Carling Cup Results 24th August 2010 Part 6

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Southend United (after extra time)
Southend might not be having the best time of it in League Two but they have certainly made their mark in the Carling Cup. They’ve only managed a point in the league but they shocked Bristol City of the Championship in the previous round before giving Premier League Wolves a nasty scare too.
Wolves had the ball in the net four times but two of their efforts were disallowed. Wolves took the lead through a first-half penalty and Southend came close to an equaliser pretty much straight away although it was not until the 80th minute that the scores were levelled. Southend forced extra time and were on the brink of penalties but a winner in the third minute of extra stoppage time put Wolves – perhaps undeservedly – into the next round.
Wayne Hennessey got his first start of the season for Wolves and his No. 13 shirt quite possibly was a bit unlucky. Why goalkeepers have to wear that number I really don’t know. Numerically the natural number is 13 and second-choice goalkeepers often have such a horrible time anyway. They don’t play for months then suddenly there’s a big emergency and on they come, their first act of the game very often picking an opposition penalty out of the back of the net. But that didn’t happen with Wayne, he got a start and he didn’t play badly.
Dave Edwards returned from a groin injury and went straight into Wolves’ starting line-up, lasting to the first minute of stoppage time. David Jones was rested from the squad.
Southend defender Peter Gilbert was another to return from injury only in his case, this was his first competitive start for the club. It was his free kick that so nearly gave Southend an earlier equaliser