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First FA Cup match: West Bromwich Albion 0–2 Wednesbury Town, first round, 10 November 1883 [52] First league match: Stoke 0–2 West Bromwich Albion, Football League, at the Victoria Ground, 8 September 1888 [53] First match at The Hawthorns: West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Derby County, 3 September 1900 [54]
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 ...
West Bromwich Albion lost the match 2–1 after Andy McFarlane and Martin Hayes scored twice in the 20 minutes after the second half kick-off, only for McFarlane to give the visitors a lifeline with an own goal on 72 minutes. [5] The second leg was played three days later at The Hawthorns, West Brom's home ground.
West Bromwich Albion head coach Carlos Corberan says he has been working with a playing budget reduced by 30% due to the club's ongoing financial restrictions.
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 were scored by Graham Williams, Clive Clark, Tony Brown and John Kaye.
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]
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 2001–02 season was West Bromwich Albion's 106th season in The Football League.The team had lost in the playoff semi-final to Bolton Wanderers in 2000–01, meaning that they would be playing in the Football League First Division for the ninth consecutive season, their 33rd season in total at the second level of English football.