Wolves vs West Ham United Tickets

Molineux Stadium first opened in 1889 and it has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers ever since.

There was an average attendance of 31,037 at this venue during the 2023/24 season, and the Molineux Stadium seating plan is a handy tool for identifying the best spots to purchase seats at this classic football ground.

Wolverhampton Wanderers vs West Ham United History

When these teams first shared a pitch back in 1910, it was in the Second Round of the FA Cup. Played at Molineux, West Ham ran out 5-1 winners on the day. A decade later the teams contested a league fixture for the first time, in the old Second Division.

Wolves and West Ham went more than 35 years without crossing paths, until 1958 when they met in the First Division for the first time. Wolves were the reigning champions of England at the time, during a period when the West Midlands club endured its most successful chapter with multiple league titles and a fourth FA Cup crown.

The teams continued to meet frequently for much of the 1960s & 70s, though less so in the 80s. When the Football League reformatted in 1992, Wolves & West Ham were both playing in the second tier which had then become known as the new First Division.

In more recent times, the Hammers won the UEFA Conference League in 2023, at which point Wolves hadn’t celebrated a major honour for 43 years.

Some players who have represented both these clubs include:

• Paul Ince was just 14 when he signed for West Ham and he made his senior debut for the club four years later. Following spells with Manchester United, Inter Milan and Liverpool, Ince moved to Wolves in 2002.

• Robbie Keane joined the Wolves Academy in 1996 before making his professional debut the following year. Later in his illustrious career, in 2011, the Republic of Ireland icon had a spell on loan at West Ham from Tottenham.

• Carlton Cole rose through the Chelsea Academy and was loaned to Wolves in 2002. The striker later signed for West Ham and went on to make almost 300 appearances across a seven-year stay with the Hammers, in addition to earning seven caps for England.

• After featuring 175 times for Wolves, Matt Jarvis moved to WHUFC in 2012. The deal was reportedly worth an initial £7,5m.

• Craig Dawson transferred in the opposite direction in 2023, as Wolves purchased the defender for a fee in the region of £3,5m.

Wolverhampton Wanderers vs West Ham United Head-to-Head

The majority of their 70+ meetings came prior to the Premier League era, which commenced in 1992.

Wolves and West Ham both featured in the debut season of the EFL Championship in 2004/05. This fixture produced a six-goal thriller as Paul Ince netted against his boyhood club to contribute towards a 4-2 win for Wolves.

The first Premier League fixture between these teams came in the 2009/10 season; Mark Noble scored in a 2-0 victory for the Hammers.

In 2018/19, after earning Premier League promotion under Nuno Espirito Santo, Wolves recorded a 3-0 win in this fixture as Raul Jiménez twice found the back of the net.

Jiménez also scored the decisive goal against WHUFC in the 2021/22 campaign, after the visitors had picked up a 3-2 win the previous term.

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