[41] The following season, Mowbray led the Baggies to Wembley again, this time in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, where they lost 1–0 to Portsmouth. [6], In March 1888, William McGregor wrote to what he considered to be the top five English teams, including Albion, informing them of his intention to form an association of clubs that would play each other home and away each season. They reached the final again in 1887, but lost 2–0 to Aston Villa. Contents 1 Biography [150] Jeremy Peace announced in June 2008 that he was looking for a major new investor for the club,[151] but no firm proposals were received by the 31 July deadline. [87] Its capacity today is 26,850,[87] the four stands being known respectively as the Birmingham Road End, Smethwick End, East Stand and West Stand (Halfords Lane). West Bromwich Albion Football Club (/ˈbrɒmɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ/) is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. It also gave rise to Albion's early nickname, the Throstles. [70], Like all football clubs, Albion sport a secondary or "change" strip when playing away from home against a team whose colours clash with their own. West Bromwich Albion Holdings Limited holds a Significant Interest in West Bromwich Albion Group Limited, holding 87.8% of its issued share capital. West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace has agreed a deal to sell the club to a Chinese investment group led by entrepreneur Guochuan Lai. [125] The rivalry was further heightened after the sides met in the play-offs in 2007. [37] In 2004–05, Megson's successor, former Albion midfielder Bryan Robson, led the team to a last-day "Great Escape", when Albion became the first Premier League club to avoid relegation having been bottom of the table at Christmas, as well as bottom on the final day of the season. An all-red strip was adopted at the end of the 1950s, but was dropped following defeat in the 1967 League Cup Final, to be replaced by the all-white design that was worn during the club's FA Cup run of 1967–68. [132], Frank Skinner and Paula Wilcox starred in the comedy series Blue Heaven which followed the adventures of an Albion supporter in the 1990s. Perhaps we should ask Paul Thompson. Following a disastrous run of results under Head Coach Alan Pardew, Williams was sacked by owner Guochuan Lai along with CEO Martin Goodman and later technical director Nick Hammond were all sacked for their part in the decision to appoint Pardew and the decisions towards transfers in the time leading up to the 2017/18 season. West Bromwich Albion FC. [145] The shares were quoted on the Alternative Investment Market, but the club withdrew from the stock exchange in order to become a private company again in 2004. [153], In July 2016, Peace announced that he had managed to find a buyer in the form of Chinese entrepreneur Lai Guochuan. [26] In May of that year, Albion became the first English professional team to play in China, going unbeaten on their five-game trip. Megson guided Albion to Division One safety in 1999–2000, and to the play-offs a year later. [163] In 1919–20, Fred Morris became the first Albion player to finish as top goalscorer in Division One, a feat which has since been repeated by Ronnie Allen, Derek Kevan, Jeff Astle and Tony Brown. [88] At an altitude of 551 feet (168 m) above sea level, the Hawthorns is the highest of all the 92 Premier League and Football League grounds. [55] Slaven Bilić took over as boss on 13 June 2019,[56] and led Albion to automatic promotion back to the Premier League during the 2019–20 season. [84] Albion drew 1–1 with Derby County in the first match at the stadium, on 3 September 1900. Albion entered the Football League Cup for the first time in 1965–66 and, under manager Jimmy Hagan, won the final by defeating West Ham United 5–3 on aggregate. [21] Albion's cup form continued under Hagan's successor Alan Ashman. [3]Upon completion of his takeover on 15 September 2016, incoming owner Guochuan Lai officially appointed Williams chairman of the club. More recently, however, most Albion fans tend to see Wolverhampton Wanderers as their main rivals, particularly as between 1989 and 2002 Albion and Villa were never in the same division, but Albion were in the same division as Wolves for 11 out of 14 seasons. [5] As FA Cup winners, they qualified to play in a Football World Championship game against Scottish Cup winners Renton, which ended in a 4–1 defeat. [110] The programme has a circulation in excess of 8,000 copies. In 1992–93, Albion finished fourth and entered the play-offs for the first time. [2] The club joined the Birmingham & District Football Association in 1881 and became eligible for their first competition, the Birmingham Cup. The town's Latin motto, "Labor omnia vincit", translates as "labour conquers all things" or "work conquers all". [66] From 1882 to 1885, as the popularity of football increased, Albion rented the Four Acres ground from the well-established West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club. Register No:104877. He was the West Bromwich Albion chairman who installed Gary Megson as Hawthorns boss in 2000. FORMER Premier League star Ryan Donk has been accused of holding repeated SEX PARTIES by his current club's chairman. Richardson holds the club record for most league goals in a single season, scoring 39 times in 1935–36. [123] Both Albion and Wolves were founding members of the Football League in 1888, making the derby the joint oldest in English league football. This takeover was successfully completed ahead of schedule on 15 September the same year. Appointed May 2011 Albion teams have reached ten FA Cup finals and won the Cup on five occasions. West Brom chairman John Williams vows to improve squad and refill The Hawthorns. West Brom academy kid kicked out as Leeds United chairman issues update. This triggered a requirement, under the Takeover Code, for him to make a mandatory cash offer for the remaining shares in both WBA Holdings Ltd and WBA Ltd.[148] Later that year, Michelle Davies became Albion's first female director. [A][2] They were renamed West Bromwich Albion in 1880, becoming the first team to adopt the Albion suffix; Albion was a district of West Bromwich where some of the players lived or worked, close to what is today Greets Green. With Williams at the helm Rovers enjoyed notable success; winning promotion back to the Premier League in the 2000/01 season. [67] Not until the early 21st century did the full club badge appear on the team's shirts. [20] They remained one of the top English sides for the remainder of the decade, reaching the semi-final of the 1957 FA Cup and achieving three consecutive top five finishes in Division One between 1957–58 and 1959–60. [67], West Brom have played in navy blue and white striped shirts for the majority of their existence, usually with white shorts and white socks. The new design aimed to safeguard and consolidate the club's identity. [52] By this time, the club had already begun to fall into a state of torpor, and were relegated to the Championship at the end of the 2017–18 season, ending their eight-year Premier League stay. After West Brom's relegation at the end of the 2017–18 Premier League, the teams faced each other once again in the Championship. [51] On 5 August 2016, it was announced that long-term owner Jeremy Peace had sold the club to a Chinese investment group headed up by Lai Guochuan. Sport Published: Nov 29, 2016. [8] They were promoted as champions the following season but relegated again in 1903–04. [15] They gained promotion in 1948–49,[16] and there followed the club's longest unbroken spell in the top flight of English football, a total of 24 years.[17][18]. The club has been champions of England once, in 1919–20, and has been runners-up twice. In 1883, Albion won their first trophy, the Staffordshire Cup. The club's longest continuous period in the top division spanned 24 years between 1949 and 1973, and from 1986 to 2002 it spent its longest ever spell out of the top division. [4] After a string of poor results in the 2017/18 season, Williams was responsible for the sacking of Head Coach Tony Pulis. The figure agreed upon is believed to have been £200 million. As late as the 1930s, a caged throstle was placed beside the touchline during matches and it was said that it only used to sing if Albion were winning. [27][28] In 1978–79, the team finished third in Division One, their highest placing for over 20 years, and also reached the UEFA Cup quarter-final, where they were defeated by Red Star Belgrade. The throstle was chosen because the public house in which the team used to change kept a pet thrush in a cage. Explaining this unusual move, he said "we don't just need points now, we need snookers!" On 3 January 1885, they met for the first time in the third round of the FA Cup: a goalless draw at West Brom was followed by a 3–0 victory for them away at Villa. Goodman was replaced by returning CEO Mark Jenkins and Williams was replaced as Chairman by Li Piyue, an associate of Guochuan Lai. The club was in deep financial trouble and had had a writ served upon them by their bank, but Bassett and returning chairman Harry Keys rescued the club, aided by local fund-raising activities. [127] The following year, both teams became founder members of the Football League. [25] Under Ron Atkinson, Albion reached the 1978 FA Cup semi-final but lost to Ipswich Town. Since July 2018, West Brom's kit has been manufactured by Puma. [75] Red numbers were added to the side of Albion players' shorts in 1969.[71]. The club was founded as West Bromwich Strollers in 1878 by workers from George Salter's Spring Works in West Bromwich, in the Black Country . Although it featured the throstle, it did not include the blue and white striped shield of the club badge. England’s national team is back in the hands of an Englishman – although one who spent the biggest part of his coaching career abroad. 'the West Brom' is a trading name of West Bromwich Building Society [172] The record transfer fee received by Albion from another club was for the transfer of Salomón Rondón to Dalian Yifang in July 2019 for £16.5 million. Reserves and Academy, Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. The club was founded in 1878 as West Bromwich Strollers in West Bromwich, then in Staffordshire but now part of the West Midlands administrative county. 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One national newspaper went so far as to suggest that the team be chosen en masse to represent England at the 1954 FIFA World Cup finals. Albion's strip from 1882–83 was one of many variations worn by the club during the 1880s. He has made the most appearances overall for the club (720), as well as most appearances in the league (574), FA Cup (54) and in European competition (17). Albion contests the Black Country derby with the latter. [124] Moreover, in 2002 Albion came from being 11 points adrift to overhaul Wolves to gain promotion. [111] The first West Bromwich Albion fanzine, Fingerpost, was published from 1983 until 1992, and was followed by several others, most notably Grorty Dick (1989–2005) and Last Train to Rolfe Street (1992–1995). The team suffered relegation to Division Two in 1900–01, their first season at The Hawthorns. [114] Club historian Tony Matthews, however, suggests that it derives from the "bagmen", who carried the club's matchday takings in big leather bags from the turnstiles to the cash office on the halfway line. Albion's most common away colours during the late 20th and early 21st century, "WBA players" redirects here. Who was most recently Chairman of West Bromwich Albion F.C. Following the announcement of the planned takeover of West Bromwich Albion F.C by Chinese investors in July 2016, Williams effectively began his term in office, assuming the respective powers of Chairman and replacing outgoing Owner and Chairman Jeremy Peace. The team played their first match on 23 November 1878, drawing 0–0 in a 12-a-side game against workers from Hudson's, a local soap factory. The West Brom chairman is considering replacing Gary Megson with Stephen Hendry. [67] The club's shirts have been sponsored for the majority of the time since then, although there was no shirt sponsor at the end of the 1993–94 season, after local solicitors Coucher & Shaw were closed down by the Law Society of England and Wales. They succeeded in winning the FA Cup, beating Preston North End 3–2, but injuries and a loss of form towards the end of the season meant that they finished as runners-up to fierce rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in the league. Thus when the Football League started later that year, Albion became one of the twelve founder members. West Brom may feel they need a big sale to dip into the market for new recruits, and Pereira would be an appealing target for many clubs – and Leeds United should be interested. [134], The testimonial match of Albion player Len Cantello was the subject of the BBC documentary Whites Vs Blacks: How Football Changed A Nation. [48] Then followed an eight-season continuous run in the Premier League. [D][164] Brown, who holds the club records for goals and appearances, was voted into the PFA Centenary Hall of Fame in July 2007.[165]. She brings to the West Brom extensive operational and programme management experience across multiple sectors. [94] In the years since then, over 30 branches have been established throughout the United Kingdom and in Jersey, Ireland, Spain, Malta, India, Thailand and Australia. Jeremy Peace took up the post in 2002, after a rift between previous chairman Paul Thompson and manager Gary Megson forced Thompson to quit the club. West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace will only sell the club if a deal can be done early in the summer - otherwise any talks will be put on hold for at least another year. Albion finished fourth in their first season back in the Championship under the management of Darren Moore, and later, caretaker manager James Shan, losing the Championship play-off semi-final against Aston Villa on penalties. Peace joined the board of West Bromwich Albion as a non-executive director on 8 December 2000, and became chairman in June 2002, following the resignation of Paul Thompson. By Matt Wilson West Bromwich Albion Published: May 31, 2019Last Updated: May 31, 2019. He became vice-president of the Football Association in 1969. Professional Game Match Officials Limited, "Former Blackburn Rovers chief John Williams to take over as West Brom chairman", "Chairman John Williams resigns from Blackburn Rovers", "All you need to know about new West Brom chairman John Williams", http://www.wba.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/club-statement-west-brom-albion-takeover-guochuan-lai-3308509.aspx, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Williams_(chairman)&oldid=1003415915, Pages using infobox officeholder with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 January 2021, at 21:52. It is considered one of the fiercest rivalries in English football. The list of 16 is as follows:[158], Other notable honours bestowed upon West Brom players include the PFA Young Player of the Year award, which was presented to Cyrille Regis in 1979. West Brom Nation England Division Sky Bet Championship Reputation 122 Average Age Balance £46m Wage Budget £520k Training Facilities 15 Youth Facilities 14 Youth Academy 15 Stadium Capacity 35000 Average Attendance 24631 Ability 75.6 Potential 79.7 [73], Albion players – along with those of other Football League teams – first wore numbers on the back of their shirts in the abandoned season of 1939–40,[74] and names on the back of their shirts from 1999–2000. The badge was re-designed in 2006, incorporating the name of the club for the first time. [102], In 2002–03 Albion's fans were voted the best in the Premier League by their peers,[103] while in the BBC's 2002 "national intelligence test" Test the Nation, they were found to be "more likely to be smarter than any other football supporters, registering an average score of 138". Society. For the WNBA basketball team of the same name, see Seattle Storm. [133] Skinner is a real-life Albion supporter. Albion was one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888, the first professional football league in the world. [58] Sam Allardyce was appointed as his replacement the same day. West Bromwich Albion's record victory was their 12–0 league win against Darwen on 4 April 1892. In 1953–54, Albion came close to being the first team in the 20th century to win the League and Cup double. From 1885 to 1900, Albion played at Stoney Lane; their tenure of this ground was arguably the most successful period in the club's history, as they won the FA Cup twice and were runners-up three times. Since Grorty Dick ceased publication in 2005, the club now only has one fanzine dedicated to it; 'Baggie Shorts' which is produced by the West Bromwich Albion Supporters' Club London Branch. [128] The two teams met in two further FA Cup finals in the 19th century, a 3–0 win for West Brom in 1892 and a 1–0 win for Aston Villa in 1895. Seattle Storm, was an American soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. BSR Housewares became the club's first shirt sponsor during the 1981–82 season. [29] The team around this time was notable for simultaneously fielding three black players: Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson; and is considered to be an integral part of the acceptance of black footballers in the English leagues. The club joined the Birmingham & District Football Association in 1881 and became eligible for their first competition, the Birmingham Cup. [135], The Albion also featured in Channel Four's 'Artist in Residence' series in 2018. In his living room, alone, he prepares to hang himself. There was relative success in the cup competitions also, with League Cup victory in 2001/02 and 2 FA Cup semi finals in 2004/05 and 2006/07. [83], By 1900, when the lease on Stoney Lane expired, the club needed a bigger ground yet again and so made its last move to date. [80] Previous manufacturers have included Scoreline (1989–91), Influence (1991–92), Pelada (1993–95), Patrick (1995-2002), Diadora (2003–2006), Umbro (1974–89, 2006–11) and Adidas (2011–18). [98] Supporters of the team celebrate goals by bouncing up and down and chanting "Boing Boing". They were renamed West Bromwich Albion in 1880, becoming the first team to adopt the Albion suffix; Albion was a district of West Bromwich where some of the players lived or worked, close to what is today Greets Green. [104], Famous fans include comedians Frank Skinner and Joe Lycett, TV presenter Adrian Chiles, One Direction singer Liam Payne, comedian Lenny Henry, actress Julie Walters, actor Matthew Marsden, The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, tennis player Goran Ivanišević, television presenter Cat Deeley, boxers Richie Woodhall and Tommy Langford,[105] and guitarist Eric Clapton. [86] The Hawthorns became an all-seater stadium in the 1990s, in order to comply with the recommendations of the Taylor Report. At the end of the 2015–16 season, Aston Villa were relegated, leaving West Brom the only West Midlands team in the top flight for the 2016–17 season. [19] Nonetheless, Albion became known for their brand of fluent, attacking football, with the 1953–54 side being hailed as the "Team of the Century". [G][38] They failed to avoid the drop the following season,[39] and Robson was replaced by Tony Mowbray in October 2006. It also won the Football League Cup at the first attempt in 1966. Williams previously served as chairman and chief executive of Blackburn Rovers F.C., having been appointed to the board in 1997 and then promoted to chairman/chief executive in 1998 by the club's then owner Jack Walker.[1]. The West Bromwich Building Society today announces that, due to unexpected personal circumstances, its Chairman, Mark Nicholls, has retired as Chairman and a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. The Company was taken private in 2005, with him owning a majority shareholding. 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Albion joined the Football Association in the same year; this enabled them to enter the FA Cup for the first time in the 1883–84 season. [60][B] The badge has been subject to various revisions since then. The hawthorn bush is also a favourite bush of throstles, which were regularly seen on the pre-stadium estate and local area. [69] The blue and white stripes made their first appearance in the 1885–86 season, although at that time they were of a lighter shade of blue; the navy blue stripes did not appear until after the First World War. 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The Society has recently announced that John Maltby will succeed Mark as Chair, subject to regulatory approval. Football Club Seattle Storm, also known as the F.C. The West Brom appoints new board member. [147], In September 2007, Peace acquired additional shares in West Bromwich Albion Holdings Limited, taking his total stake in the company to 50.56%. In pastures green; he leadeth me, The official West Bromwich Albion Supporters Club was founded on 4 October 1951. [131], The 1960s television documentary programme Look at Britain screened an episode called "The Saturday Men" focusing on the club. [140] Bassett became chairman in 1908, and helped the club to avoid bankruptcy once more in 1910 by paying the players' summer wages from his own pocket. [112], Although known in their early days as "the Throstles", the club's more popular nickname among supporters came to be the Baggies, a term which the club itself looked down upon for many years but later embraced. West Brom news - WBA morning headlines includes Albion tipped to move for Villa stars, Leeds United chairman's hint and Switzerland decision giving hope The 35-year-old has helped them win two Super Lig titles and two Turkish Cups. [166][168], Albion's most capped international player, taking into account only those caps won whilst at the club, is Chris Brunt. [85] The record attendance at the Hawthorns was on 6 March 1937, when 64,815 spectators saw Albion beat Arsenal 3–1 in the FA Cup quarter-final. They reached the quarter-finals, beating several longer-established clubs on the way. That was the last two-legged final and, the following year, Albion reached the final again, the first played at Wembley. [71] The away shirt additionally featured a large 'V' during the First World War. [130], In the 2000s BBC television drama series New Tricks, the characters Jack Halford, Brian Lane and Gerry Standing were so named by the writer Roy Mitchell in honour of the Halford Lane standing area of Albion's ground. W. G. Richardson scored 328 goals for the club, but this includes 100 during World War II, which are not normally counted towards competitive totals. F.C. The badge was described in heraldic blazon as, "On a roundel paly of thirteen argent and azure a mistle thrush perched on a raspberry branch leaved and fructed proper." Non-Executive Director. [53] Pulis[54] and his replacement Alan Pardew were both sacked during the season. But they quickly outgrew this new home and soon needed to move again. West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace "would be willing to step aside" and sell the Premier League club. [ 84 ] Albion 's greatest rivals were Aston Villa from nearby Birmingham and home Football year-round. 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