Can you separate Wolves and Albion?


By Jemma Tappenden
April 14 2008

It's commonly heard these day's throughout the Black Country, "Our ground is bigger than yours", "We thumped you 3-0 twice", "We've got more money than you", so on and so forth, I'm sure you get the picture. But can Wolves and Albion really be separated? And why do we not make more of both our illustrious histories instead of bickering?

I'm a realistic person.  Call it what you like, friendly banter, local rivalry, pure hatred.  Whatever it is and however light hearted or seriously we take it, I can't see the Tesco's v Dingle's debate going away any time soon.

But history seems to suggest that we have more in common than we might perhaps like to think.

Despite the high importance of bragging rights, just how do you separate two sides whose histories are so similar?  It's an aged old debate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have won the league title three times in comparison to West Bromwich Albion's once.  Wolves have won the League cup twice and Albion only once.  But West Brom have won the FA Cup, notoriously the World's most famous domestic cup a total of five times to Wolves four.

Both sides have won the Charity Shield (Now the Community Shield) a number of times, with Wanderers winning on four occasions and Albion on two.  But when it comes to derby day honours Albion edge it with 61 wins to Wolves 52.  There have been 41 draws between the two sides.

So, just how do you call it for tomorrow?  One thing is for sure, past history counts for absolutely nothing, the only thing that matters is the 90 minutes on the day.

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