West Bromwich Albion FC
West Bromwich was one of the team that participated in the first season of the Football League in 1888. They have won Division One at one occasion, in 1920. They are five times FA Cup champions and one time Football League Cup champions.
Basic facts
Founded: 1878
Country: England
City: West Bromwich
Home grounds
Copper’s Hill (1878-1879)
Dartmouth Park (1879-1881)
Bunn’s Field (1881-1882)
Four Acres (1882-1885)
Stoney Lane (1885-1900)
The Hawthorns (1900-)
Main trophies
First Division/Premier League: 1
FA Cup: 5
Football League Cup: 1
Prominent players
Bryan Robson
Old photo of West Bromwich Albion FC from 1888.
History
The club was founded in 1878 as West Bromwich Strollers, and when changed name to West Bromwich Albion three years later.
The club's most successful period for the club came about in the last two decades in the 19th century. Between 1886 and 1895 they reach the FA Cup final five times and won twice. Famous is the victory over Preston in the 1888 final in front of 17,000 thousand spectators.
Besides the five FA trophies, the club's highpoint is the First Division victory in 1921, the first season after the war. West Bromwich collected 60 points (including thrashing Notts County 8-0) and won ahead of Burnley and Chelsea.
| Club | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Bromwich | 60 |
| 2 | Burnley | 51 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 49 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 48 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 48 |
| 6 | Bolton | 47 |
| 7 | Man. City | 45 |
| 8 | Newcastle | 43 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 42 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 42 |
| 11 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 |
| 12 | Man. United | 40 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 40 |
| 14 | Sheffield U | 40 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 39 |
| 16 | Everton | 38 |
| 17 | Oldham | 38 |
| 18 | Derby | 38 |
| 19 | Preston | 38 |
| 20 | Blackburn | 37 |
| 21 | Notts County | 36 |
| 22 | The Wednesday | 23 |
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League record
Titles in total: 1
Premier League titles: 0
First participation: 1919-1920
First title: 1888-1888
All seasons
| Season | League | Position | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Championship | 4 | 80 | |
| 2017-18 | Premier League | 20 | 31 | Relegated |
| 2016-17 | Premier League | 10 | 45 | |
| 2015-16 | Premier League | 15 | 42 | |
| 2014-15 | Premier League | 12 | 47 | |
| 2013-14 | Premier League | 17 | 36 | |
| 2012-13 | Premier League | 8 | 49 | |
| 2011-12 | Premier League | 10 | 47 | |
| 2010-11 | Premier League | 11 | 47 | |
| 2009-10 | Championship | 2 | 91 | |
| 2008-09 | Premier League | 20 | 32 | Relegated |
| 2007-08 | Championship | 1 | 81 | |
| 2006-07 | Championship | 4 | 76 | Promoted |
| 2005-06 | Premier League | 19 | 30 | Relegated |
| 2004-05 | Premier League | 17 | 34 | |
| 2003-04 | 1st Division | 2 | 86 | Promoted |
| 2002-03 | Premier League | 19 | 26 | Relegated |
| 2001-02 | 1st Division | 6 | 74 | Promoted |
| 2000-01 | 1st Division | 6 | 74 | |
| 1999-00 | 1st Division | 21 | 49 | |
| 1998-99 | 1st Division | 12 | 59 | |
| 1997-98 | 1st Division | 10 | 61 | |
| 1996-97 | 1st Division | 16 | 57 | |
| 1995-96 | 1st Division | 11 | 60 | |
| 1994-95 | 1st Division | 19 | 58 | |
| 1993-94 | 1st Division | 21 | 51 | |
| 1992-93 | 2nd Division | 4 | 85 | Promoted |
| 1991-92 | 3rd Division | 7 | 71 | |
| 1990-91 | 2nd Division | 23 | 48 | Relegated |
| 1989-90 | 2nd Division | 20 | 51 | |
| 1988-89 | 2nd Division | 9 | 72 | |
| 1987-88 | 2nd Division | 20 | 47 | |
| 1986-87 | 2nd Division | 15 | 51 | |
| 1985-86 | 1st Division | 22 | 24 | Relegated |
| 1984-85 | 1st Division | 12 | 55 | |
| 1983-84 | 1st Division | 17 | 51 | |
| 1982-83 | 1st Division | 11 | 57 | |
| 1981-82 | 1st Division | 17 | 44 | |
| 1980-81 | 1st Division | 4 | 52 | |
| 1979-80 | 1st Division | 10 | 41 | |
| 1978-79 | 1st Division | 3 | 59 | |
| 1977-78 | 1st Division | 6 | 50 | |
| 1976-77 | 1st Division | 7 | 45 | |
| 1975-76 | 2nd Division | 3 | 53 | Promoted |
| 1974-75 | 2nd Division | 6 | 45 | |
| 1973-74 | 2nd Division | 8 | 44 | |
| 1972-73 | 1st Division | 22 | 28 | Relegated |
| 1971-72 | 1st Division | 16 | 35 | |
| 1970-71 | 1st Division | 17 | 35 | |
| 1969-70 | 1st Division | 16 | 37 | |
| 1968-69 | 1st Division | 10 | 43 | |
| 1967-68 | 1st Division | 8 | 46 | |
| 1966-67 | 1st Division | 13 | 39 | |
| 1965-66 | 1st Division | 6 | 50 | |
| 1964-65 | 1st Division | 14 | 39 | |
| 1963-64 | 1st Division | 10 | 43 | |
| 1962-63 | 1st Division | 14 | 39 | |
| 1961-62 | 1st Division | 9 | 43 | |
| 1960-61 | 1st Division | 10 | 41 | |
| 1959-60 | 1st Division | 4 | 49 | |
| 1958-59 | 1st Division | 5 | 49 | |
| 1957-58 | 1st Division | 4 | 50 | |
| 1956-57 | 1st Division | 11 | 42 | |
| 1955-56 | 1st Division | 13 | 41 | |
| 1954-55 | 1st Division | 17 | 40 | |
| 1953-54 | 1st Division | 2 | 53 | |
| 1952-53 | 1st Division | 4 | 50 | |
| 1951-52 | 1st Division | 13 | 41 | |
| 1950-51 | 1st Division | 16 | 37 | |
| 1949-50 | 1st Division | 14 | 40 | |
| 1948-49 | 2nd Division | 2 | 56 | Promoted |
| 1947-48 | 2nd Division | 7 | 45 | |
| 1946-47 | 2nd Division | 7 | 48 | |
| 1939-46 | - | - | - | WWII |
| 1938-39 | 2nd Division | 10 | 45 | |
| 1937-38 | 1st Division | 22 | 36 | Relegated |
| 1936-37 | 1st Division | 16 | 38 | |
| 1935-36 | 1st Division | 18 | 38 | |
| 1934-35 | 1st Division | 9 | 44 | |
| 1933-34 | 1st Division | 7 | 44 | |
| 1932-33 | 1st Division | 4 | 49 | |
| 1931-32 | 1st Division | 6 | 46 | |
| 1930-31 | 2nd Division | 2 | 54 | Promoted |
| 1929-30 | 2nd Division | 6 | 47 | |
| 1928-29 | 2nd Division | 7 | 46 | |
| 1927-28 | 2nd Division | 8 | 46 | |
| 1926-27 | 1st Division | 22 | 30 | Relegated |
| 1925-26 | 1st Division | 13 | 40 | |
| 1924-25 | 1st Division | 2 | 56 | |
| 1923-24 | 1st Division | 16 | 38 | |
| 1922-23 | 1st Division | 7 | 45 | |
| 1921-22 | 1st Division | 13 | 40 | |
| 1920-21 | 1st Division | 14 | 40 | |
| 1919-20 | 1st Division | 1 | 60 | 1st league title |
| 1915-19 | - | - | - | WWI |
| 1914-15 | 1st Division | 11 | 40 | |
| 1913-14 | 1st Division | 5 | 43 | |
| 1912-13 | 1st Division | 10 | 38 | |
| 1911-12 | 1st Division | 9 | 39 | |
| 1910-11 | 2nd Division | 1 | 53 | Promoted |
| 1909-10 | 2nd Division | 11 | 37 | |
| 1908-09 | 2nd Division | 3 | 51 | |
| 1907-08 | 2nd Division | 5 | 47 | |
| 1906-07 | 2nd Division | 4 | 47 | |
| 1905-06 | 2nd Division | 4 | 52 | |
| 1904-05 | 2nd Division | 10 | 30 | |
| 1903-04 | 1st Division | 18 | 24 | Relegated |
| 1902-03 | 1st Division | 7 | 36 | |
| 1901-02 | 2nd Division | 1 | 55 | Promoted |
| 1900-01 | 1st Division | 18 | 22 | Relegated |
| 1899-00 | 1st Division | 13 | 30 | |
| 1898-99 | 1st Division | 14 | 30 | |
| 1897-98 | 1st Division | 7 | 32 | |
| 1896-97 | 1st Division | 12 | 26 | |
| 1895-96 | 1st Division | 16 | 19 | |
| 1894-95 | 1st Division | 13 | 24 | |
| 1893-94 | 1st Division | 8 | 32 | |
| 1892-93 | 1st Division | 8 | 29 | |
| 1891-92 | Football League | 12 | 18 | |
| 1890-91 | Football League | 12 | 12 | |
| 1889-90 | Football League | 5 | 25 | |
| 1888-89 | Football League | 6 | 22 |
Note. The 1939-40 season was abandoned after three rounds and is therefore excluded.
References:
Premier League by Gunnar Persson
Image sources:
Full Throstle: The Official History of West Bromwich Albion