X reacts as late Coventry chaos wins epic FA Cup quarter-final tie at Wolves
- Coventry beat Wolves to advance to the semi-final of the FA Cup
- Championship side went 2-1 down late on before two stoppage-time goals
- Social media's reaction to the game
By Tom Gott

The FA Cup never disappoints.
Now in the quarter-final stage, the magic that keeps the old cliche alive doesn't tend to be as strong, but clearly nobody told Coventry City how things are supposed to go.
The Championship promotion hopefuls are now bouncing their way to Wembley after an unbelievably dramatic 3-2 victory over Premier League outfit Wolverhampton Wanderers - a result that social media was understandably loving because of how the game played out.
You watch this Coventry team play and you wonder how we got Burnley and Sheffield in the premier league
— ANCESTOR DANIEL (@daniel_nwose) March 16, 2024
Wolves v coventry… wow…. That’s why it’s the greatest cup competition in the world
— pjlfc (@pjlfc88) March 16, 2024
FOUR GOALS in the 80+ Minutes 😳 Coventry win with a 97 and 100 min goals, this is what football is all about pic.twitter.com/ZHrs7TPyto
— thefootballaddicts (@rahjfootball) March 16, 2024
Coventry scored first through Ellis Simms and looked to be on their way to a much calmer upset as they took their lead into the final ten minutes.
And then all hell broke loose.
Rayan Ait-Nouri equalised with five minutes left of normal time, before Hugo Bueno tried to force a knife right into the narrative with what everybody believed would be a late winner in the 88th minute.
Turned the Wolves game off with them winning in the 92nd minute, what on Earth 😂
— Jess. (@JessCahill_) March 16, 2024
Let face it, we should never have been in a winning position in that game.
— Radnorshire Wolves (@RadnorshireWWFC) March 16, 2024
Throughly deserved win for Coventry, they should have been out of sight much earlier on.
Simms headed home an equaliser in the 97th minute, sending the Coventry fans wild as they strapped themselves in for extra-time.
Step forward, Haji Wright.
The United States international slotted home three minutes later - after more superb work from Simms - to complete the comeback in what is undoubtedly one of the craziest games of the season.
Haji!!!! Coventry!!!! Limbs!!!!! Wow best ending I’ve seen to a football match in a long time.
— Corey (@guypatterson) March 16, 2024
So Molineux belongs to Haji Wright now? Is that how it works?
— matt (@MattFiasco) March 16, 2024
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT COVENTRY ARE GOING TO WEMBLEY!!!!!!!
— Coombsey (@ShaneCoombes1) March 16, 2024
The scenes. Well and truly deserved👏 #FACup
It was hardly a smash-and-grab from the underdogs. Coventry may have ended the game with 42% possession but they outshot Wolves 24 to 17, while their 12 efforts on target far exceeded the five Wolves managed to offer up.
Understandably, the home fans were thoroughly unimpressed.
Wolves ruined my day and it’s 2pm
— Cuffz 🇬🇾 (@CuffyNate) March 16, 2024
They gassed the fraud Garry O’Neil pic.twitter.com/NGkMBK6x0i
— Adeel (@cfcadeel) March 16, 2024
Gary O’Neil could have done the easy thing and waltzed into Wembley in his first full season of management, but he loves our cup so much he decided to treat us to that
— Will 🚾🏆 (@ohlookitswill_) March 16, 2024
Sackable Game from Gary O’Neil
— HarryTaylorSpurs⚪️🟣🟡 (@officialht20) March 16, 2024
Wolves 🤣🤣
— Maclaurian (@youngDavinci_) March 16, 2024
You are telling me that wolves has lost this game.🌚#FACup pic.twitter.com/v9Z63b1soJ
— Gertrude🏄 (@NyaburuG) March 16, 2024
That’s some choke from wolves 😂
— shalashaska (@soupycup) March 16, 2024
It's the first time Coventry have reached the FA Cup semi-final since 1987... when they went on to win it. They couldn't, could they?
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