampton 1998-2001 made 85 appearances and scored 14 goals and played for Wolves in a loan spell from Aston Villa 2003-2004 and made 4 appearances.
John Burridge
Played for Wolves 1982-1984 made 74 appearances and played for Southampton 1987-1989 made 62 appearances.
David Connolly
Played for Wolves in a loan spell from Feyenoord made 32 appearances and scored 6 goals and played for Southampton 2009-2012 made 61 appearances and scored 14 goals.
Mario Lemina
Played for Southampton 2017-2021 made 46 appearances and scored 2 goals and is currently playing for Wolves 2023 made 2 appearances.
Eric Nixon
Played for Wolves in a loan spell from Manchester City 1986 made 16 appearances and played for Southampton 1986 in a loan spell also from Manchester City and made 4 appearances.
others who played for both clubs
Harry Haynes, Harry Wood, Jermaine Wright, Dave Beasant, Johnny Walker, Ken Wimshurst, Jimmy Melia, Darren Potter, Jelle Van Damme, Mark Walters, Nigel Quashie, Robbie Slater, Alex Simpson, David Burnside.
Glenn Hoddle (MANAGER)
Managed Southampton 2000-2001 and also managed Wolves 2004-2006.
Dave Jones (MANAGER)
Managed Southampton 1997-2000 and also managed Wolves 2001-2004
Stuart Gray (MANAGER)
Played for Southampton 1991-1993 made 12 appearances and also managed Southampton 2001 and was an Assistant Manager and Caretaker Manager for Wolves 2004.
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