The visit of The Welshmen from Wrexham on Good Friday heralded a little bit of Hawthorns history, being the very first competitive League meeting between the two sides at the Shrine. Indeed Wrexham’s only visit to B71 was in a, war time Cup game in 1941. It was also an emotional afternoon when we said…
Today, we lost a colleague, a friend and goalkeeper who was part of the Atkinson era, that team of 1978-79 that entertained whether home or away. A player who has a record that is unlikely to be beaten, the most consecutive number of games played by a keeper, 228 games without being dropped, injured, illness…
Our 21st Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 14th March at The Hawthorns prior to the game versus Hull City. An Association that was founded 23 years ago has thrived thanks to the support of its members and once again that was shown by 27 turning up, including two travelling down from Scotland and…
The visit of Oxford United to The Hawthorns on Saturday last brought mixed emotions to Albion fans I’m sure, with the heroes of 1993 all on duty in the East stand suites, Bob Taylor, Andy Hunt , Darryl Burgess and Steve Lillwall, together once again to entertain the Albion corporate guests before the game. In…
Another busy match day at The Hawthorns, with Mark Grew, Joe Mayo, Darryly Burgess and Gary Hackett on duty in the East stand, and a chance meeting with Super Bobby Taylor enjoyed a deserved corporate afternoon at The Shrine…. Over in the Regis Suite Chairman Ray Wilson, Secretary Geoff Snape and Treasurer Norman Westbury were…
The new season is underway, with the visit of Blackburn Rovers to The Hawthorns on Saturday, a carnival atmosphere, as is always the way on the opening days of any campaign, but followed a sad Friday, when the Albion faithful and the Former Players said goodbye to lifelong fan and friend of the Association Paul…
Our 21st Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 14th March at The Hawthorns prior to the game versus Hull City. An Association that was founded 23 years ago has thrived thanks to the support of its members and once again that was shown by 27 turning up, including two travelling down from Scotland and…
Where do you begin to sum up Tuesday nights (20th January) performance against relegation battlers Norwich City. Perhaps it is best not to try, but suffice to say the last time Albion ‘shipped’ five goals at home without reply was on Boxing Day 2004, when Liverpool and Michael Owen did the damage in the televised…
In 1982 Arrow released HOT HOT HOT., 43 years later that was apt on one of the hottest days of the year, it was certainly the hottest Former Player Golf Day in the 23 years we have been coming to Walsall Golf Club. That same year Gary Owen was a central figure in an exciting…
As the refrains of ‘Auld Lang Sine’ died away on New Year’s Day 1970 manager Alan Ashman would have been preparing his players for a trip north to Sheffield to play Sheffield Wednesday in the third round of the F.A Cup at Hillsborough on Saturday 3rd January 1970 with the painful memories of Albion’s last…
“ALONG CAME BIG KEV, DON, GRAHAM AND SIR BOBBY” Ahead of the new 1955/56 season, Albion made another rather significant appointment in bringing Aldershot manager Gordon Clark in to the club as Chief Scout, Clark a former Manchester City player and well known to Vic Buckingham. It was a new post created within the club,…
Back in the top flight once again, was the dream that in many respects the ‘Father’ of the club Fred Everiss was praying for every-day since relegation in 1939. When he stood down from the managerial role in 1948, handing over to Jack Smith, He told the local press, “I have got to pack up…
PRE-SEASON ESCAPADES With the current group of Albion players now back ‘full swing’ for pre-season training in readiness for the 2025/26 Championship campaign and preparing for a trip to a training camp in Austria as well as a couple of friendly games against Blackpool and Lincoln City on the road, giving the Albion fans the…
CHAPTER ONE – A NEW DAWN 3rd September 2025 marks the 125th anniversary of Albion’s historic move from Stoney Lane to a piece of scrub land on the Birmingham Road at its junction with Halfords Lane, just outside the town of West Bromwich, that would become their new home for ever and a day. Through…
Albion would retain their First Division status for just two more seasons before being relegated once again, finishing bottom of the table in April 1904, with top scorer Charles Simmons, with ten goals to his name during the campaign, transferred to West Ham United at the end of the season. Thankfully ‘Chippy’ would return a…
The 1914-18 World War was without doubt a cruel conflict, whereby many men associated with the club, were either killed or injured whilst in service of their country, probably the most notable, being Lieutenant Harold Godfrey Bache, a brilliant amateur centre forward, a true Corinthian, who lost his life on the 16th February 1916, whilst…
Finishing eighth in the Second Division in 1928 and seventh a year later in 1929, and anxious to maximise Albion’s chances of promotion back to the top flight again, Fred Everiss made another journey to the North East to make what was undoubtably one of the most pivotal signings of his West Bromwich Albion managerial…
FAREWELL BILLY History is full of sad stories, in life as well as football, and of course we lose great people along the way all the time, that is life and death in an essence. However, as the Albion team and fans were preparing for yet another F.A Cup Semi-Final, this time at Highbury against…
Quite interestingly, having finished in a rather disappointing seventh place in both the 1946/47 and 1947/48 seasons, the following 1948/49 campaign started in exactly the same way as those previous two seasons that following the end of the war, with a goal scored by the new ‘King of The Hawthorns’ Dave Walsh, a brilliant goal…
In 1953, only two clubs in the history of the game, Preston North End and Aston Villa had achieved what was the ultimate achievement in the game back in that era, the League Division One Championship title and English Cup, now known as the League and F.A Cup double. At the end of the 1953/54…
Back in the top flight once again, was the dream that in many respects the ‘Father’ of the club Fred Everiss was praying for every-day since relegation in 1939. When he stood down from the managerial role in 1948, handing over to Jack Smith, He told the local press, “I have got to pack up…
“ALONG CAME BIG KEV, DON, GRAHAM AND SIR BOBBY” Ahead of the new 1955/56 season, Albion made another rather significant appointment in bringing Aldershot manager Gordon Clark in to the club as Chief Scout, Clark a former Manchester City player and well known to Vic Buckingham. It was a new post created within the club,…
As the refrains of ‘Auld Lang Sine’ died away on New Year’s Day 1970 manager Alan Ashman would have been preparing his players for a trip north to Sheffield to play Sheffield Wednesday in the third round of the F.A Cup at Hillsborough on Saturday 3rd January 1970 with the painful memories of Albion’s last…
Here’s how we kicked off last night’s #WBA300 celebrations…https://t.co/iTM60LyegR
— West Bromwich Albion (@WBAFCofficial) 4 March 2016
