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Today’s update:
2011/12 Season (17 matches)
Season Summary:
Premier League = 20th (Relegated to the Championship).
FA Cup = 3rd Round.
League Cup = 4th Round.
Top Goalscorer = Steven Fletcher (12).
Fans' Player Of The Season = Wayne Hennessey.
Players' Player Of The Season = Steven Fletcher.
After the tense and nail-biting end to the previous season, where Wolves had narrowly survived on the final day, ending one point above the relegation zone, Wolves embarked on their 3rd straight season in the Premier League with renewed optimism.
Two key new signings were made during the summer transfer window in Jamie O’Hara who had spent part of the previous season on loan at Wolves, was tied to a permanent deal, costing £5 million. In addition, defender Roger Johnson who had suffered relegation with Birmingham City was also bought for £5 million, and was duly made club captain.
The season started brightly with a fine 2-1 away win against Blackburn Rovers, followed by a home 2-0 win against Fulham. Their 3rd game was an early kick-off against local rivals Aston Villa in which Wolves secured a 0-0 draw. Therefore, for a period of around 3 hours, Wolves actually sat on top of the Premier League table.
However, it was a steady downhill from there as Wolves suffered 5 consecutive losses, tumbling the club down the table to be hovering just above the relegation spots.
Only 2 more wins for the balance of the year saw them enter the New Year in a precarious position, and when Wolves suffered a 2-3 home loss to Aston Villa in late January, they were finally in the relegation zone.
A crucial home game in mid-February saw it all explode as Wolves were ripped to shreds by their bitter local rivals West Bromwich Albion to the tune of 1-5. This proved to be McCarthy's final game in charge of Wolves. The morning after the match he was sacked after five-and-a-half years at the helm, the longest reign of any Wolves manager since Graham Turner in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
Then Wolves embarked on an inept search for a successor, playing out like a skit from Monty Python, where a number of candidates were interviewed (Alan Curbishley and Steve Bruce appeared to be the favoured candidates). However, neither were appointed and instead the task of managing the team was given to assistant manager Terry Connor for the remaining 13 games of the season.
This decision was derided for being in contrast to CEO Jez Moxey's earlier-stated belief that the job was "not for a novice”; with Connor having no previous management roles. Over the following weeks it emerged that Alan Curbishley was the only candidate who had also been offered the post but, after initially accepting it, had later had second thoughts and declined it - wisely I’d suggest.
The club was looking like a rabble and things soon fell apart under Connor's control with the team losing 7 consecutive matches, including a pair of 0–5 defeats against Fulham and Manchester United, that left them rooted at the bottom of the table. During this period captain Roger Johnson was fined by the club for arriving at training under the influence of alcohol.
Relegation was confirmed with the 0-2 home loss to eventual champions Manchester City with still 3 games to play.
Terry Connor had failed to win any of his thirteen games in charge and gained just four points from a potential 39; whilst Wolves final points tally of 25, was the 2nd the lowest ever recorded in any league campaign during the club's existence. Their poorest was 23 points way back in 1905/06 when Wolves were relegated from Division 1. But this season was worse as in 1905/06 it was 2 points for a win and Wolves won 8 games out of 38 compared to 5 (3 points for a win) out of 38 in 2011/12.
The scary thing was, that however bad season 2011/12 was, the next season would prove to be even worse.
I’ll be commenting more about this season inconjunction with 2012/13 when I release that season in 3 days time.
Also note the quantity of the match videos for this season is quite low simply because there is fuck all available to source.
2011/12 Season (17 matches)
Season Summary:
Premier League = 20th (Relegated to the Championship).
FA Cup = 3rd Round.
League Cup = 4th Round.
Top Goalscorer = Steven Fletcher (12).
Fans' Player Of The Season = Wayne Hennessey.
Players' Player Of The Season = Steven Fletcher.
After the tense and nail-biting end to the previous season, where Wolves had narrowly survived on the final day, ending one point above the relegation zone, Wolves embarked on their 3rd straight season in the Premier League with renewed optimism.
Two key new signings were made during the summer transfer window in Jamie O’Hara who had spent part of the previous season on loan at Wolves, was tied to a permanent deal, costing £5 million. In addition, defender Roger Johnson who had suffered relegation with Birmingham City was also bought for £5 million, and was duly made club captain.
The season started brightly with a fine 2-1 away win against Blackburn Rovers, followed by a home 2-0 win against Fulham. Their 3rd game was an early kick-off against local rivals Aston Villa in which Wolves secured a 0-0 draw. Therefore, for a period of around 3 hours, Wolves actually sat on top of the Premier League table.
However, it was a steady downhill from there as Wolves suffered 5 consecutive losses, tumbling the club down the table to be hovering just above the relegation spots.
Only 2 more wins for the balance of the year saw them enter the New Year in a precarious position, and when Wolves suffered a 2-3 home loss to Aston Villa in late January, they were finally in the relegation zone.
A crucial home game in mid-February saw it all explode as Wolves were ripped to shreds by their bitter local rivals West Bromwich Albion to the tune of 1-5. This proved to be McCarthy's final game in charge of Wolves. The morning after the match he was sacked after five-and-a-half years at the helm, the longest reign of any Wolves manager since Graham Turner in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
Then Wolves embarked on an inept search for a successor, playing out like a skit from Monty Python, where a number of candidates were interviewed (Alan Curbishley and Steve Bruce appeared to be the favoured candidates). However, neither were appointed and instead the task of managing the team was given to assistant manager Terry Connor for the remaining 13 games of the season.
This decision was derided for being in contrast to CEO Jez Moxey's earlier-stated belief that the job was "not for a novice”; with Connor having no previous management roles. Over the following weeks it emerged that Alan Curbishley was the only candidate who had also been offered the post but, after initially accepting it, had later had second thoughts and declined it - wisely I’d suggest.
The club was looking like a rabble and things soon fell apart under Connor's control with the team losing 7 consecutive matches, including a pair of 0–5 defeats against Fulham and Manchester United, that left them rooted at the bottom of the table. During this period captain Roger Johnson was fined by the club for arriving at training under the influence of alcohol.
Relegation was confirmed with the 0-2 home loss to eventual champions Manchester City with still 3 games to play.
Terry Connor had failed to win any of his thirteen games in charge and gained just four points from a potential 39; whilst Wolves final points tally of 25, was the 2nd the lowest ever recorded in any league campaign during the club's existence. Their poorest was 23 points way back in 1905/06 when Wolves were relegated from Division 1. But this season was worse as in 1905/06 it was 2 points for a win and Wolves won 8 games out of 38 compared to 5 (3 points for a win) out of 38 in 2011/12.
The scary thing was, that however bad season 2011/12 was, the next season would prove to be even worse.
I’ll be commenting more about this season inconjunction with 2012/13 when I release that season in 3 days time.
Also note the quantity of the match videos for this season is quite low simply because there is fuck all available to source.
