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Wolverhampton Wanderers
| Founded | 1877 |
| Turned Professional | 1888 |
| Admitted to the League | 1888 |
| Ground | Molineux |
| Capacity | 28,525 |
| Previous Ground(s) | Windmill Field, John Harper’s Field, Dudley Road |
| Previous Names | St. Lukes |
| Nickname(s) | Wolves |
Trophies
| League Champions | 1953-54, 1957-58, 1958-59 |
| Division 2 | 1931-32, 1976-77 |
| Division 3 | 1988-89 |
| Division 3 (North) | 1923-24 |
| Division 4 | 1987-88 |
| FA Cup winners | 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960 |
| League Cup Winners | 1974, 1980 |
| Texaco Trophy Winners | 1971 |
| Auto Windshields Trophy Winners | 1988 |
| Charity Shield Winners | 1959, and shared in 1949, 1954, 1960 |
| Seasons in Division 1(Premier League) | 60 |
| Seasons in Division 2(Division 1) | 40 |
| Seasons in Division 3(Division 2) | 3 |
| Seasons in Division 4(Division 3) | 2 |
History
| Synopsis – Founding | Founded by fans of the game at St. Luke's School in Blakenhall in 1877, they joined forces with the football club from the local Blakenhall Wanderers cricket club in the summer of 1879, and Wolverhampton Wanderers were formed. They went on to become founder members of the football league when it was founded in 1888. |
| Synopsis – Major Events | One of the founder members of the football league, they soon found themselves struggling to stay in the top flight, and spent many years floating between the top two divisions. Then after the second world war they became a major force throughout the fifties, never finishing outside the top ten. The seventies saw a decline in fortunes, and near bankruptcy saw them slide from the top flight right down to the fourth division in consecutive seasons, before bouncing back to division 2. |
| Synopsis – Recent Times | The nineties saw Wolves constantly close to getting promotion to the Premiership, but saw heartbreak time after time, as they blew automatic promotion chances, and lost in various playoffs, despite often spending the most money in the division. After blowing automatic promotion in 2002 in the last month of the season, and failure in the playoffs, they scraped into the playoffs in 2003 and finally won promotion to the Premiership. |
| Synopsis – Strange Facts | They were one of the 12 original members of the football league. Their name contains the most letters (22) of any English league club. They took part in the only all English European final, where they lost to Tottenham in the 1972 UEFA Cup final. In a game in the competition, their opponents managed to score three own goals in a single game in a 4-0 Wolves victory. |
Premier League Positions
| 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
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Premier League Record
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |