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2013–14 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Season
The 2013–14 season was the 115th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in Football League One, League One, the third tier of the English football league system, English football system for the first time since 1988–89 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, 1988–89. The 2012–13 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, previous season had brought relegation for a second successive season. Former Millwall F.C., Millwall manager Kenny Jackett was appointed as Wolves' new head coach in the close season, replacing Dean Saunders who was fired after overseeing their relegation. The team achieved promotion back to the Football League Championship, Championship with four games to spare, setting a new club record points tally for a season in the process. Their third title at this level was confirmed on 21 April as the team went on to create a new record points amount for the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolverhampton Wanderers F
Wolverhampton ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. Located around 12 miles (20 km) north of Birmingham, it forms the northwestern part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of Walsall to the east and Dudley to the south. The population in 2021 was 263,700, making it the third largest city in the West Midlands after Birmingham and Coventry. Historic counties of England, Historically in Staffordshire, Wolverhampton grew as a market town specialising in the wool trade. During the Industrial Revolution, it became a major centre for coal mining, steel production, lock making, and automotive manufacturing; the economy of the city is still based on engineering, including a large aerospace industry, as well as the Tertiary sector of the economy, service sector. The city is also home to the University of Wolverhampton. A town for most of its history, it gained city status in the United Kingdom, city status in 2000. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Saunders
Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 21 June 1964) is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, he was a striker in a career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He played for Liverpool and Aston Villa in the 1990s, and set a new British transfer record when he joined the former from Derby County. He began at his hometown club Swansea City before also playing for Brighton, Oxford United, Bradford City, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United as well as spells at Galatasaray and Benfica. He was capped 75 times at senior level for Wales between 1986 and 2001, scoring 22 times, making him one of the nation's highest-scoring and most-capped players of all time, although Wales never qualified for any major international competitions while Saunders was playing for them. Following his retirement from playing in 2001, he entered football coaching and then management, firstly of Wrexham and since then of Doncaster Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Crawley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnsley F
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider borough had a population of 244,600 in the 2021 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Barnsley is located on the M1 corridor between the cities of Sheffield to the south and Wakefield to the north. Doncaster is to the east, Huddersfield to the north-west, and Manchester lies west across the Peak District to which it is connected to via the A628 road. Barnsley's former industries include linen, coal mining, glass making and textiles. Barnsley's culture is rooted in its industrial heritage and it has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs by its mining communities. History Following the Norman invasion of 1066, many abbeys and priories were built in Yorkshire. Norman landowners increased their reve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield United F
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the third largest of Northern England. The city is in the North Midlands, in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don with its four tributaries: the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin and the Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park and is the fifth-largest city in England. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. Sheffield played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution, developing many significant tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Golbourne
Juliou Scott Golbourne (born 29 February 1988) is an English former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Golbourne's previous clubs include Bristol City F.C., Bristol City, Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers, Barnsley F.C., Barnsley, Exeter City F.C., Exeter City and Reading F.C., Reading with brief loan spells for Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers, AFC Bournemouth, Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic, Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton Keynes Dons and Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town. He has previously been capped for the England national team at England national under-17 football team, U17 and England national under-19 football team, U19 levels. Club career Bristol City Born in Bristol, Golbourne joined his Bristol City F.C., Bristol City's youth system in 2002, at age 15, after winning a scholarship to the club's academy. He began his career within the youth system as a midfielder#Winger, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin McDonald (footballer, Born 1988)
Kevin David McDonald (born 4 November 1988) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Exeter City. He began his career with Dundee before moving to England to sign for Burnley, for whom he played one season in the Premier League. He spent two full seasons with Sheffield United before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2013 where he spent three seasons. McDonald signed for Fulham in 2016 and made his full international debut for Scotland in March 2018. His career was disrupted by illness, which resulted in him needing a kidney transplant. He left Fulham in 2021 and, after recovering from the operation, he signed for Dundee United. Club career Dundee Born in Carnoustie, McDonald was initially signed as a youngster by Dundee and worked his way into the first team for the Scottish Championship side. He had been the subject of a £75,000 bid from Celtic in June 2006 which was rejected by Dundee. By May 2008, Dundee manager Alex Rae told the media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Berra
Christophe Didier Berra (born 31 January 1985) is a Scottish professional football former player and coach. Berra began his professional career with Heart of Midlothian, playing 146 times for them before he moved to England in 2009 in a £2.5 million transfer to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was part of their promotion to the Premier League months later and played in the top flight with the team for three seasons before relegation. His contract was not renewed in 2013, after which he signed for Ipswich Town. Berra made 174 league appearances in four years with Ipswich before rejoining Hearts in 2017. In April 2021, he signed a two-year pre contract agreement with Raith Rovers. After just over a poor season of playing for Raith and becoming a coach, Berra announced his retirement in July 2022. Club career Heart of Midlothian Berra was born and raised in Edinburgh. He joined Heart of Midlothian on 26 April 2002 from their youth development system. He is one in a long line of young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Hunt (footballer Born 1981)
Stephen Patrick Hunt (born 1 August 1981) is an Irish former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger for Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace, Brentford F.C., Brentford, Reading F.C., Reading, Hull City A.F.C., Hull City, Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers, Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town and Coventry City F.C., Coventry City. At international level, he made 39 appearances scoring once for the Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland national team. His younger brother, Noel Hunt, Noel, was also a footballer. Club career Early years Hunt became known for his creative and skilful play as well as his work rate as a winger. Although born in Laois, Hunt grew up in Clonea-Power, Waterford. He was a talented under-age hurling, hurler and soccer player. He played for Waterford GAA, Waterford hurlers at under-15 and under-16 levels. Hurling was his first love. Hunt's first introduction t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Sylvan Augustus Ebanks-Blake (born 29 March 1986) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He played youth team football for Cambridge United F.C., Cambridge United and Manchester United F.C., Manchester United before making his professional debut in 2004. A spell on loan with Royal Antwerp F.C., Royal Antwerp followed before Ebanks-Blake was transferred to Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle in 2006. During his two seasons with Argyle, he scored 21 goals in the Football League Championship, Championship and then joined Wolverhampton Wanderers for £1.5 million, where he won the Football League Championship Top Scorer, Championship top scorer award in consecutive seasons to help the club gain promotion to the Premier League. Ebanks-Blake represented England national under-21 football team, England at under-21 level, but was also eligible to play for Jamaica national football team, Jamaica a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
