KARL WHITEHOUSE LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V LEICESTER
FIRST MEETINGS
- The first meeting of the two clubs was in Division 2 on the 6th October 1906, the game finished in a 2-0 win for Leicester City.
- Division 1 – The first meeting of the two clubs in Division 1 on the 3rd September 1932, the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
- FA Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs in the FA Cup was in the 4th Round on the 21st January 1939, the game finished 5-1 win for Wolves.
- Premier League – The first meeting of the two clubs in the Premier league was on the 25th October 2003, the game finished 4-3 win for Wolves.
- Championship – The first meeting of the two clubs in the Championship was on the 28th August 2004, the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
MATCH OF THE DAY
There was a game on the date of the upcoming meeting which was played on the 22nd December 2007 the game finished 1-1with scorers of the goals were Matt Jarvis for Wolves and Ian Hume for Leicester City.
OTHER MEETINGS
There was another meeting of the two sides in the Zenith Data Systems Cup 1st Round Northern Section and the game finished 1-0 win for Wolves.
RECENT MEETINGS
Premier League – The most recent game was on the 22nd April 2023 the game finished 2-1 to Leicester City.
FA Cup – The most recent game was in the 4th Round on the 25th January 2003 and the game finished 4-1 win for Wolves.
League Cup – The most recent game was in the 3rd Round on the 25th September 2018 and the game finished 0-0 but went straight into a penalty shootout as there is no extra time and Leicester City win 3-1 in the shootout.
LAST 6 MEETINGS
Leicester City 1 Wolves 0 8th November 2020 at King Power Stadium
Wolves 0 Leicester City 0 7th February 2021 at Molineux
Leicester City 1 Wolves 0 14th August 2021 at King Power Stadium
Wolves 2 Leicester City 1 20th February 2022 at Molineux
Wolves 0 Leicester City 4 23rd October 2022 at Molineux
Leicester City 2 Wolves 1 22nd April 2023 at King Power Stadium
BIGGEST WIN
- Division 2 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 14th November 1914 but one thing to note that team name was Leicester Fosse before they changed name and the game finished 7-1 win to Wolves.
- Division 1 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 15th April 1938 and the game finished 10-1 win to Wolves.
- Premier League – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 25th October 2003 & 19th January 2019 and the game finished 4-3 win to Wolves.
- Championship – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 6th May 2007 and the game finished 4-1 win to Wolves.
- FA Cup – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 21st January 1939 which was a 4th Round Tie and the game finished 5-1 win to Wolves.
Do you remember this rare away victory at the King Power Stadium?
Leicester City 1 Wolves 4 6th May 2007
Wolves, needing a victory to secure their place in the play-offs, endured a nightmare start as Leicester struck just three minutes in.
Johansson skillfully beat two defenders on the left before delivering a low cross that found Hume. With precision, Hume powered a right-footed strike into the net from 12 yards, giving the Foxes an early lead.
Wolves, however, fought back and earned a deserved equalizer midway through the first half. Leicester failed to clear a corner, and Olofinjana took full advantage, smashing the ball into the roof of the net from close range.
The turning point came through the relentless energy of Kightly. He handed Wolves the advantage with a clever backheel finish after Leicester keeper Logan fumbled McIndoe’s driven low cross.
Moments into the second half, Wolves extended their lead in bizarre fashion. McAuley, attempting to intercept Keogh’s low cross, inadvertently turned the ball into his own net, leaving Leicester with a mountain to climb.
Things worsened for the home side when Kisnorbo received his second yellow card and was sent off, reducing Leicester to ten men.
Wolves capped off their dominant second-half performance with Keogh sealing the win. After McAuley tripped substitute Ward in the box, Keogh coolly converted a chipped penalty, making it 4-1 and securing Wolves’ play-off spot in emphatic style.
Leicester City: Logan, Stearman (Kenton 46), McAuley, Kisnorbo, Johansson, Newton, Hughes, Wesolowski, Tiatto (Porter 80), Hume, Fryatt (Cadamarteri 81). Subs Not Used: Henderson, Horsfield. Sent Off: Kisnorbo. Booked: Tiatto, Kisnorbo, Newton, Hume, Johansson, McAuley.
Goals: Hume.
Wolverhampton: Murray, McNamara (Little 57), Breen, Craddock, Potter (Gleeson 88), Kightly, Olofinjana, Neill Collins, McIndoe, Bothroyd (Ward 62), Keogh. Subs Not Used: Hennessey, Mark Davies. Booked: Potter, McNamara, Craddock.
Goals: Olofinjana, Kightly, McAuley og, Keogh pen.
BIGGEST DEFEATS
Division 2 – The biggest defeats between the two clubs was on the 10th March 1923 and the game finished 7-0 win for for Leicester City.
Division 1 – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 10th December 1983 and the game finished 5-1 win for Leicester City.
Premier League – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 23rd October 2022 the game finished 4-0 to Leicester City. This victory became Leicester City’s biggest-ever win at Molineux previously 3-0 in December 1959 in League Division One and October 1982 in League Division Two.
FA Cup – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 19th January 1972 and this was a 3rd Round Replay after the original tie finished 1-1 and the game finished 2-0 win for Leicester City.
head to head stats
Do you remember this draw at Filbert Street?
This game started well for Wolves with Steve Bull getting two goals in first half in a space of five minutes to give Wolves the half time lead.
Leicester City came back in the second half of the game with future Wolves player Iwan Roberts getting two goals on his debut for Leicester City in a space of 7 minutes.
Steve Bull did have a chance in the second half of the game to grab his hat trick in the game, but it just went narrowly wide of the goal.
Leicester City Team: Ward, Grayson, Lewis, Mills, Carey, Hill, Joachim, Thompson, Speedie, Roberts, Agnew.
Substitutes: Smith, Philpott, Poole.
Goal: Roberts (56,63)
Manager: Brian Little
Wolves Team: Stowell, Thompson, Venus, Edwards, Simkin, Shirtliff, Cook, Birch, Bull, D Kelly, Keen.
Substitutes: Dennison, Regis, Jones.
Goal: Bull (29,34)
Manager: Graham Turner
Attendance: 18,395
pLAYING FOR BOTH TEAMS
Ade Akinbiyi
Played for Wolves 1999-2000 made 37 appearances scored 16 goals and played for Leicester City 2000-2002 made 58 appearances scored 11 goals.
Ryan Bennett
Played for Wolves 2017-2020 made 74 appearances scored 2 goals and played for Leicester City in a loan spell 2020 and made 5 appearances.
Marcus Bent
Played for Leicester City in a loan spell 2003-2004 made 33 appearances scored 9 goals and played for Wolves in a loan spell 2010-2011 made 3 appearances.
Mark Blake
Played for Wolves in a loan spell 1991 made 2 appearances and played for Leicester City 1994-1996 made 47 appearances scored 4 goals.
Nathan Blake
Played for Wolves 2001-2004 made 75 appearances scored 26 goals and played for Leicester City 2004-2005 made 14 appearances scored 1 goal.
Jamie Clapham
Played for Wolves 2006-2008 made 26 appearances and played for Leicester City 2008 made 11 appearances.
Steve Claridge
Played for Leicester City 1996-1998 made 63 scored 17 goals and played for Wolves 1998 made 5 appearances.
Wayne Clarke
Played for Wolves in two spells 1978-1984 and 1991 in a loan spell made 149 appearances scored 30 goals and played for Leicester City 1989-1990 made 11 appearances scored 1 goal.
Conor Coady
Played for Wolves 2015-2023 made 317 appearances scored 7 goals and currently playing for Leicester City 2023 made 25 appearances scored 1 goal.
David Connolly
Played for Wolves in a loan spell coming from Feyenoord 1998-1999 made 32 appearances scored 6 goals and played for Leicester City 2004-2005 made 49 appearances scored 17 goals.
Steve Corica
Played for Leicester City 1995-1996 made 16 appearances scored 2 goals and played for Wolves 1996-2000 made 100 appearances scored 5 goals.
Carl Cort
Played for Wolves 2004-2007 made 94 appearances scored 31 goals and played for Leicester City 2007-2008 made 14 appearances.
Mark Davies
Played for Wolves 2005-2009 made 27 appearances scored 1 goal and played for Leicester City 2008-2009 made 7 appearances scored 1 goal.
Derek Dougan
Played for Leicester City made 68 appearances scored 35 goals and played for Wolves 1967-1975 made 258 appearances scored 95 goals.
Tim Flowers
Played for Wolves 1984-1986 made 63 appearances and played for Leicester City 1999-2003 made 56 appearances.
Carl Ikeme
Played for Wolves 2003-2018 made 191: appearances and played for Leicester City in a loan spell in 2010 made 5 appearances.
Lawrie Madden
Played for Leicester City in a loan spell 1991 from Sheffield Wednesday made 3 appearances and played for Wolves 1991-1993 made 67 appearances scored 1 goal.
Shaun Newton
Played for Wolves 2001-2005 made 130 appearances scored 12 goals and played for Leicester City in a loan spell 2007 from West Ham made 9 appearances scored 1 goal.
Iwan Roberts
Played for Leicester City 1993-1996 made 100 appearances scored 41 goals and played for Wolves 1996-1997 made 33 appearances scored 12 goals.
Richard Stearman
Played for Leicester City 2004-2008 made 116 appearances scored 7 goals and played for Wolves in two spells 2008-2015 and 2016-2017 made 229 appearances scored 5 goals.
Dean Sturridge
Played for Leicester City 2001 made 22 appearances scored 6 goals and played for Wolves 2001-2005 made 75 appearances scored 28 goals.
Scott Taylor
Played for Leicester City 1995-1999 made 64 appearances scored 6 goals and played for Wolves 1999-2001 made 32 appearances scored 3 goals.
Mark Venus
Played for Leicester City 1985-1988 made 61 appearances scored 1 goal and played for Wolves 1988-1997 made 287 appearances scored 7 goals.
Other Players who have played for both clubs.
Joe Baille, Herbert Barlow, Joseph Blackett, Harry Davies, Peter Eastoe, Marc Edworthy, John Farrington, Joey Gudjonsson, Jack Hamilton, Neville Hamilton, Bob Hazel, Dave Maclaren, Tommy McDonald, Hugh Mcllmoyle, Jim Melrose, Edward Pheasant, Fred Price, George Swift, George Travers, Davie Walker, Gordon Wills, Maurice Woodward.
Played, Managed, Coached Both Teams
Mike Stowell
Played for Wolves in a loan spell from Everton 1989 and 1990-2001 in his permanent spell made 385 appearances been at Leicester City since 2005 as goalkeeping coach and also has had spells as a caretaker manager in 2007,2010,2011,2017,2019 and 2023.
George Jobey
Played for Leicester City 1918-1920 and managed Wolves 1922-1924.
Rob Kelly
Played for Wolves 1986-1989 made 16 appearances and Managed Leicester City 2006-2007.
article by Karl whitehouse
I am a Wolves fan been for over 30 years where
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.