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Are we expecting many to go on Saturday?  With the upcoming games against the Slavetraders and Chelski, I guess people may find it all a bit too expensive for one month.

Not sure where I read but I saw we had sold 950 tickets by yesterday.

I'll be in Turkey, drinking Efes by the sea watching Soccer Saturday.

I noticed that Wolves give good discounts for Under 17s (£10) and Under 21s (£13).

Will be a good turn out. I think for the hardcore's this and City at home at more important than Chelsea.

I can't see us taking any less than 1,600 there and maybe up to the 2k mark even.

Hope you're right Pete. We better hurry up and snap those tickets up then as its all ticket for us for some unknown reason.

Really looking forward to this. The Football Ground Guide suggests it is a bit lacking in away fan pubs - saying Walkabout is the best bet in the Town Centre. Any other bright ideas?

I've just gone to buy tickets online, and it is saying that there is no option to get them delivered and that I have to collect them from the club. What a load of shite, it's only Tuesday for fucks sake.

Oh I didnt realise there were no walk ups allowed, I may revise my estimate based on that then to 1,000. Thats a real shame as a lot of our fans wait and see on the day before travelling, they always have done.

I rang up and they did post them in the end but they charged a £4 booking fee! I reluctantly agreed but it appears there is a £2 booking fee per ticket over the phone! All because there was no option for delivery on the website.

Police implemented presumably?! Gives them more idea of how many to expect. Totally unnecessary really as I expect the ground will only be half full. Will put a few off going too, I agree.

I think it's to do with what stand we get... at the mo we're in a corner, but if we exceed allocation we get put in the lower tier of the side stand...shame as I thought with people buying on the day we'd probably make 2k+

Ahhh fair enough, haven't really looked as to where they're sticking us. Presumably if we were to have sold more then seat numbers would have gone out the window and it would be unallocated seating though?

I might be imaging this but when my ticket came through last we i think i remember looking at the little stadium plan on the back of it and noticed that we were in the side stand.

Hope so anyway, would be a much better view

Think away fans are housed in the Steve Bull lower tier, which is along the side of the pitch.

Away fans are normally housed on one side of the upper tier of the new Stan Cullis Stand, where around 1,500 fans can be accommodated. For games where there is a larger away following, then the away fans are not given an 'end' as such, but are instead housed in the lower tier of the Steve Bull Stand along the side of the pitch. Up to 3,200 away supporters can be housed in this area. Fans in this stand are sat quite far back from the playing area, which gives the illusion that the pitch is larger than at most other grounds. David London a visiting Crystal Palace fan adds; 'Views are excellent from the front of the Stan Cullis Stand away section, although if you are at the top then it's all a bit distant. It's a lot of steps up to the upper tier and when you get to the top puffing and blowing a friendly stward tells you that you should have asked to use the lift!'

The facilities are fine, including the catering, serving a range of pies including; Steak, Rogan Josh, Potato & Meat, Vegetable, Cheese & Onion (all £3), Cornish Pasty (£3), Sausage Rolls (£3) Hot Dogs (£3.50), 1/4 pound Burgers Or Cheeseburgers (£3.50), Chicken Burgers (£4.50), Baked Potatoes (£3), Chicken Wraps (£3) and Chips (£2.50).

Musical delights at the ground include just before kick off, 'Hi, Ho, Silver Lining' with the crowd singing 'Hi, Ho, Wolverhampton!' On one visit I got talking to a couple of Wolves fans on the train up to Wolverhampton and they suggested going for a drink in the city centre before the game which I did. I had quite an enjoyable time and they even took me right up to the away supporters entrance, shook my hand and wished me luck! very hospitable. I personally did not experience any problems on my visits, but I have received a number of reports of others that have not been so lucky. It is strongly advised that colours are kept covered around the ground and city centre (and that goes for your cars too).

Baked Potatoes?!?!

Thats just wrong for footy grub

My tickets in the Stan Cullis....

I'll have to look mine up but I'm sure the one i bought for a mate the other day was in The Steve Bull.

My ticket (bought online and collected from the County Ground) is defo in the Steve Bull Lower Tier (and marked "Visitors").

If they have split us between the two then that is ridiculous. They are the opposite side of the ground!

I just went to check my ticket and the silly fuckers forgot to put it in the envelope  :crash:

Seriously?

Seriously! I purchased 1 Wolves ticket and 2 Brizzel tickets, but only one Brizzel ticket was in there. Not happy.

Pretty sure mine was Steve Bull Lower as well.

Not quite.  It's the Billy Wright Stand that's opposite the Steve Bull.  The Stan Cullis is the new one behind the goal (opposite end to the home end).  But I agree it makes no sense at all to split us, if that's what they've done.

Well, I didn't mean literally. I'm pretty sure the away fans section behind the goal is right in the top hand corner as well, even further away.

Sorry!  I hadn't meant to be a 'smart arse'.  Yes, ridiculous if they have split us.

The Steve Bull stand looks like a shit stand for away fans, with them all being spread out over a large distance, we will make even less noise than normal.

Section JL4 for me....and an 8am leave from the Tap and Barrell :pint:

Coach?

Ha, Ha. You checked that well then

Yeah mine is Steve Bull lower too
Stan Cullis stand adjoins Steve Bull but as one stand is upper and the other lower doesnt make a lot of sense as doubt we would sell out either let alone both

I don't think they are joined as there is a gap between them with a scoreboard if you look on the fans guide. That could be out of date though.

No they arent joined and there is a gap

I booked online this morning and then realised on the confirmation it was pick up only. So I called the club (was actually put through to ticketmaster, who then told me to call the club) and they agreed to send them in the post for an additonal charge of £1 - so if ever you want to avoid the phoneline booking fee, book online and then call to ask for them to be posted.

Usual transitionary gremlins in the system - sure it'll get sorted.

Well looks as though we're in the lower side stand, rather than behind the goal upper tier...doesn't make sense to have all ticket though as our allocation is what 1500? And you can fit 3200 in the bottom tier?

Steve Bull Lower for us as well JL5

We should take more than 1500, so it makes sense to be put in the side stand. What is odd, though, is that some people seem to have been sold tickets behind the goal. Agree that it's stupid not to allow walk ups.

Did people get a choice of stand when booking?

No option for stand choice

No, just 'best available'. Hoping to be behind the goal.

Yup, next time I'll look in the envelope before driving away!

Anyone else's or is Panda sat on his own?

I'm looking forward to this! Hopefully a big following and a cracking performance..

Quarantine?

Wolves fan in peace here, just to clear up the confusion

Wolves offer one of two allocation options:

The Quadrant of the Stan Cullis stand (basically the corner bit behind the goal)
this holds upto 1600 and thats spread across upper and lower tiers (approx 800 in each). When clubs do take this they sell the 800 in the upper first (hence some teams only ever get the upper part and the lower part (of the quadrant) remains shut.

OR

The Steve Bull lower tier
this is the whole lower tier that runs along the side of the pitch and holds upto 2750 for away fans (not the 3200 quoted). You'll probably find if you don't sell all they'll net a bit either end off.

Theres no mixing of these its one or the other, according to our site you have taken the higher allocation and will all be in the lower Steve Bull (the chap who has a ticket in The Stan Cullis might wanna check as this must be an error). Easiest way to confirm this, how much have you paid? its £22 down the sides or £20 behind the goal at Wolves.

looking forward to seeing a decent away following Saturday, hope you all have a good day (until 3pm). Oh and god knows Wolves make it all ticket what can I say we have idiots in charge of the club!

1300 sold to date. Thought it would be more than that.

Hopefully we can hit 1,600 then, if tickets were available "on the day" I think we would have taken a few hundred more.

Thanks mate.

Cheers for that. Where are the best away fan pubs pre-match?

You might want to email football ground guide regarding the 3200 figure I quoted, taken from their, presumably from a fellow Wolves fan.

Have done, to be fair at one point there was 3200 seats in it however for away fans it was only ever upto 2800 (they dont sell the back rows etc) then when the new Stan Cullis was built half of the block down that end was lost as they overlapped reducing it further)

think the only official designated away pub is Walkabout in town, other than that I'd say avoid most pubs in town (most ask to see tickets etc anyway) and the feathers outside the ground but the pubs the otherside (than town) from the ground are usually ok and mixed pubs like goalpost, hatherton arms etc (you might need to cover colous to get in but wont get any bother).

Do you have a small contingent of fans who are there for bother too?

Nice one Stevie Bull (The Tipton Skinhead) :)
Have some great memories on our games going back and used to work with lots of Wolves and Baggies fans. Salt of the earth the West Midlanders. Having previously worked within the Steel Industry and seeing the heart and soul ripped out of a once thriving area saddened me. Hence with the decline I was lucky enough to "jump ship" and move to another sector.

The memories :) .... The most notable one when I watched a Swindon v Wolves game in a box mixed with Wolves and Baggies (supporting Swindon) for the day.
We were totally smashed in the Town centre before the game how they let us in the box I will never know. Wolves won 1-0 but I had double-vision for most of the game and never been that wrecked ever at a football match.

Good luck to you, apart from Saturday. I for one will be reflecting on some good memories.

Lets hope the Subway Army are inactive :)
oh Bully, Bully :) :)

The Subway Army :) ......

Ah right, makes sense then...not likely we'll sell all those which is a shame as I think we could have easily made 2.5k if tickets were available on the day...any reason why it's all ticket??

don't know Wolves do that all the time, we cant even pay on the door despite having a 31,500 seater stadium and averaging around 19k in this division!! Home fans can atleast buy on the day from the ticket office (although that actually caused a delayed kick off for our first game, begging the question why not let people pay on the door) so I don't see why away fans couldnt do that, think there is a new 'away tickets' window located at the back of the quadrant, which is next to the steve bull lower turnstiles so even though you not in there wouldnt mean away fans venturing away from their area outside the ground.

Think the club still think we are in the Premier league the bunch of idiots

1300 isn't that bad to be fair, 2nd away game of the month with another one to come...also Chelsea and Bristol Shitty at come too....I reckon another couple hunred will be sold. 1500(ish) isn't a bad number at all.

From the Wolves forum:

"If you're arriving by train then there's every chance the police will herd you straight to the Walkabout (if they are still bothering with that now we are in L1 - after the trouble at Port Vale it is likely they will default back to their normal OTT selves, which inconveniences us as much as away fans at times). Avoid The Feathers opposite the Steve Bull stand and in town I wouldn't be bothering with Wetherspoons or the Lady Wulfrun, they're rough and ready but ok for home fans, but a no go for away travellers. As NWW and Paddy say if you are in colours you will routinely get turned away by most places in town.

If I were an away fan, and depending on who Blues/Villa have at home, I would arrive in Birmingham early for drinks and just head to Wolverhampton in time for kickoff, especially if travelling from the south. Just far less hassle and far more selection."

I'm assuming the traffic is going to be shit getting out of the city that night too!

Isnt Wolverhampton classed as being in the black country?

Not many pubs near to the ground that is for sure.

And yes Mother Brown it is.

Don't think so. And even if it is, isn't the Black Country part of the West Midlands (as a region at least, not the metro county) anyway?

"I"ll wager if you ask a Wolves fan if he/she hails from the West midlands or the black country it will be the latter.

In which case, fair enough then. They should know, after all :)

Wolves is the heart and sole of the Black Country which still gets referred to as the West Midlands.
It's calling them Brummies they take a dislike to.

Try the Dingles if you are a Baggie.

See you all in Walkabout then, I've one of their cards which gets about 30/40p off a pint...if you see me, I'm more than happy to share it around! Not sure how many people used it down at QPR... :pint:

My best Steve Bull memory was watching him score at Hampden Park.

I've never seen a player worshipped by a clubs supporters as much as Steve bull. I doubt he's ever had to buy a drink in Wolverhampton. I remember an England game I went to vs Yugoslavia and there were loads of Wolves fans at Wembley to see him play. Every song at wolves games seemed to be about him and I don't remember them singing for the team, just him. Various songs and the ooh bully bully chant.

I've been to their place twice and he played both times. We beat them 2-1 in a midweek game and lost by the same score on a Saturday the next year. Ain't been there since and the Only stand remaining is the one our lot will be in miles from the pitch, just like it was then. Why it's like that I don't know?

theres no real official boundaries for the Black Country but most people accept it stretches from Wolverhampton to West Brom (west to east) and Cradley to Walsall (south to north). I'd class myself as from the Black Country (as I'm from that side of Wolverhampton) but realistically many Wolves fans are not.

The West Midlands is the county and covers this area as well as Birmingham and Coventry. And yeah your right we hate to be called Brummies (its a bit like people reffering to those from Sunderland as geordies when they are infact Mackams). The accent as well are also very different (linguistically Wolverhampton and the Black Country is in the north and Birmingham in the south).

You'll still probably hear the odd Steve Bull song on Saturday, the mans a legend in these parts who played a massive part in saving the club and dragging us back through the divisions. Realistically he could have furthered his own career by leaving but showed a loyalty you just dont get anymore. Its a crying shame he never got the chance to play in the top division.

There's far more chance I'm wrong than sat on my own....

Who are ya, who are ya!

I didn't like to say but...

"He's in the wrong stand, he's in the wrong staaaaannnd, Panda Paws is in the wrong stand"

Mine just came in the post. Steve Bull Lower as well. Hopefully we can sit anywhere otherwise I am in row B...

Anyone know how late I can leave it to buy tickets?

It is usually when the box office closes on Friday, not 100% sure though.

Before the game

Thought so. If I order them online now is collection the only option?

Have a word with the ticket office.  For a game last season (cant remember who, someone all ticket) i brought a ticket on the friday but couldnt collect, the ticket office sent it up on one of SAS coaches and i collected from them when i got there.

Will try that now, thanks

Mine too. Can't wait!

According to the STFCBoxOffice Twitter account, the deadline is 2pm on Friday but you can also order from here and collect when you get there on Saturday.

Got my ticket. Steve Bull lower tiet, JL8 row E. I ended up going into the shop, looks nice and tidy there now. Looking forward to my first away game since that Northampton game :)

Correct...7.30 meet now!

Looking forward to this, first game of the season for me. followed by City and Chelsea.
Leaving Swindon early, plenty of time for a few drinks, hopefully followed by 3 points.

Coach as well then?

Yes mate, pub opens at 7:30 doesn't it?

Not sure...get there for about 8 anyway.

See you there .

Anywhere decent to park near the ground? Sounds like an absolutely delightful place.

From the Fans' Guide:

How To Get There And Where To Park
From The South:
Leave the M6 at Junction 10 and take the A454 towards Wolverhampton. Continue to follow the A454 right into Wolverhampton (be wary of speed cameras on the A454). On reaching the traffic island that intersects with the ring road, turn right. As you approach the 2nd set of lights look for the signs for football parking. The ground is over the 2nd set of lights on the right. Alternatively if you turn left into the city centre you may find a space in one of the many council run 'pay & display' car parks. The Civic Hall car park, normally remains open for night matches and costs £2.70 for three hours or £3 for evenings. Terry a visiting Chelsea fan adds; 'Although the city centre car parks are handy, the area is busy with shoppers so you may like we did get stuck in long queues to get into one. I'd recommend parking in the car parks that you see further away from Molineux and taking the 10/15 minute walk; it also means you are back on the motorway quicker after the game'.

Thank you, Sir.

Getting 5 tickets for this at 1pm tomorrow from The Clubshop, the bastards don't want to be denying me.

Check the tickets before leaving the shop....i almost went home with two under 12 tickets.

Anyone on the train Saturday? 9.15 out of Swindon for me! C.O.Y.R!!!

Yes, but at a different time and from a different staring point. 

Any London-based fans on the rattler? 1023 from Euston for me.

How many do we think we will take up?

That's a fantastic showing from the London contingent, on top of the 915 from Swindon.

I think the latest ticket sales figure is around 1,400.

 :funny:

Sold the allocation then, and more!  :D

1526 sold with 10 minutes to go! I'm sure those who turn up on the day will get in.

Not bad with the month we have

Anyone got a spare ticket for Wolves let me know,few people decided they want to go now!

Total apathy from my home boys...giving it a miss

hope you all had a decent day other than the result, I still don't know how we got ANYTHING from that game in all fairness you deserved all 3 points