Wolves Go Out To Single Strike
Posted on: Tue 26 Feb 2008

Wolves' Birmingham Senior Cup run came to an end last night.

Birmingham City went through to the final thanks to a 17th minute goal from Mauro Zarate

Both sides fielded strong sides in an even contest at the Bucks Head.

The decisive goal came as a result of clever play down the left and a neat finish from Blues' Argentinean loan signing.

Just before, Wolves went close with a corner that Darren Ward just failed to get a clean connection with.

The second half followed a similar pattern with the hosts having plenty of possession without creating many clear cut chances.

Jay Bothroyd suffered a kick to his ankle and was replaced by Liam Hughes with ten minutes to go.

The young Academy graduate was soon into the action, showing a good touch before firing a shot that the keeper blocked.

From the resulting corner, Wolves again went close to getting the equaliser when Ward's header went just over the bar.

Coach Bobby Mimms says: "All in all it was a decent performance and the lads showed a good attitude.

"It was a competitive game and a good work out for the senior pros who didn't feature at the weekend."

Wolves: Ikeme, Dunleavy, Jones, Salmon, Edwards, Ward, Gibson, Olofinjana, Keogh, Bothroyd (Hughes 81), Eastwood.

Unused subs: Lumley, Melbourne, Malone, Hemmings.

Booking: Gibson (31 - foul).

Birmingham: Doyle, Wilson, Queudrue, Jaidi, Schmitz, Mutch, De Ridder, Nafti (Joyce 67), Zarate (Jervis 67), Aydilek, McSheffrey.

Unused subs: Timmins, Milojevic, Lyness.

Referee: P. Grove.

Attendance: 204.

Imo both clubs was wrong to field strong enough sides. The younger lads got us there but were then moved out the way for players like bothroyd eastwood,keogh etc.

EDIT..my comp keeps posting things twice sorry