Wolverhampton Wanderers Football

Club
/wlvrhmptn/ (commonly
i

referred to as Wolves) is an English

professional football club that represents

the second having been promoted

highest tier from League One in
of English

2014 after a solitary

football

season at that level.[1]

Wolves

most notably as being

have been

founder members

highly

of the Football League

the city of Wolverhampton in the West

Midlands. The club was originally known
as St. Luke's FC and was founded in 1877
and since 1889 has played at Molineux.
They currently compete in the Football
League Championship
Historically

influential
Wolves have yet to match the successes

although

under Bill McGarry

of the Stan Cullis era

Despite the financial backing of then-

they were

[5]

when manager Dave

owner Sir Jack Hayward during the next

unable to

Jones ended their

decade

regain a place nineteen-year exile but

in the top

only for a solitary

flight

Premier League season.

until 2003

The club returned for a

three-year stay at the
top level after Mick
McCarthy led them back
asFootball League
Championship
champions in 2009