Wolves kick-started their Premiership survival bid as they confidently moved off the bottom of the table with a convincing win over Fulham.
Their hopes were boosted by a goalscoring performance from former Newcastle striker, Carl Cort, who notched his first goal in four games since his £2million move from the North East.
Dave Jones, the Wolves manager, said: "We controlled 80 minutes of the game and deservedly held out to take the points.
"Now we are in with a good shout of retaining our place in the Premier League and that is a credit to the players.
"At the start of the season I thought we might well be in the position we are in at the present time.
"We now have two big away games at Chelsea and Liverpool and the other games can be won.
"Perhaps we need a little more discipline and to be more aware of what we can achieve." Fulham boss, Chris Coleman, was very disappointed with the result. He said: "Our defensive play was poor and shabby - we gifted Wolves two goals.
"We lacked composure against a Wolves side scrapping for points.
"There are no excuses but what concerns me is the way we are losing. We badly need a win and also show more determination.
"We are also lacking Lee Clark. He is a big influence and we miss his influence in the side." Sadly Fulham have not been able to show the same kind of form since the departure of Luis Saha and this was demonstrated by another below par performance, despite a desperate late bid to snatch a point.
Even at the outset Wolves were the more determined and this was reflected in the Molineux men dictating the first half.
They were obviously intent on rectifying the situation and, with Paul Ince and Alex Rae their driving forces, the Midland club were able to give one of their better performances.
Rae was to the fore as early as the fifth minute when he picked up a Kenny Miller pass to force Edwin van der Sar to make the first of several good saves.
It was the foresight of Rae that opened up the Fulham defence in the 20th minute and led to the opening goal.
A long ball from Mark Clyde was pushed back by Rae into the path of Ince to hammer a low shot into the far corner of the net, for only his second goal of the season.
Wolves were foiled by another superb save from van der Sar when Miller was put clear by Carl Cort. The Scot attempted to guide the ball to the left of the Fulham keeper who pushed the shot out for a corner.
Most of the Cottagers' danger came from close-range attempts from Ian Pearce but his final efforts lacked power or direction.
Any hopes of Fulham getting back into the game seemingly disappeared six minutes into the second half when Wolves capitalised upon a bad defensive error.
Van der Sar played the ball out to Carlos Bocanegra but his clearance was charged down by Henri Camara into the path of Cort, who gleefully notched his first goal for the club.
Fulham were fortunate not to concede another in the 70th minute when Ince smashed a shot against the crossbar and then watched his header saved on the line by van der Sar.
The hard working Sean Davis wasted Fulham's best chance when he aimlessly blasted over the bar from a Steed Malbranque pass.
Shortly afterwards the Frenchman put Fulham back into the game when a Luis Boa Morte shot was blocked and he fired home the rebound in the 83rd minute.
Man of the Match: Paul Ince An inspirational display from the Wolves captain, topped off with a spectacular first-half goal.
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