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: Guochuan Lai
Chief Executive Office: Ron Gourlay
Manager: Steve Bruce
Assistant Managers: Stephen Clemence, Steve Agnew
First Team Coaches: James Morrison, Gary Walsh
Doctor: Mark Gillett
Physiotherapist: Richie Rawlins
Ground: The Hawthorns, Halfords Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 4LG
Capacity: 26,445
Telephone: (0871) 271 1100 (all departments)
Fax: (0871) 271 9851
Club Shops: The Hawthorns (East Stand) - (0871) 271 9790
Merry Hill Centre, Brierley Hill - (0871) 271 9793
Online via official website
Official website: http://www.wba.co.uk
Email: enquiries@wbafc.co.uk
Ticket office: (0121) 227 2227
Ticket fax line: (0871) 271 9781
Nicknames: The Baggies, The Albion, The Throstles
Past Fanzines: Grorty Dick, The Baggies Newspaper, Last Train To Rolfe Street, The Albion Chronicle
Main Sponsor: Zoopla
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
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): £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): £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)
Share Registrars: Neville Registrars Limited
Neville House, 18 Laurel Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands B63 3DA
Tel: 0121 585 1131
Fax: 0121 585 1132