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First competitive match: Calthorpe 2–3 West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham Senior Cup first round, 12 November 1881 [51] 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]
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 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 ] [
The West Bromwich Albion team of 1888, FA Cup winners and Football League founder members Division Two winners, 1901–02 By 1882 they had also joined the Staffordshire FA, and after another good run in the Birmingham Cup, they won the Staffordshire Cup – their first trophy – by beating Stoke 3–2 at the Victoria Ground.
West Brom have won their final league game in each of the last two years, last ending a calendar year with victory in three years in a row between 2006 and 2009 (4).
The 2023–24 season was the 146th season in the history of West Bromwich Albion and their third consecutive season in the Championship.The club participated in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
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.
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.