Wolves old boys maintained their stranglehold on the Midlands Masters by completing a hat-trick of triumphs at the NIA over the weekend.
The veterans won the battle of the old boys for a third successive year – and how.
The Molineux old boys clinched the trophy in the over-35s with a 6-2 win in the final against Aston Villa, a victory that sent them once more into the Grand Final at the NEC on September 7.
Wolves came agonisingly close to the national title last year, beaten in a penalty shoot-out.
Now they renew their quest for the main trophy with optimism now Albion, Villa, Walsall and the Blues have been dispatched.
Don Goodman led a Wolves squad that included keeper Paul Jones, Andy Thompson, Mark Burke, Mick Gooding, Phil Robinson, Scott Taylor, David Kelly and Darren Roberts.
They needed a late, late equaliser from the man famous for his St Andrew’s hat-trick to secure a draw against debut team Walsall.
The Saddlers, with old favourites Ron Green, Chris Marsh, Mark Rees and Adrian Viveash among them, were denied that victory and also lost 5-3 to the Baggies.
Saddlers midfielder Andy Reece said: “It was still a fantastic experience. We were the oldest team but it didn’t show.
“Ron Green was excellent in goal and our game-plan in the first match meant we were hard to break down and play against, as eventual winners Wolves found out.
“They were free-scoring but had to wait until 20 seconds from time to find a way through us.
“We couldn’t do that in the next game, as we had to win by seven clear goals.”
The game Wolves followers would have enjoyed just as much as the final saw Goodman smash four goals in a 7-1 victory over Albion squad.
The Baggies squad featured Tony Lange, Kevin Donovan, Wayne Fereday, Carl Heggs, Richard Sneekes, Sean Flynn, Daryl Burgess, Ian Hamilton and Roy Hunter.
The final was settled early, as Roberts grabbed a hat-trick and Wolves burst into a 4-0 lead.
Quickfire goals from David Norton and Mark Kinsella raised Villa hopes of a comeback but a sublime chip from Goodman was the pick of the final, before Taylor rounded off matters.
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12 Comments
Fantastic, watched it on sky,,,
well done boys! keep up the good work
proud of you boys ! ! !
Grab hold of every little bit of glory you can wulfs fans, this proves that you have been right all along, wulfs are the biggest club in the Midlands. Wish we had won it instead of promotion (oh, & winning the Championship) last year. Oh well, there’s always next year!.
Great news well done lads. Lets transfer this success in to the full team.
Up the Wolves.
Down the boggies.
No.4 you are a moron
no 6 m8 i agree….we,ll be crying with joy next season though m8 when they get beat week in week out…..
6 & 7. Thanks for the insult to my intelligence, we will have to wait & see about next year won’t we?. You are so easy to wind up!.
Oh we will see next season when your lot get thumped every week. For the record you dont wind me up with your previos comment because it was a poor attempt to get a load of abuse.
But as you see i only stated the obvious in calling you a moron because that what you comment deserved. I suggest you put all worry on how you boggies are going to avoid relegation than make a comment on the masters which my 3 year old lad could of made a more intelligent comment. Like i said, MORON!
9. He must be a clever lad then, I bet he can even spell better than you.
“because that what your comment deserved” & “could OF made a more intelligent comment” to say nothing about “previos”. And you call me a moron!. What a joke.
10. your not biting are you? haha and you say we are easy to wind up. Tell me where you live and i will come and give you a hug. To pull me apart on spelling just goes to shows that your a knuckle dragging baffoon. pls dnt pul me up on mi spelin as i mite cri hahaha Moron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lmao haha… avit 11, u tell him!