Wolves v Millwall, 6th November 1976

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Mercian1969

11 жыл бұрын

Just over 17,000 were in attendance at Molineux for the Second Division fixture between Wolves and Millwall at Molineux on 6th November 1976. Wolves, to the surprise of many at the club, had been relegated the previous season and were aiming to return to the top flight under the guidance of manager Sammy Chung.
Throughout the season, Chung relied heavily upon a number of experienced and familiar players at Wolves who'd served the club very well in previous seasons. The likes of Derek Parkin, Frank Munro, Kenny Hibbitt, John McAlle, Mike Bailey and John Richards had all been at Molineux since the 1960s and they would, with the exception of Bailey (who appeared just 10 times that season), form the core of the Wolves team for the 1976-77 campaign. In addition, Geoff Palmer, Steve Daley and Alan Sunderland had debuted for Wolves earlier in the decade, while Bobby Gould returned for a second spell at the club. Steve Kindon added further experience and midfielder Willie Carr had been signed by Chung's predecessor Bill McGarry in March 1975. Collectively, they helped ensure the promotion of Wolves as 1976-77 Second Division champions ahead of runners-up Chelsea.
With Gary Pierce an ever-present in goal, Wolves ultimately ended the season as, statistically, the second best defence in the Second Division and leading scorers in the division with an impressive 84 goals for the season - largely shared out between top scorer Kenny Hibbitt, with 18 league goals, Alan Sunderland (16), John Richards (15), Steve Daley (13) and Bobby Gould (10 goals in just 11 games).
Millwall, under manager Gordon Jago, had been promoted the previous season from the Third Division and subsequently finished the season in 10th position in Division Two. Of particular note in the Millwall team at Molineux was commanding centre-half, the late Barry Kitchener, who served Millwall with distinction during his lengthy career and holds the record number of appearances for the club at 602.
Originally broadcast by ATV's Star Soccer with commentary provided by Hugh Johns.

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@alancorbett1361 7 жыл бұрын

Great write up, good match, I love watching anything like hi snow even though I was only 5 yr old at the time.

@andrewcharlesworth7289 7 жыл бұрын

12 yr old on the south bank awsome

@monkey6991 4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Charlesworth you’re the guy who fell through the roof at Scarbrough?

@derekpugh6819 4 жыл бұрын

Went to this game. We mauled the lions. What a cracking goal by Steve Daley. Went up as champions. Deservedly so.

@Zac-cw1zz 3 жыл бұрын

Gary Pierce was a seriously understated goalkeeper imo and was never given a long enough run out wherever he went.

@UKRichardHK 10 жыл бұрын

I was in the North Bank that day & don't remember this game being on TV. All the goals were scored in the first 25 minutes. Sammy Chungs 1976/7 side won the 2nd division with almost the same team that was relegated from the 1st the previous season. As I remember he only signed one new player that season that he did not even use.

@alancorbett1361 7 жыл бұрын

I was told a while ago that even back then strange as it may seem, some games were recorded by cameras , but not always broadcast on TV that weekend, consider we only had MOTD and The Big Match on two channels, unless an regional programmes screened anything.

@Turrican60 5 жыл бұрын

@@alancorbett1361 Don't forget 'Star Soccer: it ran from the Sixties until around 1983, and preceded 'The Big Match'. Star Soccer's most famous voice was that of the legendary Hugh Johns...and that's the guy doing the commentary in this game ;-)

@vordman 3 жыл бұрын

@@Turrican60 Hugh Johns is my favourite sports commentator of all time. A wonderful array of expressions. He used to make me chuckle. One Nothing!

@craiggerrard5117 3 жыл бұрын

@@Turrican60 In the North West our ITV Sunday highlights programme was called simply 'Football', a most imaginative title. The presenter and commentator was Gerald Sinstadt. We'd get the main match, involving one of the teams from the region, and then the goals from one other match from elsewhere in the country. I can't say for sure but I doubt that this match is one that we would have seen unfortunately.

@penkridgewolf8612 Жыл бұрын

Top commentator and goalkeeper. Huge hons 😆

@UKRichardHK Жыл бұрын

I don't know why anyone thinks Andy Gray was there, it was 3 years before him. Watching from the North Bank this was a good game. On the terraces, there were a few hundred Millwall fans in the then unsegregated part of the South Bank meant for away fans. That was kind of unusual then as other smaller 2nd Division clubs fans that season didn't usually show their heads - but this was Millwall. Some fighting after Millwalls goal and afterwards outside. I unintentionally got caught up in the trouble after the game, my Dad drove me there that day, and unknowingly we parked in the same car park for visiting fans coaches. Heading back in the same direction as the Millwall fans wearing a Wolves scarf by the subway stairs the police twice pushed me back thinking i was trying to reach the Millwall fans! After I hid my scarf and walked more discreetly I got through! At the return game on New Years Day, this was the only away game all season where Wolves fans did not show their heads. That p**sed me off because had they taken the same following as to Bristol Rovers 5 days earlier, Wolves fans would have held Cold Blow Lane End. It would have been rough - but all down to Millwalls reputation!

@Isleofskye Жыл бұрын

NO ONE EVER took THe Millwall Cold Blow Lane End and I am in my 7th decade of attending. West Ham tried in a Testimonial in 1972 and, rumour has it, some of them are still hiding in The Old Kent Road, just in case,51 years later. Tottenham brought a big crew on the 29th of April,1989 and that was the only time in 1,770 matches that I went to, that I felt threatened in the ground. West Ham was always dodgy. In all those games and 84 different grounds, mainly back in The Wild West Days of THe 1970s/1980's I NEVER got involved..Even Man United's Red Army who took 10,000 to Portsmouth,2 weeks before only brought a few hundred saying their trains broke down The secluded tunnels surrounding The OLD DEN ( left 1993) were a nightmare foe Away fans and all The Council Estates would have come out. Wolves made a VERY wide choice. Nowadays? VERY DIFFERENT. Very sanitised.

@Isleofskye Жыл бұрын

Those 1,770 were not exclusively Millwall as,for example,I LOVED The Wolves team that came up in 1966/67 with Waggy,The Doog and Knowlesy. I saw them 3 times in South East London. THey drew 1/1 at Millwall.Beat Charlton 3/1 and oon the last game of the season,with Promotion assured they lost 4/1 in front of over 40,000 at Crystal Palace where I was amongst 10,000 Wolves fans in their brilliant Old Gold and Black.

@sgbh8874 Ай бұрын

Millwolves ~ imagine that tattoo. Yes, Wolves had a great team in those days, and that 1972 home match against Leeds is stuff of Legend. Only went to the Den once, and never had no trouble at all ~ mainly because we went when the season was over. The Den, no where to run to, no where to hide. 🐺🐺🐺🫡

@TennisWithDennis 7 жыл бұрын

this is not the 1976 game!

@Turrican60 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but you're wrong - it certainly is the 1976 game versus Millwall. In fact, I was stood on the South Bank that day, watching the game. If you still insist that it isn't, then tell me the reasons why you're convinced otherwise. In the meantime, check your history books.

@paulberesford9360 5 жыл бұрын

Andy Gray pats Alan Sunderland on the back after scoring, so can't be 1976, as Gray didn't join Wolves until 1979.

@Turrican60 5 жыл бұрын

Correct - Gray joined Wolves in 1979, and I was there to see him sign. You'd also be right in your claim that this game did not take place in1976...well, except for the fact that it's *NOT* Andy Gray that you're looking at in this film. Indeed, Andy's not even on the pitch, and that's unsurprising, really, because this game most definitely *DID* take place on November 6, 1976...and that's a whole 3 years earlier. In fact, I was stood on the South Bank, watching the match. By the way, by the time Gray joined Wolves, the club had already abandoned the classic 'Three Leaping Wolves' badge design, yet you'll note that the players in this video are clearly wearing it... You'll also notice that Alan Sunderland is wearing the No.9 shirt in this clip...yet he can't be if Andy's on the pitch! Why? Because the only number that Andy Gray wore for Wolves during his entire time at the club was....yes, No.9.

@alrob2587 4 жыл бұрын

This was 76. No Andy Gray in sight. Steve Daley scored who was sold in 79 to fund the Gray signing. Apart from that I was at the game.

@davemolyneux5621 Жыл бұрын

it was Steve Kindon

@lennylaa1686 6 жыл бұрын

...amazed to see 2 black players in the Millwall team - of all clubs AND in 1976 when there were very few ethnic players in the UK. Wonder if it was some sort of put up job ie., local race relations? Think it was the following year when there were the 3 degrees, Regis, Batson and Cunningham at West Brom which set the ethnic trend. Now in 2017, white players are becoming fewer in number.

@kennypaul428 6 жыл бұрын

Millwall had 2 black players in the team so it had to be a put up job! Do grow up mate, they were in the team because they were bloody good players. You seem to be equipped with prejudice of your own.

@lennylaa1686 6 жыл бұрын

...couple of journey men foot ballers, pretty ordinary as this film shows. we could do with racial affirmative action in favour of white players as they are being shoved to the background as the Prem. ship proves all too conclusively. Recent Watford game..the black goalscorer was mobbed by the first 5 plyers to dash over - ALL 5 OF THEM WERE BLACK!!!! Whites clearly being discriminated against..not on!

@Isleofskye Жыл бұрын

@@lennylaa1686 5 years on and the 4% Black UK populace has 40% of The Leagues players. When Black people are UNDER represented there is a hue and cry but how about when they are OVER represented? The Sound Of Silence and it is because the teams want the best talent to give them the best possible chance of success. NOW apply that argument to John Barnes arguing, last week, with Simon Jordan,on Talk Radio ,that Black players are UNDER represented in Management.

@lennylaa1686 Жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye And on R5 and TS, notice how they have been swamped by black speakers, all of them thick and inarticulate. Just like wimmin's football, it's been imposed on us without a word of consultation.

@Isleofskye Жыл бұрын

@@lennylaa1686 I saw your comment on the Watford team of 5 years ago. Now look at Crustal Palace, especially under Vieira!