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 THE BIRCHES, BUNN'S FIELD 1881 - 82
First Game: 10th September 1881 vs Oldbury, won 5-1
(Friendly) Albion moved to Bunn's Field which was situated in Walsall Street during the summer of 1881 after taking out a nine month long lease on the ground. The players and officials of the club equipped the ground themselves, making the pitch playable and erecting fencing, it was the club's first enclosed ground and was capable of housing 1500-2000 spectators. Being an enclosed ground the club was able to charge admission to games for the first time.
Approximate site of Bunn's Field looking from New Street 2005 The players at first used the nearby White Hart public house as changing rooms before later utilising the Roebuck Inn which once stood on the corner of New Street and Walsall Street.
The Drunken Duck formerly The White Hart 2004 Today the site is Alfred Street although due to a major redevelopment planned for the area it could soon be replaced by a shopping complex.
Approximate site of Bunn's Field looking from Cronehills Street 2005 |
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