Saturday August 22nd 1970
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Tottenham Hotspur 3
On Saturday 22nd August, 1970, Spurs visited the famous
Molineux ground, and beat the hosts 3-0 with goals by Martin
Chivers, Roger Morgan, and Alan Mullery in front of 23,896 people.
Wolves' published side was:- Oldfield; Taylor, Parkin, Bailey,
Holsgrove, Wilson, McCalliog, Dougan, Gould, Curran, and
Wagstaffe.
I well remember Dave Wagstaffe being a very dangerous left
winger, and always a threat to the defence. Bailey was a
relatively stocky, and follically challenged right-half
midfielder, and of course we all know Derek Dougan, Jim McCalliog
and Bobby Gould. The phrase attributed to Tommy Docherty on the
lines of having had more clubs than Arnold Palmer (name any
current famous golfer), could easily have been given to Gould as
a player and a manager, he has been everywhere it seems!
Gould was a new signing for Wolves and featured on the centre
page photograph. Derek Dougan (pictured right) was also featured
in the programme as he had just been elected as the PFA chairman.
The programme noted that Dougan had won a new reputation as a TV
personality on LWT's "Four Jest Men", a soccer panel
which also included Pat Crerand, Malcolm Allison, and Bob McNab.
I well remember the first three and Jack Charlton becoming
regular ITV World Cup panellists in later years. Dougan had taken
the PFA role from one Terry Neill, who had just become player-manager
of Hull City.
Manager Bill McGarry was a Barry Davies look-alike(pictured
below), and in his prominent column, he expounded profusely on
the subject of hooliganism, and suggested a return to National
Service. It was a popular argument in those days, and for many
years after, but I can't imagine managers getting quite so
involved in political issues these days!
The Spurs team was Jennings; Kinnear, Knowles; Mullery,
England, Collins; Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters and Morgan.
The referee was Harold Williams.
Wolves had a detailed "ABC" guide to the Spurs, and
a focus on Juniors likely to make the grade included 18 year old
Barry Daines, and 17 year old Graeme Souness "who went to
the same school as Dave Mackay".
Other results on this day over the last 40 years were:-
64-65 H v Sheff. Utd W 2-0
79-80 A v Norwich L 0-4
81-82 v Aston Villa D 2-2 (Charity Shield)
87-88 H v Chelsea W 1-0
89-90 A v Everton L 1-2
92-93 H v Crystal Palace D 2-2
98-99 H v Sheffield Wednesday L 0-3
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