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6 unusual facts about West Bromwich Albion F.C.


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A blue and white scarf worn by Clapton on the album sleeve is believed to be a scarf of West Bromwich Albion Football Club.

Križovany nad Dudváhom

Igor Bališ, football player, played for Slovak representation, former player of FC Spartak Trnava and West Bromwich Albion F.C.

Rotterdam Termination Source

The English football team West Bromwich Albion F.C.'s "Boing Boing" crowd chant, is reportedly based on this track.

The Hawthorns station

The station shares its name with the local football ground, The Hawthorns, the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C., which it serves.

West Brom

West Bromwich Albion F.C. a professional association football team based in West Bromwich

Witton railway station

Under current Villa owner Randy Lerner, there have been discussions on changing the name of Witton Station to Villa Park as is the case with West Bromwich Albion's local railway station, The Hawthorns.


Ade Mafe

He is currently unemployed and has previously worked for Chelsea, Millwall, Milton Keynes Dons, West Bromwich Albion and Watford.

Ashill, Norfolk

A notable person to have hailed from Ashill is the former Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion, Charlton Athletic and once Premiership player Andy Hunt.

Ben Appleby

He was signed by Rovers manager Alfred Homer in 1903 having played just a single game of League football, for West Bromwich Albion against Glossop North End in the Football League Second Division, but he immediately established himself as a regular in the Rovers' first team.

Bruno Ribeiro

Injured at the start of the 1998–99 season he never really regained his place in the midfield under new manager David O'Leary, and was eventually transferred to Sheffield United in October 1999 for £500,000, where he scored once against West Bromwich Albion.

Darren Bradley

Darren Michael Bradley (born 24 November 1965 in Kings Norton, England) is a former English professional footballer, who played as a midfielder for Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion and Walsall.

David Speedie

He made just seven appearances (scoring twice) for the Saints in the 1992–93 league campaign, having unsuccessful loan spells with Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion before another loan deal in early March took him to Division One promotion contenders West Ham United.

Frank Skinner

His father, who was born in West Cornforth, County Durham, played for Spennymoor United before the Second World War, and met his mother in a local pub after Spennymoor had played West Bromwich Albion in an FA Cup game in 1937.

George Stockton

George Stockton (born 1905; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played at inside-right for Chesterton, Leicester Regiment, West Bromwich Albion, and Port Vale.

HM Prison Birmingham

Lee Hughes, former West Bromwich Albion striker, spent the early part of his six-year jail term for dangerous driving at the prison in 2004.

Jimmy Poxton

Born in Staveley, he joined Gillingham from West Bromwich Albion in 1928 and went on to make 43 appearances for the club in The Football League.

Kayleden Brown

A Wales under-19 international, whilst a West Bromwich Albion squad player he played on loan at Barrow, Keflavík, Tranmere Rovers, Dagenham & Redbridge, and Port Vale.

Kevin Steggles

He then left Portman Road in February 1987 and spent the rest of the season in the Second Division with West Bromwich Albion, playing 14 league games for Ron Saunders's "Baggies".

Mark Briggs

Briggs began his career with West Bromwich Albion, joining them on leaving Sedgley's Dormston School in the summer of 1998 and making six appearances for the Baggies before moving to Danish football for 2 seasons with Herfølge in 2003.

Pascoe Bioletti

In 1913, Bioletti approached West Bromwich Albion F.C. and England captain Jesse Pennington and offered £5 per player for Albion to endeavour not to win their forthcoming game against Everton F.C. on 29 November.

Steve Nicol

Nicol went on to make 49 league appearances before spending a spell on loan at West Bromwich Albion during the 1997–98 season where he played nine games.

Teddy Sandford

In October 1929, while still an amateur, he joined West Bromwich Albion, the club that his uncle Abe Jones had represented between 1896 and 1901.

Tipton Town F.C.

Steve Bull, who scored more than 300 goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers and was capped 13 times by England, played for Tipton Town during the early 1980s before signing for West Bromwich Albion.


see also

John Horton

Jack Horton (1866–1946), English footballer with West Bromwich Albion F.C.