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  • Date: 2008-08-12
  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Attendance: 9424
  • Referee: Moss, J

Live Commentary

120mins

It's red. He's off. Robbie Williams has been sent off.

106mins

Goal!! Wolverhampton have scored with Mark Davies putting it in the back of the net.

104mins

Goal!! Accrington Stanley have scored with Ian Craney putting it in the back of the net.

102mins

Goal!! Wolverhampton have scored with Chris Iwelumo putting it in the back of the net.

99mins

Michael Gray is replaced by Mark Davies.

98mins

Andy Keogh goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

79mins

John Mullin is being taken off, Peter Murphy has come on in his place.

74mins

Accrington Stanley are replacing Jamie Clarke with Jimmy Ryan.

73mins

Goal!! Wolverhampton have scored with Chris Iwelumo putting it in the back of the net.

71mins

Robert Grant is being taken off, John Miles has come on in his place.

63mins

Sam Vokes is replaced by Sylvan Ebanks-Blake.

53mins

Daniel Jones is being taken off, Andy Keogh has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 2.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by J Moss

40mins

Goal!! Accrington Stanley have scored with Paul Mullin putting it in the back of the net.

26mins

The referee has booked Robbie Williams.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

0mins

It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, August 12th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Super-sub Mark Davies made a dream return to action as he spared Wolves' blushes with an extra time winner against battling Accrington Stanley in the Carling Cup at Molineux.

Davies, making his return to action after a 16 month battle to overcome a knee injury, raced on to a flick from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake to score with a low 106th minute drive.

It broke the hearts of Accrington who had been kept in the tie by a superb display from goalkeeper Kenny Arthur.

Accrington stalwart Paul Mullin had given League Two Stanley a shock 40th minute lead and it took Wolves until the 73rd minute to draw level through Chris Iwelumo.

When Iwelumo struck again 12 minutes into extra time, Wolves looked set to cruise to victory.

But Accrington refused to buckle and stunned Wolves again through an Ian Craney strike before Davies finally ended their challenge.

Arthur initially kept Wolves at bay with two stunning early saves which laid the foundations for Mullins' shock opener.

He tipped away a close range header from Neill Collins and pushed a 30 yard drive from David Edwards over the bar 15 minutes later.

Accrington were able to cash in on Arthur's heroics in stunning fashion five minutes before half-time when Jamie Clarke beat goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey from 20 yards only to see his drive crash off the post.

But the rebound flew straight to the unmarked Mullin who dived low to steer his header into an empty net.

Predictably, Wolves laid siege to the Accrington goal in the second-half but Arthur proved to be in inspired form.

In the space of 60 seconds he beat out a shot from Iwelumo, a header from George Elokobi and a fierce drive from Edwards.

But there was nothing he could do when Keogh surged down the left wing and delivered a pin-point centre that Iwelumo headed home from six yards to take the game into extra time.

Iwelumo showed his power in the air again when he converted a Davies corner but that was still not enough to finish off Accrington.

Craney raced on to a long through ball from Leam Richardson and drilled a low drive beyond Hennessey only for Davies to
then finally end their resistance.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Accrington Stanley

Corners

163

Fouls

1216

Goal attempts

2411

Shots off target

83

Offsides

38

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