At the seventh time of asking Stoke finally defeated midland rivals Wolves in the FA Cup, 1-0 at Molineux, but not before their opponents had missed a late penalty. Wolves can now concentrate on remaining in the Premier League after being dumped out of the FA Cup 1-0 by local rivals Stoke City.
They did have a chance to salvage a replay in the last minute but a penalty taken by Nenad Milijas was saved by Thomas Sorensen.
Robert Huth was the culprit for fouling Milijas and the German almost undid all his good work of eight minutes earlier when he had headed the Potters in front from a Matthew Etherington cross.
A dour game only came to life in the closing minutes although earlier Steven Fletcher had hit a post with a header for the home side.
Referee: Mike Jones
Venue: Molineux Attendance: 11,967
Wolves scorers: Stoke scorers: Huth 81
WOLVES 01 Hahnemann 03 Elokobi 05 Stearman 11 Ward (Vokes 84) 16 Berra 23 Zubar (yellow card) 08 Henry 12 Hunt (Edwards 14) 17 Jarvis 20 Milijas 10 Fletcher (Ebanks-Blake 75)
Substitutes 13 Hennessey, 06 Craddock, 22 Mouyokolo, 04 Edwards, 14 Jones, 09 Ebanks-Blake, 18 Vokes
STOKE 29 Sorensen 04 Huth 25 Faye 28 Wilkinson (Wilson 66) 14 Pugh 15 Diao (yellow card) (Whelan 46) 24 Delap 26 Etherington 09 Jones (Fuller 68) 19 Walters (yellow card) 22 Carew
Substitutes 27 Nash, 05 Collins, 06 Whelan, 12 Wilson, 16 Pennant, 20 Tuncay, 10 Fuller
