Molineux stadium

Molineux stadium is the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., who are currently members of the Football League Championship.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. - Football League Championship

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The stadium is located within a mile of Wolverhampton city centre, just outside the ring road, and is a prominent building both because of its size and because many parts of the stands are decorated in orange, to go with the team's colour of gold. It consists of four stands, the Steve Bull stand, the Jack Harris stand, the Stan Cullis stand and the Billy Wright stand.

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Mile - Wolverhampton - Ring road - Orange - Gold - Steve Bull - Stan Cullis - Billy Wright

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In front of the Billy Wright stand is a statue of the player, who made also made 105 appearances for England, 90 of them as captain. In front of the Stan Cullis stand is a statue of the former player, captain and manager who led the team during their most most successful era.

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The total seated capacity of the ground is approximately 28,000 although this has been expanded in recent seasons by the building of a temporary stand which provides capacity for another 800 fans. In the days before the Taylor Report, which required British football stadia to provide seating for all those attending, the ground had a capacity of over 60,000; the record attendance for a match at the ground is 61,315 for a game against Liverpool F.C. on 11 February 1939.

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Taylor Report - British - Liverpool F.C. - 11 February - 1939

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On June 24, 2003, the Molineux also became Wolverhampton's biggest live venue, with Jon Bon Jovi performing there in front of 34,000 people.

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June 24 - 2003 - Live venue - Jon Bon Jovi

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Molineux has hosted England internationals. The first was a 6-1 win over Ireland on March 7 1891 (the same day England also beat Wales 4-1 at Sunderland's ground). England again beat Ireland, this time 4-0, on February 14 1903 and lost to Wales 2-1 on February 5 1936. The last was a 5-2 defeat of Denmark in a 1958 World Cup qualifier on December 5 1956.

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England - Ireland - March 7 - 1891 - Wales - Sunderland's - February 14 - 1903 - February 5 - 1936 - Denmark - 1958 World Cup - December 5 - 1956

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