Wanderers Install Safe-Standing Rails At Molineux Stadium

Wolverhampton Wanderers installed three different safe-standing options at Molineux Stadium, becoming the first Premier League club to do so at an operational stadium, according to the London TELEGRAPH. The mix of rail seats and seats with separate barriers was installed in a currently unused block of the Billy Wright Stand to "show fans and the local Safety Advisory Group how they would work when the law banning persistent standing is dropped." Wolves are also putting in two further options -- barriers in front of existing seats -- later this week "to demonstrate five solutions in total." League Championship side West Bromwich Albion asked for permission to pilot a safe-standing section, with rail seats, at the Hawthorns last season, but its request "was rejected" by then-U.K. Sports Minister Tracey Crouch (TELEGRAPH, 1/29).