Wolverhampton Wanders FC, is an English football club from the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.  The club began as a school side, St Luke's FC in 1877. Two years later they merged with another local side, Wanderers FC and became Wolverhampton Wanderers. A formidable cup side, Wolves reached three finals between 1889 and 1896, winning the trophy in 1893 with a 1-0 victory over Everton. In 1906, Wolves slipped into the Second Division: two years later they defied the odds to win the FA Cup for the second time, beating the hot favourites Newcastle United 3-1 at Crystal Palace.The club reached yet another FA Cup final in 1921 while still in Division Two. 

Disaster came in 1923 with relegation to Division Three (North) although they stormed back as champions in 1924, losing only three matches. Under the guidance of Major Frank Buckley, Wolves returned finally to the First Division in 1932. Now wearing their famous old gold shirts with black collars, Wanderers were runners-up in 1938 and 1939 when they also reached the FA Cup final. Starting out as favourites against little fancied Portsmouth, the players were provided with extract of monkey gland to boost their performance but crashed 1-4. The period after the Second World War was a golden age. After retiring as a player, Stan Cullis took over as manager in 1948, guiding them to an FA Cup win in 1949 and Division One championships in 1954, 1958 and 1959 pioneering development of the Cullis kick and rush style of football.The club also pioneered midweek floodlit matches against European sides, including the Dynamo and Spartak teams from Moscow, Real Madrid and Budapest Honved. In 1960 they won the Cup once again and almost achieved the double, missing out on the Division One title by a single point.In 1964, Wolves parted company with Cullis and slipped briefly into the Second Division but further Cup success arrived in the Seventies. 

Defeat in the UEFA Cup final against Spurs in 1972 was followed by League Cup success in 1974. After a season in the Second Division, Wolves returned to the First Division as champions in 1977 and a second League Cup win in 1980. In 1982 the club was bought by the Bhatti brothers. At first all seemed well as Wolves won promotion to Division one in 1983 but on and off the pitch the club descended into chaos, plunged straight down to the Fourth Division and faced extinction. A consortium including the local council, Asda and builders, Gallaghers, rescued the ailing club and they won the Fourth and Third Division championships in successive seasons (1987-88 and 1988-89) to return to the Second Division. In 1990 millionaire fan Sir Jack Hayward bought the club and invested £20m of his personal fortune in the redevelopment of Molineux, transforming it into one of the most modern grounds in the country. Hayward continued to pour money into the club but it was not until 2003 that his ambition was realised and Wolves returned to the top flight after beating Sheffield United at the Millennium Stadium in the play-off final. Six months later Hayward resigned and handed over the chairmanship to his son, Rick. Wolves lasted only one season in the top tier and did not return to the Premier Leaguer until  winning the Championship title in 2009.  They  enjoyed three seasons in the top flight before they were relegated in 2012 and then dropped into League One a season later. They recovered quickly and in 2015 narrowly missed out on promotion back to the Premier League. They secured promotion in 2018 as champions under Nuno Espirito Santo who led them to two seventh place finishes on their return to the top tier .