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between taxi and seat as no away game is complete without one.
The numerous players from both teams as well as a few from Jody's previous club Cambridge formed a guard of honour as he and his family took to the field to rapturous applause all round. We were fielding players from around twelve years ago with Bobby Saxton being manager for the day while Mick McCarthy was looking after Wolves. Our starting line-up included the great Quinn and Phillips strike- force as well as Sorensen, Darren Williams, Alex Rae, Michael Gray, Gavin McCann and Kevin Kilbane. Two sides of the impressive stadium were closed and the fans were all mixed up together but there was a lot of booing when Superkev's name was announced, due to his past association with West Brom in particular, and this was repeated every time he got the ball. Rae was warmly received by both sets of fans as he'd played for both sides and made himself popular. Jody was playing in his familiar defensive role and wore the number 6 shirt of Wolves. I'm sure there were some muted groans when Kilbane was announced
I was impressed by the way both sides moved it around and most of them, without of course busting a gut, still looked pretty fit, especially Phillips and Kilbane. There were countless substitutions throughout the game and the first for us was after around twenty minutes when Rae was subbed by the hugely popular Julio Arca. Alex had zipped around well but maybe that was enough for him. I don't know what Julio's
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