A ground good enough for the premiership. But are wolves good enough for the premiership? (Molineux (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC))

Member Name: daadr

Product:	Molineux (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC)
Date:	12/05/09 (70 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good size with facilites and good carpark

Disadvantages: Cold with the open side stands

I have only visited the Molineux stadium once. This was just over a year ago as I made the long trip from Brighton to Wolverhampton to watch Ipswich play Wolves. This review is about the ground and the facilities of an away fans point of view.

The first thing I noticed about the ground as we got close to it was how bright it was. It was a big square of gold and yellow. It to me looked like a warehouse but as we got closer you could tell it was a well built modern football stadium.

The Wolverhampton area didn't seem to have a very nice look to it. It seemed quite run down. The area around the ground didn't look to appealing, but there was no sign of any sort of trouble which is a good thing.

The carpark we used was about a 5-10 minute walk from the ground. It was an idustrial estate hired out for the weekends as a football carpark. The cost was a standard £5 which is the usual for every ground I have been too, Except Reading, and your car felt safe there so was happy to pay the money. It was also very easy to get out. There was a very long queue to get out the way all the cars came in to the carpark but my dad thought he saw a different exit so we want to the other end of the industrial estate and got straight out. If you visit the stadium and use this carpark, that's a tip for you :)

The stadium its self hold 28,500 and the seats are all gold to match the home shirts of the team and looks quite impressive.

The sides to the stadium are all open though which makes way for a nasty breeze to come in and blow around the stands though as the stands don't have a side to them. They are all open.

The stadium has 4 big stands. 1 behind each goal which is one long tier and 1 stand on each side of the pitch where are 2 tiers high.

I found Wolves to be quite clever. They have the away fans along the bottom tier of one of the stands. Usually the away fans are in one block together. As they have put the away fans all the way along a tier it makes it very hard to create an atmosphere.

The Wolves fans them self are very vocal. They sing the song 'Hi ho silver linging' but instead of saying silver linging they all shout Wolverhampton, just before kick off. As soon as there is a misplaced pass though the fans are very quick to get on the backs of their players.

The facilities were of a good standard. As the away fans get the whole bottom tier of the stand there is a couple of food stands and toilets. The toilets where old and dingy though with one of the toilets not even having a working light in.

All in all a decent stadium. The stadium is good enough for the premiership, but I don't think Wolves are good enough for the Premiership. I can see them coming straight back down.

Summary: Good ground