Howling mad: Wolves count the cost of vandalism after pitch invasion

Video footage from the ground is being seized by West Midlands Police, who have vowed to find the perpetrators.

They will also be looking at hundreds of pictures and mobile phone footage that has been posted online by fans to weed out the troublemakers.

The club today was counting the cost of vandalism to the stadium after Saturday's defeat.

Fans aimed their fury at the directors' box, while others smashed two holes in the dugout.

Advertisement hoardings were ripped from the side of the pitch and kicked, and one fan even tried to bring down a goalpost.

Witnesses also reported seeing television monitors damaged.

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In a statement, West Midlands Police said they would be working with club officials to find out how the mass pitch invasion was able to happen. They vowed that arrests would follow if they could find evidence of those committing serious offences.

Saturday's unrest was the worst witnessed at the club in years, and while bosses have been keen to point out that it was a minority, there were around 300 that managed to evade security and run onto the pitch.

The last time so many fans ran onto the ground was when the club stayed in the Premier League on the last day of the season in 2011.

On Saturday, dozens more waited outside to confront players and bosses but the crowds dispersed without much fanfare.

But those who caused the most trouble have been warned they could feel the full force of the law – and even face being banned from every football ground in the country in convicted.

Last season 46 Wolves fans were subject to banning orders with 41 arrested over the 2011-2012 season. In the past courts have taken a tough stance on fans who entered onto the field of play where those guilty could face bans from football stadiums in the UK and be forced to surrender their passports while England are playing away fixtures.

In September Wolves fans Jonathan Cable and Joshua O'Neil were fined and banned at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court after running onto the pitch following Wolves' home victory against Barnsley in August.

The pair, who weren't season ticket holders, were given an indefinite ban from entering Molineux.

Their defence was they were in jubilant mood after celebrating a rare victory for their side.

Stoke City supporter Adam Prime was banned from every football stadium in the UK in January 2012 after sliding on his knees on the pitch following a goal by Potters striker Peter Crouch.

On this occasion Prime's actions were shown to million of viewers across the world as it was being shown on Sky TV. Stoke City gave Prime a six-month ban following his antics but courts prohibited him from entering stadiums in the UK for three years.

District Judge Graham Wilkinson said of Prime's actions: "You may have sparked a pitch invasion, some of the Wolverhampton fans may have gone onto the pitch, who knows what could have happened? There was no excuse for what you did.

"A message has to be sent out that the courts and the football clubs will deal robustly with these incidents."

West Midlands Police have said in the past that a lower profile police on matchdays has led to a drop in arrests.

Insp Howard Lewis-Jones, from the force's specialist football unit, has previously said: "We recognised that our style of policing football matches had to change with the times.

"Previously it was geared around thinking 'we're expecting trouble at the football therefore we need to have police resources there to deal with that," he explained.