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It was the last to be played over two legs, with West Brom winning 5–3 on aggregate. West Ham won the first leg 2–1 at the Boleyn Ground, with West Ham's goals coming from Bobby Moore and Johnny Byrne, with Jeff Astle scoring for West Brom. [1] However, Albion won the second leg 4–1 at The Hawthorns. In the second leg West Brom's goals ...
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 ...
In the club's formative years, West Bromwich Albion were run by a seven-man playing committee, and funded by each member contributing a weekly subscription of 6d (2 1 ⁄ 2 p). [142] Albion's first chairman was Henry Jackson , appointed in 1885, with the club becoming a limited company in June 1891. [ 143 ]
West Brom report £11m loss for 2022-23 season Having inherited a club that reported losses of £11m in 2022-23, Patel has also had to settle further debts accrued under Lai.
West Bromwich Albion faced Wolverhampton Wanderers, their local rivals, in the second play-off semi-final. The first leg was played at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton on 13 May 2007. Kevin Phillips opened the scoring midway through the first half with a 20-yard (18 m) strike to put the visitors ahead but Jody Craddock equalised with a header ...
West Brom scored 81 league goals during the campaign, the highest tally of any team in the Football League in 2006–07. In the play-off semi-finals, Albion faced local rivals and fifth-placed team Wolverhampton Wanderers, winning the first leg 3–2 [ 4 ] and the second 1–0 to progress 4–2 on aggregate. [ 5 ]
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals.
The 1953–54 FA Cup was the 73rd staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. West Bromwich Albion won the competition for the fourth time, beating Preston North End 3–2 in the final at Wembley.