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The Hawthorns, home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. The town's football club is West Bromwich Albion. The club was founded in 1878 and in 1888 it became one of the 12 founder members of the Football League. It won the league championship in 1920 and has won the FA Cup five times, most recently in 1968, and won the League Cup in 1966.
Section 5 (or known as Albion Youth when referring to the younger element of their firm) are a football hooligan firm associated with Championship football club West Bromwich Albion F.C. [1] Whilst Albion have had several other firms since the 1960s, including Clubhouse and the Smethwick Mob, Section 5 is the largest, with activity peaking in the 1980s and 1990s.
West Bromwich Albion club badge c. 1900–2006 The coat of arms of West Bromwich has featured intermittently on Albion team shirts. Albion's main club badge dates back to the late 1880s, when club secretary Tom Smith suggested that a throstle (song thrush) sitting on a crossbar be adopted for the badge. [ 67 ] [
Alongside being the home of West Bromwich Albion for over 120 years, The Hawthorns has also hosted a number of England internationals, as well as two FA Cup semi-finals. At an altitude of 551 feet (168 m), it is the highest ground above sea level of all Premier League and Football League clubs.
The ground's record league attendance of 19,700 was set on 5 January 1895 when West Brom lost 5–4 to Preston North End, [1] whilst the overall record attendance of 20,977 was set in March 1895, for Albion's 1–0 victory over local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup third round.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands.The club was founded in 1878 and has competed in the English football league system from its conception in 1888.
West Bromwich Albion – Section Five [98] Watford – Watford Risk Squad [99] West Ham United – Inter City Firm I.C.F [100] Wolverhampton Wanderers – Subway Army 1981–1984, The Bridge Boys 1987–1988, Yam Yam Army mid 2000s–present [101] York City – York Nomad Society (YNS) [102]
The West Bromwich Albion team that won the League Championship and Charity Shield in 1919–20 West Bromwich Albion Football Club was founded as West Bromwich Strollers in 1878 by workers from George Salter's Spring Works and turned professional in 1885. Albion won the FA Cup for the first time in 1888 and later that year became one of the founder members of the Football League. In the 1900 ...