24 Apr 2026 18:30:49
Hi all, new to the site but been reading for ages. I can't believe all the negativity, unfortunately we all support Wolves and apart from when I first started to be taken and the yrs under Nuno and the year we won the championship under Mick we've always been an average team. I'm one of five who will definitely be renewing. Wolves aye we.
24 Apr 2026 19:24:32
I'm still on the waiting list.
All the noise coming out of Molineux at the moment seems to suggest that Rob Edwards is to promote the youngsters as well as utilise the free agents, free transfers and loans.
It doesn't really fill me with hope. But the market doesn't open until 1st July, so should the club make a few statement signings early doors, it will give us poor fans a sense of which way the club is heading.
24 Apr 2026 20:15:02
Fans have a right to be angry, as the writing has been on the wall for a few years now, and Fosun failed to act.
I'm not in the Edwards out camp yet, though he got Boro to second in the Championship on a limited budget, so has experience; he was dealt a pretty rubbish hand thanks to Jeff and VP.
24 Apr 2026 20:32:24
I'm not Fosun lover by any means, and I do agree that Molineux needs massive investment, but I couldn't see us getting more than 35k when at our best, so we'll never be able to compete with the so called big boys. Good honest working class folk.
25 Apr 2026 07:56:03
Actually, I was in the 53379 crowd in 1972 when Wolves beat Leeds to stop them winning the title. The biggest ever crowd was 61315 in 1939.
The point being that, as a one-club city, Wolverhampton is well capable of bettering a 35000 crowd for the right team at the right price, the latter being a significant issue, as the cost of going to a top-level football match these days is ludicrous.
I still believe that a bigger capacity would facilitate a bigger crowd if the club was successful. When Molineux was rebuilt by Sir Jack, many felt it to be very nice but too small.
25 Apr 2026 08:04:45
We, the fans, have every right to be angry.
At the end of the day, we pay towards the wages, etc. They owe us the right to go somewhere to please us, without taking us for granted, or taking the mickey.
What the answer is, and the way forward for success, I've no idea, as it stands.
Surely he will play all those who are going.
So they can put in a display to entice.
Suitors.
On a bad note, Angel Gomes might be fit.
25 Apr 2026 08:38:58
I've been there lots of times when the gate was over 50000. Of course, the North and South Banks and the Enclosure were standing only. I could never afford a seat in the stands.
25 Apr 2026 08:53:49
It's difficult to imagine much above a 35000 crowd now, price aside. In an ever burdening world, changes in KO times to suit TV, KO days to suit TV or Europe comp (not in Championship, granted), and so many other social distractions make it difficult to amass those numbers purely in Wolverhampton.
If the Championship continues with SKY, we'll be KOing at 12:30 quite often.
The Mol has always had a unique atmosphere, and I wouldn't want to lose it in a large half-empty stadium, although we might have to get used to it anyway!
25 Apr 2026 13:13:14
Yes, historically we've had some very big crowds, but how many of those were away supporters, and how much of the South Bank did they take over? Liverpool in '76 comes to mind, when we went 1-0 up, Steve Kindon, but lost 3-1. Liverpool won the title, we would have gone down anyway, but it was estimated over 10k Liverpool fans in the ground that evening.
I think 35k is a low estimate, but up to 45k is not unreasonable. 50k+ is optimistic; I don't think we averaged that many in the late 50s.
25 Apr 2026 17:10:13
I was in the South Bank that night, Arddunby. We arrived late, and the turnstiles weren't counting numbers in the stand, coz everyone was asked to climb over them. They still took the money, though, and no change was being given!
I spent half the time being spat at, cigarettes stubbed out on my back, and burning bread rolls thrown down on us by the lovely scouser who'd climbed the old floodlight pylons.
It was packed in there.