The Beautiful South

Coasting Towards Top-Flight Survival

Three trips, seven points and some massive steps towards Premier League safety…..never have Wolves’ visits to some of England’s main holiday coastlines been so fruitful. For decades, outings to such parts brought a lot of anguish. Think of the two relegation-clinching defeats at Brighton, the long wait of yesteryear for a win over those opponents and the record-breaking 9-3 defeat at Southampton in 1965 despite Peter Knowles’ first minute goal.