Up to 1,000 Cardiff fans will be bussed in and out of Molineux under police guard to stop violence erupting at their match with Wolves tomorrow night.
But other security measures will be scaled down in a bid to make the clash, which has a history of trouble, into “just another game”.
Chief Superintendent Richard Green, Wolverhampton police commander, said today: “We are working on a staged return to normal arrangements with some agreed controlled measures to prevent potential disorder.
“As this is an evening fixture, it is anticipated that far fewer Cardiff supporters will be attending the game but an escorted arrival scheme for them will operate in order to help minimise potential for disorder.”
The move towards trying to treat the match like any other game of the season has been welcomed by Wolves.
Club spokesman Matt Grayson said: “It is a step in the right direction. Cardiff fans have been allowed to travel by the authorities but under restrictions.
“It is now up to them to behave well tomorrow and in the intervening period before any future fixture. Any decision on future restrictions will then be made on the intelligence available at the time and the current safety record of the Cardiff supporters.”
Meetings between the clubs have been marred by violence and controversy in recent years.
Trouble flared in March 2006 when riot police battled with Cardiff fans in the Steve Bull stand.
Running battles followed after the final whistle, when yobs hurled stones in the city centre, and one officer was knocked out.
It led to Bluebirds fans being banned from Molineux. The tension worsened earlier this year when Wolves fans were banned from travelling to Cardiff for an FA Cup tie, which Wolves lost 2-0.
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Police Protection, just in case mad MM tries to
sign them up.
Great to say this, you lot are going no where, keep Mad mick and good old Jez.
Never mind just look at the bigger clubs above you
Bristol, Stoke , Hull, Palace, Ipswich, and little Albion at the Bloody top. Happy Days
What a stupid and pointless comment number 1.
You may think Albion are a big club at the top of the league but this comes from someone with a little brain.
we’ll be laughing at the table next year when you make Derby look good !
Of course none of the baggies fans were phoning up wanting old grumpy guts out this season!…wake up sucker, your the same as us.
go and let the club shift you out ya seat without protest..fool.
4,lane, we are NOT the same as you,your in the championship,and we are in the PREMIER boing boing
3,jiwal, talking of derby you,l be playing um next year boing boing
Your team is in major need of an influx of new players for next season. As we have got a lot of younger players, we would have 4 or 5 that could do a job in the premier. Albion have not got that many - none of the defence, a few midfielders and possibly Phillips as a bit part player!
2,3,4)
I think all Baggy 1 is trying to suggest is that since we were knocked out of the FA cup and probably before then the Albion pages were full of Dingles fans constantly talking about how our bubble was going to burst. You were also pointing out what a massive club Wolves are compared to the Albion and how you were going to cruise ito the Play offs!
Therefore all Baggy 1 is suggesting is, what a load of rubbish you talk!! The league table speaks for it self!!
As for you JIWAL - What are you on! Your prediction is based on what?
Boing Boing!!!!
Disgrace! Was stuck till 10.30pm trying to get back to car against the albion…i was on the dual carriageway opposite the art college stuck behind a police cordon…west midland police have not got a clue….it weill be the same again tomorrow
with the trouble of that villa fan been killed you would hope fans are sensible tomorrow night!
As far as i know NOBODY has been promoted yet from the Championship
How lucky these Premier dross teams like Boro,Reading,Blues - they know what’s coming up out of Championship this season are gonna be pathetic when in the Premier.It will guarantee them teams in the Premier for another season atleast.
7,rob,you aint even got 4 or 5 players that can do a job in the championship,hence,your there agen next season,boing boing going up
1 albion bigger club……… On what evidence?? Try looking at your average attendance to ours………….
Does this mean the pubs will be open town? Hope so, I hate not having a beer before the game and to meet up with friends etc
Oh and no trouble please, its only a footbal match for gods sake. And their fans will contribute cash at the turnstiles, albeit a vasy majority of it will go the Police for this one
13. What the hell does “there agen” mean?? Back to school Baggie Boy you can’t even spell boring boring correctly.
I agree with 10.. Lets hope there is no trouble its not worth it just spoils it for everyone involved or sometinmes not involved….. Come on Wolves
we`ll lose tomorrow and mick will say we we`re tired or something!! we don`t deserve to be in the play offs!! we`ve been very poor most of this season and terrible for most of it and only superb a couple of times!! mick out and half his crap signins ince in!!
MikeQB…so a bigger club is based on attendances. so Man United get bigger gates than Liverpool,Arsenal and Chelsea ..so therefore are a Bigger Club. I think all four are equal and next year Man United will not win the Premier..one of the other three will !! Money talks and not attendances. QPR are a much smaller club than you, based on your equation since they have much lower crowds, but will win the Championship next Season without too much trouble. Your larger catchment area doeasn’t mean you are a bigger club, you will have to re-evaluate your data to improve your argument. Wolves were big in the 50’s since I beleive they had both crowds and silverware, but not now.
16 paula,it means your there agen next season boing boing in the championship, we going up the MOWBURY WAY
i would just like to say….. who was the hardest team that albion played to getto the semis of the F.A cup???? bristol? Coventry???
just like the great escape it doesnt mean anythinh. fair enough if you were bottom by 20 points and then came back but u cud hav been bottom by 1 point and is it really a great escape????? NO
history??? wolves - yes
Albion - no
wolves - 8th most successful club in england.
1,5,6,8
Hark at the Sandwell town fans……
It is hysterical.
The arrogance of them is mindblowing….they think they are up already. Maybe they are.Doesn’t stop them slagging off Mowbray and Dean doodah goalie every time they so much as draw a match. Do they really think we care about them and their pathetic team.Like we have anything at all to be jealous of them about…..he says, falling off his computer chair in fits of unadulterated mirth.Their ageing not-quite-good-enough-for-the-premier league squad…or our talented but naive, up and coming very YOUNG team….who still are only a handful of points behind.
You only have to look at their town and their ground.
West Brumwich is a sad, falling down, doghole inhabited by scutters and inbreds. A sad delapidated bus stop on the outskirts of Birmingham, which is where there ground is…in Birmingham. So they’ll be the poor sad third team in Brum…..Yippedoo. Thrashed every game…the premierships NEW whipping boys. Can’t wait to see the Villa/Boggies game …IF THEY ACTUALLY DO GET THERE.
Let them have their minute of glory, then we can go back to our, busy, lively, switched on, happening CITY, safe in the knowledge that the low life will shortly destruct and come tumbling back down..all bitter and twisted…again.
If Wolves do get promoted it’d be too soon…We are realistic over here in the green of Staffordshire, not deluded in the grime of North Birmingham like Sandwell Albion town.
So we’ll wait another year for promotion. We have the time. We are still building. With your 20 million squad you should have walked this division. With our young rebuilding, 5 million squad we have had a reasonable season.
Our time will come.
Unlike those sad boggies we have every reason to be quite happy really.
Great City.
Great people.
Great club.
And NOT in Birmingham.
No wonder them boggies are so bitter.
Cornishwolf…..nobody else needs to comment now - I think you summed it up - nice on!!
22 CORNWILF, i can feel the hate and jealousy you have towards us in your post,you poor man you, you must lose sleep over it,as for you having reason to be quite happy, reading some of the post on here i somehow dont think your fellow fans would agree with you,as for looking at our town when was the last time you went to wulveramtun,enjoy your stay in the championship for many years to come boing boing going up the MOWBURY WAY
21,WILFY,8th most successful club in history,
your also 8th in the championship boing boing going up with palace
cornishwolf had a look at wolverhampton city lately when you next come bring a translator with you
25 TERRY, WOLVES ARE 9TH IN THE LEAGUE YOU THICK CLOWN.
Wolverhampton is so great and the mecca of everything good that the idiots praising the place actually live in Cornwall and Nottingham, says everything anyone needs to know about Wolverhampton.
Wolve4lyf !!! Best Team Wolves played were Cardiff who struggled to beat Chasetown, at least the Cannock boys made a game of it. They arn’t a City but at least showed some bottle
27,wilfmad,your 9th blummin eck mate you are having a bad season aint ya, boing boing going up the MOWBURY WAY