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Molineux

 The Molineux Ground
Waterloo Road North
St. Peter's
Wolverhampton
Staffordshire
WV1 4QR

P 4 W 3 D 0 L 1 F 11: A 3
75% successful
1891-1956

opened 1889
Home club Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Capacity 41,074 [1980]; 28,500 [1996]; 32,050 since September 2012;
First match Monday, 2 September 1889, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Aston Villa 0, a friendly match
The Moulineux estate (after Benjamin Moulineux) was purchased in 1860 by O.E. McGregor, who converted the land into a pleasure park open to the public, the Molineux Grounds.

England Career
Venue number Seventeen
First match No. 41, 7 March 1891, England 6 Ireland 1, a British Championship match.
Last match No. 310, 5 December 1956, England 5 Denmark 2, a World Cup qualification match.

1886

1903

1920

1938

2019

 
 
England's Record at The Molineux Ground
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
British Championship 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 0 1 3.667 1.00 66.7 +1
World Cup 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 0 0 5.00 2.00 100.0 +1
All 4 3 0 1 16 5 +11 0 1 4.00 1.25 75.0 +2

Tournament Record
  
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1890-91 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 0 0 6.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC 1902-03 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 0 3.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC 1935-36 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 3.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC All 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 0 1 3.667 1.00 66.7 +1

World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 1956-57 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 0 0 5.00 2.00 100.0 +1
WCP All 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 0 0 5.00 2.00 100.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 0 1 3.667 1.00 66.7 +1
WC 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 0 0 5.00 2.00 100.0 +1
4 3 0 1 16 5 +11 0 1 4.00 1.25 75.0 +2

   

England's Results at The Molineux Ground
 
41 7 March 1891 - England 6 Ireland 1 [3-0]
(15,231)		 Cotterill, Henfrey, Daft, Lindley (2), Bassett
Whiteside		 BC HW
77 14 February 1903 - England 4 Ireland 0 [1-0] (24,240) Woodward (2), Sharp, H.Davis HW
201 5 February 1936 - England 1 Wales 2 [1-0] (27,519) Bowden
 Astley, Jones		 HL

Walter Winterbottom
310 5 December 1956 - England 5 Denmark 2 [2-1]
 (54,083)		 Taylor (3), Edwards (2)
 O.Nielsen (2)		 WCP HW

 Gallery

Molineux (above) in 1904 and 1938 (below)
The Molinuex Stadium in 1939 (below) with West Park beyond

 
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