18th August 1962: Wolves beat Man City 8-1 in largest opening day victory
On the first day of the 1962/1963 season, Wolves recorded their largest ever opening day victory with an 8-1 thrashing of Manchester City at Molineux. Ted Farmer scored four on the day. Wolves would go onto finish the season in fifth place, winning twenty games, and accumulating fifty points.
August 1879: St. Luke’s FC merge with Blakenhall Wanderers to form Wolverhampton Wanderers
After being founded in 1876, St. Luke’s FC merged with the football team of local cricket side – Blakenhall Wanderers – to form Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 1879.
16th August 2003: Wolves play first Premier League game
Following promotion from the Championship through the playoffs in the 2002/2003 season, Wolves were in the Premier League for the first time, having been absent from the topflight of English football for nineteen years. However, things did not go as planned on Wolves’ return following a 5-1 away defeat to Blackburn Rovers. This defeat would be a sign of things to come for Wolves that season as they went on to lose nineteen games and were immediately relegated back to the Championship.
30th August 2019: Wolves enter a European Competition for the first time in thirty-nine years
After their return to the Premier League in the 2018/2019 season, Wolves immediately sent shockwaves through the division, qualifying for the 2019/2020 Europa League. Wolves had to enter the competition in the second qualifying round but eased past teams including Crusaders and Torino to make it to the group stage. This was the first time Wolves were in a European group stage draw for thirty-nine years. Wolves were drawn into Group K along with Braga (Portugal), Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia), and Besiktas (Turkey). Wolves would go onto finish second in the group and made it to the quarter-final stage before being knocked out by eventual winners, Sevilla (Spain).
-Louis Sharma
