Jez Moxey has promised that he will do his level best in Wolves' search for new owners - although he expects to leave Molineux under any regime change.

  The club's chief executive told members at last night's third meeting of the Fans' Parliament that his exhaustive efforts to find the right people was like 'a turkey voting for Christmas.'

  "Contrary to what the conspiracy theorists say, it is me who is pushing to get this done," he said. "I am not trying to prevent it happening. If it means every single one of this board disappears, so be it. I believe I will disappear. Anyone thinking differently in my position would be naïve. If somebody is going to put money in, they will want someone they know and trust."

  Jez spelled out to the meeting what new owners would actually acquire and said there had been serious enquiries before Sir Jack Hayward's phone calls to local radio stations in mid-November. "Everything will be handed over - all the assets, the holding company, the Academy facility at Aldersley, the training ground, the bricks and mortar at Molineux, the players and the brand name. What you see is what you get. Wolverhampton Wanderers' holding company has a 125-year lease on the ground and that's as good as freehold because we pay nothing to the council for it."

  In answer to a question from Wilf Hadley about restrictions on stadium redevelopment, he added: "Any owner of Wolves is prevented from asset-stripping or selling the ground for housing and leaving the team with nowhere to play. The council have the ability to stop that."

  Fellow director Kevin Threlfall said: "We only want Wolves to be sold once - to the right people. It has to be somebody with very deep pockets who can stand against the Randy Lerners (new Aston Villa owner). That's why we have gone with Rothschild."

  Future ownership proved a lengthy point of debate at last night's meeting and Jez added: "I'm not going to say how many prospective bidders there are and we're not going to get drawn on who we're talking to. But we think we have the moral high ground because unlike Manchester United, Villa and other recent examples, we're not talking about wanting more to ensure a big fat cheque for Sir Jack. He will not have a penny. We will not buckle to the first bid. We want to secure the best deal we can."

  On the rejected Graeme Souness offer, he added: "Those people who choose to make our job more difficult by breaking confidences…..you have to start questioning their motives. The people who are serious only want their names to come up when the job has been done."

  Peter Bagley accused the club of shooting themselves in the foot, PR-wise, but Jez justified his denial of the Souness negotiations by saying: "I was towing the party line and doing what Graeme and I agreed. We had an agreement on what we would say if we were asked."

  Bob Adams asked whether a mandate ensuring Mick McCarthy stayed in place for 18 months or two years under new owners could be included in any deal but was told the relationship between manager and a club was a two-way thing. Jez did say, though, that there would be a complex framework to ensure the next regime didn't put their money into the club to gain control - and then quickly take it out. He added that he thought Mick McCarthy was doing a fantastic job and any new owner ought to keep him.

  Kulbinder Kular spoke of the rumour that the chief executive himself had a bid in - a point that brought the response: "I was live on radio on Friday saying that was a load of rubbish."

  To a question by Phil Kay, Kevin Threlfall said the £20m figure quoted in the media was not necessarily the handover price. He said: "Sir Jack is a wonderful man who we all love but he can act on a whim. Once he said £20m, that becomes a benchmark." He added that maybe the present board could continue running the club if the owner 'was someone remote.'

  Jez agreed with Phil Kay that one of the challenges was ensuring that fresh funding didn't lead to the renewed widespread purchase of ageing players.

RELOCATION OF JACK HARRIS STAND FANS

  Parliament chairman and Wolves director of sales & marketing, Stuart Cain, admitted the club poorly communicated the news about Albion fans being allocated the entire South Bank end for Sunday's FA Cup tie. "We had to give them the Jack Harris Stand. We asked if we could split it like we did for Manchester United last season but the police said we couldn't. We would like to apologise for not getting the information out properly. That was what the pie-and-a-pint gesture was all about. What do you do if you get something wrong? You buy someone a pint and say sorry."

  Georgina Savage asked if the police who made these decisions ever attended matches. "There are 3,000 seething Wolves fans," she said. "In trying to prevent some trouble, they have created more."

  Jez Moxey replied: "The police have incredible powers and can make us play a game with no-one watching if they choose. They initiated the ban on Cardiff fans, with our support. We had an £11,000 police bill on Saturday despite there being not one sighting of a Cardiff fan in the ground. The police said they had intelligence to the effect that there may be but we disputed that and explained that our ticketing policy was very robust - but we still lost the argument and had an unnecessarily police bill forced upon us."

  He agreed that information about fans being relocated was 'too matter-of-fact' - overlooked amid the replay victory at Oldham, the signing of players, the Cardiff issue, takeover talk and the incessant media attention.

  Jon Lockley said the police had made an awkward situation potentially worse while Bob Adams argued that the Fans' Parliament may have been the right body to decide on recompense for affected fans, such as a discount next time for affected season ticket holders.

  Jez replied that a rebate would have caused problems with Albion and the FA and an immediate gesture was appropriate. To Carolyn Skitt's apprehension about the early kick-off time preventing Wolverhampton Sunday League footballers getting to the tie much before half-time, he repeated that the police decided when games started - and it was only fierce pressure that prevented them calling a 12 noon kick-off against Cardiff.

  Jez and Stuart Cain spelled out that Wolves would be allocated 5,500 tickets in the Smethwick End of The Hawthorns if the Albion tie is replayed. "It's not unusual for season ticket holders to be relocated," Jez concluded.

  Agreed action: To invite a senior police representative to a future Parliament session.

SMOKE-FREE MOLINEUX

  Stuart Cain stressed that from July 1, all stadia would be smoke-free. "How enforceable is it?" asked Chris Cox. Jez said there were 'Smoke Police' at Scotland's Old Firm clubs, adding: "It (the decision) is probably a very good thing but I'm a little concerned in case people say it's another obstacle to cross before going to a game."

  Jim Heath said it was good news for parents wishing to take kids to matches but Wilf Hadley wondered whether the ruling would be any easier to implement than asking spectators to actually sit in seats, rather than stand. Robert Fuller said a steward at QPR quickly confronted a fan who lit up during Wolves' game there this season.

  Terry Brearley suggested that any smoking ban be extended to cover drinking and gambling as well.

WOLVES WORLD

  Jon Lockley said some fans were losing patience with the technical problems that meant they couldn't hear match commentary through the club's website. Stuart Cain explained the role of PTV in providing technical support to the web-site and Radio WM in providing commentary. He stated that there had been problems with both Radio WM and PTV, primarily in the way they communicated with each other. The club was trying to resolve these issues and whilst PTV can't be replaced due to a long standing contractual commitment, the commentary may be handled 'in-house' or handed to another source. Stuart Cain also stated that the Wolves web-site was being re-designed and upgraded in the Summer.

  Action: The club to update Parliament on discussions with PTV and Radio WM at next meeting.

COMMUNICATION

  Roger Fellows argued that the recent stick for Jez Moxey was 'totally inappropriate,' and that he had had a bad week at the office. "It's to do with communication," Roger said. Robert Anslow asked if Parliament members could be issued with certain items of news for them to pass it on.

  Agreed action: The club agreed to adhere to this idea.

WALKWAYS

  Following discussion at a previous session, Stuart Cain reported back that walkways were cleaned the day before a game and the day after. Director John Gough said meetings had been held with contractors and stadium management and some walkways were to be re-coated to try to allay fears of slippiness. Kulbinder Kular asked if turnstile areas could also be cleaned.

AWAY KIT

  Four designs for a new change kit were shown to the meeting - all teal, all red, all grey and all navy blue. The navy blue one, with gold trimming, was unanimously voted on by members.

  Agreed action: Members' views to be relayed to Mick McCarthy.

EARLY BIRD SCHEME

  Chris Cox asked whether the club were stepping back from this idea in case new owners were in place next season. Jez Moxey replied: "No. Just as Sir Jack has allowed us to do seven deals in the transfer window, transfer of the business will not affect the early bird."

  Chris said fans where he lived in the Leicester City catchment area couldn't believe how much kids paid at Molineux. Bob Adams agreed, saying: "The area of kids' prices is crucial." Jez Moxey countered about Molineux prices generally: "We often hear that we should do more but go and look at what the other clubs charge and you'll see we are very competitive." He rejected the idea of a five-year season ticket, considering it dangerous for clubs to receive so much money up front, spend it and then find themselves with little income in the future.

  Stuart Cain said a price freeze in the summer for the third successive season would cut into the money available for players and stadium work but he acknowledged that some increases could perhaps be mitigated with offers, such as free Wolves World subscription for half a season. The board would consider the options carefully.

  Kulbinder Kular complained that there was no staggered payment, so the lump sum was a massive burden. Stuart said the early-bird offer was available on credit, interest-free, via the Wolves credit card.

  Robert Fuller asked if £5 club shop vouchers could be given to compensate season ticket holders for when matches are reduced in price. Jez said: "We make it clear to season ticket holders before they buy that the club reserves the right run special ticket price promotions. And don't forget the majority of Wolves fans enjoy some of the cheapest season tickets in the Championship, up to eight games free - the 'early bird' season ticket represents outstanding value for money."

  Agreed action: The club are to look at on-line registration for buying tickets and at reported difficulties of getting through to the ticket office by phone.

ACADEMY

  The meeting kicked off with a 30-minute address on Wolves' youth programme by Academy Director Chris Evans, who proudly pointed out that the club had produced seven full internationals under their Academy programme, having not previously 'unearthed' one since 1980.

  Twenty-seven first-team players and 24 under-21 internationals had also come through the ranks and he said: "A few years ago, the reserve team had an average age of 31. That's scandalous. It stops kids having a chance. You follow a dangerous path if you let them go without giving them an opportunity."

  To a question from Robert Anslow about the impact of club cutbacks on the Academy, Chris added: "If this club didn't put another penny into the Academy, we will produce players for another decade. That's because the quality of the schoolboys from nine to 16 is the best I've ever known."

  He said the club would continue to emerge as a multi-cultural one. "Forty-two per cent of our players are non-white. Afro Caribbeans, Indians, Egyptians, mixed-race…..we're in a multi-cultural society here. We have a boy in our under-13 team of Indian origin and he's different class."