2013–14 season | |||
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Chairman | Steve Morgan OBE | ||
Head coach | Kenny Jackett | ||
League One | 1st (3rd divisional title) |
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FA Cup | 1st round | ||
League Cup | 1st round | ||
Football League Trophy | 2nd round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Nouha Dicko, Leigh Griffiths & Bakary Sako (12) All: Leigh Griffiths & Bakary Sako (13) |
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Highest home attendance | 30,110 (vs Rotherham, 18 April 2014) |
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Lowest home attendance | 4,226 (vs Oldham, 19 November 2013) |
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Average home league attendance | 20,878 | ||
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The 2013–14 season was the 115th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in League One, the third tier of the English football system for the first time since 1988–89. The previous season had brought relegation for a second successive season.
Former Millwall manager Kenny Jackett was appointed as Wolves' new head coach in the close season, replacing Dean Saunders who was fired after overseeing their relegation.
The team achieved promotion back to the Championship with four games to spare, setting a new club record points tally for a season in the process. Their third title at this level was confirmed on 21 April as the team went on to create a new record points amount for the third tier, reaching 103 points.
After a second consecutive relegation and four different managers during the previous sixteen months, Kenny Jackett, who had resigned from Millwall weeks earlier, was appointed on 31 May 2013 in the newly titled role of head coach. When pre-season training began on 24 June, Jackett announced that four key first team players – Karl Henry, Stephen Ward, Jamie O’Hara and Roger Johnson – were all now transfer-listed and that he intended to make greater usage of the club's academy players. In addition to the transfer listed players, further key players such as Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Stephen Hunt and Christophe Berra did not have their contracts renewed as the club sought to reduce their salary commitments. Only three new signings were made during the summer transfer window: free signing Sam Ricketts, who became club captain, as well as Kevin McDonald and Scott Golbourne from Sheffield United and Barnsley, respectively.