Wolves fans have responded to the club's promotion to the Premier League by snapping up more than 19,000 season tickets. Lynne O'Reardon, the club's Ticketing and Membership manager, said the take-up had been so phenomenal that initially the club were processing 300 tickets an hour with staff deluged by calls.

She told the Birmingham Mail: "We are delighted and have to tell supporters that there will be a ceiling put in place for season-ticket sales so as to allow for the necessary percentage of away supporters visiting Molineux, and to ensure a certain number of seats remain available on a match-by-match basis.

"Fans still planning on purchasing a season ticket should act quickly to ensure their seat for every Premier League game next season. We continue to be very pleased with the take-up and it is great news that we have broken through the 19,000 barrier.

"While there will be a ceiling put in place, there are tickets available for fans wishing to enjoy the most cost-effective way of watching regular Premier League football at Molineux.

"We always felt that limiting new applications to telesales only was the fairest way to deal with the initial rush in terms of processing tickets for the first week of general sale."