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Wolverhampton


The city with the great motto "Out of darkness, cometh light"

Not only a great motto but a splendid football team Wolverhampton Wanderers founder members of the football league and been playing at the famous Molineux Stadium since 1889



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Wolverhampton Wanderers


In 1953, the club became one of the first to install floodlights

In front of the Billy Wright Stand is a statue of the player, who 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 successful era.



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League
First Division/Premier League
Champions: 1953–54, 1957–58, 1958–59
Runners-up: 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1959–60

Second Division/Championship
Champions: 1931–32, 1976–77, 2008–09
Runners-up: 1966–67, 1982–83
Play-off winners: 2003

Third Division (North)/Third Division
Champions: 1923–24, 1988–89

Fourth Division
Champions: 1987–88

UEFA Cup
Runners-up: 1972

FA Cup
Winners: 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960
Runners-up: 1889, 1896, 1921, 1939

Football League Cup
Winners: 1974, 1980

FA Charity Shield
Winners: 1949*, 1954*, 1959, 1960* (* joint holders)


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