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Dave Edwards: Curtain Call

Former Wales International Dave Edwards had finally received his much anticipated and deserved send-off from both Wolverhampton Wanderers and Shrewsbury Town fans after he had created and participated in a charity match this Sunday.

Having spent the majority of his footballing career at both clubs, Edwards decided to arrange a match in which raised money for two great charities, the Shrewsbury Town Foundation and the Little Rascals Foundation.

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The first goal came for Wolves through Matt Jarvis who beat two men to get into the Shrewsbury box before driving the ball low and hard into the opposite corner.

The man of the hour, Dave Edwards began the match in the colours of old gold where he managed to score one of his trademark goals after a run across the front post to tap it home.

However, it was the second half where the game come to life, with the changes of Marc Pugh and former Wolves loanee Grant Holt for the Shrews. With Pugh scoring a sublime Free-Kick just 15 minutes later.

Then just 10 minutes later, Derek Asamoah left Sam Ricketts for dead before smashing the ball home underneath the goalkeeper to bring the game level. Buit the goals kept flowing before Pugh smashed the ball into the Wolves net to complete the comeback and make the scoreline 3-2!

However, five minutes after a Pugh masterclass, Matt Jarvis decided to show everyone which former EPL winger who is boss and curled in a free-kick which David Beckham would be proud of.

The game produed one final moment of magic with former Norwich Talisman Grant Holt taking the ball down superbly and executing a sublime chip over Carl Ikeme in the dying minutes of the game. The game finished up 4-3, a perfect scoreine for an amazing cause.

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