Highlights of a First Division match at Molineux between Wolves and Tottenham Hotspur on 22nd August 1970.

As Kenneth Wolstenholme mentioned in his opening commentary, Wolves hadn't won in the league since 24th January the previous season. Their opening two matches of the 1970-71 season had resulted in defeats at Newcastle United and at home against Derby County. Spurs had also begun the season disappointingly with just one point from their opening two home matches a poor reward for Bill Nicholson's talented team.

Although Wolves continued their poor start to the season with defeat against Spurs, the collective quality ingrained in Bill McGarry's team helped arrest the long run of winless matches with a victory at Coventry City just days later. Although a heavy defeat at Nottingham Forest followed, Wolves then remained undefeated in nine matches, including a run of six successive victories, that lifted McGarry's team to sixth in the league ahead of their match at Liverpool (   • Liverpool v Wolves, 31st October 1970  ).

The Wolves revival was underpinned by their traditional attacking strengths. Aided by the creativity of Dave Wagstaffe and Ken Hibbitt, striker Bobby Gould top-scored with 24 league and cup goals followed by Hugh Curran with 20 goals and Derek Dougan and midfielder Jim McCalliog with a total of 13 and 10 goals respectively for the season. It helped ensure a very impressive fourth placed finish at the end of the 1970-71 campaign, this despite a generally porous defence.

A further measure of success for Wolves that season came in the form of a Texaco Cup victory over Hearts in a two-legged final; a 3-1 away win (with two goals from Hugh Curran) preceded a 1-0 defeat in front of over 28,000 spectators at Molineux.

The 1970-71 season proved to be successful for Spurs also with a final position of third in the league and victory in the League Cup Final against Aston Villa. Striker Martin Chivers was integral to Nicholson's the success of team as he ended the season with a highly impressive 34 goals in 58 competitive matches.

Originally broadcast by BBC Match of the Day and subsequently re-shown on ESPN Classic.