Locked Out
The architectural nuances of grounds were also subject to comment. A 1970s view of
Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux provoked one contributor to say “The pic of the
back of the Molineux Street stand gives an indication of why it was built the way it was.
Not only does
it get narrower The old Molineux Street stand
towards the Photo: Tim Rigby
North Bank but
it's running
down a not
inconsiderable
slope. Each
gable was progressively
smaller. Causes
havoc with perspective.”
Another
commenter
recalled
how, in relation
to photo of the
outside of the
North Bank,
players were reduced to training in the car park each Friday, having to push and bounce
parked cars out of the way before they could hold their sessions.
Below: The exterior of the North Bank in 1990. Wolves players used it for training and
had to manhandle cars out of the way before doing so
Photo: David Forsyth
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