Wolves v Manchester United: FA Cup third round – live!

04 January 2020 17:01
Updates from Molineux, kick-off 5.31pm (GMT)FA Cup third round clockwatch – live!Feel free to email Scott your thoughts 5.01pm GMT Bringing things a little more up to date ... this is a repeat of last year’s quarter final. Paul Doyle was on hand to witness that one, and here’s his memory-refreshing report. Related: Diogo Jota and Wolves carve apart Manchester United to reach semi-finals 4.59pm GMT En route to Molineux, you’ll see this. Memories of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ last FA Cup win. Bill Slater, there, lifting the famous old pot at the famous old Wembley in 1960, after a 3-0 win over injury-depleted Blackburn Rovers. Norman Deeley was Wolves’ two-goal hero in the second half that day. The first had been a nightmare for Rovers: the unfortunate Mick McGrath had opened the scoring by putting through his own net, then Dave Whelan broke his leg. No subs back then. It wasn’t much of a spectacle, and Wolves were pelted with apple cores, orange peel and screwed-up newspaper on their victory lap. Poor Wolves, who had just been pipped to the title by Burnley, getting no respect. The past, kids, another country. 4.42pm GMT Wolves make four changes to the XI sent out for the defeat at Watford on New Year’s Day. John Ruddy, Max Kilman, Ruben Vinagre, Ruben Neves and under-23 scoring sensation Benny Ashley-Seal take the places of Rui Patricio, Ryan Bennett, Jonny Otto, Joao Moutinho and Raul Jimenez.United also ring the changes. Seven, they’ve made, with only Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Daniel James and Nemanja Matic keeping their places after the miserable 2-0 non-event at Arsenal. In come Sergio Romero, Ashley Young, Brandon Williams, Andreas Pereira, Tahith Chong, Juan Mata and Mason Greenwood, as David de Gea, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jesse Lingard, Fred, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford rest up. 4.34pm GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers: Ruddy, Doherty, Dendoncker, Coady, Kilman, Vinagre, Saiss, Neves, Traore, Ashley-Seal, Neto.Subs: Patricio, Bennett, Raul, Otto, Moutinho, Otasowie, Rasmussen.Manchester United: Romero, Young, Lindelof, Maguire, Williams, Pereira, Matic, Chong, Mata, James, Greenwood.Subs: Grant, Dalot, Jones, Wan-Bissaka, Fred, Gomes, Rashford. 2.42pm GMT Manchester United played Wolverhampton Wanderers for the very first time in October 1892. They were trading at the time as Newton Heath, and won the First Division fixture by the whopping scoreline of 10-1. Not a great day at the office for Wolves’ captain and defensive linchpin Harry Allen, though fortunes can change quickly in football, and he ended the season by scoring the winner against Everton in the FA Cup final. Not sure what relevance this has, but having found it out, it seemed silly not to at least mention it.Wolves have won three more FA Cups since then. They saw off Newcastle United in the 1908 final, beat Leicester City 3-1 in 1949 (having beaten Matt Busby’s holders in the semi) and trounced ten-man Blackburn Rovers in 1960, whereupon they were pelted with rubbish by the crowd, the match having been that boring. Continue reading......read full article

Source: TheGuardian