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DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	F-A	SCORERS	GATE	POS
Sat 06 Sep	Everton	H	1-4	Pearson - Geary 2, Brady, Campbell	5,600	10
Sat 13 Sep	Preston North End	A	0-3	G Drummond, Brandon, J Drummond	8,500	12
Sat 20 Sep	Sunderland	H	0-4	Millar 2, Campbell, Scott	8,537	12
Sat 27 Sep	Aston Villa	A	4-0	Dyer, Bayliss, Pearson, Burns	12,000	10
Sat 04 Oct	Burnley	H	3-1	Pearson, Burns 2 - Yates	6,000	7
Sat 11 Oct	Notts County	A	2-3	T Perry, Woodhall - McGregor, Daft, Oswald	4,900	8
Sat 18 Oct	Notts County	H	1-1	Pearson - McInnes	7,367	8
Sat 25 Oct	Everton	A	3-2	Dyer, S Nicholls, Burns - Holt, Latta	9,200	7
Sat 01 Nov	Aston Villa	H	0-3	A Brown 2, Dickson	8,000	9
Mon 03 Nov	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-4	Pearson 2 - McNee 2, Munro, Barbour	1,506	9
Sat 08 Nov	Sunderland	A	1-1	Woodhall - Scott	3,400	10
Sat 22 Nov	Derby County	A	1-3	Pearson - J Goodall 2, Cooper	4,000	10
Sat 29 Nov	Derby County (1)	H	3-4	Bayliss, Pearson, S Nicholls - Cooper 2, Bakewell, J Goodall	405	10
Sat 06 Dec	Burnley	A	4-5	C Perry, Riley, Pearson 2 - McLardie 2, Oswald, Hill, Marr	5,500	10
Sat 13 Dec	Wolverhampton W	H	0-1	Worrall	3,400	10
Sat 20 Dec	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Pearson - Southworth, Townley	5,500	11
Sat 03 Jan	Wolverhampton W	A	0-4	H Wood 2, Thomson, Wykes	9,300	12
Sat 07 Feb	Preston North End	H	1-3	Burns - Campbell, Gordon, J Ross	4,300	12
Sat 07 Mar	Accrington	H	5-1	S Nicholls 2, Pearson 2, Groves - Kirkham	800	12
Mon 09 Mar	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	McLeod	2,700	12
Sat 14 Mar	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-7	Gardiner (og) - Cassidy 2, Munro 2, Turner, Brogan, McNee	5,200	12
Sat 18 Apr	Accrington	A	0-1	McPherson	3,300	12

1 - Albion's lowest ever home league attendance.

FA CUP

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	ROUND	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Sat 31 Jan	Birmingham St George's	A	2	3-0	Nicholls, Dyer, C Perry	7,000
Sat 14 Feb	The Wednesday	A	3	2-0	Groves, Pearson	16,871
Sat 28 Feb	Blackburn Rovers	N (1)	SF	2-3	Groves, Pearson - Southworth, Hall, *	21,774

Walkover in round 1 after Old Westminsters scratched.
1 - Played at the Victoria Ground, Stoke FC. Some reports credit Jimmy Burns with Albion's second goal as opposed to Tom Pearson.

STAFFORDSHIRE CUP

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	ROUND	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Sat 24 Jan	Wolverhampton W	A	2	1-3	Pearson - Allen, Wood, Worrall	5,000

BIRMINGHAM CUP

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	ROUND	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Sat 17 Jan	Small Heath (1)	H	1	3-2	C Perry, Burns, Nicholls - Devey 2	3,000
Mon 16 Mar	Warwick County (2)	H	2	6-0	S Nicholls, T Perry, Pearson 3, Bassett	2,600
Sat 11 Apr	Aston Villa (3)	N	SF	2-2	Dyer, Woodhall - McKnight, G Campbell	12,000
Mon 20 Apr	Aston Villa (4)	N	replay	1-1 aet	Haynes - McKnight	5,000
Wed 22 Apr	Aston Villa (5)	N	2nd replay	2-3	Woodhall 2 - *	6,700

1 - Some reports give Albion's goalscorers as Perry, Burns and Woodhall.
2 - Albion played two games on this day with the squad split for the two fixtures.
3 - Played at Warwickshire County Cricket Ground, Edgbaston. Some reports credit Tom Pearson with Albion's first goal as opposed to Frank Dyer.
4 - Played at Molineux, Wolverhampton. Extra-time lasted 20 minutes.
5 - Played at Molineux, Wolverhampton.

BIRMINGHAM CHARITY CUP

DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS
GATE

Mon 27 Apr Wolverhampton W A SF 1-4 Pearson - Wykes 3, * 4,000

WEST BROMWICH CHARITY CUP

DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS
GATE

Sat 30 May Wednesbury Old Athletic H Final 3-2 Pearson, C Perry, Reynolds - Malpass, Longmore 5,000

Referred to in reports as the West Bromwich Friendly Societies Charity Cup. Proceeds of the match in aid of the West Bromwich District Hospital.

FRIENDLIES

DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS    GATE

Mon 01 Sep Stoke (1) A 2-2 *, T Perry - *, Ballham         N/K

Mon 08 Sep Wolverhampton W A 4-2 Haynes, Bassett, S Nicholls, Pearson - *, Wood      3,000

Mon 15 Sep Small Heath H 3-1 Nicholls, Pearson, Woodhall - Pratt         N/K

Mon 22 Sep Walsall Town Swifts A 2-1 Burns, T Perry - Shaw      4,500

Mon 29 Sep Burslem Port Vale (2) A 1-1 Burns - McGinnes         N/K

Mon 06 Oct Chirk A 5-1 Pearson, Bassett, Woodhall 3 - Owen      2,000

Mon 13 Oct Wolverhampton W (3) H 4-1 Pearson 3, Woodhall - Thomson      3,000

Mon 20 Oct Small Heath A 3-3 Woodhall 2 C Perry - Short, Devey, Hallam         N/K

Mon 10 Nov Warwick County (4) A 4-0 Pearson 3, Woodhall         N/K

Sat 15 Nov Nottingham Forest (5) H 2-2 Pearson, Woodhall - Higgins, *      2,000

Mon 08 Dec Aston Villa A 2-4 *         N/K

Fri 26 Dec Preston North End (6) H 2-0 Pearson, Woodhall      8,000

Thu 01 Jan Ardwick H 2-2 Woodhall, Groves - Rushton, Lambie      7,000

Sat 10 Jan Blackburn Rovers (7) H 0-4 Southworth 2, *, Forrest      4,000

Mon 12 Jan Brierley Hill Alliance A 2-1 *, Burns - Sheldon      3,000

Mon 19 Jan Aston Villa H 4-2 Groves 2, Nicholls, Pearson - McKnight 2      5,000

Wed 11 Feb Oxford University A 1-1 *         N/K

Sat 21 Feb Bootle A 0-0      7,000

Thu 12 Mar Nottingham Forest A 3-2 Burns, Groves 2 - Pike 2      2,000

Mon 16 Mar The Wednesday (8) A 2-1 Wood, J Nicholls - Winterbottom      3,000

Sat 21 Mar Preston North End H 1-2 *      2,000

Sat 28 Mar Small Heath A 1-2 McLeod - Wheldon 2         N/K

Mon 30 Mar Everton (9) A 1-2 Holt (og) - Geary 2    10,000

Tue 31 Mar Kettering A 1-2 *      5,000

Sat 04 Apr Wolverhampton W A 2-4 Pearson, McLeod - Wood, Topham 3         N/K

Sat 25 Apr Brierley Hill Alliance (10) A 2-2 *, Pearson - Morris, Baker         N/K

Thu 30 Apr Hednesford Town A 1-3 *         N/K

1 - Some sources give the date of this game as Saturday 30 August.

2 - Some sources give the score of this game as 2-1 to Albion. Burns' goal was reported to have been given despite going over the crossbar.

      The decision resulted in 'unpleasantness' between the teams and protests from the Vale supporters.

3 - Some sources give the date of this game as Thursday 9 October.

4 - Played at Warwickshire County Cricket Ground, Edgbaston.

5 - 60 minute match, 30 minutes each half.

6 - Originally designated as a Football League match. Due to foggy weather conditions, the frozen state of the pitch and the game ending two

      minutes early, the two teams agreed that the game should be classed as a friendly, a decision later ratified by the Football League. The game was

      replayed in February.

7 - Originally designated as a Football League match. Due to the frozen state of the pitch the two teams agreed that the game should be classed as a

      friendly, a decision later ratified by the Football League. The game was replayed in March.

8 - Albion played two games on this day with the squad split for the two fixtures.

9 - Some reports credit Albion's goal to Willie Groves.

10 - Brierley Hill played with 8 men for the first 15 minutes, Albion reportedly did not 'over-exert' themselves until the 3 missing players arrived.

TESTIMONIAL / BENEFIT GAMES

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Mon 17 Nov	Stoke (1)	A	0-1	Phillips	2,000
Mon 02 Mar	Birmingham & District XI (2)	H	1-1	Burns - Dyer (og)	3,500

1 - Alf Edge Benefit Match. Some sources give the date of this game as Saturday 1 November.
2 - Charlie Perry Benefit Match.