THE GROUND
Molineux Stadium
Waterloo Road
Wolverhampton
WV1 4QR
Wolverhampton Wanderers have played at Molineux since 1889 and it is one of the country’s most famous grounds.
For long periods it was also one of the biggest, hosting international matches and a UEFA Cup Final.
The ground was redeveloped in the early 1990s and now holds 31,000 but there are plans in place to take it up to around 50,000, if required.
The Stan Cullis Stand has already been redeveloped and the next stage will be The Steve Bull Stand.
Brentford were given allocation of 2,544 tickets for the League One match last season in the lower tier of The Steve Bull Stand, on the side of the pitch, opposite the dug outs and tunnel.
THE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
It is approximately 133 miles from Griffin Park to the Molineux by road using the M40, M42, M5 and A4123 in to Wolverhampton.
The ground is close to the A4150, Wolverhampton Ring Road, and there are signs for the stadium.
There are car parks around the ground.
The stadium is also close to Wolverhampton City Centre and parking is available there.
The nearest station to the ground is Wolverhampton, which is around 15 minutes away.
Virgin Trains services from London Euston go to Wolverhampton and the station is also served by Arriva Trains Wales and London Midland services.
Train travellers can also get a CrossCountry train from Reading to Wolverhampton.
The Supporters’ Association will be running coaches to every game this season – details of times and prices will be announced in due course.
THE FIXTURES
Brentford will play Wolverhampton Wanderers at Griffin Park on Saturday November 29.
The Bees then travel to Molineux on Sunday December 28 for their last game of 2014.
THE RECENT HISTORY
Wolverhampton Wanderers ended a downward turn with promotion last year, following back-to-back relegations.
Wolves spent 2013/14 back in the third tier for the first time since 1989 but ensured it was a short stay.
They were always among the front runners in League One last season and, along with Brentford, Leyton Orient and, to a lesser extent Preston North End and Rotherham United, pulled away from the pack.
They lost just one of their first 18 games and then recovered from a sticky spell around Christmas to lose just one of their last 19 games.
They went top at the start of March and never relinquished that position, winning the title by nine points.
It ended an alarming slump for the Black Country club, who have spent a large period of the recent decade in the Premier League.
The three-time champions of England and four times FA Cup winners went from Division One to Division Four in consecutive seasons in the early 1980s but climbed back to Division Two by 1989 and established themselves in the second tier.
They won promotion to the Premier League in 2003 and although they came back down they went up again in 2009 and stabilised for two seasons.
They were relegated in 2011/12, when they won only five of 38 games, and things got even worse in 2012/13 when they went down again.
But Kenny Jackett came in last summer, their fifth boss in 15 months, turned the ship around and Wolves are looking up again.
THE MANAGER
Kenny Jackett took over as Wolverhampton Wanderers manager in May after Dean Saunders left.
The 52-year-old came in as one of the more experienced managers in the lower leagues and one of the most successful and he proved it again last season.
He had a short spell as manager of Watford in 1996/97 and then served as first team coach before leaving in 2001.
He took over at Swansea in 2004 and took them up from League Two before resigning.
He had a short spell at Manchester City as Reserve team Manager before taking over at Millwall in 2007.
The Lions lost in the League One Play-Off Final in 2009 but won it a year later and are now stable in The Championship.
Jackett left Millwall at the end of 2012/13 looking for a new challenge and took over at Molineux a few weeks later, winning promotion at the first time of asking.
THE TOP SCORER
Bakary Sako was one of three Wolves players to score 12 Sky Bet League One goals last season, and one of two to hit 13 in all competitions.
Leigh Griffiths also scored 13, 12 in the league, before leaving for Celtic in January, while Nouha Dicko scored 12 goals in 19 League One appearances.
Sako, who can play on the wing or up front, played 42 games last season, 40 in the league and scored 13 times, 12 in League One.
The 26-year-old, who plays international football for Mali, joined Wolves in 2012 from Saint-Étienne having started his career at Châteauroux.
THE KEY MEN
Wolverhampton Wanderers built their promotion from League One on a consistent and powerful side, particularly in the second half of the season.
Central defender Danny Batth was ever-present in League One while Richard Stearman made 40 appearances and first-choice full backs Sam Ricketts and Scott Golbourne played 44 and 40 games respectively.
The key man in midfield was Kevin McDonald, who signed from Sheffield United early in the season and played 41 games.
He ended the campaign nominated for Sky Bet League One Player of the Year, losing out to Brentford’s Adam Forshaw.
After Griffiths and Kevin Doyle, who were regulars in attack in the first half of the season, left in January, Sako and Dicko formed a strike partnership with Leon Clarke also available.
Carl Ikeme played 41 games in goal while Michael Jacobs played 30 games in midfield and James Henry played 32.
Jack Price, David Davis and David Edwards were also regularly involved.
Wolves look set to start the new season with the same group of players that got them up.
Players such as Golbourne, McDonald, Henry, Jacobs and Dicko were all signed during 2013/14 and are set to keep their places.
No key figures have left and Wolves have signed Peterborough United midfield player Tommy Rowe and Dutch striker Ranjiv van La Parra to complement what they already had.
Doyle has returned from a loan spell at Queens Park Rangers while Roger Johnson and Stephen Ward, who were also out on loan deals last term, are back at Molineux but that trio and Jamie O’Hara, who played for Wolves in the Premier League, are not expected to feature.
THE FIRST MEETING
September 28 1935, Football League Division One – Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 Brentford 2 Walsall 2
Brentford line-up: Mathieson; Bateman, Metcalf; Burns, James, Watson; Hopkins, Robson, Holliday, Scott, Fletcher
Brentford goal scorers: Holliday, Scott
Brentford let a two-goal lead slip and fell to defeat at Molineux.
THE LAST MEETING
February 22 2013, Sky Bet League One – Brentford 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3
Brentford line-up: Button; McCormack, Dean, Craig, Bidwell; Forshaw, Douglas, Saville (sub Grigg); Donaldson, Trotta, Judge
Subs (not used): Lee, Yennaris, Tarkowski, O’Connor, Dallas, Reeves
Brentford’s unbeaten Sky Bet League One run, which stretched back more than four months, was brought to an end by fellow promotion challenges Wolverhampton Wanderers.
THE MEMORABLE DAY
February 1 1936, Football League Division One – Brentford 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
Brentford line-up: Mathieson; Wilson, Poyser; McKenzie, James, Richards; Hopkins, Scott, McCulloch Holliday, Reid
Brentford goal scorers: Morris (O.G.), McCulloch (2), Scott, Holliday
Brentford romped to a home win as they continued their climb towards their highest ever finish.
THE ODDS
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