WBA FC Honours and Records

West Bromwich Albion are from the Black Country, just outside Birmingham. The ground is situated on the boundary between Birmingham and Sandwell. They were one of the founder members of the Football League in 1888

Formed:	1879
Chairman and Controlling Shareholder:	Shilen Patel
Managing Director:	Mark Miles
Manager:	Carlos Corberán
First Team Coaches:	Jorge Alarcón, Michael Hefele, Damià Abella, Marcos Abad
Ground:	The Hawthorns, Halfords Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 4LG
Capacity:	26,688
Telephone:	(0121) 524 3470 (all departments)
Club Shop:	The Hawthorns (East Stand) - or online at shop.wba.co.uk
Official website:	wba.co.uk
Email:	enquiries@wbafc.co.uk
Ticket office:	(0121) 227 2227
Nicknames:	The Baggies, The Albion, The Throstles
Past Fanzines:	Grorty Dick, The Baggies Newspaper, Last Train To Rolfe Street, The Albion Chronicle
Main Sponsor:	Ideal Heating
Honours:	FA Cup Winners: 1888, 1892, 1931, 1954, 1968 FA Cup Runners-up: 1886, 1887, 1895, 1912, 1935 League Cup Winners: 1966 League Cup Runners-up: 1967, 1970 League Division One Champions: 1920, 2008 League Division One Runners-up: 1925, 1954, 2002, 2004, 2020, 2020 League Division Two Champions: 1902, 1911 League Division Two Runners-up: 1931, 1949 League Division Three Play-off winners: 1993
Record Attendance:	64,815 v Arsenal (FA Cup 6th round, 6 March 1937)
Record Win:	12-0 v Darwen, 1892
Record Defeat:	3-10 v Stoke City, 1937
Record Transfers (In):	£15,000,000 for Oliver Burke from RB Leipzig (2017) £4,700,000 for Borja Valero from Real Mallorca (2008) £3,625,000 for Robert Earnshaw from Cardiff City (2004) £2,700,000 for Martin Albrechtsen from FC Copenhagen (2004) £2,500,000 for Lee Hughes from Coventry City (2002) £2,250,000 for Jason Koumas from Tranmere Rovers (2002) £2,000,000 for Sean Gregan from Preston NE (2002) £2,000,000 for Jason Roberts from Bristol Rovers (2000) £1,250,000 for Kevin Kilbane from Preston NE (1997) £748,000 for Peter Barnes from Manchester City (1979)
Record Transfers (Out):	£16,500,000 for Salomón Rondón to Dalian Yifang (2019) £10,000,000 for Curtis Davies to Aston Villa (2008) £6,000,000 for Diomansy Kamara to Fulham (2007) £5,000,001 for Lee Hughes to Coventry City (2001) £4,500,000 for Enzo Maresca to Juventus (2000)