Wolves sell out for trip to MK Dons
Wolves today put up the sold-out signs for the MK Dons game on March 29 after selling a massive 8,800 tickets guaranteeing their biggest away league following in 24 years.
Around 1,200 seats were snapped up in just an hour this morning after the club put the remaining tickets on general sale as fans responded in droves to the social media campaign 10k2mk.
The campaign aimed to attract 10,000 fans for the clubs first visit to stadium:mk and their efforts were quickly recognised by the club.
The staggering sale means Wolves will be watched by their biggest following since taking 33,000 to the Division One play-off final at the Millennium Stadium in May 2003.
Its the most away fans they will have taken to a League game since around 12,000 travelled to a pre-all-seater The Hawthorns on December 29, 1990.
Captain Sam Ricketts said: Even for the difficult midweek trips like Crawley tomorrow night we have sold out of our allocation, as we have done for so many games so far thanks to such a loyal group of fans.
But taking almost 9,000 to an away game probably takes that to another level!
The lads have been talking about it in the dressing room this morning, and its certainly going to be a memorable experience for all of us to see that many fans at an away game.
So its definitely something to look forward to, and something we all appreciate, but the focus now is to make sure we do well in our next three games so were still in the same position to try to make it an even better day out at MK Dons.
Fans posted pictures of queues outside Molineux today
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Chief executive Jez Moxey said: The support we have received this season both home and away has been excellent, but wow, to have sold 8,800 for a League One game at MK Dons is quite incredible to see.
Its testament to the loyalty and passion of Wolves fans everywhere.
This is an unprecedented figure for an away game and is certainly going to make for a fantastic atmosphere at stadium:mk.
Our computer records show that the last time we did anything like this was on April 21, 2002 when we sold 7,200 tickets for a Championship away game at Sheffield Wednesday, although we may have taken more fans to The Hawthorns in December 1990 were checking paper records for that.
I know theres some disappointment among supporters who havent been able to purchase tickets and Im sure we could have sold many more had they been available.
But ever since the fans campaign 10k2mk started weve been working closely with officials at MK Dons to obtain the maximum allocation and theyve done their best to accommodate us.
Wolves had sold 6,140 by the close of business on Friday, but box office interest was brisk over the weekend as fans scrambled to buy tickets online, with many going to large groups and families.
The 10k2mk campaign was set up to encourage Wolves to overtake the 7,000 fans Coventry took to Milton Keynes in November, which swelled the gate to 14,988 and is a record for away fans at the ground.
Stadium:mk has a capacity of 32,000, and although it will only be about half full even allowing for the huge away support, health and safety concerns mean the club will not allow any more tickets to be issued to Wolves.
