KARL WHITEHOUSE TAKES A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V BRIGHTON
FIRST MEETINGS
- Division 1 – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 21st December 1979 the game finished 3-1 win to Brighton.
- Championship – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 14th September 2004 the game finished 1-0 win to Wolves.
- Premier League – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 27th October 2018 the game finished 1-0 win to Brighton.
- League Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 24th September 1969 the game finished 3-2 win to Wolves.
- FA Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 9th January 1979 which was a 3rd round tie the game finished 3-2 win to Wolves.
MATCH OF THE DAY
There was a game near the date of the upcoming meeting which was played on the 9th May 2021 the game finished 2-1 to Wolves, Scorers for Wolves were Adama Traore, Morgan Gibbs White and Brighton scorer was Lewis Dunk.
pre season friendlies
27th September 1948 Wolves won game 4-1
11th May 1971 Wolves won game 2-0
7th August 1975 Wolves won game 2-0
6th August 1977 Brighton won game 1-0
26th July 2007 0-0 Drawn game
MOST RECENT MEETINGS
Premier League – The most recent game was on the 26th October 2024 the game finished 2-2 Brighton scorers were Danny Welbeck & Evan Ferguson and Wolves scorers were Rayan Ait Nouri & Matheus Cunha in front of 31,480 fans.
Championship – The most recent game was on the 14th April 2017 the game finished 2-0 win to Brighton.
League Cup – The most recent game was on the 18th September 2024 the game finished 3-2 win to Brighton.
FA Cup – The most recent game was on the 28th February 2024 the game finished 1-0 to Wolves with Mario Lemina getting the only goal of the game.
laSt 6 matches
30th April 2022 Wolves 0 Brighton 3 at Molineux Stadium
5th November 2022 Wolves 2 Brighton 3 at Molineux Stadium
29th April 2023 Brighton 6 Wolves 0 at Amex Stadium
19th August 2023 Wolves 1 Brighton 4 at Molineux Stadium
22nd January 2024 Brighton 0 Wolves 0 at Amex Stadium
26th October 2024 Brighton 2 Wolves 2 at Amex Stadium
BIGGEST WINS
- Championship – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 14th September 2004, 22nd April 2006 and 1st January 2016 the games finished 1-0 win to Wolves.
- Premier League – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 9th May 2021 the game finished 2-1 to Wolves.
Do you remember our first home win in Premier League against Brighton and Hove Albion?
Wolves 2 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 9th May 2021
This match was played behind closed doors due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Wolves made five changes from their previous outing against West Brom. Ki-Jana Hoever, Max Kilman, Joao Moutinho, Daniel Podence, and Morgan Gibbs-White came into the starting lineup. Nelson Semedo, Romain Saiss, Leander Dendoncker, and Adama Traore dropped to the bench, while Owen Otasowie missed out due to a knock.
Brighton only made one change following their 2-0 win over Leeds, with Alireza Jahanbakhsh replacing Joel Veltman.
Hoever, Kilman, and Gibbs-White featured in a Wolves starting eleven for the first time in months, but all looked sharp in the early stages. Wolves moved the ball quickly and showed renewed confidence, with Rayan Ait-Nouri combining well with Podence to create a chance for Vitinha. Brighton’s goalkeeper, Robert Sanchez, was called into action to push Vitinha’s shot wide.
Wolves dominated possession for the first ten minutes and played with intent, but familiar set-piece issues soon returned. In the 13th minute, Lewis Dunk lost his marker and headed home from a corner to give Brighton the lead.
Gibbs-White was left marking the much taller Dan Burn, but managed to prevent further trouble on that occasion. Brighton continued to threaten from set pieces, with Patricio making a key save from Dunk. Danny Welbeck set up Neal Maupay for another good chance, but Maupay volleyed over. Wolves finished the half without troubling Brighton’s defense, and Fabio Silva barely touched the ball up front.
Half-time: Wolves 0–1 Brighton
Wolves started the second half with renewed energy and created a few half-chances. Kilman forced a save with a low shot from distance, and Gibbs-White hit the post after making space in the box.
The game changed dramatically when Dunk was sent off for pulling down Silva, who was through on goal after a clever pass from Vitinha. Brighton were reduced to 10 men, shifting the momentum.
Nuno introduced Traore and Willian Jose, and Wolves quickly took advantage. Traore broke into the box, played a sharp one-two with Silva, and fired past Sanchez for the equalizer.
Dendoncker replaced Vitinha late on. Wolves pressed for a winner and nearly got it when Traore’s pressure won the ball from Sanchez, and he squared for Gibbs-White, but the finish flew high over the bar. It looked like a costly miss, but deep into injury time, Gibbs-White curled a shot into the top corner, sealing the comeback and celebrating with a huge smile.
Brighton’s frustrations boiled over after the final whistle, with Maupay sent off for dissent following an argument with the referee.
Wolves XI:
Patricio; Hoever, Coady, Kilman, Ait-Nouri; Moutinho, Neves, Gibbs-White; Vitinha, Podence; Silva.
Substitutes: Jose, Dendoncker, Traore, Ruddy, Semedo, Saiss, Cundle, Richards, Corbeanu
Goals: Traore (76′), Gibbs-White (90′)
Manager: Nuno Espirito Santo
Brighton XI:
Sanchez; White, Webster, Dunk, Burn; Jahanbakhsh, Gross, Bissouma, Trossard; Maupay, Welbeck
Substitutes: MacAllister, Moder, Zeqiri, Connolly, Alzate, Izquierdo, Tau, Steele, Propper
Goal: Dunk (13′)
Manager: Graham Potter
BIGGEST DEFEATS
- Division 2 – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 4th May 1985 the game finished 5-1 to Brighton
- Division 1 – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 8th February 2003 the game finished 4-1 to Brighton.
- Championship – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 4th May 2013 and 14th April 2017 the game finished 2-0 to Brighton.
- Premier League – The biggest defeat was 29th April 2023 the game finished 6-0 and this became the biggest win over Wolves before that win it was a 5-1 on 4th May 1985 which was played at the Goldstone Ground in Division 2.
head to head
Do you remember the first ever win against Brighton?
Wolves 2 Brighton 0 28th December 1991
The first chance of the game started from a header from Madden towards Mutch who then laid it off to Thompson who then went on a run and then passed it onto Bull whose shot saved by Beeney for a Wolves corner.
From the resulting corner from Birch, it found its way to the middle of the Brighton box and there was Burke to get his first Wolves goal to make it 1-0.
Then Wolves made it 2-0 after a brilliant cross from Cook found Mutch whose header put the ball into the back of the net great play by Wolves.
Second half Wolves had chances in the game with Birch having a shot that went narrowly wide of the goal and Bull had a moment with just the goalkeeper to beat despite having Brighton players around him and saved by Beeney in the Brighton goal.
Wolves held on for the victory 2-0 to send the home fans happy with the result with their first ever victory over Brighton.
Wolves Team: Stowell, Ashley, Venus, Burke, Madden, Mountfield, Birch, Cook, Bull, Mutch, Thompson.
Substitutes: Dennison, Taylor
Goals: Burke (2), Mutch (25)
Manager: Graham Turner
Brighton Team: Beeney, Crumplin, Gallacher, Chapman, Chivers, O’Reilly, Robinson, Farrington, Gall, Codner, Walker.
Substitutes: Clarkson, Meade
Manager: Barry Lloyd
Attendance: 13,606
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 a 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 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 a 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.
Mark McGhee Managed Wolves 1995-1998 and managed Brighton 2003-2006.
Mike Bailey Played for Wolves 1966-1977 made 361 appearances and scored 19 goals and managed Brighton 1981-1982.
Bill McGarry Managed Wolves 1968-1976 and Brighton scout 1980.
Jimmy Melia Played for Wolves 1964 made 24 appearances scored 4 goals and became Brighton chief scout and manager 1982-1983.
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.