Karl Whitehouse looks at the history of Wolves v Brentford.
FIRST MEETINGS
- Division 1 – The two clubs first faced off in Division 1 on 28th September 1935, with Wolves winning 3-2.
- League 1 – The first encounter in League 1 took place on 23rd November 2013, ending in a 0-0 draw.
- Championship – The initial clash in the Championship occurred on 29th November 2014, resulting in a 4-0 victory for Brentford.
- Premier League – The first match in the Premier League happened on 18th September 2021, with Brentford winning 2-0.
FA Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs in the FA Cup was on the 5th January 2024 the game finished 1-1.
MOST RECENT MEETINGS
Premier League – Wolves won their most recent game 4-1 on 27th December 2023.
Championship – Wolves secured a 3-0 victory in their most recent game on 2nd January 2018.
FA Cup – The most recent game was a replay on the 16th January 2024, the game finished 3-2 to Wolves after extra time when it finished 2-2 after 90mins.
BIGGEST WINS
- Division 3 – The biggest victory between the two clubs happened on 8th April 1989, with Wolves securing a 2-0 win.
- Division 1 – The largest win between the two teams occurred on 14th January 1939, when Wolves won 5-2.
- League 1 – The most significant victory between the clubs took place on 22nd February 2014, with Wolves winning 3-0.
Premier League – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 27th of December 2023, the game finished 4-1 win for the Wolves.
- Championship – The most significant win between the two clubs occurred on 24th September 2016, with Wolves winning 3-1.
BIGGEST DEFEATS
In Division 1, the largest win between the two teams happened on 1st February 1936, with Brentford winning 5-0.
In the Championship, the biggest victory between the two sides occurred on 29th November 2014, with Brentford securing a 4-0 win.
Moving to the Premier League, the most significant defeat between the clubs took place on 18th September 2021, with Brentford winning 2-0.
SHERPA VAN TROPHY
There was a meeting between the two clubs on the 19th of January 1988 in the first round southern section, the game finished 4-0 win for the Wolves.
MATCH OF THE DAY
There was a game near the date of the upcoming meeting which was played on the 21st October 2015 the game finished 2-0 to Brentford.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
The last time we played Brentford in the league at the GTech Community Stadium
Brentford 1 Wolves 2 14th March 2017 at Griffin Park in the Championship.
Brentford started the game in form with a good set of results went and took the lead when Colin hit his 25-yard strike in the bottom corner of the net in the 31st Minute of the game to put the home side into a 1-0 lead.
Half Time: Brentford 1 Wolves 0
Wolves started the second half of the game been quicker to the ball and the home side becoming more lacklustre not holding onto the ball for periods of play.
But with the game coming near to the end it was Wolves who got the equaliser in the 86th Minute of the game when Doherty was in the right place at the right time when substitute Marshall fed him from the right-wing cross into an empty net.
Wolves then started to finish the game stronger and cause problems and then near the end it was Costa who pounced onto Yennaris half clearance which went to Costa who volleyed into the bottom corner of the net from the edge of the box to make it 2-1 to Wolves who went on to hold on and win the game.
Full Time: Brentford 1 Wolves 2
Brentford: Bentley, Colin, Henry, Egan, Dean, Woods, Yennaris, Jota, Kerschbaumer, Canos, Vibe.
Subs: Clarke, Sawyers, Jozefzoon, Bonham, Field, Barbet, Hofman.
Goal: Colin (31)
Manager: Dean Smith
Wolves: Ikeme, Coady, Doherty, Batth, Hause, Evans, Saville, Costa, Edwards, Weimann, Dicko.
Subs: Cavaleiro, Gibbs-White, Marshall, Lonergan, Stearman, Saiss, Bodvarsson.
Goals: Doherty (86), Costa (89)
Manager: Paul Lambert
Attendance: 8,732
Interesting Facts:
This game was due to be played on the 18th February but this was moved due to the involvement of Wolves in the FA Cup.
A LITTLE MORE HISTORY
Brentford 0 Wolves 2 15th August 1992 at Griffin Park in Division One.
Brentford: Benstead, Statham, Hughton, Millen, Ratcliffe, Bennett, Rostron, Godfrey, Bissett, Smille.
Subs: Gayle, Jones
Manager: Phil Holder
Wolves: Stowell, Ashley, Thompson, Downing, Westley, Blades, Birch, Cook, Bull, Mutch, Dennison.
Subs: Edwards, Roberts
Goals: Dennison (47), Bull (53)
Manager: Graham Turner
Attendance: 9,069
Interesting Facts:
Shane Westley makes his 200th league appearance, Paul Blades makes his Wolves debut after his move from Norwich for £325,000.
Brentford’s first match at this level of the game since 1954.
HEAD TO HEAD STATS
Premier League Stats
There have been 6 Meetings between the two sides.
Wolves have won 3 games with 1 Home Wins & 2 Away Wins.
Brentford has won 2 games with 2 Away Wins.
There has been 1 draw between the sides.
Wolves have scored 9 Goals.
Brentford have scored 7 Goals.
Overall Head-to-Head
There have been 35 games in total.
Wolves have won 17 Games.
Brentford has won 13 Games.
There have been 5 Draws.
Last 6 Matches
18th September 2021 Wolves 0 Brentford 2 at Molineux
22nd January 2022 Brentford 1 Wolves 2 at GTECH Community Stadium
29th October 2022 Brentford 1 Wolves 1 at GTECH Community Stadium
15th April 2023 Wolves 2 Brentford 0 at Molineux
27th December 2023 Brentford 1 Wolves 4 at GTECH Community Stadium
10th February 2024 Wolves 0 Brentford 2 at Molineux
playing for both teams
George Poyser Played for Wolves 1928-1929 never made a first team appearance and played for Brentford 1934-1946 made 149 appearances.
Ken Horne Played for Wolves 1947 never made a first team appearance and played for Brentford 1950-1961 made 223 appearances and scored 1 goal.
Chic Brodie Played for Wolves 1961 and made 1 appearance and played for Brentford 1963-1971 made 199 appearances.
Andy Sinton Played for Brentford 1985-1989 made 149 appearances and scored 28 goals and played for Wolves 1999-2002 and made 71 appearances and scored 3 goals.
Robert Taylor Played for Brentford 1994-1998 made 183 appearances and scored 58 appearances and played for Wolves 2000-2002 made 9 appearances.
Gavin Mahon Played for Wolves 1995-1996 never made a first team appearance and played for Brentford 1998-2002 made 141 appearances and scored 8 goals.
Ivar Ingimarsson Played for Brentford 1999-2002 made 113 appearances and scored 10 goals and played for Wolves 2002-2003 made 13 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Stephen Hunt Played for Brentford 2001-2005 made 135 appearances and scored 25 goals and played for Wolves 2010-2013 made 56 appearances and scored 7 goals.
Daniel Bentley played for Brentford 2016-2019 made 123 appearances and currently playing for Wolves since January 2023 where he came from Bristol City at Wolves he hasn’t started a first team game for the club used as a number 2 In goalkeeping department to Jose Sa.
Marcus Bent Played for Brentford 1995-1998 made 70 appearances scored 8 goals and played for Wolves 2010-2011 in a loan spell from Birmingham City made 3 appearances.
Joe Bonson Played for Wolves 1956-1957 made 10 appearances scored 3 goals and played for Brentford 1964-1965 made 35 appearances scored 13 goals.
Peter Broadbent Played for Brentford 1950-1951 made 16 appearances scored 2 goals and played for Wolves 1951-1965 made 452 appearances scored 127 goals.
Nathan Byrne Played for Brentford 2011 in a loan spell from Tottenham made 11 appearances and played for Wolves 2015-2016 made 24 appearances scored 2 goals.
Steve Claridge Played for Wolves 1998 made 5 appearances and played for Brentford 2004-2005 made 4 appearances.
Nathan Collins Played for Wolves 2022-2023 made 26 appearances and is currently playing for Brentford 2023 made 11 appearances scored 1 goal.
Carl Cort Played for Wolves 2004-2007 made 94 appearances scored 31 goals and played for Brentford 2009-2011 made 31 appearances scored 6 goals.
Joe Hodnett Played for Wolves 1919-1923 made 75 appearances scored 5 goals and played for Brentford 1926-1927 made 9 appearances.
Gerry McAloon Played for Brentford 1934-1939 made 21 appearances scored 8 goals and played for Wolves 1939-1945 made 2 appearances scored 1 goal.
Jon Purdie Played for Wolves 1985-1988 made 89 appearances scored 12 goals and played for Brentford 1989 made 6 appearances.
Dai Richards Played for Wolves 1927-1935 made 219 appearances scored 5 goals and played for Brentford 1935-1937 made 55 appearances.
George Saville Played for Brentford in a loan spell from Chelsea made 40 appearances scored 4 goals and played for Wolves 2014-2017 made 50 appearances scored 6 goals.
Bill Slater Played for Brentford in 2 spells 1951-1952 & 1963-1964 made 12 appearances scored 3 goals and played for Wolves 1952-1963 made 310 appearances scored 24 goals.
Jamie Smith Played for Wolves 1994-1997 made 87 appearances scored 1 goal and played for Brentford in a loan spell from Bristol City 2006 made 7 appearances.
Shane Westley Played for Wolves 1989-1992 made 50 appearances scored 2 goals and played for Brentford 1992-1995 made 64 appearances scored 1 goal.
Other Players who played for both clubs.
Stuart Cash, Donald Cock, Paul Evans, George Goddard, Andre Gray, Eric Jones, Mark Lazarus, Keith Pritchett, Harry Robotham, David Robson, Alf Walker.
Played and Managed Both Teams
Colin Lee Played for Brentford 1987-1989 made 24185 appearances and scored 1 goal and managed Wolves 1998-2000 and was in charge for 111 games.
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.