The Giant Killers
Shopping Cart
Your Cart is Empty
Quantity:
Subtotal
Taxes
Shipping
Total
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
The Baggies are one of the few current clubs who can trace their trophy success back to the days before the Football League, recording their first Cup final victory in 1888. Since then though the cup returned to Stoney Lane and later The Hawthorns just three more times in 1892, 1954 and most recently when Jeff Astle's shot finally broke the deadlock in extra time against Everton in 1968. Albion have spent most of their league existence moving between the top two divisions with their greatest ever team being the immediate post first war side, which brought the title to the Hawthorns for the only time in 1920.The club's blackest days were in the early 90s when two seasons were spent in the third tier of English football, since when the Baggies have made it back to the elite tier. As fate often dictates it was Albion's title winners who suffered their biggest pre war cup exit when losing to Barnsley in 1920 but that was topped by their exit at the hands of Woking in 1992 while their defeat by Leyton Orient in 1985 still makes Baggies fans wince to this day.
Magic Moments
1907
2-0 vs Stoke
First round second replay @ Villa Park, Birmingham: 21st January 1907
Attendance: 32,050
Scorers: Ted Pheasant, Tommy Dilly {pen}
Ranked at the time: 56
Today: Outside the top 600
Team: 1:Jimmy Stringer, 2:Amos Adams, 3:Jesse Pennington, 4:Arthur Randle, 5:Ted Pheasant, 6:Jack Manners, 7:Tommy Broad, 8:Fred Buck, 9:Eli Bradley, 10:Tommy Dilly, 11;Bruce Rankin
1907
2-0 vs Derby County
Third round: 23rd February 1907
Attendance:
Scorers: Willie Jordan, Fred Buck
Ranked at the time: 63
Today: Outside the top 600
Team: 1:Jimmy Stringer, 2:Dick Betteley, 3:Jesse Pennington, 4:Arthur Randle, 5:Ted Pheasant, 6:Jack Manners, 7:Jimmy Williams, 8:Fred Buck, 9:Willie Jordan, 10:Adam Haywood, 11:Tommy Dilly
1907
3-1 vs Notts County
Fourth round: 9th March 1907
Attendance:
Scorers: Willie Jordan-2, Fred Buck
Ranked at the time: 61
Today: Outside the top 600
2-1 @ Birmingham
First round replay: Wednesday 15th January 1908
Attendance:
Scorers: Harry Wilcox, Rev Willie Jordan
Ranked at the time: 68
Today: Outside the top 600
4-2 vs Bristol City
Second round replay: 9th February 1910
Attendance:
Scorers: Charlie Hewitt {2}, Bob Pailor {image left}, George Simpson
Ranked at the time: 60
Today: Outside the top 500
Team: 1:Jimmy Stringer 2:Harry Burton 3:Jesse Pennington 4:? 5:Sammy Timmins 6:Jack Manners 7:Charlie Hewitt 8:Sid Bowser 9:Billy Garraty 10:Bob Pailor 11:George Simpson
1-0 @ Portsmouth
Fifth round: Saturday February 14th 1931
Attendance: 30,891
Scorer: Ginger Richardson
Ranked at the time: 158
Team: 1:Harold Pearson, 2:George Shaw, 3:Bert Trentham, 4:Tommy Magee, 5:Bill Richardson, 6:Jimmy Edwards, 7:Tommy Glidden, 8:Ginger Richardson, 9:Jimmy Cookson, 10:Teddy Sandford, 11:Stan Wood
@ Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance 92,406
Scorer: W.G. Richardson {2}
Ranked at the time: 88
Today: outside the top 100
Team: 1:Harold Pearson, 2:George Shaw, 3:Bert Trentham, 4:Tommy Magee, 5:Bill Richardson, 6:Jimmy Edwards, 7:Tommy Glidden, 8:Joe Carter, 9:Ginger Richardson, 10:Teddy Sandford, 11:Stan Wood {image: Richardson scores the winner}
5-1 @ Manchester United
Third round replay: Wednesday January 11th 1939
Attendance: 17,641
Scorers:
Ranked at the time: 134
Team:
2-1 vs Leeds United
Third Round: Saturday January 11th 1947
Attendance: 31,007
Scorers: Roy Barlow, Davy Walsh
Ranked at the time: 291
Team:
3-0 vs Chelsea
Fifth Round: Saturday February 12th 1949
Attendance: 57,843
Scorers: Dave Walsh {3}
Ranked at the time: 258
Team: 1:Jim Sanders, 2:Jim Pemberton, 3:Len Millard, 4:Ray Barlow, 5:Jack Vernon, 6:Glyn Hood, 7:Billy Elliott, 8:Cyril Williams, 9:Dave Walsh, 10:Jack Haines, 11:Arthur Smith