Golden Arrow
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Beginning with the stats, its 36 wins, 50 defeats and 20 draws with our first meeting taking place against “Newton Heath” in 1892 when we lost 10-1.
Some notable successes along the way have included a 7-0 win in 1931, and a 6-2 win in 1951.
Between 1958-61, we were enjoying both European Cup and Cup Winners Cup involvement and recorded five victories on the bounce against the Red Devils; 4-0 (Murray 2, Mason, Mullen) at Old Trafford, 3-2 (Murray 2, Broadbent) at Molineux, 2-0 (Deeley and Stobart) at OT, 3-1 (Farmer 2, Horne) at OT, 2-1 (Flowers, Brennan og) at Molineux and 2-0 (Kirkham, Broadbent) at OT, all in the old Division 1.
A couple of noteworthy mentions include Sir Matt Busby and Stan Cullis being wartime pals and the former Wolves manager Major Frank Buckley (born in the Trafford suburb of Urmston) playing three games for United.
Players who’ve played for both clubs include Dennis Irwin, Paul Ince and Jim McCalliog.
Some on the Mix would have seen the likes of Best, Law, Charlton, Stiles, Morgan, Foulkes and Crerand, and one or two may go back further and remember Dudley born, Duncan Edwards.
Later would come Macari, Strachan Coppell, Hill, Beckham, Scholes, Cantona, Ronaldo, Robson, Keane, Giggs and the late Butch Wilkinks, but one name that will always make me smile is Maurice Setters as the simple chant on the terraces at that time was “**** off Setters” to which he’d normally respond with the two fingered salute !
My first game was sometime in the 60’s when my Dad took me to Old Trafford. I don’t remember much about the game but think we lost so not a memorable first visit.
Games against United in the early 70’s were never without incident and one game at Molineux I remember well.
The game was reaching its conclusion and their mob left the SB, came down Waterloo Road and gained entry into the North Bank in an attempt to “take our end” (in those days, the big wooden gates were opened near to the end of the game to allow people to leave early).
Suffice to say, they were successfully repelled and were chased back out and on to the streets of Waterloo Road. What happened after that I can only describe as being like something out of the Alamo !
We faired reasonably well during the late 70’s/early 80’s, recording a 2-1 win (Eves, Patching) at Molineux during season 77-78, and then back to back wins in season 79-80 with a 3-1 win (Gray, Richards, Hibbitt) at Molineux in September and then 1-0 (Eves) at Old Trafford the following February.
Darker days followed, but we were back in the top division in 2003 and who can forget the Kenny Miller strike in 2004 during that season.
We then lost our membership at the top table only to return in season 2009 and record a fine home win at Molineux in 2011, when after conceding early we ran out 2-1 winners thanks to Kevin Doyle and George Elokobi.
After more relegation heartache in 2012, we were back amongst the elite in 2018 and recorded a fine draw at Old Trafford courtesy of a sublime strike by Joao Moutinho as well as a 2-0 FA Cup win (Jiminez, Jota) at Molineux the following year.
So it’s the last “past encounters” for this season and to quote a distinguished commentator, “some people are on the pitch, they think it’s all over………”
Contributions much appreciated as always and a thank you to all those who have done so previously.
Some notable successes along the way have included a 7-0 win in 1931, and a 6-2 win in 1951.
Between 1958-61, we were enjoying both European Cup and Cup Winners Cup involvement and recorded five victories on the bounce against the Red Devils; 4-0 (Murray 2, Mason, Mullen) at Old Trafford, 3-2 (Murray 2, Broadbent) at Molineux, 2-0 (Deeley and Stobart) at OT, 3-1 (Farmer 2, Horne) at OT, 2-1 (Flowers, Brennan og) at Molineux and 2-0 (Kirkham, Broadbent) at OT, all in the old Division 1.
A couple of noteworthy mentions include Sir Matt Busby and Stan Cullis being wartime pals and the former Wolves manager Major Frank Buckley (born in the Trafford suburb of Urmston) playing three games for United.
Players who’ve played for both clubs include Dennis Irwin, Paul Ince and Jim McCalliog.
Some on the Mix would have seen the likes of Best, Law, Charlton, Stiles, Morgan, Foulkes and Crerand, and one or two may go back further and remember Dudley born, Duncan Edwards.
Later would come Macari, Strachan Coppell, Hill, Beckham, Scholes, Cantona, Ronaldo, Robson, Keane, Giggs and the late Butch Wilkinks, but one name that will always make me smile is Maurice Setters as the simple chant on the terraces at that time was “**** off Setters” to which he’d normally respond with the two fingered salute !
My first game was sometime in the 60’s when my Dad took me to Old Trafford. I don’t remember much about the game but think we lost so not a memorable first visit.
Games against United in the early 70’s were never without incident and one game at Molineux I remember well.
The game was reaching its conclusion and their mob left the SB, came down Waterloo Road and gained entry into the North Bank in an attempt to “take our end” (in those days, the big wooden gates were opened near to the end of the game to allow people to leave early).
Suffice to say, they were successfully repelled and were chased back out and on to the streets of Waterloo Road. What happened after that I can only describe as being like something out of the Alamo !
We faired reasonably well during the late 70’s/early 80’s, recording a 2-1 win (Eves, Patching) at Molineux during season 77-78, and then back to back wins in season 79-80 with a 3-1 win (Gray, Richards, Hibbitt) at Molineux in September and then 1-0 (Eves) at Old Trafford the following February.
Darker days followed, but we were back in the top division in 2003 and who can forget the Kenny Miller strike in 2004 during that season.
We then lost our membership at the top table only to return in season 2009 and record a fine home win at Molineux in 2011, when after conceding early we ran out 2-1 winners thanks to Kevin Doyle and George Elokobi.
After more relegation heartache in 2012, we were back amongst the elite in 2018 and recorded a fine draw at Old Trafford courtesy of a sublime strike by Joao Moutinho as well as a 2-0 FA Cup win (Jiminez, Jota) at Molineux the following year.
So it’s the last “past encounters” for this season and to quote a distinguished commentator, “some people are on the pitch, they think it’s all over………”
Contributions much appreciated as always and a thank you to all those who have done so previously.