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 A new and vastly improved 'Timeline' will appear here soon 1878 Club formed as West Bromwich Strollers by employees of George Salter Spring Works. 1881 Changed name to West Bromwich Albion. Bunn's Field became the club's first enclosed ground. 1882 Move to The Four Acres,home of West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club. 1883 Beat Stoke City 3-2 to win the Staffordshire Cup, the club's first ever trophy. Register the club's best ever victory by beating Coseley 26-0 in a Birmingham Cup tie.
Staffordshire Senior Cup Winners 1883 1885 Stoney Lane becomes the club's new home. 1886 Beaten by Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in a replay at Derby in the club's first F.A Cup final. The first game at The Oval ended goaless. 1887 F.A Cup runners-up again this time beaten by Aston Villa 2-0 at The Oval. 1888 Win the F.A Cup for the first time beating Preston North End 2-1 at The Oval. Became founder members of The Football League. 1889 Beaten by Preston North End in F.A Cup semi-final. 1891 Lose to Blackburn Rovers in the F.A Cup semi-final. 1892 Win F.A Cup for the second time by beating Aston Villa 3-0 at The Oval. Create the existing Football League scoring record by beating Darwen 12-0.
'Programme' from the 1892 F.A.Cup Final 1895 Beaten by Aston Villa 1-0 in F.A Cup Final at The Crystal Palace. 1900 Move to present day home The Hawthorns.
Teamsheet from the first game played at The Hawthorns 1901 Relegated to the Second Division for the first time. Beaten by Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 in F.A Cup semi-final at Villa Park. 1902 Second Division champions. 1904 Suffer Relegation to the Second Division again. 1907 Lose to Everton in F.A Cup semi-final. 1911 Promoted as Division Two Champions.
Division 2 Champions 1911 1912 F.A Cup runners-up beaten by Barnsley 1-0 at Sheffield after a replay. 1920 Football League Champions for the only time in the club's history. Beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 to win The Charity Shield. 1925 Football League runners-up behind Huddersfield Town. 1927 Relegated to the Second Division. 1931 Achieved the unique double of winning the F.A Cup after beating Birmingham City 2-1at Wembley and promotion to the First Division in the same season. A feat no other club has achieved. Beaten by Arsenal 1-0 in Charity Shield. 1935 Beaten by Sheffield Wednesday 4-2 in the F.A Cup final. 1937 Suffer record defeat 10-3 against Stoke City. Record attendance at The Hawthorns.64,815 watch the F.A Cup tie against Arsenal.
Programme from the club's worst ever defeat,10-3 at Stoke City,4th February 1937 1938 Relegated to Division Two. 1949 Promoted as runners-up behind Fulham. 1950 Record League crowd of 60,945 set against Wolves. 1954 Beat Preston North End 3-2 to lift The F.A Cup for the fourth time. Football League runners-up behind Wolves. Share The Charity Shield after 4-4 draw with Wolves.
1954 F.A Cup Winners 1957 Beaten by Aston Villa in the F.A Cup semi-finals. First floodlit match takes place at The Hawthorns when Albion entertain Chelsea on the 18th September. 1964 The Rainbow Stand is built at a cost of £40,000. 1966 Win The League Cup at the first attempt beating West Ham 5-3 over two legs.
Programme from League Cup Final 1st leg 1967 League Cup runners-up beaten by Queens Park Rangers 3-2 at Wembley. 1968 Become F.A Cup winners for the fifth time after beating Everton 1-0 after extra-time. Lose 6-1 to Manchester City in The Charity Shield. 1969 Lose to Leicester City in F.A Cup semi-finals.
1969 FA Cup semi-final programme 1970 Beaten by Manchester City 2-1after extra-time in The League Cup final. 1973 Relegated to the Second Division. 1975 Appoint the club's first ever player/manager Johnny Giles. 1976 Finish third and are promoted back to the First Division. 1978 Beaten by Ipswich Town in F.A Cup semi-finals. 1982 Lose to Queens Park Rangers in F.A Cup semi-finals and Tottenham in The League Cup semi-finals. New Halford's Lane Stand is opened.
League Cup semi-final 1st leg programme 1986 Relegated to the Second Division. 1991 Suffer relegation to the Third Division for the first time in the club's history. 1993 Beat Port Vale 3-0 at Wembley in Play-off final to win promotion.
1993 Play-off winners 1994 New Smethwick End and Birmingham Road End Stands opened. 1996 Lose eleven league games in a row,a club record. 1997 Kevin Kilbane becomes the club's first ever million pound signing. 2000 Jason Roberts signs from Bristol Rovers and becomes the club's first ever two million pound signing. 2001 Lose to Bolton in the First Division Play-off semi-finals. The East Stand is built to replace the Rainbow Stand. Lee Hughes becomes the club's record sale after joining Coventry City for a fee of £5,000,001.
Play-off semi-final 2nd leg programme 2002 Promoted to The Premier League for the first time after finishing runners-up behind Manchester City. The club re-sign Lee Hughes from Coventry City for a fee of £2,500,000 and break the club's transfer record in the process. 2003 Relegated after just one season in The Premier League finishing 19th. 2004 Regain place in The Premier League by finishing runners up to Norwich City.
The club break their transfer record twice in two months. First they sign Martin Albrechtsen from FC Copenhagen for £2,700,000 and then Rob Earnshaw becomes the club's first ever £3,000,000 signing when he joins from Cardiff City. Bryan Robson takes over as manager replacing Gary Megson.
2005 Retain
their place in The Premiership on a dramatic final day of the season by
beating Portsmouth 2-0 at The Hawthorns. |
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