Highlights of the FA Cup 4th Round Replay between Wolves and Sheffield Wednesday at Molineux on 8th February 1995.
After a 0-0 draw in the first match at Hillsborough that included an 87th minute penalty save from Wolves goalkeeper Paul Jones, Wolves returned to Molineux for the replay just over a week later. Graham Taylor's Wolves team were chasing promotion from the First Division to the Premier League and were obvious underdogs against their top-flight opponents Wednesday. In their previous match, Wolves had lost 5-1 at promotion rivals Bolton Wanderers while Wednesday had beaten Arsenal 3-1 at Hillsborough to leave Trevor Francis' team 8th in the Premier League.
The strength of Taylor's team that season was in attack; Wolves were leading scorers at the end of their league campaign with 77 goals, with David Kelly forming a good strike partnership with Steve Bull. However, despite the imposing presence of Wolves captain and former Netherlands international John De Wolf, who joined Wolves from Feyenoord in December 1994, Wolves were profligate in defence - 61 goals conceded at the end of the season proved to be the worst record in the top half of the division.
Wednesday had proven to be a very formidable cup team in the 1990s; their League Cup Final success in 1991 was closely followed by losing appearances in both League and FA Cup Finals in the 1992-93 season and an FA Cup Semi-final appearance two seasons later.
Following his move from Crystal Palace to Wednesday in September 1992, Mark Bright had initially formed a successful partnership with the talented striker David Hirst. However, Hirst became plagued by injuries and was absent for much of the 1994-95 season. Bright, though, continued to score and was Wednesday's highest goalscorer that season with 13 league and cup goals - the third consecutive season that he was the club's top-scorer.
Originally broadcast by BBC Match of the Day with commentary provided by Tony Gubba.
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