West Brom 1-0 Wolves (4-2 aggregate) - Play-off semi final

[summer]

Winning goal by Kevin Philips in the second half. They go on to play Derby County later this month for a place in the Premiership.

West Bromwich Albion will face Derby in the Championship play-off final at Wembley after Kevin Phillips headed the winner against Wolves at The Hawthorns. Phillips, who scored twice in Albion's first-leg win, converted Robert Koren's cross after 64 minutes.

Albion deserved their victory, although they almost let Wolves back in when defender Sam Sodje cleared his own back-pass off the line. Koren and Diomansy Kamara were then denied as Albion closed in on victory. The end-to-end action from the first leg continued in a vibrant opening 20 minutes, with both sides aiming to strike a crucial early blow. Wolves created an opening in the ninth minute when Andy Keogh was found by Seyi George Olofinjana's pass, but he shot over the top.

The gifted Jason Koumas was a major threat down the left flank, and Zoltan Gera was only inches away from connecting with his cross. And Koumas was the architect again after 21 minutes with another brilliant cross that Kevin Phillips glanced just wide.

Koumas was the game's most influential player, and he shot over the bar from 25 yards after working a good opening four minutes after the interval. Albion were troubling Wolves down the flanks, but another fine delivery from Koren flew across the six-yard box without anyone able to apply the final touch. Wolves were struggling to pose the sort of threat that would get them the goal they required, and it was Albion's Kamara who brought a good save from keeper Wayne Hennessey with a curling drive just after the hour. And Albion got the lead they deserved after 64 minutes, with Phillips again the Wolves tormentor. He stole in on Koren's left-wing cross at the far post to head home and send The Hawthorns wild.

But Albion almost gifted Wolves an equaliser seconds later when Sodje turned a back-pass wide of Dean Kiely, but the defender recovered to clear off the line.
The game had burst into life, with Hennessey then producing a point-blank block from Koren. Wolves had another chance 11 minutes from time, but Jay Bothroyd skied his shot from close range. And as play switched to the other end, Hennessey raced out to deny Kamara as he raced in on an angle.

[:Hazel]

Not really surprised, i expected them to go through.

[Kieeran]

Im glad albion are through. Hopefully we set a record (championship teams)

3 teams relegated 3 teams up

Sunderland Birmingham & WBA never happened before in a consecutive season. if it happened 2 years more thenn they need to make somewhere for us 3 inbetween

[MattyBoy]

Mod, close this thread cuz i support wolves , we should of scored loads of goals in the first leg. First leg we were dominating and it all swapped over on second leg. The ref didnt help by cheating.

[Jordie]

Mod, close this thread cuz i support wolves , we should of scored loads of goals in the first leg. First leg we were dominating and it all swapped over on second leg. The ref didnt help by cheating.

close the thread... lmao
its all about putting the ball in the net and you didnt do it as many times as brom did, i expect them to beat derby now with the striking force they have

[reindeer.]

Completely owned them first leg, should have won it there and then. We didnt turn up yesterday though.

But you'd expect west brom to win, after all wolves have a £1 million transfer budget

[summer]

close the thread... lmao
its all about putting the ball in the net and you didnt do it as many times as brom did, i expect them to beat derby now with the striking force they have

Nah, Derby have got Steve Howard !

Derby to win the final 2-1.

[@xP]

Well done westbrom
Derby to go through 2-1

[Jordie]

Nah, Derby have got Steve Howard !

Derby to win the final 2-1.

yeah im talking about the pair, kamara and phillips are better than howard and macken, macken hasnt even scored for derby yet has he?

[Pelfe]

Derby to win pls.

Ive been banned from going to the match by my dad -.- so i gotta watch it on the pubs widescreen xo