Thirteen and a half years ago there was a pitch invasion of home supporters when defeat by Burnley sent Wolves tumbling towards the third tier of English football. This time, it was Burnley staff and substitutes sprinting on to the pitch to celebrate Lyle Foster’s last-gasp goal as they moved five points clear of a relegation zone in which Wolves sit rock bottom, the last team in all four divisions still seeking their first league win.
Jørgen Strand Larsen, Wolves’ goal scorer and fourth captain of the season, went over to supporters baying for blood after this latest catastrophe in an attempt to broker peace. The South Bank’s priority target is the owners who have sold the club’s best players every summer but Vítor Pereira’s attempts to build bridges with fans he used to promise pints after the points when steering the club to safety last season was rewarded with chants of “You’re getting sacked in the morning”.
Wolves started with players from 11 different nations but it is the divisions between Fosun, the club’s owners, and the supporters which is dragging this famous old club back down into the Championship after eight years at this level. That and the lack of quality after the likes of Matheus Cunha, Nelson Semedo and Rayan Aït-Nouri were sold without being properly replaced.
