Mick McCarthy admitted he had mixed emotions after seeing his side clinch the title at home-town club Barnsley.
McCarthy feels for Tykes; Davey left frustrated
Mick McCarthy admitted Wolves' title triumph was tinged with a hint of personal sadness after his side denied home-town club Barnsley three valuable points following a 1-1 draw at Oakwell.
The Tykes looked to be heading for all three points courtesy of Jon Macken's opener only for former Barnsley man Kyel Reid to come back and haunt his old club with a late leveller to secure the title for Wolves.
McCarthy, who made almost 300 appearances for the Tykes during his playing career, was understandably delighted to clinch top spot but is also eager to see his former club avoid the drop and knows three points would have gone a long way to achieving this aim.
"It is a little bit sombre for me because I hope Barnsley stay up," said McCarthy.
"Anyone who has seen me play will like me because the way I fought for the club, and I would do everything for the club I am paid by.
"I hope it is enough for them to stay up though, so it tinges a little bit of sadness.
"But let me make it clear I am delighted to have clinched the title and the players deserve it, and I will enjoy celebrating it tonight."
Unhappy
McCarthy was also left frustrated with the pitch invasion from both sets of supporters at the end and feels it denied his players the chance to celebrate properly.
"I wasn't best pleased about it, somebody tried to jump on my back and I don't know if it was someone who wanted to celebrate with me or what," he added.
"It was unfortunate, it's mad and it has taken a slight bit of gloss of the achievement.
"I would have liked us to have applauded the fans and celebrate with them but the invasion prevented us doing that."
Simon Davey admitted it was frustrating to see the three points snatched away from them so late on.
"It is so frustrating to match a team like Wolves and then throw it away," said Davey.
"Somebody up there is putting us through the mill at the moment and we have thrown away another two points.
Confident
"But we have no-body else but ourselves to blame, so now we need to go to Plymouth and get a result, and I am confident we will do.
"I think the last 10 minutes we stepped off the pace and anxiety came into our play.
Davey added: "We are three points in front of Norwich and I am still confident we can survive.
"It has been an up and down season and it's the first time in three years that it has gone down to the last game but I have always been confident we will be okay."
