KARL WHITEHOUSE TAKES A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V MANCHESTER UNITED
FIRST ENCOUNTERS
- Division 1 – The initial clash between the two clubs in Division 1 took place on 15th October 1892, with Newton Heath emerging victorious with a 10-1 scoreline before they changed their name to Manchester United.
- FA Cup – The first face-off in the FA Cup occurred in the Semi Final at Hillsborough on 26th March 1949. The match concluded with a 1-1 draw after extra time, leading to a replay at Goodison Park on 2nd April 1949, where Wolves secured a 1-0 win.
- Premier League – The inaugural meeting of the two clubs in the Premier League happened on 27th August 2003, resulting in a 1-0 victory for Manchester United.
- League Cup – The first encounter between the two clubs in the league cup took place in the 3rd round on 23rd September 2009, ending in a 1-0 win for Manchester United.
MATCH OF THE DAY
There were games on the date of the upcoming meeting which played on the 26th December 1931 game finished 7-0 to Wolves, 26th December 1936 game finished 3-1 to Wolves, 26th December 1967 game finished 4-0 to Manchester United and 26th December 1969 the game finished 0-0.
OTHER MEETINGS
Wolves played Manchester United in a preseason friendly at Molineux on the 3rd August 1994 the game finished 2-1 to Manchester United with Steve Bull getting the Wolves goal, the Manchester United scorers were Paul Ince and Paul Blades own goal.
MOST RECENT MEETINGS
- Premier League – The most recent game was on the 1st February 2024 the game finished 4-3 to Manchester United scorers for Wolves were Pablo Sarabia penalty, Max Kilman, Pedro Neto, Manchester United scorers were Marcus Rashford, Rasmus Hojlund, Scott McTominay and Kobbie Mainoo.
- FA Cup – The most recent game was a 3rd round tie replay on the 15th of January 2020, which ended 1-0 to Manchester United.
- League Cup – The most recent game was in the 4th Round on the 26th of October 2010, with Manchester United securing a 3-2 victory.
LAST 6 MATCHES
29th August 2021 Wolves 0 Manchester United 1 Played at Molineux.
3rd January 2022 Manchester United 0 Wolves 1 Played at Old Trafford.
31st December 2022 Wolves 0 Manchester United 1 Played at Molineux.
13th May 2023 Manchester United 2 Wolves 0 Played at Old Trafford.
14th August 2023 Manchester United 1 Wolves 0 Played at Old Trafford.
1st February 2024 Wolves 3 Manchester United 4 Played at Molineux
WOLVES BIGGEST WIN
- Division 2, the largest win between the two teams occurred on 26th December 1931, with Wolves finishing 7-0.
- Division 1, the biggest win between the two teams was on 4th October 1952, with Wolves finishing 6-2.
- Premier League, the biggest wins between the two teams were on 5th February 2011 and 2nd April 2019, with Wolves finishing 2-1 in both games.
- FA Cup, the largest win between the two teams was on 16th March 2019 in the quarterfinal, with Wolves finishing 2-1.
Do you remember the last home win against Manchester United?
Wolves 2 Manchester United 1 2nd April 2019
Manchester United take the lead in the game when Scott McTominay hit a low strike on goal from 22 yards.
Wolves equalised 12 minutes later in the game when Diogo Jota scored after a pass from Raul Jimenez.
Manchester United reduced to 10 men when Ashley Young got two yellow cards in a space of 5 minutes when he fouled Diogo Jota twice.
Wolves sealed the win 13 minutes from time when the Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea did not collect the ball which ricocheted off Chris Smalling for an own goal to make it 2-1 to Wolves.
Wolves Team: Patricio, Bennett, Boly, Doherty, Vinagre, Coady, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Neves, Jota, Jimenez.
Substitutes: Ruddy, Jonny, Saiss, Gibbs-White, Costa, Traore, Cavaleiro.
Goals: Jota (25), Smalling own goal (77)
Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo
Manchester United Team: De Gea, Lindelof, Shaw, Smalling, Dalot, McTominay, Young, Fred, Pogba, Lingard, Lukaku.
Substitutes: Romero, Rojo, Jones, Matic, Pereira, Mata, Martial.
Goal: McTominay (13)
Manager: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Attendance: 31,302
WOLVES BIGGEST DEFEAT
Division 1 – The biggest defeat was on the 1st November 1947 the game finished 6-2 to Manchester United.
Premier League – The biggest defeat was on the 18th March 2012 the game finished 5-0 to Manchester United.
FA Cup – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 10th March 1965 in the quarter final the game finished 5-3 to Manchester United.
HEAD TO HEAD
Does anyone remember this game back in the day?
Wolves 2 Manchester United 0 16th September 1972
First goal of the game was setup by McCalliog who fed Dougan to score the opening goal of the game.
Second goal of the game was a bit controversial when no offside flag raised for Richards who looked offside when Dougan got the ball who then passed it to Richards who put the ball into the back of the net to make it 2-0.
Wolves Team: Parkes, Shaw, Taylor, Bailey, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Hibbitt, Richards, Dougan, Wagstaffe.
Substitute: Kindon
Goals: Dougan (25), Richards (69)
Manager: Bill McGarry
Manchester United Team: Stepney, Buchan, Dunne, Fitzpatrick, James, Sadler, Young, Mcllroy, Charlton, Best, Moore.
Substitute: Kidd
Manager: Frank O’Farrell
Attendance: 34,040
PLAYING FOR BOTH TEAMS
Cameron Borthwick Jackson Played for Manchester United 2015-2016 made 10 appearances and played for Wolves in a loan spell from Manchester United 2016-2017 made 6 appearances.
Sylvan Ebanks Blake Played for Manchester United 2004-2006 made 2 league cup appearances and 1 goal and played for Wolves 2007-2013 made 177 appearances and scored 61 goals.
Darren Ferguson Played for Manchester United 1990-1994 made 28 appearances and played for Wolves 1994-1999 made 117 appearances and scored 4 goals.
Michael Gray Played for Manchester United in his youth career 1988-1990 but failed to make a single appearance for the club and played for Wolves 2007-2009 made 41 appearances and scored 4 goals.
Paul Ince Played for Manchester United 1989-1995 made 206 appearances and scored 25 goals and played for Wolves 2002-2006 made 115 appearances and scored 10 goals and was part of the Wolves team that got wolves promoted to the premier league in 2003.
Denis Irwin Played for Manchester United 1990-2002 made 368 appearances and scored 22 goals and played for Wolves 2002-2004 made 75 appearances and scored 2 goals and was part of the Wolves team that got promoted to the premier league in 2003.
Jemal Johnson Played for Manchester United in his youth career didn’t make a single appearance in the first team and played for Wolves 2006-2007 made 20 appearances and scored 3 goals.
David Jones Played for Manchester United in his youth career 1995-2003 and first team where he made no appearances for the team only made 4 appearances in the FA Cup and League Cup 2003-2007 and played for Wolves 2008-2011 made 66 appearances and scored 6 goals.
Tomasz Kuszczak Played for Manchester United 2006-2007 in a loan spell from West Bromwich Albion and a permanent spell from 2007-2012 made 32 appearances and played for Wolves 2014-2015 made 13 appearances.
Jim McCalliog Played for Wolves 1969-1974 made 163 appearances and scored 34 goals and played for Manchester United 1974-1975 made 31 appearances and scored 7 goals.
Scott McGarvey Played for Manchester United 1980-1984 made 35 appearances and scored 5 goals and played for Wolves 1984 in a loan spell from Manchester United made 13 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Mark Todd Played for Manchester United 1986-1987 made no appearances for the first team and played for Wolves in a loan spell from Sheffield United 1990-1991 made 7 appearances.
Other Players who played for both clubs.
Arthur Allman, Glen Andrews, Brian Birch, Billy Bryant, George Bissett, Joe Davies, Reece Devine, John Ferguson, Richard Flash, Johnny Gorman, John Griffiths, Billy Harrison, Tom Huddlestone, Ben Morton, Daniel Nardiello, Bill Pendergast, Arthur Potts, Tommy Rowe, Jack Rowley, Kris Taylor, George Travers, Syd Tyler, Jeff Wealands, Billy Wrigglesworth.
Played, Coached and Managed both teams.
Major Frank Buckley Played for Manchester United 1905-1906 made 3 appearances and managed Wolves 1927-1944.
Brian Carey Played for Manchester United 1989-1993 made no first team appearances and was a assistant manager of Wolves 2013 working with Dean Saunders who was the manager at the time.
Chris Turner Played for Manchester United made 64 appearances and was youth team manager at Wolves 1995-1998 where he worked under Mark McGhee.
ARTICLE BY KARL WHITEHOUSE
I’ve been a Wolves fan for over 30 years, supporting them at both home and away games in the 80s, 90s, and 00s. Now, I enjoy delving into the stats behind the games they play in the Premier League and also looking at other stats if someone asks on the podcast. I’ve also visited all 92 football league grounds and will soon be creating an ebook about people’s favourite matches they’ve attended, complete with a match report and, if possible, stats from the game.