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Opposition goalscorers in italics, * signifies goalscorer unknown.

FA CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

    GATE

 Sat 10 Nov Wednesbury Town H 1

0-2

 *      5,129 
 
 Albion's first ever FA Cup game.

STAFFORDSHIRE CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Mon 03 Dec  Cocknage (1) H 1 1-0  G Bell        600
 Sat 22 Dec  Walsall Town H 2 4-0  Aston 4     1,400
 Sat 15 Mar  Stoke (2) N SF 2-0  Bisseker, Timmins     3,000
 Sat 12 Apr  Mitchell St George's (3) N Final 1-2  Loach - *, Green     5,500
 
 1 - Due to the late arrival of Cocknage, the game only lasted 40 minutes with the closing stages of the match played in semi-darkness.
 2 - Played at the Oval, Wednesbury.
 3 - Played at the Victoria Ground, Stoke.

BIRMINGHAM CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

    GATE

 Sat 27 Oct  Stourbridge Standard H 1 7-0  Bisseker 2, Timmins 2, G Bell, F Bunn, Aston      2,000
 Sat 08 Dec  Walsall Alma Athletic H 2 6-0  Timmins 2, G Bell, Aston, Smith, Loach      2,500
 Sat 05 Jan  Wednesbury Old Athletic H 3 1-1  G Bell - Bayliss      3,000
 Sat 26 Jan  Wednesbury Old Athletic (1) H replay A-A  *         N/K
 Sat 09 Feb  Wednesbury Old Athletic A replay 3-3  Timmins 3 - Bayliss 2, G Holden         700
 Mon 18 Feb  Wednesbury Old Athletic (2) N 2nd replay 3-1  G Bell, Aston Kent (og) - *      3,000
 Sat 23 Feb  Wolverhampton W (2) N 4 1-1  Bisseker - Brodie      5,000
 Mon 03 Mar  Wolverhampton W (3) N replay 2-1  Aston, Bisseker - *      3,800
 Mon 10 Mar  Walsall Swifts (2) N SF 0-1  F Horton      2,000
 
 1 - Match abandoned after 20 minutes due to gales and heavy rain. Albion were leading 2-0 at the time. Some sources list this game as a friendly.
 2 - Played at Aston Lower Grounds.
 3 - Played at the Oval, Wednesbury.

BIRMINGHAM CHARITY CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Sat 05 Apr  Aston Villa A SF 1-4  Riddell (og) - Vaughton 2, Archie Hunter 2     6,000

WEDNESBURY CHARITY CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A  SCORERS

   GATE

 Sat 24 Nov  Aston Unity A 1 3-0  G Bell, Timmins, Aston     2,500
 Sat 12 Jan  Mitchell St George's (1) N SF 1-1  Stevenson (og) - Hodgetts     3,700
 Sat 29 Mar  Mitchell St George's (2) N replay 0-4  Hodgetts, Tomkinson, Green, Milton     3,500
 
 1 - Played at Aston Lower Grounds.
 2 - Played at the Oval, Wednesbury.

FRIENDLIES

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A F-A  SCORERS     GATE
 Mon 17 Sep  Forwards XI A 3-3  *         N/K
 Mon 01 Oct  Wednesbury Old Athletic H 2-5  *         N/K
 Sat 06 Oct  Preston North End (1) A 1-3  Aston - Ross, Belger, Dewhurst      3,000
 Sat 13 Oct  Wolverhampton W H 4-2  *         N/K
 Sat 20 Oct  Stoke H 1-5  *         N/K
 Mon 05 Nov  Walsall Swifts H 2-2  *         N/K
 Mon 12 Nov  Stoke (2) A A-A  *         N/K
 Sat 17 Nov  Blackburn Rovers (3) A 0-1  Lofthouse      1,000
 Mon 19 Nov  Bolton Wanderers (4) A 1-2  *         N/K
 Sat 01 Dec  West Bromwich Sandwell H 5-1  *         N/K
 Wed 26 Dec  Preston North End H 2-1  * - Ross         N/K
 Thu 27 Dec  Sheffield Heeley H 8-0  *         N/K
 Sat 29 Dec  Aston Unity H 1-0  Woodhall         N/K
 Sat 19 Jan  Aston Unity H 5-0  *      1,000
 Sat 02 Feb  Bolton Great Lever H 4-1  Woodhall, * - *         N/K
 Mon 11 Feb  West Bromwich Wellington (5) H 4-3  *         N/K
 Sat 16 Feb  West Bromwich Albion 2nd XI H 0-2  *         N/K
 Tue 26 Feb  Wednesbury Town H 2-0  *         N/K
 Sat 01 Mar  Wednesbury Old Athletic A 2-2  Reynolds, Biddulph - Bayliss 2         N/K
 Sat 22 Mar  Walsall Town H 3-2  *         N/K
 Mon 24 Mar  West Bromwich Sandwell H 7-0  *         N/K
 Sat 19 Apr  Burslem Port Vale A 6-0  *         N/K
 Sat 26 Apr  Wolverhampton W A 3-0  *         N/K
 Sat 03 May  Walsall Swifts A 0-1  Morley         N/K
 
 1 - Preston's last goal was disputed - some reports give the score as 2-1.
 2 - Match abandoned after 80 minutes with the score 1-1.
 3 - Blackburn played the first twenty minutes of the match with ten men.
 4 - Bolton scored another goal which was disputed - some reports give the score as 3-1.
 5 - Albion's line-up was a mixture of first team and reserves.

TESTIMONIAL / BENEFIT GAMES

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A F-A  SCORERS     GATE
 Sat 15 Dec  Wellington H 5-1  *         N/K
 
 Proceeds of the game went to West Bromwich District Hospital.

 

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