Monday 31 August 1998 at Molineux (Att 22,217)

Wolves (2) 2 (Richards 7, Fernando 36): Stowell, Muscat, Naylor (Connolly 70), Richards, Sedgley, Curle, Froggatt, Fernando, Bull, Keane, Osborn; Subs Paatelainen, Ferguson.
Stockport County (1) 2 (Angell 44 53): Nash, Connelly, Woodthorpe, Cook, Flynn, McIntosh, Gannon (Cooper 67), Byrne (Dinning 79), Angell, Moore, Wilbraham (Branch 67).

Referee: Mr G Cain (Seaforth).
Order of Goals: W,W,s,s.
Booked: Connelly 59, Bull 78, Flynn 78.
Landmark: Fernando nets his first goal for Wolves. Brett Angell’s first-half strike was the 6000th conceded by Wolves in the Football League.
Position: 2nd.