KARL WHITEHOUSE shares a little bit of history of wolves v Brighton in the fa cup
With the upcoming FA Cup match against Brighton, Karl takes a look at the history of the two clubs in the FA Cup. This will be only the third time they have faced each other in this cup competition so we take a look at a memorable victory back in 1979.
BRIGHTON 2 WOLVES 3 Tuesday 9th January 1979
FA Cup Third Round took place on Tuesday, 9th January 1979, at Goldstone Ground, with a strong turnout of 25,217 supporters cheering on the teams. The match had initially been scheduled for the 6th of January but had to be rescheduled due to the harsh Arctic Conditions prevailing in the UK at that time. Mark Lawrenson made a memorable move during the game, showcasing his skill by manoeuvring from one penalty box to the opposing team’s penalty box, ultimately outplaying Paul Bradshaw in the Wolves goal.
Teams and Scorers
Brighton & Hove Albion Team: Moseley, Cattlin, Williams, Horton, Rollings, Lawrenson, Ryan, Poskett, Maybank, Sayer, O’Sullivan.
Substitute: Clarke
Scorers: Lawrenson (10), Ryan (80)
Manager: Alan Mullery
Wolves Team: Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Daniel, McAlle, Berry, Hibbitt, Daley, Bell, Eves, Carr.
Substitute: Brazier
Scorers: Bell (44), Daley (53), Williams (79 own goal)
Manager: John Barnwell
HOW WOLVES HAVE FARED IN THEIR PREVIOUS 5TH ROUND FA CUP GAMES
12th February 1949 Wolves 3 Liverpool 1
10th February 1951 Wolves 2 Huddersfield 0
19th February 1955 Wolves 4 Charlton 1
15th February 1958 Wolves 6 Darlington 1
20th February 1960 Luton 1 Wolves 4
19th February 1965 Aston Villa 1 Wolves 1
28th February 1965 (replay) Aston Villa 1 Wolves 3
5th March 1966 Wolves 2 Manchester United 4
24th February 1973 Wolves 1 Millwall 0
14th February 1976 Wolves 3 Charlton 0
26th February 1977 Wolves 1 Chester FC 0
26th February 1979 Crystal Palace 0 Wolves 1
16th February 1980 Wolves 0 Watford 3
14th February 1981 Wolves 3 Wrexham 1
19th February 1994 Wolves 1 Ipswich 1
2nd March 1994 (replay) Ipswich 1 Wolves 2
18th February 1995 Wolves 1 Leicester 0
13th February 1998 Wimbledon FC 1 Wolves 1
25th February 1998 (replay) Wolves 2 Wimbledon FC 1
16th February 2003 Wolves 3 Rochdale 1
16th February 2008 Cardiff 2 Wolves 0
18th February 2017 Wolves 0 Chelsea 2
17th February 2019 Bristol City 0 Wolves 1
11th February 2021 Wolves 0 Southampton 2
PLAYING FOR BOTH CLUBS
Ade Akinbiyi
Played for Brighton in a loan spell in 1994 made 7 appearances and scored 4 goals and played for Wolves 1999-2000 made 37 appearances and scored 16 goals.
Keith Andrews
Played for Wolves 1999-2005 made 65 appearances and played for Brighton in a loan spell 2013-2014 from Bolton Wanderers made 31 appearances and scored 1 goal.
Dave Beasant
Played for Wolves in a loan spell from Chelsea in 1992 made 4 appearances and played for Brighton in 2003 and made 16 appearances.
Elliott Bennett
Started his career at Wolves in the youth team 2004-2007 and he stayed at Wolves until 2009 and never made a first team appearance and played for Brighton 2009-2011 and a loan spell from Norwich in 2014 and made 96 appearances and scored 13 goals.
Steve Claridge
Played for Wolves 1998 made 5 appearances and played for Brighton 2004 made 5 appearances.
Craig Davies
Played for Wolves 2006-2007 on a loan spell from Verona made 23 appearances and scored only 2 goals in his spell but note these were cup goals and played for Brighton 2009-2010 made 21 appearances and scored 1 goal.
Greg Halford
Played for Wolves 2009-2011 made 17 appearances and played for Brighton in a loan spell 2014-2015 from Nottingham Forest made 19 appearances.
John Humphrey
Played for Wolves 1979-1985 made 149 appearances and scored 3 goals and played for Brighton 1997 made 20 appearances.
Ívar Ingimarsson
Played for Wolves 2002-203 made 13 appearances and scored 2 goals and played for Brighton in a loan spell from Wolves 2003 made 15 appearances.
Chris Iwelumo
Played for Brighton 2004 in a loan spell from Stoke City made 10 appearances and scored 4 goals and played for Wolves 2008-2010 made 46 appearances and scored 14 goals.
Tomasz Kuszczak
Played for Brighton 2012-2014 made 84 appearances and played for Wolves 2014-2015 made 13 appearances.
Rajiv van La Parra
Played for Wolves 2014-2016 made 53 appearances and scored 1 goal and played for Brighton 2015-2016 in a loan spell from Wolves made 6 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Keith Lowe
Played for Wolves 2004-2008 made 14 appearances and played for Brighton in a loan spell 2006 and didn’t make an appearance in his loan spell.
Geoff Sidebottom
Played for Wolves 1954-1961 made 28 appearances and played for Brighton 1969-1971 made 40 appearances.
Sam Vokes
Played for Wolves 2008-2012 made 47 appearances and scored 6 goals and played for Brighton 2012 in a loan spell from Wolves made 14 appearances and scored 3 goals.
Stephen Ward
Played for Wolves 2007-2014 made 222 appearances and scored 9 goals and played for Brighton 2013-2014 in a loan spell from Wolves made 44 appearances and scored 4 goals.
Eric Young
Played for Brighton 1982-1987 made 126 appearances and scored 10 goals and played for Wolves 1995-1997 made 31 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Other Players who played both clubs
Bill Booth, Ken Davies, Alan Jackson, Arthur Lloyd, Jack Nightingale, Andy Petterson, Bob Redfern, Billy Richards, Gordon Roberts, Tony Towner, Ken Whitfield, Jack Williams.
Played, Managed, Coached Both Teams
Major Frank Buckley
Played for Brighton 1904-1905 made 25 appearances and scored 2 goals and managed Wolves 1927-1944.
Terry Connor
Played for Brighton 1983-1987 made 156 appearances and scored 51 goals and was an assistant manager and manager of Wolves 2008-2012.
Dean Saunders
Played for Brighton 1985-1987 made 72 appearances and scored 21 goals and managed Wolves 2013.
ARTICLE BY KARL WHITEHOUSE
I am a Wolves fan and have been 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 Prremier League and also look other stats.