Sheffield Wednesday clinched their place in the last 16 of the FA Cup as they exorcised the ghosts of a sickening spot-kick shoot-out defeat to Wolves exactly five years ago.
On that occasion it was at the end of another fourth-round replay at Molineux that Wednesday suffered the heart-break of bowing out on penalties. But this time they held their nerve.
The game always looked as if it would go the distance and so it proved with Simon Donnelly the hero who sent the Owls through.
During the half-time break two giant video had replayed the shootout back in 1995. Then, Wednesday's current reserve team coach Chris Waddle missed the decisive spot-kick before Don Goodman strode up to send his team through.
This time it was a different story after Keith Curle and Andy Hinchcliffe had traded the opening penalties, Pavel Srnicek then saved from Paul Simpson, while Michael Branch missed badly to the right.
Wim Jonk and Gerald Sibon both netted to give Wednesday a 31 lead, but there was hope for Wolves when Steve Sedgley and Steve Corica scored either side of Richard Cresswell blasting straight at Oakes.
It all came down to Donnelly, and he made no mistake as Oakes went the wrong way.
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS: Oakes, Bazeley, Pollet, Curle, Naylor, Robinson (Osborn 79), Emblen, Sedgley, Sinton (Simpson 89), Akinbiyi (Corica 119), Branch. Subs Not Used: Flo, Stowell. Booked: Robinson.
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY: Srnicek, Nolan, Atherton, Walker, Hinchcliffe, Scott (Donnelly 46), Haslam, Jonk, Quinn (Sonner 78), Sibon, De Bilde (Cresswell 99). Subs Not Used: Pressman, Staniforth. Booked: Quinn, Sonner.
Referee: G Barber (Tring, Herts)
