Wolverhampton Wanderers Trophies
Division One champions: 1953-54, 1957-58, 1958-59
Runners-up: 1937-38, 1938-39, 1949-50, 1954-55, 1959-60
Division Two champions: 1931-32, 1976-77
Runners-up: 1966-67, 1982-83
Division Three (North) champions: 1923-24
Division Three champions: 1988-89
Division Four champions: 1987-88
FA Cup winners: 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960
Runners-up: 1889, 1896, 1921, 1939
Football League Cup winners: 1974, 1980
Sherpa Van Trophy winners: 1988
Uefa Cup Runners-Up: 1971-72
Two second half goals from Yaya Touré kept Manchester City are on the verge of winning their first league title since 1968.
The title race will go down to the last game of the season after Manchester United beat Swansea City 2-0, but it would be a monumental collapse if City did not win the title now.
In a tense match at St. James Park, Newcastle frustrated and harried City for 70 minutes before Yaya Toure broke the deadlock with a superb shot from the edge of the box.
Manchester City‘s manager, Roberto Mancini, finally gave a little bit positive voice about his team’s chance in beating Manchester United for the premier league title this season after his side cut down the gap into just three points with the Manchester Derby still to come at Etihad stadium.
Mancini finally regain a little bit believed that his side does have a chance in stealing United’s place, but the Italian tactician still believes Man United‘s has a bit more chance than the Eastlands.
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Huge upset in the Premier League title race tonight as Manchester United lost 1-0 to Wigan, and Manchester City took advantage of the slip by their quiet neighbors to beat West Brom and move within five points of the league leader.
Wigan started the day in the relegation zone and not many of their fans gave them much of a chance against United, especially since they had never taken as much as a point off United in the Premier League. However, Roberto Martínez’s side totally outplayed United on the right and got the result they deserved when men Shaun Maloney scored off a short corner in the 50th minute. The win moved Wigan two points clear of the bottom three.
Manchester City FC’s perfect home Premier League record has ended as they needed two late goals to draw 3-3 with Sunderland while Wolves looked a certainty for the drop after losing at home to fellow strugglers Bolton.
City fell behind to a Sebastian Larsson strike on 31 minutes, but Mario Balotelli levelled from the spot but Nicklas Bentner headed Sunderland back in front before the break in a pulsating first-half in Manchester. Larsson then made it 3-1 on the counterattack early in the second half, and it looked like City’s title chances were going to take a serious hit, but two goals in the last five minutes from Balotelli and Aleksandar Kolarov meant that City escaped with a point. Man United Fwho play on Monday can go five points clear at the top with a win.
While a lot of attention was focused on battle for fourth place at Stamford Bridge today, there were some really big wins for teams involved at the other end of the season.
The biggest win of the day had to Wigan Athletic beating Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield. In four days Kenny Dalglish’s side have now lost to teams in the bottom three of the table.
Wigan went ahead whenShaun Maloney calmly converted a penalty on the half-hour mark following a high challenge by Martin Skrtel on Victor Moses.
Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to four points after a 5-0 thumping of Wolves at Molineux, while Newcastle United moved to within five points of a Champions League place after they beat Norwich City 1-0.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s men barely had to get out of first gear as they were always in control at Molineux once they took the lead in the 21st minute through Jonny Evans’s first goal for the club.
Things went from bad to worse for the hosts when Ronald Zubar received his second yellow card five minutes before the break, and United punished them with two quick-fire goals.
A Premier League fixture against Manchester United this Sunday is not a very welcoming sight for Wolves fans who find their club at the tail end of the table with only a handful of matches left until the season ends.
Moreover, things get worse for club and fans as a storm is brewing within the club’s hierarchy over the handling of Mick McCarthy’s sacking and the battle to pick his ultimate successor.
It was a day to remember in the Premier League for Didier Drogba and Nikica Jelavić as Drogba’s 100th goal in the Premier League helped Chelsea beat Stoke 1-0, while Jelavic’s goal gave Everton the win over Spurs.
Chelsea struggled all day against 10-man Stoke, who played a man short for 65 minutes after icardo Fuller was given a straight red for a stamp on Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
It took Chelsea until the 68th minute to break down Stoke and it was Drogba who was the scorer, running on to Juan Mata’s pass, where he rounded Stoke City FC goalkeeper Asmir Begović for the only goal of the game.
Manchester City maintained their 100% home record in the Premier League this season with a comfortable 3-0 victory against struggling Blackburn Rovers.
Mario Balotelli made a sustained period of pressure tell for Roberto Mancini’s team, who are five points clear of Manchester United ahead of their trip to Norwich on Sunday, when he turned in Aleksandar Kolarov’s cross after 30 minutes. Sergio Agüero put the game beyond Rover’s reach when he scored in the 52nd minute and Edin Džeko headed in the third, two minutes after coming on.
The 5-1 defeat to West Brom was the final straw for Wolves owner Steve Morgan and he has sacked Mick McCarthy after five-and-a-half years in charge at Molineux.
A statement on the Wolves web site read:
“Wolves have today announced that manager, Mick McCarthy, has left the club with immediate effect.
“The Board took the difficult decision to terminate Mick’s contract after a run of form which has seen Wolves pick up only 14 points in the last 22 League games, after a promising start to the season, culminating in yesterday’s 5-1 defeat at home to West Bromwich Albion.
