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Second City derby: Aston Villa vs. Birmingham City [136] [137] Shrewsbury-Walsall rivalry: Shrewsbury Town vs. Walsall [138] Shrewsbury-Wolves rivalry: Shrewsbury Town vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers [139] Shropshire derby: Shrewsbury Town vs. A.F.C. Telford United [140] [141] Staffordshire derby: Burton Albion vs. Port Vale [142] Burton Albion vs ...
Late misses from Norwich's Iwan Roberts and Wolves' Paul Butler meant the game ended 1–0 to Wolves, but saw Norwich qualify for the final 3–2 on aggregate. [4] Birmingham City faced Millwall in their play-off semi-final, with the first leg held at St Andrew's in Birmingham on 28 April 2002.
The Black Country derby is the name given to any local derby between English football teams West Bromwich Albion, Walsall and Wolverhampton Wanderers.Though most commonly it refers specifically to games between West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers due to Walsall spending most of their existence in lower divisions than the other two teams. [1]
The remaining two places could potentially be filled by Wolves, Blackburn, Birmingham, Blackpool or Wigan. Wolves faced Blackburn at Molineux in the final game to feature the North Bank stand that had stood since 1992.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (/ ˌ w ʊ l v ər ˈ h æ m p t ən / ⓘ WUUL-vər-HAMP-tən), commonly referred to as Wolves, [1] is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley ...
Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–3: Birmingham City: Wolverhampton: 12:00 BST: McIndoe 67', 71' 90+3' Report: Cole 54' Bendtner 77' Jerome 88' Stadium: Molineux
Although their winning streak was ended by a 3–0 home defeat to promotion rivals Reading, as well as a 5–2 defeat at Norwich, which saw Wolves surrender top spot to Birmingham City, Wolves rediscovered their winning form for the second run of seven consecutive wins to lead the table at Christmas.
Both clubs have bigger rivals—Birmingham City for the former in the Second City derby, and Wolverhampton Wanderers for the latter in the Black Country derby. A 2010 article in The Daily Telegraph ranked the rivalry between Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion as the third most fierce in the region, behind the two aforementioned derbies. [3]