Fans’ hopes of seeing Wolves celebrating promotion in an open-top bus parade – expected to have attracted up to 100,000 people – were dashed this afternoon by red tape.

Wolverhampton’s council leader today insisted that an open-top parade to mark Wolves’ promotion could still become a reality.

Wolves fans’ player of the year Kevin Foley revealed his highlight of the day – seeing George Elokobi make a shock comeback.

Wolves matchwinner Richard Stearman believes winning the Championship is only the start of the good times for the club.

Owner Steve Morgan has warned the Premier League his Wolves will not be on an autograph-hunt when they step back into the big time next season.

Wolves have announced price rises of over 30 per cent for season tickets for the Premier League.

No-one will forget the day they brought the Championship trophy to Molineux. No-one will remember the game that came with it.

Killjoy traffic wardens descended on West Park during the Wolves promotion party – to slap tickets on supporters’ cars.

Green lawns vanished under a sea of gold and black as almost 5,000 ecstatic Wolves fans transformed West Park into a mini-Molineux for a special live screening of the cup presentation.

Whether Wolves had won or lost against Doncaster Rovers it did not matter in the slightest to the army of black and gold clad fans arriving at the stadium.