Holte End v South Bank (Molineux)

[Rico]

Can someone definitively answer this:
Which was bigger? Wolves fans are always saying that their end was bigger, but I always understood that the Holte End was the largest single bank of terracing in English football.

[PeterWithesShin]

Biggest terrace was Charlton, but that was a side terrace. I think at various times the Holte, South Bank and Kop at Sheffield Wednesday had spells as the biggest. There was very little between the 3 until they squared off the Kop and South Bank fell into ruin. Then the Holte reigned supreme.

[Axl Rose]

I've never even heard of the South Bank

[PeterWithesShin]

All 3 were very impressive back in the day and shit all over the North Bank, Stretford, Anfield Kop etc.







And the Charlton East terrace

[pauliewalnuts]

I am pretty sure the Wolves end was the biggest one for a while.

[Drummond]

Holte 1951

[Clark W Griswold]

I understood it that the Holte end was 19000 in the late eighties early nineties and the most the South bank ever held was 18000. Might be wrong though.

[dave.woodhall]

The South Bank was split between home and away. It wasn't even their end.

[PeterWithesShin]

I understood it that the Holte end was 19000 in the late eighties early nineties and the most the South bank ever held was 18000. Might be wrong though.

You are, all 3 were around 30k at their peaks.

[Clark W Griswold]

Bloody hell !

[Clark W Griswold]

The South Bank was split between home and away. It wasn't even their end.

Was that always the case though? I stood on a few occasions back when it was split. Never had the class of the Holte End of course!

[PeterWithesShin]

The East Terrace at Charlton was reckoned to be 40-44k capacity.

[cdward]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spion_Kop_(stadiums)
According to Wiki
Villa Park's old Holte End was historically the largest of all Kop ends, closely followed by the old South Bank at Molineux, both once regularly holding crowds in excess of 30,000.

[Risso]

Could somebody amend the spelling of the Doghead ground in the title please, it's doing my head in!

[Chico Hamilton III]

You can still see some of the old terrace at The Valley, behind one of the newer stands.  It’s absolutely massive.