WEST BROMWICH ALBION FC


Year formed: 1878
First League Game: September 8, 1888 versus Stoke
Previous Name(s): West Bromwich Strollers until 1881
Nickname(s): The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion
Ground: The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Ground Capacity: 26,688

Founder member of the Football league, the club was formed as West Bromwich Strollers in 1878. Assuming their present name in 1881, the club turned professional in 1885. Albion won promotion to the Premier League in 2009-10 after three demotions from Top Flight from 2002-03 but went down again in 2017-18. In 2023-24, the Baggies made it to the play-offs again but were denied a chance to play in the final.

HISTORICAL DATA

1885-86     F.A. Cup runner-up
1886-87     F.A. Cup runner-up
1887-88     F.A. Cup Winners
1888-89     Founder member of Football League
1891-92     F.A. Cup Winners (2nd time)
1894-95     F.A. Cup runner-up
1895-96     Retained league status after Test Matches
1901        Relegated to Division Two
1901-02     Football League Division Two Champions, promoted to Division One
1904        Relegated to Division Two
1910-11     Football League Division Two Champions, promoted to Division One
1911-12     F.A. Cup runner-up
1919-20     Football League Champions
1924-25     Football League runner-up
1927        Relegated to Division Two
1930-31     F.A. Cup Winners (3rd time)
            Football League Division Two runner-up, promoted to Division One
1933-34     F.A. Cup runner-up
1938        Relegated to Division Two
1948-49     Promoted to Division One
1953-54     Football League runner-up
            F.A. Cup Winners (4th time)
1965-66     Football League Cup Winners
1966-67     Football League Cup runner-up
1967-68     F.A. Cup Winners (5th time)
1969-70     Football League Cup runner-up
1972        Relegated to Division Two
1975-76     Promoted to Division One
1986        Relegated to Division Two
1991        Relegated to Division Three
1992-93     Promoted to Division One after play-offs 
2001-02     Football League runner-up, promoted to F.A. Premier League
2003        Relegated to Football League Division One
2003-04     Football League runner-up, promoted to F.A. Premier League
2006        Relegated to Football League Championship
2007-08     Football League Champions, promoted to F.A. Premier League
2009        Relegated to Football League Championship
2009-10     Football League runner-up, promoted to F.A. Premier League
2018        Relegated to English Football League Championship
2019-20     English Football League runner-up, promoted to Premier League
2021        Relegated to English Football League Championship
PERFORMANCE IN EACH SEASON
GOALS GOALS GOAL NO. OF
Season Division P W D L FOR AGAINST DIFF. POINTS POSITION TEAMS
1888-89 FL 22 10 2 10 40 46 -6 22 6 12
1889-90 FL 22 11 3 8 47 50 -3 25 5 12
1890-91 FL 22 5 2 15 34 57 -23 12 12 12
1891-91 FL 26 6 6 14 51 58 -7 18 12 14
1892-93 1 30 12 5 13 58 69 -11 29 8 16
1893-94 1 30 14 4 12 66 59 7 32 8 16
1894-95 1 30 10 4 16 51 66 -15 24 13 16
1895-96 1 30 6 7 17 30 59 -29 19 16 16
1896-97 1 30 10 6 14 33 56 -23 26 12 16
1897-98 1 30 11 10 9 44 45 -1 32 7 16
1898-99 1 34 12 6 16 42 57 -15 30 14 18
1899-00 1 34 11 8 15 43 51 -8 30 13 18
1900-01 1 34 7 8 19 35 62 -27 22 18 18 ↓
1901-02 2 34 25 5 4 82 29 53 55 1 18 ↑ Champions
1902-03 1 34 16 4 14 54 53 1 36 7 18
1903-04 1 34 7 10 17 36 60 -24 24 18 18 ↓
1904-05 2 34 13 4 17 56 48 8 30 10 18
1905-06 2 38 22 8 8 79 36 43 52 4 20
1906-07 2 38 21 5 12 83 45 38 47 4 20
1907-08 2 38 19 9 10 61 39 22 47 5 20
1908-09 2 38 19 13 6 56 27 29 51 3 20
1909-10 2 38 16 5 17 58 56 2 37 11 20
1910-11 2 38 22 9 7 67 41 26 53 1 20 ↑ Champions
1911-12 1 38 15 9 14 43 47 -4 39 9 20
1912-13 1 38 13 12 13 57 50 7 38 10 20
1913-14 1 38 15 13 10 46 42 4 43 5 20
1914-15 1 38 15 10 13 49 43 6 40 10 20
1919-20 1 42 28 4 10 104 47 57 60 1 22 Champions
1920-21 1 42 13 14 15 54 58 -4 40 14 22
1921-22 1 42 15 10 17 51 63 -12 40 13 22
1922-23 1 42 17 11 14 58 49 9 45 7 22
1923-24 1 42 12 14 16 51 62 -11 38 16 22
1924-25 1 42 23 10 9 58 34 24 56 2 22
1925-26 1 42 16 8 18 79 78 1 40 13 22
1926-27 1 42 11 8 23 65 86 -21 30 22 22 ↓
1927-28 2 42 17 12 13 90 70 20 46 8 22
1928-29 2 42 19 8 15 80 79 1 46 7 22
1929-30 2 42 21 5 16 105 73 32 47 6 22
1930-31 2 42 22 10 10 83 49 34 54 2 22 ↑
1931-32 1 42 20 6 16 77 55 22 46 6 22
1932-33 1 42 20 9 13 83 70 13 49 4 22
1933-34 1 42 17 10 15 78 70 8 44 7 22
1934-35 1 42 17 10 15 83 83 0 44 9 22
1935-36 1 42 16 6 20 89 88 1 37 18 22
1936-37 1 42 16 6 20 77 98 -21 38 16 22
1937-38 1 42 14 8 20 74 91 -17 36 22 22 ↓
1938-39 2 42 18 9 15 89 72 17 45 10 22
1946-47 2 42 20 8 14 88 75 13 48 7 22
1947-48 2 42 18 9 15 63 58 5 45 7 22
1948-49 2 42 24 8 10 68 39 29 56 2 22 ↑
1949-50 1 42 14 12 16 47 53 -6 40 14 22
1950-51 1 42 13 11 18 53 61 -8 37 16 22
1951-52 1 42 14 13 15 74 77 -3 41 13 22
1952-53 1 42 21 8 13 66 60 6 50 4 22
1953-54 1 42 22 9 11 86 63 23 53 2 22
1954-55 1 42 16 8 18 76 96 -20 40 17 22
1955-56 1 42 18 5 19 58 70 -12 41 13 22
1956-57 1 42 14 14 14 59 61 -2 42 11 22
1957-58 1 42 18 14 10 92 70 22 50 4 22
1958-59 1 42 18 13 11 88 68 20 49 5 22
1959-60 1 42 19 11 12 83 57 26 49 4 22
1960-61 1 42 18 5 19 67 71 -4 41 10 22
1961-62 1 42 15 13 14 83 67 16 43 9 22
1962-63 1 42 16 7 19 71 79 -8 39 14 22
1963-64 1 42 16 11 15 70 61 9 43 10 22
1964-65 1 42 13 13 16 70 65 5 39 14 22
1965-66 1 42 19 12 11 91 69 22 50 6 22
1966-67 1 42 16 7 19 77 73 4 39 13 22
1967-68 1 42 17 12 13 75 62 13 46 8 22
1968-69 1 42 16 11 15 64 67 -3 43 10 22
1969-70 1 42 14 9 19 58 66 -8 37 16 22
1970-71 1 42 10 15 17 58 75 -17 35 17 22
1971-72 1 42 12 11 19 42 54 -12 35 16 22
1972-73 1 42 9 10 23 38 62 -24 28 22 22 ↓
1973-74 2 42 14 16 12 48 45 3 44 8 22
1974-75 2 42 18 9 15 54 42 12 45 6 22
1975-76 2 42 20 13 9 50 33 17 53 3 22 ↑
1976-77 1 42 16 13 13 62 56 6 45 7 22
1977-78 1 42 18 14 10 62 53 9 50 6 22
1978-79 1 42 24 11 7 72 35 37 59 3 22
1979-80 1 42 11 19 12 54 50 4 41 10 22
1980-81 1 42 20 12 10 60 42 18 52 4 22
1981-82 1 42 11 11 20 46 57 -11 44 17 22
1982-83 1 42 15 12 15 51 49 2 57 11 22
1983-84 1 42 14 9 19 48 62 -14 51 17 22
1984-85 1 42 16 7 19 58 62 -4 55 12 22
1985-86 1 42 4 12 26 35 89 -54 24 22 22 ↓
1986-87 2 42 13 12 17 51 49 2 51 15 22
1987-88 2 44 12 11 21 50 69 -19 47 20 23
1988-89 2 46 18 18 10 65 41 24 72 9 24
1989-90 2 46 12 15 19 67 71 -4 51 20 24
1990-91 2 46 10 18 18 52 61 -9 48 23 24 ↓
1991-92 3 46 19 14 13 64 49 15 71 7 24
1992-93 3 46 25 10 11 88 54 34 85 4 24 ↑
1993-94 2 46 13 12 21 60 69 -9 51 21 24
1994-95 2 46 16 10 20 51 57 -6 58 19 24
1995-96 2 46 16 12 18 60 68 -8 60 11 24
1996-97 2 46 14 15 17 68 72 -4 57 16 24
1997-98 2 46 16 13 17 50 56 -6 61 10 24
1998-99 2 46 16 11 19 69 76 -7 59 12 24
1999-00 2 46 10 19 17 43 60 -17 49 21 24
2000-01 2 46 21 11 14 60 52 8 74 6 24
2002-02 2 46 27 8 11 61 29 32 89 2 24 ↑
2002-03 EPL 38 6 8 24 29 65 -36 26 19 20 ↓
2003-04 2 46 25 11 10 64 42 22 86 2 24 ↑
2004-05 EPL 38 6 16 16 36 61 -25 34 17 20
2005-06 EPL 38 7 9 22 31 58 -27 30 19 20 ↓
2006-07 FLCH 46 22 10 14 81 55 26 76 4 24
2007-08 FLCH 46 23 12 11 88 55 33 81 1 24 ↑ Champions
2008-09 EPL 38 8 8 22 36 67 -31 32 20 20 ↓
2009-10 FLCH 46 26 13 7 89 48 41 91 2 24 ↑
2010-11 EPL 38 12 11 15 56 71 -15 47 11 20
2011-12 EPL 38 13 8 17 45 52 -7 47 10 20
2012-13 EPL 38 14 7 17 53 57 -4 49 8 20
2013-14 EPL 38 7 15 16 43 59 -16 36 17 20
2014-15 EPL 38 11 11 16 38 51 -13 44 13 20
2015-16 EPL 38 10 13 15 34 48 -14 43 14 20
2016-17 EPL 38 12 9 17 43 51 -8 45 10 20
2017-18 EPL 38 6 13 19 31 56 -25 31 20 20 ↓
2018-19 FLCH 46 23 11 12 87 62 25 80 4 24
2019-20 FLCH 46 22 17 7 77 45 32 83 2 24 ↑
2020-21 EPL 38 5 11 22 35 76 -41 26 19 20 ↓
2021-22 FLCH 46 18 13 15 52 45 7 67 10 24
2022-23 FLCH 46 18 12 16 59 53 6 66 9 24
2023-24 FLCH 46 21 12 13 70 47 23 75 5 24
2024-25 FLCH 46 15 19 12 57 47 10 64 9 24
↑ Promoted ↓ Demoted 
The inputs in the second column of the table above indicate  the tier at which the club played in that season.
 

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