Molineux Stadium, Football stadium in Wolverhampton, England
Molineux Stadium is an association football venue in Wolverhampton, England, home to Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. The four stands frame the pitch, with the Stan Cullis Stand on the north side and the Billy Wright Stand opposite forming the main spectator areas.
The ground was established in 1889 as the first venue purpose-built for a Football League club. After heavy damage during the Second World War, extensive reconstruction followed, and further modernizations in the 1990s and 2010s shaped the current facility.
The name comes from Benjamin Molineux, a local merchant who bought the land in 1744 and built Molineux House on it. In 1860 O.E. McGregor turned the estate into a public pleasure park with an ice rink, cycling track and boating lake, and football was played there before the club moved in. The South Bank is a single-tier safe standing terrace, and the Billy Wright Stand holds the dressing rooms and family section.
Molineux is an all-seater ground with a capacity of 32,050, including a temporary seating area; the four stands are the Steve Bull, Sir Jack Hayward (South Bank), Stan Cullis (North Bank) and Billy Wright. The Billy Wright Stand holds the team dressing rooms, media booths and the family section. The South Bank is a single-tier safe standing terrace.
In the 1950s, the club introduced friendly matches under floodlights against major European sides, widely regarded as forerunners of the later European Cup. The Wolves Museum within the ground displays jerseys and equipment from that pioneering era.
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