2014–15 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers

2014–15 season

Chairman

Steve Morgan

Head coach

7th

Top goalscorer

League: Bakary Sako (15)
All: Nouha Dicko & Bakary Sako (15)

Highest home attendance

28,132
(vs Blackpool,
17 January 2015)

Lowest home attendance

6,171
(vs Northampton,
12 August 2014)

Average home league attendance

22,419

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2014–15 season was the 116th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship, following their return to the second level after being promoted as champions from League One at the first attempt.

The club finished the season in seventh position, missing out on a play-off place on goal difference. Their tally of 78 points represented the highest points tally not to earn a play-off place since the system was introduced.^[1]

Season review

Following their record-breaking promotion from League One, pre-season training began on 26 June with Wolves having already made two of their three summer signings with Tommy Rowe and Rajiv van La Parra arriving on free transfers;^[2] Chelsea academy graduate George Saville would join for a fee in late August but fail to make any impact before being loaned out.^[3] The transfer window saw deals reached to remove some of the club's transfer listed players from the wage bill with Tongo Doumbia, Jamie O’Hara and Stephen Ward all moving on.

The season began with a 1–0 win over newly relegated Norwich, which was soon followed by two further 1–0 wins against the other two teams to have fallen out of the Premier League, Fulham and Cardiff, respectively. The team lost just twice in their opening 15 league fixtures, bringing them a place in the top 4 of the division. However, a lengthy hamstring injury to striker Nouha Dicko left the team lacking attacking options, with Leon Clarke having scored just once.^[4] The loan acquisition of Hull striker Yannick Sagbo failed to solve the issue as the player's lack of fitness became apparent and the deal was cut short.^[5]^[6] A second Premier League striker was loaned in with Sunderland's Danny Graham then having a six-week stay but providing only one goal.^[7] During this time Wolves suffered five defeats in a row, their worst run at Championship level since 1991, dropping them into mid-table.^[8]

With Dicko regaining fitness by the Christmas period, the team went two months undefeated and bolstered their attacking threat by signing Benik Afobe from Arsenal,^[9] who had led the goalscoring charts while on loan at League One side MK Dons.^[10] The January window saw the departures of two further transfer listed players, Roger Johnson and Kevin Foley.^[11]^[12] The following months saw the team regain a footing in the promotion race, as they became one of the eight clubs at the top of the division to break clear of the remaining teams.

After sitting in 8th place for several weeks, a run of four consecutive victories in late March/early April allowed them to finally break back into the play-off positions. However, they immediately suffered two consecutive losses - at local rivals Birmingham and promotion contenders Middlesbrough - that dropped them again down to 8th. After a home match against fellow play-off challenger Ipswich, managed by former Wolves manager Mick McCarthy, finished 1–1, Wolves were left needing to hope that teams above them would drop sufficient points in the final two rounds of games to allow them back into the top 6. Although Wolves won their final two games to catch Ipswich on points, their goal difference proved insufficient to overtake either the East Anglian club or Brentford, who had been promoted as runners-up behind Wolves in the previous season. Wolves' tally of 78 points was the highest-achieved to date by a team that did not qualify for the play-offs since their introduction.^[1]

Results

Pre season

11 July 2014	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Richards 60'	Report	Sako 35' (pen.) Edwards 37' Clarke 49'	Stadium: Abbey Business Stadium Attendance: 1,705 Referee: Oliver Langford

14 July 2014	Shamrock Rovers	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Dublin, Ireland
20:00 BST	Millar 9'	Report	Clarke 24' McAlinden 28' Dicko 69' Sako 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 1,000 (est.) Referee: Derek Tomney

16 July 2014	Bohemians	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Dublin, Ireland
19:45 BST	Corcoran 83'	Report	Clarke 6', 29' Dicko 59'	Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 1,672 Referee: Paul Tuite

22 July 2014	Peterborough United	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Vassell 15' McCann 54' (pen.)	Report	Clarke 24' Edwards 78'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 1,956 Referee: Stephen Martin

26 July 2014	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Crewe
15:00 BST		Report	Dicko 89'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 2,721 Referee: Mark Heywood

29 July 2014	Oxford United	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Oxford
19:45 BST		Report	Clarke 27'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 2,727 Referee: John Busby

2 August 2014	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Celta Vigo	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Dicko 32'	Report	Larrivey 65'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 5,253 Referee: Stephen Martin

Championship

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League Championship in the 2014–15 season. Each team played every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

The provisional fixture list was released on 18 June 2014, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.^[13]

Matches

10 August 2014 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Norwich City	Wolverhampton
16:00 BST	Edwards 64'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,053 Referee: Simon Hooper

16 August 2014 2	Rotherham United	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Hall 76'	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,752 Referee: Graham Salisbury

20 August 2014 3	Fulham	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
20:00 BST		Report	Sako 15'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 18,627 Referee: James Linington

23 August 2014 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Hudson 90+1' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,221 Referee: Darren Drysdale

30 August 2014 5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Dicko 13' Sako 33', 68'	Report	Rhodes 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,260 Referee: Keith Stroud

13 September 2014 6	Blackpool	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Blackpool
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 12,233 Referee: Mick Russell

16 September 2014 7	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
19:45 BST	Bikey 25'	Report	Batth 65'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 15,973 Referee: Pat Miller

20 September 2014 8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Dicko 42'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,695 Referee: Andy Madley

28 September 2014 9	Reading	3–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Reading
13:15 BST	Hector 19' Taylor 54' Murray 89'	Report	Henry 51' Evans 54' Blackman 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,454 Referee: James Adcock

1 October 2014 10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	Huddersfield Town	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Sako 71'	Report	Bunn 21' Scannell 39' Coady 51'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,059 Referee: Phil Gibbs

4 October 2014 11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Edwards 30' Sako 64'	Report	Perch 32' Fortuné 45+2'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,288 Referee: Andy Davies

18 October 2014 12	Millwall	3–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST	Gregory 67' Fuller 82', 87'	Report	Batth 23' Ebanks-Landell 61' Sako 64'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,428 Referee: Darren Drysdale

21 October 2014 13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Middlesbrough	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Sako 33' (pen.) Dicko 73'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 18,391 Referee: Carl Berry

25 October 2014 14	Leeds United	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds
15:00 BST	Antenucci 18'	Report	Henry 66' Clarke 85'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 27,883 Referee: David Webb

1 November 2014 15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Birmingham City	Wolverhampton
12:15 GMT		Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,135 Referee: Anthony Taylor

4 November 2014 16	Ipswich Town	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Murphy 35', 59'	Report	Henry 53'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,267 Referee: Andy Madley

8 November 2014 17	Derby County	5–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Derby
12:15 GMT	Shotton 15' Hendrick 28', 55' Russell 42', 61'	Report		Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 30,398 Referee: Graham Salisbury

22 November 2014 18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Assombalonga 65' Fryatt 68' Lansbury 83'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Paul Tierney

29 November 2014 19	Brentford	4–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 GMT	Judge 29' Dallas 74' Gray 82' Jota 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,923 Referee: Mark Brown

6 December 2014 20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Bournemouth	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Graham 41'	Report	Arter 73' Ritchie 85'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,196 Referee: Mike Jones

13 December 2014 21	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sheffield
15:00 GMT		Report	Clarke 84'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 20,598 Referee: Stuart Attwell

20 December 2014 22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Batth 88'	Report	Bent 10'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,882 Referee: Darren Bond

26 December 2014 23	Watford	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Watford
17:30 GMT		Report	Dicko 57'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,443 Referee: Graham Scott

28 December 2014 24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Brentford	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Dicko 7' Tarkowski 73' (o.g.)	Report	Batth 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,598 Referee: Kevin Wright

11 January 2015 25	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Blackburn
14:00 GMT		Report	Edwards 48'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 15,355 Referee: Mark Haywood

17 January 2015 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Blackpool	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Edwards 86' Afobe 90'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 28,132 Referee: Kevin Johnson

24 January 2015 27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,487 Referee: Andy D'Urso

31 January 2015 28	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Clough 23', 25'	Report	Dicko 3' Henry 90+5'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 15,869 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

7 February 2015 29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Reading	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Afobe 26'	Report	Pogrebnyak 1' Williams 70'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,274 Referee: Keith Hill

10 February 2015 30	Huddersfield Town	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Vaughan 63'	Report	Dicko 12', 90+1' Coady 47' (o.g.) Afobe 61'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 11,843 Referee: David Webb

14 February 2015 31	Norwich City	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Johnson 28' Grabban 67'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,322 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

21 February 2015 32	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–0	Rotherham United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Afobe 21', 63' Dicko 28' Edwards 74' Sako 80'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,336 Referee: Iain Williamson

24 February 2015 33	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Fulham	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Batth 10' Sako 40', 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 17,744 Referee: Graham Salisbury

28 February 2015 34	Cardiff City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00 GMT		Report	Sako 26'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,165 Referee: Robert Madley

3 March 2015 35	Bournemouth	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Kermorgant 10', 49' (pen.)	Report	Afobe 39'	Stadium: Goldsands Stadium Attendance: 9,851 Referee: James Linington

7 March 2015 36	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Watford	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Afobe 14' Price 51'	Report	Vydra 30' Deeney 65'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,146 Referee: Brendan Malone

14 March 2015 37	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Bruno 70'	Report	van La Parra 74'	Stadium: AMEX Stadium Attendance: 27,019 Referee: Trevor Kettle

17 March 2015 38	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Sako 18' (pen.) Afobe 55' Henry 67'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 18,687 Referee: Simon Hooper

20 March 2015 39	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Derby County	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Dicko 48' Grant 69' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,480 Referee: Keith Stroud

3 April 2015 40	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Blackstock 90+4'	Report	Afobe 46' Sako 72' (pen.)	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,185 Referee: Andy D'Urso

6 April 2015 41	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–3	Leeds United	Wolverhampton
17:15 BST	Dicko 19', 45+1' Afobe 48' Edwards 88'	Report	Taylor 11' Batth 65' (o.g.) Mowatt 74'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,169 Referee: David Coote

11 April 2015 42	Birmingham City	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Kiernan 25' Gray 61'	Report	Afobe 21'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 19,330 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

14 April 2015 43	Middlesbrough	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Vossen 3' Bamford 11'	Report	Sako 53'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 20,520 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

18 April 2015 44	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Ipswich Town	Wolverhampton
12:15 BST	Afobe 50'	Report	Stearman 21' (o.g.)	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,409 Referee: Stuart Attwell

25 April 2015 45	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wigan
15:00 BST		Report	Afobe 25'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 16,810 Referee: James Linington

2 May 2015 46	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–2	Millwall	Wolverhampton
12:15 BST	Dicko 20', 56' Ebanks-Landell 70' Sako 90+1'	Report	O'Brien 58' Philpot 82'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,480 Referee: Mark Haywood

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	12	12	70	56	+14	78	13	6	4	42	23	+19	9	6	8	28	33	−5

Source: Statto.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Result	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W
Position	7	14	9	4	3	3	4	3	3	7	7	7	4	3	4	6	9	11	12	13	12	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	8	8	8	8	7

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Brentford	46	23	9	14	78	59	+19	78	Qualification for Championship play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Ipswich Town	46	22	12	12	72	54	+18	78	Qualification for Championship play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	12	12	70	56	+14	78
8	Derby County	46	21	14	11	85	56	+29	77
9	Blackburn Rovers	46	17	16	13	66	59	+7	67

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

Statistics

Key

‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

P = Number of games played

G = Number of goals scored

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

= Yellow cards

= Red cards

† Permanent player left club during the season

¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
No.	Pos	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline		Notes
01 !1	01 !GK	Ikeme, CarlCarl Ikeme	33	0	2	0	0	0	35	0	0	0
02 !2	02 !DF	Doherty, MattMatt Doherty	32.5 !26(7)	0	2	0	1	0	35.5 !29(7)	0	4	1
03 !3	02 !DF	Golbourne, ScottScott Golbourne	26.5 !23(4)	0	0	0	0	0	26.5 !23(4)	0	2	0
04 !4	03 !MF	Edwards, DavidDavid Edwards	40.5 !32(9)	6	1.5 !1(1)	2	0.5 !0(1)	0	43.5 !33(11)	8	3	0
05 !5	02 !DF	Stearman, RichardRichard Stearman	41.5 !38(4)	0	2	0	1	0	44.5 !41(4)	0	11	0
06 !6	02 !DF	Batth, DannyDanny Batth	44	4	2	0	0	0	46	4	7	0
07 !7	03 !MF	Henry, JamesJames Henry	36.5 !23(14)	5	2	0	1	0	39.5 !26(14)	5	1	0
08 !8	03 !MF	Davis, DavidDavid Davis †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
08 !8	03 !MF	Saville, GeorgeGeorge Saville ¤	06.5 !5(2)	0	0	0	0	0	06.5 !5(2)	0	3	0
09 !9	FW	Clarke, LeonLeon Clarke ¤	15.5 !5(11)	2	1.5 !1(1)	0	1	0	18.5 !7(12)	2	3	0
10	03 !MF	Sako, BakaryBakary Sako	40.5 !39(2)	15	1	0	0.5 !0(1)	0	42.5 !40(3)	15	2	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	03 !MF	McDonald, KevinKevin McDonald	45.5 !45(1)	0	1	0	0	0	46.5 !46(1)	0	8	1
12	FW	Sagbo, YannickYannick Sagbo ‡	03.5 !1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	03.5 !1(3)	0	0	0
12	FW	Graham, DannyDanny Graham ‡	05 !5	1	0	0	0	0	05 !5	1	0	0
12	FW	Afobe, BenikBenik Afobe	20.5 !19(2)	13	0	0	0	0	20.5 !19(2)	13	1	0
13	01 !GK	McCarey, AaronAaron McCarey	0	0	0	0	1	0	01 !1	0	0	0
14	03 !MF	Evans, LeeLee Evans	18.5 !18(1)	1	2	0	1	0	21.5 !21(1)	1	6	0
15	03 !MF	Rowe, TommyTommy Rowe	13.5 !7(7)	0	0	0	0	0	13.5 !7(7)	0	0	0
16	FW	Doyle, KevinKevin Doyle ¤	05.5 !0(6)	0	0	0	0	0	05.5 !0(6)	0	0	0
17	03 !MF	van La Parra, RajivRajiv van La Parra	39.5 !29(11)	1	1	1	0	0	40.5 !30(11)	2	2	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}
18	02 !DF	Ricketts, SamSam Ricketts (c) ¤	04 !4	0	0	0	1	1	05 !5	1	2	0
19	03 !MF	Price, JackJack Price ¤	22.5 !20(3)	1	2	0	1	0	25.5 !22(4)	1	5	0
20	FW	McAlinden, LiamLiam McAlinden ¤	05.5 !1(5)	0	1	0	1	0	07.5 !3(5)	0	0	0
21	03 !MF	Ismail, ZeliZeli Ismail ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	02 !DF	Ebanks-Landell, EthanEthan Ebanks-Landell	13.5 !9(5)	2	0	0	1	0	14.5 !10(5)	2	2	0
27	03 !MF	Jacobs, MichaelMichael Jacobs ¤	10.5 !3(8)	0	0	0	1	0	11.5 !4(8)	0	0	0
29	01 !GK	Kuszczak, TomaszTomasz Kuszczak	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
30	02 !DF	Hause, KortneyKortney Hause ¤	16.5 !15(2)	0	0	0	0	0	16.5 !15(2)	0	1	0
31	01 !GK	Flatt, JonJon Flatt ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	02 !DF	Foley, KevinKevin Foley ¤†	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	02 !DF	Iorfa, DominicDominic Iorfa	20	0	2	0	0	0	22	0	4	0
39	FW	Keita, IbrahimIbrahim Keita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	Dicko, NouhaNouha Dicko	36.5 !30(7)	14	1.5 !0(2)	0	0.5 !0(1)	1	39.5 !30(10)	15	5	0

↑ Rescinded on appeal on 10 March
↑ Rescinded on appeal on 9 December

Awards

Award	Winner^[14]
Fans' Player of the Season	Richard Stearman
Players' Player of the Season	Richard Stearman
Young Player of the Season	Dominic Iorfa
Academy Player of the Season	Regan Upton
Goal of the Season	James Henry (vs Bolton, 31 January 2015)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
3 June 2014	Tommy Rowe	Peterborough United	Free^[15]
10 June 2014	Rajiv van La Parra	Heerenveen	Free^[16]
26 August 2014	George Saville	Chelsea	Undisclosed^[3]
3 November 2014	Tomasz Kuszczak	Unattached	Free^[17]^[18]
5 January 2015	Jordan Graham	Aston Villa	Undisclosed^[19]
14 January 2015	Benik Afobe	Arsenal	Undisclosed^[20]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
June 2014	Jordan Cranston	Released^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free^[21]^[22]
June 2014	George Elokobi	Released^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free^[23]^[24]
June 2014	Tim Jakobsson	Released	Free^[21]
June 2014	Kristian Kostrna	Released	Free^[21]
June 2014	David Moli	Released	Free^[21]
June 2014	Robbie Parry	Released	Free^[21]
June 2014	Jamie Reckord	Released^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Free^[25]^[26]
June 2014	Jamie Tank	Released^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Free^[21]^[27]
June 2014	Sam Whittall	Released^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Free^[21]^[28]
18 June 2014	Michael Ihiekwe	Tranmere Rovers	Free^[29]
11 August 2014	David Davis	Birmingham City	Undisclosed^[30]
12 August 2014	Anthony Forde	Walsall	Undisclosed^[31]
15 August 2014	Stephen Ward	Burnley	Undisclosed^[32]
28 August 2014	Jamie O'Hara	Released^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Free^[33]^[34]
29 August 2014	Tongo Doumbia	Toulouse	Undisclosed^[33]
12 January 2015	Kevin Foley	Released^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Free^[35]
2 February 2015	Roger Johnson	Released^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Free^[36]

↑ Following his release, Cranston joined Notts County on 1 September.
↑ Following his release, Elokobi joined Oldham Athletic on 8 August.
↑ Following his release, Reckord joined Ross County on 17 September.
↑ Following his release, Tank joined Leamington on 1 August.
↑ Following his release, Whittall joined Cambridge United on 14 August.
↑ Following his release, O'Hara joined Blackpool on 5 November.
↑ Following his release, Foley joined Copenhagen on 12 January.
↑ Following his release, Johnson joined Charlton Athletic on 3 February.

Loans in

Date	Player	From	End Date
30 September 2014	Yannick Sagbo	Hull City	13 November 2014^[37]^[6]
14 November 2014	Danny Graham	Sunderland	31 December 2014^[38]
27 November 2014	Jordan Graham	Aston Villa	4 January 2015^[39]
27 November 2014	Donovan Wilson	Bristol Rovers	4 January 2015^[39]

Loans out

Date	Player	To	End Date
18 July 2014	Zeli Ismail	Notts County	4 January 2015^[40]
25 July 2014	Jake Cassidy	Notts County	4 January 2015^[41]
28 July 2014	Kortney Hause	Gillingham	24 November 2014^[42]^[43]
1 September 2014	Jack Price	Yeovil Town	4 October 2014^[44]
1 September 2014	Kevin Doyle	Crystal Palace	1 January 2015^[45]
11 September 2014	Georg Margreitter	Chesterfield	13 December 2014^[46]
2 October 2014	Liam McAlinden	Fleetwood Town	30 October 2014^[47]^[48]
7 October 2014	Jack Price	Leyton Orient	3 December 2014^[49]^[50]
9 October 2014	Eusébio Bancessi	Cheltenham Town	6 November 2014^[51]
20 November 2014	Jon Flatt	Wrexham	5 January 2015^[52]
27 November 2014	Kevin Foley	Blackpool	3 January 2015^[53]
13 January 2015	Björn Sigurðarson	Copenhagen	30 June 2015^[54]
15 January 2015	Liam McAlinden	Fleetwood Town	End of season^[55]
15 January 2015	Jake Cassidy	Southend United	End of season^[56]
15 January 2015	George Saville	Bristol City	20 April 2015^[57]
23 January 2015	Scott Dutton	Crawley Town	21 February 2015^[58]
2 February 2015	Ashley Carter	Chesterfield	End of season^[59]^[60]
2 February 2015	Leon Clarke	Wigan Athletic	End of season^[61]
12 March 2015	Michael Jacobs	Blackpool	9 April 2015^[62]^[63]
21 March 2015	Sam Ricketts	Swindon Town	End of season^[64]
26 March 2015	Jon Flatt	Chesterfield	24 April 2015^[65]^[66]

Management and coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Kenny Jackett
Assistant head Coach	Joe Gallen
First Team Fitness and Conditioning Coach	Tony Daley
Goalkeeping Coach	Pat Mountain
Head of Football Development and Recruitment	Kevin Thelwell
Head of Recruitment	Stuart Webber
Academy Manager	Gareth Prosser
Club Doctor	Dr Matthew Perry
Club Physio	Carl Howarth

Kit

The season brought both new home and away kits again manufactured by supplier PUMA.^[67] The new home kit featured the club's traditional gold and black colours with black arms, which had been worn on the final day of the previous season,^[68] while the away kit was an all white design with black collar.^[69] Both shirts featured sponsor What House? for a second and final season.^[70]

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Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club

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Grounds	Dudley Road Molineux

Rivalries	League record by opponent Black Country derby

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2014–15 in English football

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League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)

Levels 5–6	Football Conference (Premier, North, South)

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern Football League (Premier, Central, South & West)

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, First) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, First) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, East, West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, First) Northern Counties East League (Premier, First) Northern League (First, Second) North West Counties League (Premier, First) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, First) Sussex County League (First, Second) United Counties League (Premier, First) Wessex League (Premier, First) Western League (Premier, First) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Women's competitions

Super League ('14, '15)
FA Women's Cup (Final)

National teams

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Queens Park Rangers Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Watford Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley Bradford City Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Leyton Orient Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Swindon Town Walsall Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Burton Albion Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Shrewsbury Town Southend United Stevenage Tranmere Rovers Wycombe Wanderers York City

Non-League	Aldershot Town Bristol Rovers Chester Dover Athletic FC Halifax Town Gateshead Grimsby Town Lincoln City Torquay United

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3 January 2015 R3	Fulham	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 11,879 Referee: Lee Probert

13 January 2015 R3 Rep.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Fulham	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Edwards 71', 109' van La Parra 73'	Report	Woodrow 27', 76' McCormack 120+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 8,148 Referee: David Coote
		Penalties
	Edwards Doherty Evans Clarke		McCormack Woodrow Stafylidis Roberts Rodallega

12 August 2014 R1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Northampton Town	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Dicko 66' Ricketts 67'	Report	D'Ath 58', 74' Toney 63'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 6,171 Referee: Stuart Attwell