KARL WHITEHOUSE LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V EVERTON
FIRST MEETINGS
- Division 1 – The first meeting of the two clubs was 26th January 1889 the game finished 5-0 win to Wolves.
- FA Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs in the FA Cup was in the Final on the 25th March 1893 the game finished 1-0 to Wolves.
- Premier League – The first meeting of the two clubs in the Premier league was on the 22nd November 2003 the game finished 2-0 to Everton.
MATCH OF THE DAY
There was a game near the date of the upcoming meeting which was played on 2nd December 1905 the game finished 5-2 to Everton.
BIGGEST WINS
- Division 1 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 22nd February 1939 the game finished 7-0 to Wolves.
- Premier League – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 12th July 2020 the game finished 3-0 to Wolves.
- FA Cup – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 4th March 1939 the game finished 2-0 to Wolves.
MOST RECENT MEETINGS
Premier League – The most recent game was on the 30th December 2023 the game finished 3-0 to Wolves scorers were Max Kilman, Matheus Cunha and Craig Dawson played at Molineux in front of 31,639 fans.
- FA Cup – The most recent game was in the 4th Round Replay on the 21st February 1967 after the original game finished 1-1 played on the 18th February 1967 at Molineux and this game finished in a 3-1 win to Everton.
- League Cup – The most recent game was in the 3rd Round on the 30th October 1991 the game finished 4-1 to Everton.
LAST 6 MEETINGS
1st November 2021 Wolves 2 Everton 1 at Molineux
13th March 2022 Everton 0 Wolves 1 at Goodison Park
26th December 2022 Everton 1 Wolves 2 at Goodison Park
20th May 2023 Wolves 1 Everton 1 at Molineux
26th August 2023 Everton 0 Wolves 1 at Goodison Park
30th December 2023 Wolves 3 Everton 0 at Molineux
Do you remember the last away win at Everton?
Everton 0 Wolves 1 26th August 2023
Sasa Kalajdzic scored three minutes from the end of the game to give Wolves their first win of the Premier League season with a 1-0 victory when Substitute Kalajdzic steered in a header from Pedro Neto’s cross to earn Wolves their first points of the new season.
Everton Team: Pickford, Branthwaite, Patterson, Tarkowski, Garner, Onana, Young, Danjuma, Doucoure, Gueye, Dobbin.
Substitutes: Virginia, Lonergan, Keane, Mykolenko, Godfrey, Onyango, Cannon, Chermiti, Maupay.
Manager: Sean Dyche
Wolves Team: Sa, Dawson, Kilman, Semedo, H Bueno, Lemina, J Gomes, Neto, Hwang, Silva, Cunha.
Substitutes: Bentley, Doherty, Toti, Ait Nouri, Jonny, Hodge, Kalajdzic, Sarabia.
Goal: Kalajdzic (87)
Manager: Gary O’Neil
Attendance: 38,851
BIGGEST DEFEATS
- Division 1 – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 7th September 1901 the game finished 6-1 to Everton.
- Premier League – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 9th April 2011 the game finished 3-0 to Everton.
- FA Cup – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 21st February 1967 the game finished 3-1 to Everton.
HEAD TO HEAD
Do you remember a Wolves player making his debut against a future club?
Everton 2 Wolves 3 15th September 1979
This was first game played since Wolves sold Steve Daley to Manchester City.
Andy Gray makes his debut for Wolves after joining from Aston Villa for £1.49m and gets a debut goal against Everton which also was Wolves 2000th away goal in the football league.
This was the 50th league trip to Goodison Park.
Everton Team: Wood, Wright, Bailey, Lyons, Higgins, Ross, Stanley, Latchford, King, Kidd, Eastoe.
Substitute: Barton
Goals: Kidd (19), Ross penalty (62)
Manager: Gordon Lee
Wolves Team: Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Daniel, Hughes, Berry, Hibbitt, Carr, Gray, Richards, Eves.
Substitute: Brazier
Goals: Gray (49), Daniel penalty (58), Richards (67)
Manager: John Barnwell
Attendance: 31,807
PLAYING FOR BOTH TEAMS
Michael Branch Played for Everton 1995-2000 made 41 appearances and scored 3 goals and played for Wolves 1999-2000 loan spell and permanently 2000-2003 made 71 appearances and scored 10 goals.
Conor Coady Played for Wolves 2015-2022 Made 273 appearances and scored 6 goals and played for Everton in a loan spell 2022-2023 made 24 appearances and scored 1 goal
Wayne Clarke Played for Wolves 1976-1978 Started his career in the youth team and then made his first team appearances 1978-1984 & 1991 made 149 appearances and scored 30 goals and played for Everton 1987-1989 made 57 appearances and scored 18 goals.
Marcus Hahnemann Played for Wolves 2009-2011 made 40 appearances and played for Everton 2011-2012 didn’t make a first team appearance for the club.
Derek Mountfield Played for Everton made 106 appearances and scored 19 goals and played for Wolves 1991-1994 made 83 appearances and scored 4 goals.
Carlo Nash Played for Wolves 2000-2001 in a loan spell didn’t make a appearance for the club and played for Everton 2008-2010 didn’t make a appearance for the club.
Ruben Vinagre Played for Wolves 2017-2018 in a loan spell and 2018-2022 in a permanent spell made 43 appearances and scored 1 goal and also scored 2 goals in Europa League and played for Everton 2022-2023 in a loan spell from Sporting CP made 2 appearances.
Andy Gray Played for Wolves 1979-1983 made 133 appearances and scored 38 goals and played for Everton 1983-1985 made 49 appearances and scored 14 goals.
Alan Ainscow Played for Everton 1981-1983 made 28 appearances and scored 3 goals and played for Wolves 1984-1986 made 58 appearances and scored 5 goals.
Marcus Bent Played for Everton 2004-2006 made 55 appearances and scored 7 goals and played for Wolves in a loan spell made 3 appearances.
Segundo Castillo Played for Everton in a loan spell from Red Star Belgrade 2008-2009 made 9 appearances and played for Wolves in a loan spell also from Red Star Belgrade 2009-2010 made 8 appearances.
Peter Eastoe Played for Wolves in two spells 1971-1973 & 1985 made 14 appearances and played for Everton 1979-1982 made 95 appearances and scored 26 goals.
Darron Gibson Played for Wolves 2007-2008 in a loan spell from Manchester United made 21 appearances and scored 1 goal and played for Everton 2012-2017 made 51 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Ted Hartill Played for Wolves 1928-1935 made 221 appearances and scored 162 goals and played for Everton 1935 made 5 appearances and scored 1 goal.
Ernie Hunt Played for Wolves 1965-1967 made 74 appearances and scored 32 goals and played for Everton 1967-1968 made 14 appearances and scored 3 goals.
Andy King Played for Everton 1982-1984 made 44 appearances and scored 11 goals and played for Wolves 1985 made 28 appearances and scored for 10 goals.
Joleon Lescott Played for Wolves 2000-2006 made 212 appearances and scored 13 goals and played for Everton 2006-2009 made 113 appearances and scored 14 goals.
Andrew Lonergan Played for Wolves 2016-2017 made 11 appearances and played for Everton 2021-? Playing there at the moment and hasn’t made any appearances to date.
Darren Potter Started his playing career in the youth team at Everton 1995-1999 didn’t make a first team appearance and played for Wolves 2006 in a loan spell from Liverpool and permanent spell 2007-2009 made 56 appearances.
John Ruddy Played for Everton 2005-2010 made 1 appearance and played for Wolves 2017-2022 made 50 appearances.
Vinny Samways Played for Everton 1994-1996 made 23 appearances and scored 2 goals and played for Wolves in a loan spell from Everton 1995-1996 made 3 appearances.
Mike Stowell Played for Everton 1985-1990 didn’t make a first team appearance and played for Wolves 1989 in a loan spell from Everton and Permanent 1990-2001 made 385 appearances.
Dave Thomas Played for Everton 1977-1979 made 71 appearances and scored 4 goals and played for Wolves 1979-1980 made 10 appearances.
Frank Wignall Played for Everton 1958-1963 made 33 appearances and scored 15 goals and played for Wolves 1968-1969 made 32 appearances and scored 15 goals.
Other Players who played for both clubs.
George Baker, Dod Brewster, Wilf Chadwick, David Clements, George Eccles, Stan Fazackerley,
Dick Forshaw, Archie Goodall, Willie Jordan, Reg Kirkham, Mickey Lill, Tommy Mayson, John Morrissey, Darren Oldroyd, Billy Owen, Sammy Thomson, Walter Weaver, Frederick White,
Robert Young.
Played, Coached and Managed both teams.
Ian Atkins Played for Everton 1984-1985 made 7 appearances and is currently a scout for Wolves.
Matt Jackson Played for Everton 1991-1996 made 138 appearances and scored 4 goals and used to be Strategic player marketing manager for Wolves.
Dave Jones Played for Everton 1974-1979 made 86 appearances and scored 1 goal and managed Wolves 2001-2004 and in 2003 he got Wolves promoted to the premier league in the play off final.
Bobby Mimms Played for Everton 1985-1988 made 29 appearances and worked for Wolves as a goalkeeping coach 2001-2008.
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.