FA Cup Special - Wolves Vs Manchester United


By Scott Cooper
January 28 2006

Manchester United have not been at the top of the Premiership since they visited Molineux back in January 2004. Wolves beat the then Champions 1-0 live on SKY but odds of 15/2 are being offered for a similar scoreline in the FA Cup.

Walsall Vs Notts Forest

Wolves Vs Manchester United

Competition : The English FA Cup

Date & Time: 29.1.06 - 4.00pm
Match News: This game will see Molineux sold out for the first time since the Premiership season. As FA Cup rules state that the away side must have an allocation of 15% of the ground, the Manchester United fans will be housed in the Steve Bull lower and the Jack Harris Flank.

Weather Forecast: Sunday is forecasted to be a sunny but chilly day. The Wolverhampton area is not expecting any rain but quite a strong wind of 8mph will be present. A daily high of 3 degree's should be recorded but with the game being played once the sun has gone behind the clouds fans can expect a bitterly cold evening.
Wolverhampton Wanderers News: The biggest piece of Wolves news is that new signing Thomasz Frankowski could feature after receiving his international clearance. Jackie McNamara, George Ndah, Seyi Olofinjana and Matt Murray are all still out but Wolves have no fresh injuries

News: Sir Alex Fergusson is without Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs but the United gaffer will be pleased with the fact that Ronaldo is again available after suspension. Rossi could feature whilst Van Nistelrooy and Saha are expected to lead the attack for the visitors.

Wolves

 one2watch: New signing from Elche THomasz Frankowski could impress if he is given his debut. Kenny Miller scored the only goal of the game the last time these two sides met and he could be the star man once again.

Walsall

 one2watch: All eleven of them. Manchester United have such a vast array of talent that anyone could be the match winner. However in recent Weeks Louis Saha has started to find his feet and if he is on form Stefan Postma will be busy.

Last Time Wolverhampton Wanderers

1-0

17/01/04 - FA Barclaycard Premiership

The Verdict: There have not been as many shocks in the FA Cup this round as was perhaps expected. Chelsea are still in the hat, as are Birmingham who had a tough game away at Reading. Newcastle were able to beat Cheltenham whilst Charlton scored a last minute goal to take them into the next round against Leyton Orient.

It's clear then, that should Wolves be able to secure a win over Manchester United at Molineux on Sunday, the game would go down as the shock of the round. It all sounds very nice, but in reality the chance of Wolves overcoming United is pretty slim.

A lot has been said about the game in which these two sides last met. It was January 2004 and it was top versus bottom of the English Premiership. A second half goal from Kenny Miller assured Wolves of an unlikely victory in a game labelled in the media as one of the biggest shocks in the history of the Premiership.

Amazingly that day back in 2004 was the last time Manchester United topped the Premiership and you can bet your bottom dollar that Manchester United boss Sir Alex Fergusson will be reminding his players of that as the two teams head towards the tunnel prior to kick off.

Polish International Thomasz Frankowski joined Wolves from Elche for a fee of £1.4M mid week but he's only expected to start from the bench after having just one days training with his new side.

The game is Live on Sky Sports at 4pm in the famous Super Sunday slot and the last time Wolves occupied such slot on Sky it was the day Wolves overcame Newcastle United 3-2 in one of the greatest cup ties ever seen at Molineux.

An omen?