Opening of Lights- Tuesday 3 November 1981 at Birmingham Road (Att 7,500)

Dudley Town (1) 1 (Civil*).
Wolves (3) 6 (Richards 10, Eves 12, Matthews 15, Matthews*, Teasdale*, Brazier 75): Squad- Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Danuel, Berry, Brazier, Carr, Mathews, Atkinson, Birch, Richards, Eves, Clarke, Humphrey, Hollifield, Moss.

Lights: The floodlights were switched on by former Wolves and England captain Billy Wright.
Net: John Richards broke the nets with his tenth minutes goal. The match was subsequently help for a number of minutes.