Happy Memories Of Ground-Breaking Trips

Wolves’ draw at Everton on Wednesday continued the fine record they have developed in recent years on their first visits to new (rebuilt) venues.

With victories at West Ham, Tottenham and Brentford in the non-too-distant past, they have now won or drawn on four successive maiden trips, all in the Premier League.

And that makes it strange to think that they lost on their first times at Morecambe and Burton not too long before that!

Because so many clubs have moved into new homes in the last 30 years or so, we are homing in on that period to show the result (and scorers) from Wolves’ first trip to each. We are not including temporary homes in this list, like Tottenham playing at Wembley – only new permanent ones.

All games are League fixtures unless otherwise stated.

1993-94: Millwall 1 Wolves 0 at The New Den on April 20.

1995-96: Huddersfield 2 Wolves 1 (Bull) at the McAlpine Stadium on November 25.

1997-98: Sunderland 1 Wolves 1 (Melville og) at the Stadium of Light on September 20; Stoke 3 Wolves 0 at the Britannia Stadium on November 8; Middlesbrough 1 Wolves 1 (Atkins) at the Riverside Stadium on April 29. 

1998-99: Bolton 1 Wolves 2 (Keane 2) in the FA Cup third round at the JJB Stadium on January 2.

1999-2000: Wigan 0 Wolves 1 (Robinson) in the FA Cup third round at the DW Stadium on December 11.

2001-02: Walsall 0 Wolves 3 (Newton, Kennedy, Miller) at Bescot Stadium on September 21.

2002-03: Derby 1 Wolves 4 (Rae 2, Miller, Cooper) at Pride Park on August 24; Leicester 1 Wolves 0 at the Walkers Stadium on September 28; Southampton 2 Wolves 0 in the FA Cup quarter-final at the Friends Provident St Mary’s Stadium on March 9; Reading 0 Wolves 1 (Newton) at the Madejski Stadium on March 12.

2003-04: Manchester City 3 Wolves 3 (Camara, Kennedy, Cort) at the Etihad Stadium on April 10.

2005-06: Coventry 2 Wolves 0 at the Ricoh Arena on January 6; Hull 2 Wolves 3 (Cort, Miller, Aliadiere) at the KC Stadium on February 25.

2007-08: Scunthorpe 0 Wolves 2 (Edwards, Ebanks-Blake) at Glanford Park on January 19.

2008-09: Swansea 3 Wolves 1 (Keogh) at the Liberty Stadium on October 4; Doncaster 0 Wolves 1 (Collins) at the Keepmoat Stadium on December 20.

2009-10: Arsenal 1 Wolves 0 at the Emirates Stadium on April 10.

2011-12: Northampton 0 Wolves 4 (Ebanks-Blake 2, Milijas, Vokes) in the Carling Cup second round at Sixfields Stadium on August 23.

2012-13: Cardiff 3 Wolves 1 (Sako) at the Cardiff City Stadium on September 2; Brighton 2 Wolves 0 at the Amex Stadium on May 4.

2013-14: Morecambe 1 Wolves 0 in the Capital One Cup first round at the Globe Arena on August 6; Shrewsbury 0 Wolves 1 (Sako pen) at the New Meadow on September 21; Colchester 0 Wolves 3 (Griffiths 2, 1 pen, Doyle) at the Colchester Community Stadium on October 5; Rotherham 3 Wolves 3 (Batth, Sako pen, Henry) at the New York Stadium on December 21.

2016-17: Burton 2 Wolves 1 (Costa pen) at the Pirelli Stadium on February 4.

2018-19: West Ham 0 Wolves 1 (Traore) at the London Stadium on September 1.

2019-20: Tottenham 2 Wolves 3 (Doherty, Jota, Jimenez) at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on March 1.

2021-22 Brentford 1 Wolves 2 (Moutinho, Neves) at the Brentford GTech Community Stadium on January 22. 

2025-26: Everton 1 Wolves 1 (Mane) at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on January 7.

How many of our readers, we wonder, have been to ALL of these games – and do any of you have any additions to make to the list, from League or cup fixtures?