Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City 1977/78

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1 CITY 1

League Division 1

18th March 1978

Attendance 20,583

Scorers
City Bell(67)
Wolves Hazell(43)

Ref T Reynolds

City Corrigan, Clements, Donachie, Booth, Watson, Owen, Channon, Bell, Kidd, Power, Barnes – sub Doyle(unused)

Wolves Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Daley, Hazell. McAlle, Black, Carr, Richards, Rafferty, Patching – sub Kelly

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CYRIL CHAPMAN WRITING IN THE GUARDIAN 20TH MARCH 1978
City, slow into their stride, would have been lost beyond recall within an hour had Wolves been able to shoot. Wolves kept well clear of Corrigan as if he had red flu and one goal just before half time was not enough when City launched a belated cannonade.
There were some nasty mutterings from some Wolverhampton supporters, once renowned for the hot reception given to the visitors, who now had seen 15 points dropped at home. But if there are disappointments now, hopes for the future must be strong because youngsters are being blooded, and if many ideas did not come to fruition, at least they were there.
City had the benefit of greater experience, but old soldiers can get too set in their ways and there is always the problem of window dressing being the substitute for honest endeavour. However suspicions were allayed in the last half hour, although Wolves should have been well and truly home by then.
Wolves failed with the half chances and one miss by Daley, possibly it is unfair to pick out one miscreant, had the offender lying on the turf shielding his ears from the roars of disbelief. It needed a run from defence by Hazell, a most promising player with the versatility of Burns, to head Wolves into the lead two minutes before half time.
The free kick which yielded the goal had been placed neatly on to his head by Carr, who gave Wolves the kind of mdfield service City lacked in the absence of Hartford. Bell often seemed loaded down by diverse boots, but threw off handicap and cares when he sprinted upfield to volley in the equalising goal with the kind of shot which would have done Wolves so much good earlier…