Most successful Premier League clash at Molineux
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, more popularly known as ‘Wolves’ is a professional football club that plays in the Premier League clash at Molineux
of England. Representing the city of
Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region, the club have had a affluent
history.
In 1877, a
group of students from St. Luke’s Church school formed a football team and
set the foundation for this club in
Blakenhall, England cricket club to be officially known as Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The club
was one of the twelve creators of the English Football League back in 1888. In
2019 the club ended up seventh in the league and hold out its first FA Cup
final. Wolves in time lost the final,
finishing as runners-up of the prestigious tournament.
The
current Wolves logo features a black conceptual wolf head in the centre of a
golden and black-bordered hexagon. However, the summit has seen a lot of
changes over the years. The first comb saw the city council’s coat of arms.
From that, it changed to bound over wolves. The end notable change came in 2002
where the single wolf head was restructured.
Wolverhampton
Wanderers have seen many fields and
stadiums since 1877. The club begin by playing in a field on Goldthorn Hill.
Then they moved to John Harper’s Field and then to Dudley Road where they
played their first FA Cup match in 1883. In 1889, Wolves finally moved to the Premier League clash at Molineux
Stadium and it is their home stadium ever since
Wolverhampton
Wanderers is recently owned by Fosun International, a Chinese investment group.
The Premier League clash at Molineux Stadium provides the home games for
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC since 1889. Since then it has seen a lot of
growth and changes. The today's stadium
capacity stands at 32,050, with various expansion plans on their way. The
management wants to expand the capacity
of the stadium to nearly 50,000 in a few years.
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