Wolves fans seeing red over pie queues
Fans at Molineux say they have been left short changed after persistent problems with food and drink kiosks came to a head during Wolves' match with Sheffield Wednesday.
Season ticket holders in the upper tier of the Billy Wright stand today complained that only one kiosk – manned by one member of staff, rather than four – was open. Some supporters said they had missed out on the start of the second half on Saturday as queues built up. The gripes come with Wolves in the middle of a potential £40million redevelopment of Molineux.
The new Stan Cullis stand was recently completed at a cost of £18m. The upper tier of the Billy Wright stand – which is not earmarked for redevelopment in the initial phase of the project – caters for around 5,000 supporters and in total 23,591 fans attended the game on Saturday, which Wolves won 1-0.
A similar crowd is exp-ected for tonight's clash against Crystal Palace.
Lifelong supporter Donald Maciver, aged 28, said he had noticed the problems getting worse since the season began.
"Having a single person serving hundreds of people is just not practical and people were getting frustrated," said Mr Maciver, of Harborne, Birmingham.
"Steve Morgan is spending a lot of money making the concourses bigger in the new stands, but he seems happy to allow queues to build up elsewhere."
Meanwhile Laura James, 26, had travelled up from London to see the game with her family who live in Penn.
"We never used to have a problem but it was awful on Saturday," she said.
"People in the queue were getting really annoyed with how slow it was moving."
Wolves spokesman Matt Grayson said they had not received any complaints about the catering operation since the game on Saturday.
"From time to time, if demand is going to be lower than expected, we can close a kiosk and reopen it at another game," he said.
