By CCFC Sid
April 17 2005

With twenty draws already on the board for Wolves the result of this match probably came as a surprise to nobody, with a point being the least CCFC deserved - if not more!! And Stern John was CCFC's unlikely hero, scoring a cracker having come on as a substitute.... A lightweight CCFC midfield, forced upon Mickey Adams due to injury (Though at least a couple of the walking wounded bothered coming to Highfield Road to support their team mates), coped well enough with their more experienced counterparts.

CCFC blew two early chances to take the lead within the opening two minutes, with Adebola missing a "stick on" job, after good work from Dyer (Who again was fairly disappointing).

After nine minutes of the match, Adebola got goal side of his marker, and, despite being wrestled about the place, stayed on his feet before firing in a tame shot.

The misses proved costly, as a Wolves free-kick was scored with ease by Clarke, who CCFC's defenders for some reason decided not to bother marking.

This was the moment another fairly decent turn-out of CCFC supporters decided to make some noise, having been fairly silent for the first quarter of an hour. And, despite this being a local derby, and despite Wolves supposedly being a big club, they disappointingly didn't even sell their full allocation. Disappointing....

CCFC were back in the match minutes later, as McSheffrey was brought down in the area by Naylor. He stepped up to score his third penalty in three home matches at Highfield Road, with another excellent effort.

Five minutes later a Doyle corner found the head of Jorgensen, whose powerful effort went a yard over the bar. Soon after, another quality ball from Duffy caused panic in the Wolves defence, with the ball being rushed out for a corner.

Five minutes before half-time, Goater fed Adebola, who again missed a decent chance to score for CCFC.

Half-time saw the bizarre site of Sky Blue Sam wandering round the pitch with a six foot tall turd following! (Complete with sweetcorn "pellets"!).

Wolves managed only three real efforts worthy of note in the second half, the first of which brought a superb save from Steele (From a Seol effort, which came about after an abysmal shot from Miller somehow landed at his feet).

McSheffrey had another penalty appeal turned down 10 minutes into the second half - a poor decision, as it looked fairly clear-cut from my vantage point of being right in front of the incident! - having hooked the ball past Wolves defender Lescott, and being hauled back by said player.

The "cuddling" of CCFC players throughout this match was a regular event, with Adebola getting attention from wandering hands more often than an adolescent teenager with the horn - amazingly never spotted by the linesman....

Another decent Duffy cross (Which arrived at his feet after a Doyle corner was missed by all) saw McSheffrey head against the Wolves bar, with Oakes well beaten.

The improving Michael Doyle then won two bone-crunching challenges in midfield, coming away with the ball on both occasions, getting the home crowd going once again.

A long punt down-field from Steele was scooped up by Oakes just before Adebola could reach it (The sort of route-one football Leicester fans said would be a regular occurrence under Adams, but hasn't been - mainly as our keepers can't kick that well!!).

Soon after, Miller was presented with a great chance to give Wolves the lead after CCFC's defence had gone to sleep, but his dismal effort went way wide of Steele's far post.

Goater was replaced by John, and minutes later Dyer was replaced by Morrell - with neither of the substituted players having contributed to much to CCFC's cause (Though the very presence of the Goater did seem to trouble Wolves enough into swarming round him as soon as he was near the ball).

Morrell was given the chance to once again become a CCFC hero seconds after coming on, but he hit a tame shot at Oakes.

With 10 minutes left, a total fluke of a goal gave Wolves an undeserved lead, with Naylor's cross receiving a massive deflection off Jorgensen. Benjamin replaced the unfortunate CCFC midfielder minutes later, with CCFC taking their tally of strikers on the pitch to five! Never let it be said that Mickey Adams is a dull, defence-minded manager....

Soon after, CCFC missed two "how the hell did they not go in?" chances to gain a point (With Benjamin being particularly unlucky), before super sub Stern John scored a goal of the highest quality.

Marcus Hall had seen an acrobatic effort just go wide of the post, before Wolves supposed dangerman Seol was guilty of, to quote Glenn Hoddle, "flicky flicky football", conceding possession in a dangerous area.

John picked up the ball on the left side of the penalty area, waltzed past a number of Wolves defenders, before causing delirium in the CCFC sections of the ground, smashing the ball past Oakes. The silence from the Wolves end was deafening, and from the looks on their faces, you would have thought the goal had condemned them to relegation!

The final whistle blew soon after, with CCFC picking up another point that could be invaluable come the end of the season - though they probably deserved all three.

With draws in three of the matches that affect relegation (CCFC-Wolves, Burnley-Brighton, and Gillingham-Crewe), and Leicester, Forest, Cardiff, and Plymouth losing, only Watford of those clubs threatened with relegation managed a win, beating Rotherham.

Note: One in six tickets taken by one turnstile operator (Over 500 taken in total) in the ground were "complimentary" - is it any wonder CCFC have no money? If anybody knows why these are given out, please leave the reasons on the Message Board!!