We left Ipswich for the trip to the Black Country nice and early at 9.30am and were in Wolverhampton three hours later, not bad considering that we had to use the M6 toll road, to avoid long queues around Birmingham. We walked into the city centre once we had parked the car and found a Yates's, where we had a couple of drinks before heading to the ground.
Molineux is one of my favourite football grounds to visit, it's been redeveloped over the years, but still has the feel of a 'Ground' rather than a stadium. At the back of the Sir Jack Hayward Stand there are several fast food stalls and I was looking forward to getting some food from one of them in particular - Sano Spices Masala Express. I had chicken tikka in a nan bread and afterwards just to be greedy I got some Masala chips, bloody lovely!
Inside the ground there was a strange and subdued atmosphere, it was almost like an end of season game with nothing to play for, in Wolves case it was true, but from our point of view we surely needed to win?
As for the match itself, it was quite a tame and lack lustre affair, Wanderers never looked like scoring and we didn't show enough ambition to go and win it. The home fans started chanting 'Boring, boring', during the second half, showing their disapproval of what they were watching. It was quite ironic, with their former manager, Mick McCarthy, standing in the visitors dugout, himself the target of being too negative in Town's shocking one-nil defeat at home to Rotherham, before the international break - a game that I was fortunate enough to miss!
It's only the beginning of April, but unless I have a change of heart and go to Sheffield Wednesday in two weeks time, or we make the play-offs, (which is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine, considering that we're now five points off the top six), then the trip to Wolverhampton will be my last away game this season.
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