Formed in 1877 by boys of St Luke`s and in 1880 amalgamated with a team called The Wanderers, and became the team we know today. Original members of the League in 1888, they stayed in the 1st Div until relegated in 1906 and had a long spell in the 2nd Div until the 1922/3 season when they finished 22nd and went into the 3rd Div(North).

In Their season they won the championship and eight seasons later won the and Div title with a club record 115 goals in 1931/2. Wolves were heading for the finest part of thier history.

First under Major Frank Buckley, pre-war when they were 5th, 2nd, 2nd in the last three peace-time League seasons and also Cup runners-up in 1939. After the war when under manager Stan Cullis they won the League Championship 1953/4, 1957/8, 1958/9 and finished runners-up in 1949/50, 1954/5, 1959/60 and won the Cup in 1949 and 1960. But golden eras come to an end and the finish of the 1964/5 season saw Wolves relegated. Two seasons later they finished runners-up to Coventry in 1966/7.

Wolves` full list of Cup Finals are winners 1893(Everton 1-0), 1949(Leicester 3-1), 1060(Blackburn 3-0) and they were runners-up in 1889, 1896, 1921 and 1939. In 1960/1 they reached the semi-final of the European Cup Winners Cup before losing to Glasgow Rangers.

Famous players include Rev. Ken Hunt, Stan Cullis, Bryn Jones, Billy Wright(105 England caps), Dennis Westcott, Ron Flowers, Jimmy Mullen, Johnny Hancocks, Bill Slater, Peter Broadbent & Steve Bull(13 England caps).

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