Wolves fans soaked as £18m Molineux stand lets in rain
Angry Wolves fans have complained after getting a soaking during a match – because the roof on the club's new £18 million stand doesn't cover them.
The club today said it will look into what measures can be taken to protect fans after they got soaked when the heavens opened during Wolves' 2-0 win over Oldham Athletic at Molineux last night.
Fans sitting at the front of the new Stan Cullis Stand were not protected from the exceptionally heavy rain – forcing them to move towards the back of the stand or even escape to the underground concourse area.
The heavy rain lasted for the majority of the first half and also affected play on the pitch with puddles forming on the surface.
However it was supporters in the Stan Cullis Stand – also known as the North Bank – who bore the brunt of the bad weather, while fans in the ground's other three older stands were relatively unaffected.
Umbrellas were even handed out to help cover disabled supporters at the front of the stand.
Club officials said that until other parts of the stadium were developed to complete the dome-like structure of the long term plans in place, fans in the lower tier of the stand could still get wet.
Fans took to Twitter to express their outrage at getting a soaking.
Season ticket holder Connor Reece tweeted the club to say: "The roof needs extending on the Stan Cullis Stand absolutely diabolical how wet you get when it rains."
And fellow Wolves fan Annemarie Stone called for protective clothing to be handed to supporters, as it was when the stand hadn't been furnished with a roof in the 2011-12 season.
She said: Free ponchos or a roof extension on the North Bank for rainy days? Row Z was wet, rows A-F were swimming."
Wolves spokesman Matt Grayson confirmed officials would be looking at the issue.
He said: "Weather conditions at the game were exceptional, with torrential rain being blown into all stands, but particularly the North Stand.We had staff and stewards in the facility speaking with supporters and assisting in seat moves as well as making efforts to supply wheelchair users in the lower platforms with umbrellas."
He said that until further stadium redevelopment was done fans in the lower tier of the Stan Cullis Stand may get wet in rainy conditions.
