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Albion have reached ten FA Cup finals and won the Cup on five occasions. The first win came in 1888, the year the league was founded, followed by wins in 1892, 1931, 1954 and most recently in 1968, the club's last major trophy. Albion also won the Football League Cup at the first attempt in 1966, and have reached a further two finals. The club ...
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 ...
Winners Runners-up Play-off winners 2004–05: Sunderland (4) Wigan Athletic: West Ham United 2005–06: Reading: Sheffield United: Watford: 2006–07: Sunderland (5) Birmingham City: Derby County 2007–08: West Bromwich Albion (3) Stoke City: Hull City 2008–09: Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) Birmingham City: Burnley 2009–10: Newcastle United ...
Brighton & Hove Albion Reading Stoke City: Shaun Goater (Manchester City) 28 2002–03: Portsmouth: 98 Leicester City: 92 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Sheffield Wednesday Brighton & Hove Albion Grimsby Town: West Ham United West Bromwich Albion Sunderland: Wigan Athletic Crewe Alexandra Cardiff City: Svetoslav Todorov 26 2003–04: Norwich City: 94 ...
Albion's second FA Cup success came in 1892, beating Aston Villa 3–0. They met Villa again in the 1895 final, but lost 1–0. The team suffered relegation to Division Two in 1900–01, their first season at The Hawthorns, but were promoted as champions the following season, [7] when Chippy Simmons was the leading goalscorer in Division Two. [8]
The English football champions are the winners of the top-level league in English men's football, which since the 1992–93 season has been called the Premier League. Following the codification of professional football by the Football Association in 1885, [ 1 ] the Football League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa ...
The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, [1] is a professional football league in England and Wales. EFL Championship is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the English football league system , after the ...
The 2007–08 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season under its current league division format and its fourth with its current sponsorship. The leagues started in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.