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title: "Wolves: Fans think back on the club’s progress after Europa League win in Italy"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-fans-think-back-on-the-clubs-progress-after-europa-league-win-in-italy/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2019-08-23T14:00:47Z"
modified: "2019-08-23T14:00:47Z"
---

# Wolves: Fans think back on the club’s progress after Europa League win in Italy

**Wolves are on the brink of qualifying for the group stages of the Europa League after last night’s [3-2 win away to Torino](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2019/08/22/torino-2-wolves-3-europa-league-report/) in the first leg of the play-off round.**

If Nuno Espirito Santo’s team avoid defeat to the Serie A side at Molineux next week, they will enter the group stage of the competition just six seasons after playing in the third tier of English football.

Tim Spiers ([@tim\_spiers\_Star](https://twitter.com/tim_spiers_Star)), who [covers the club for the Express & Star](https://twitter.com/tim_spiers_Star), took to Twitter last night to express his astonishment at the progression Wolves have made in recent years.

> Am I the only one who still pinches themselves that Wolves are this good?
>
> — Tim Spiers (@TimSpiers) [August 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/TimSpiers/status/1164643807662694417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

In 2013, Wolves were [relegated to League One under the watch of Dean Saunders](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22432597) and their [second successive demotion](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/22415309) prompted then-owner Steve Morgan to say that the club had “[failed our supporters and the city](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/22415309)“.

The [takeover by the club by Fosun International](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36852323) three years ago brought about [significant investment](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-files-fosun-special-report/special-report-how-a-soccer-agent-and-chinese-tycoon-planned-to-trade-in-players-idUSKCN1OX0Q4) that led to [Nuno coming in as manager in 2017](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40105588) and Wolves being [promoted as emphatic winners of the Championship](https://www.premierleague.com/news/664691) a year later.

In their first campaign back in the Premier League, they [finished seventh](https://www.premierleague.com/tables?co=1&se=210&ha=-1), a position that was ultimately [good enough to secure European football](https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2019/05/18/wolves-qualify-for-europa-league/) after champions Manchester City [won both domestic cups](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48321358).

These Wolves fans on Twitter gleefully compared where the club are now compared to darker days in the past:

https://twitter.com/andygwolf/status/1164644503795449857

> No… having seen us get battered by the likes of Crewe, I’ll never take this kind of result for granted!
>
> — Graeme Newman (@GrayNDesign) [August 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/GrayNDesign/status/1164644115411361799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Everyday. Can’t believe I’m watching Wolves playing an Italian team in European competition and looking the better team. These are the days my friend [#wwfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wwfc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Lee Smith (@Cart78) [August 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/Cart78/status/1164644233262915589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Standing on the old south bank in the 4th division seems a lifetime ago [@Wolves](https://twitter.com/Wolves?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Nicola (@wan\_der\_ers) [August 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/wan_der_ers/status/1164644975503728644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> I think we are all the same Tim. So grateful that we can call these players our own and that they give 100% What a time to be a fan!!
>
> — Alison Fletcher (@AllyFletcher76) [August 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/AllyFletcher76/status/1164647175361650707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> No, I ask myself if I’m dreaming every time I see Moutinho in a wolves shirt
>
> — Martin Evans (@martevans\_no1) [August 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/martevans_no1/status/1164644059304157195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> No your not Tim !\
> Taking some getting used to though after all the previous disappointments but it’s there to see…….we are now a very good side who are going to get even better.\
> Exciting times ahead me thinks !
>
> — David Wollam (@davidwollam) [August 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/davidwollam/status/1164647301018783744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/MrMussells/status/1164644262929227784