Birmingham City v Wolves, 21st November 1981
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- Highlights of the Division One match between Birmingham City and Wolves, played at St Andrews on 21st November 1981.
Wolves ultimately suffered the ignominy of relegation at the end of the 1981-82 season but the match against Blues highlighted the all-too sporadic capabilities of John Barnwell's Wolves team. But, arguably, it was indication that Wolves had the neccessary means to have avoided relegation that season.
Following victory over Stoke City at Molineux on 28th November 1981 ( • Wolves v Stoke City, 2... ) and with 16 matches played Wolves were 16th in the league table, just 2 points away from eventual champions Liverpool in mid-table. However, the season then turned on a disastrous three month period when Wolves failed to record a single victory in ten matches (losing eight matches in succession), during which time Barnwell resigned as manager.
With finances at the club stifled through the building of a near-ruinous new stand at Molineux, there had been virtually no investment in the Wolves team for a couple of seasons. But despite the winless run of matches and the uncertainty of manager upheaval, the wily experience and qualities of Wolves players such as John Richards, Andy Gray, Kenny Hibbitt and Willie Carr had managed to eke out just enough points so that, by the time of the return fixture against Birmingham City a month before the end of the season, Wolves were 17th in the table and three points clear of relegation. Wolves climbed to 16th following their 1-1 at Molineux to Blues but with survival tantalisingly close, Wolves lost two vital matches against fellow relegation rivals Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion. Defeat against Albion saw Wolves slide back into the relegation zone and the club were relegated soon after.
Originally broadcast by BBC Match of the Day with commentary provided by John Motson. - Sport
Jimmy Hill always soothes me & helps me de-stress. It's just that assured voice. No one hated him, always respected. Wonder what he'd think of that sorry a game of football we have now.. RIP Jimmy. That pitch looks great for Nov. (Oh, that Parkin tackle at the start, crump! & Dutchman just got up & carried on. Gawd, this is football, Millennials).
Better ball, better kits and most of all fucking tribal atmosphere in a crowd that was 99.9% male. Don't give a fuck if you call me sexist, most women know fuck all about football and will never understand the tribalism us lads USED to attach to our beloved clubs. Although my club is top of the league and we see the best players in the world is it worth swapping all the above for it? Is it fuck IMO. Sterile, over commercialised advertising horse that OUR working class sport has become is a crying shame. Hillsborough was an awful tragedy. Inadvertently it started the rot with Murdochs grubby hands finishing it off.. Still I go religiously! My upbringing from these times taught me total loyalty. Been all over the country in the 30 yrs of the love of this game. Recently 18-20 yr olds have been calling me a plastic supporter!! Haha! Imagine them trying to survive then?! MCFC M20
I was there. A 14 year old wolves fan went with my mates . Great adventure great day.
Hard to believe that Wolves went down that season after watching this game. Great to watch. Thanks
Life was great back then , I was 12 and full of optimism , football was great before the all seaters , inflated wages and players rolling around ( Naymar ).
When Andy Gray moved from Villa to Wolves for an English record transfer fee of £1.49m in 1979 I remember people being upset about the amount of money being paid to and for footballers. I suppose that 40 years from now some people will look back to our days as a time of sanity compared to current madness.
Andy Gray was a good player, but very selfish, unfortunally. Thanks for the video. I love to watch "old" english football from the seventies and the early eigthies.
Good strikers are always selfish.
Cheers! for the upload, brings back some great memories of the old Tilton, flicking my fringe and fingers in unison at the Dingles across the empty terracing. Blues greatest kit off all time?
I was there,a very good game.
Proper football , proper pubs , proper jobs , proper comedians ,proper fun ! What on earths gone wrong ? Still coyw 😊
Better football, better atmosphere, something very noticeable but I can't put my finger on it .......
You mean no foreigners or even non white players?
@joetaheri No problem!
Great old game to watch. SOTC
Fly Aerolineas Argentinas? Really?
miss the terraces' aura.....:-(