KARL WHITEHOUSE LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V CRYSTAL PALACE
FIRST MEETINGS
- Division 2 – The first meeting of the two clubs in Division 2 was on the 19th November 1921 and the game finished 1-0 to Crystal Palace.
- Division 1 – The first meeting of the two clubs in Division 1 was on the 22nd November 1969 and the game finished 2-1 to Crystal Palace.
- FA Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs in the FA Cup was in the 1st Round on the 16th January 1909 and the game finished 2-2 and it went to replay.
- Premier League – The first meeting of the two clubs in the Premier league was on the 6th October 2018 and this was the first meeting in the top division since January 1981, the game finished in a 1-0 win for Wolves.
- Championship – The first meeting of the two clubs in the Championship was on the 9th August 2005 and the game finished in a 2-1 win for Wolves.
match of the day
There was a game near to the date of the upcoming meeting in the Premier League played on the 14th May 1997 the game finished 2-1 to Wolves.
OTHER MEETINGS
The two teams met in a preseason friendly tournament called The Stateside Cup the game finished 3-1 to Crystal Palace the scores in the game for Crystal Palace were Schlupp, Ayew and Agbinone, Wolves scorer was S Bueno, this game played on the 31st July 2024 at the Naval Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Pre Season Friendlies
10th August 1977 Wolves won game 2-1 played at Selhurst Park.
MOST RECENT MEETINGS
Premier League – The most recent game was on the 2nd November 2024 the game finished 2-2 Wolves scorers were Jorgen Strand Larsen & Joao Gomes, Crystal Palace scorers were Trevoh Chalobah & Marc Guehi in front of 29,505 fans.
FA Cup – The most recent game was in the 3rd Round on the 8th January 2021. this was played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions, the game finished in a 1-0 win for Wolves.
LAST 6 MEETINGS
5th March 2022 Wolves 0 Crystal Palace 2 at Molineux
18th October 2022 Crystal Palace 2 Wolves 1 at Selhurst Park
25th April 2023 Wolves 2 Crystal Palace 0 at Molineux
3rd September 2023 Crystal Palace 3 Wolves 2 at Selhurst Park
11th May 2024 Wolves 1 Crystal Palace 3 at Molineux
2nd November 2024 Crystal Palace 2 Wolves 2 at Selhurst Park
BIGGEST WIN
- Division 1 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 1st March 2003 and the game finished 4-0 win to Wolves.
- Premier League – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 20th July 2020, 30th October 2020, 25th April 2023 and the games finished 2-0 win for Wolves.
- Championship – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 23rd February 2008 and the game finished 2-0 win for Wolves.
- FA Cup – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 8th January 2021 and the game finished in a 1-0 win for Wolves.
Do you remember first away win against Crystal Palace in the Premier League?
Crystal Palace 0 Wolves 1 6th October 2018
The game started in sodden conditions where there were few chances for both sides.
The game was scrappy in the first ten minutes of the game where the wet conditions was taking its toll on both sets of teams.
It was Crystal Palace who were the first team to get a chance on goal with Zaha the danger man for Crystal Palace whose shot fizzed across the Wolves goal.
Wolves who were slowly getting back into the game had their chances in the conditions when Jota setup his strike partner in Jimenez who broke the offside trap only to be denied by Hennessey in the Palace goal to palm it away.
While at the other end of the pitch Patricio was lucky not to concede a goal after his loose punch went to Schlupp only for his shot went over the bar.
Jota then had a shot of himself only for it to go wide and Palace almost took the lead near half time when Milivojevic curled his free kick straight into Patricios hands and then the half time whistle went.
Half Time Crystal Palace 0 Wolves 0
Second half kicked off with fans hoping to see any team take their chances in game to take the lead.
Neves known for his spectacular goals had a chance at goal which went too high of the Palace goal and the game was still goalless.
But Wolves did manage to find the opening goal of the game when Palace could not deal with Doherty who caused issues in the Palace backline after exchanging passes with Jimenez to fire past Hennessey at the near post for his first goal of the season to make it 1-0.
Palace then started to play much better than Wolves with some good play in the game with Townsend making the Wolves defence have problems with Meyers volley was kept out by Patricio in the Wolves goal and the rebound went to Schlupp denied him as well with the help of Coadys pressure in the backline.
Townsend had another effort on goal which he curled straight at Patricio and Boly blocked out Schlupps shot on goal which followed a header by Kouyate.
Cavaleiro almost made the game safe with a second goal for Wolves in the game came off the crossbar.
Wolves ran down the clock to secure the victory at Selhurst Park to claim the three points.
Full Time Crystal Palace 0 Wolves 1
Crystal Palace Team: Hennessey, Sakho, Tomkins, Van Aanholt, Schlupp, Wan Bissaka, McArthur, Milivojevic, Townsend, Townsend, Zaha, Ayew.
Substitutes: Guaita, Kelly, Ward, Kouyate, Meyer, Puncheon, Sorloth.
Manager: Roy Hodgson
Wolves Team: Patricio, Bennett, Boly, Doherty, Coady, Jonny, Moutinho, Neves, Jota, Costa, Jimenez.
Substitutes: Ruddy, Hause, Saiss, Gibbs White, Traore, Bonatini, Cavaleiro.
Goal: Matt Doherty (56)
Manager: Nuno Espirito Santo
Attendance: 25,715
BIGGEST DEFEAT
- Division 2 – The biggest defeats between the two clubs was on the 28th April 1923 and the game finished 5-0 win for Crystal Palace.
- Division 1 – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 14th September 2002 and the game finished 4-2 win for Crystal Palace.
Premier League – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 3rd September 2023 and the game finished 3-2 win for Crystal Palace.
- Championship – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 12th January 2008 and the game finished 3-0 to Crystal Palace.
- FA Cup – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 22 March 1995 in a FA Cup Quarter Final Replay after the original game finished 1-1 and this game finished 4-1 to Crystal Palace.
HEAD TO HEAD
Do you remember this classic game against Crystal Palace?
Crystal Palace 2 Wolves 3 23rd November 1996
Wolves started the game brightly from the start when Dennison thread a ball to Corica who went on a run and the rushing goalkeeper Day heading towards him lifted his shot into an empty net to put Wolves ahead 1-0 for his first goal for his new club.
Wolves then made it 2-0 when Corica did it again when he was one on one with the goalkeeper yet again and he scores again when the goal was empty such a great start for Wolves.
Half Time Crystal Palace 0 Wolves 2
Second half starts with Crystal Palace attacking the Wolves goal with many attacks on goal until Veart gets a goal back on the turn to make 1-2 in Wolves favour after the constant attacks on the goal with Stowell not happy with the Wolves defence.
Crystal Palace managed to get back level in the game with Roberts feeding the ball to Dyer to put the ball into the back of the net to make 2-2 with Crystal Palace completing the comeback with two goals in three minutes.
Wolves then went ahead again in the game with a corner from Venus into the far post to Thomas scoring against his former club to make it 3-2 and Wolves held onto the victory.
Full Time Crystal Palace 2 Wolves 3
Crystal Palace Team: Day, Edworthy, Muscat, Roberts, Tuttle, Hopkins, Anderson, Shipperley, Freedman, Dyer, Veart.
Substitutes: Ndah, Gordon, Trollope
Goals: Veart (51), Dyer (55).
Manager: Dave Bassett
Wolves Team: Stowell, Thompson, Dennison, Atkins, Venus, Emblen, Corica, Thomas, Bull, Roberts, Osborn.
Substitutes: Goodman, Van Der Laan, Smith
Goals: Corica (8,14), Thomas (60).
Manager: Mark McGhee
Attendance: 20,665
PLAYING FOR BOTH TEAMS
Jamie Smith Played for Wolves 1994-1997 made 87 appearances and scored 1 goal and Played for Crystal Palace 1997-2004 made 149 appearances and scored 4 goals and is currently Assistant Manager at Port Vale.
Kevin Muscat Played for Crystal Palace 1996-1997 made 53 appearances and scored 2 goals and Played for Wolves 1997-2002 made 180 appearances and scored 14 goals.
Dougie Freedman Played for Crystal Palace in two spells 1995-1997 and 2000-2008 made 327 appearances and scored 95 goals and is currently the sporting director of Crystal Palace.
Bakary Sako Played for Wolves 2012-2015 made 118 appearances and scored 36 goals and played for Crystal Palace in two spells 2015-2018 and 2019 made 47 appearances and scored 5 goals.
Rob Edwards Played for Crystal Palace 2003 in a loan spell from Aston Villa made 7 appearances and scored 1 goal and played for Wolves 2004-2008 made 100 appearances and scored 1 goal and also had a spell of Interim manager in 2016 for Wolves and 2018-2019 Manager of U23 Wolves side.
Jermaine Easter Started his career 1999-2001 as trainee at Wolves and played for Crystal Palace 2011-2013 made 55 appearances and scored 8 goals.
Neil Emblen Played for Wolves in two spells 1994-1997 and 1998-2001 made 203 appearances and scored 16 goals and played for Crystal Palace 1997-1998 made 13 appearances.
Marc Edworthy Played for Crystal Palace 1995-1998 made 126 appearances and played for Wolves 2002-2003 made 22 appearances.
Mark Kennedy Played for Wolves 2001-2006 made 167 appearances and scored 12 goals and played for Crystal Palace 2006-2008 made 46 appearances and scored 1 goal.
Simon Osborn Played for Crystal Palace 1988-1994 made 55 appearances and scored 5 goals and played for Wolves 1995-2001 made 162 appearances and scored 11 goals.
Geoff Thomas Played for Crystal Palace 1987-1993 made 195 appearances and scored 26 goals and played for Wolves 1993-1997 made 46 appearances and scored 8 goals.
Eric Young Played for Crystal Palace 1990-1995 made 161 appearances and scored 15 goals and played for Wolves 1995-1997 made 31 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Paul Stewart Played for Crystal Palace in a loan spell from Liverpool 1994 and made 18 appearances and scored 3 goals and played for Wolves also in a loan spell from Liverpool 1994 made 8 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Andy Turner Played for Crystal Palace 1998-1999 made 2 appearances and played for Wolves 1999 and didn’t make a single appearance for the club.
Carlo Nash Played for Crystal Palace 1996-1998 made 21 appearances and played for Wolves 2000-2001 never made a appearance for the club.
Kevin Doyle Played for Wolves 2009-2015 made 164 appearances and scored 30 goals and played for Crystal Palace 2014-2015 in a loan spell made 3 appearances.
Marcus Bent Played for Crystal Palace 1998-1999 made 28 appearances and scored 5 goals and played for Wolves in a loan spell 2010-2011 made 3 appearances.
Steve Claridge Played for Crystal Palace 1988 didn’t make a single appearance for the club and played for Wolves 1998 made 5 appearances.
John Burridge Played for Crystal Palace 1978-1980 made 88 appearances and played for Wolves 1982-1984 made 74 appearances.
Wayne Hennessey Played for Wolves 2006-2014 made 152 appearances and played for Crystal Palace 2014-2021 made 110 appearances.
Stephen Hunt Played for Crystal Palace 1999-2001 made 3 appearances and played for Wolves 2010-2013 made 56 appearances and scored 7 goals.
George Ndah Played for Crystal Palace 1992-1997 made 101 appearances and scored 11 goals and played for Wolves 1999-2006 made 57 appearances and scored 15 goals.
Sam Johnstone Played for Crystal Palace 2022-2024 made 34 appearances and currently playing for Wolves 2024 made 10 appearances.
Other players who played for both teams.
Billy Bassett, David Burnside, Charles Cross, Tony Evans, Adam Haywood, John Holsgrove, John Humphrey, Kenneth Hunt, Steffen Iversen, Davy Jordan, Tommy Langley, Mark Lazarus, Gavin Mahon, Alf Somerfield, Ted Thorpe, Alf Tootill, Bobby Woodruff, Terry Wharton, Darren Ward & George Walker.
Played and Managed or Coached Both Clubs
Ronnie Allen Played for Crystal Palace 1961-1966 made 100 appearances and scored 34 goals and managed Wolves 1966-1968.
Gary Goodchild Played for Crystal Palace 1979-1981 made 2 appearances and now is scout for Wolves 2017 to present day.
Bobby Mimms Played for Crystal Palace 1996 made 1 appearance and was goalkeeping coach at Wolves 2001-2008.
Shaun Derry Played for Crystal Palace in three spells 2002-2005, 2007-2008 loan deal and 2008-2010 made in total of 226 appearances and scored 3 goals He joined Wolves August 2023 as first-team coach part of the new management setup there and sacked along with the manager Gary O’Neil in December 2024
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.