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When police tried a new crowd control method at Molineux - and it was deemed a success

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A police officer scans the Molineux crowd.

It's Wolves v Burnley on September 20, 1969, and police were using a new method of crowd control for the first time at Molineux – high powered binoculars.

They were a response to concern about ever-increasing hooliganism on the terraces.

"According to Wolverhampton police they were a great success," the Star reported afterwards.

For the first time for many months no arrests were made at a match.