For Albion fans, indeed football fans everywhere, waking up on Saturday morning to the ‘numbing’ news of the very sad passing of former club captain Kevin Campbell, the weekend could not have got off to a more depressing start. Kevin was enlisted by Albion’s management team of Bryan Robson and Nigel Pearson in Albion’s well…
On the formation of the Former Players Association 22 years ago, one ally we had in the Boardroom over the years was Joe Brandrick. Joe an Albion man in every way, someone who supported the Association in so many ways, whose support never wavered and whose friendship our members respected. So, when he presented us…
“ALONG CAME BIG KEV, DON, GRAHAM AND SIR BOBBY” Ahead of the new 1955/56 season, Albion made another rather significant appointment in bringing Aldershot manager Gordon Clark in to the club as Chief Scout, Clark a former Manchester City player and well known to Vic Buckingham. It was a new post created within the club,…
Hawthorns legends in abundance on Friday Evening (26th September) for the visit of Leicester City to The Hawthorns, Albion fans indeed disappointed as the visitors grabbed a late-late equaliser. However, there was a lot to smile about in the Regis Suite as legendary goal-keeper Russell Hoult and his pals, were joined in the Regis Suite…
In 1953, only two clubs in the history of the game, Preston North End and Aston Villa had achieved what was the ultimate achievement in the game back in that era, the League Division One Championship title and English Cup, now known as the League and F.A Cup double. At the end of the 1953/54…
Back in the top flight once again, was the dream that in many respects the ‘Father’ of the club Fred Everiss was praying for every-day since relegation in 1939. When he stood down from the managerial role in 1948, handing over to Jack Smith, He told the local press, “I have got to pack up…
The Richardson Suite pre match celebrations for the visit of Derby County to The Hawthorns on Saturday, were indeed a revelation with the one and only Tony Brown, the star attraction alongside captain fantasticJohn Wile and his minder Ally Robertson. Andy Hunt and Drryl Burgess made it a five strong Former Players team for the…
Quite interestingly, having finished in a rather disappointing seventh place in both the 1946/47 and 1947/48 seasons, the following 1948/49 campaign started in exactly the same way as those previous two seasons that following the end of the war, with a goal scored by the new ‘King of The Hawthorns’ Dave Walsh, a brilliant goal…
I don’t really know where to start, to describe yesterdays ‘day out’ at The Hawthorns. For me the sole purpose was to see all my friends once again, and present club caps to former players Dick Kryzwicki and Bobby Gould, along with my ‘usual’ former players duties. Well, I have to admit, it turned into…
History, is of course what you make it, especially the importance of any historical fact, and we at West Bromwich Albion Football Club, are always mindful of our prestigious past, and have reached a Historical pinnacle that puts the name “Tobias William Collyer” at the very top of that pinnacle, ‘Toby’ becoming the 1000th Albion…