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Round 1

  1. West Bromwich Albion were formed in 1878 by workers from George Salter's Spring Works. Under what name did the club play before adopting 'Albion' in 1880?
  2. In which year did Albion move into The Hawthorns?
  3. Jeff Astle's extra-time goal won the 1968 FA Cup final for Albion. Which club did they beat at Wembley?
  4. Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson were known collectively by which nickname during their time together at Albion?
  5. Laurie Cunningham left Albion in 1979 for which club, becoming the first British player to sign for them?
  6. Albion won the 1892 FA Cup final 3-0. Which Midlands club did they beat?
  7. In 1930-31 Albion completed a double no English club has managed before or since: the FA Cup plus what?
  8. Albion have been champions of England once. In which season?
  9. In the season Albion won the 1954 FA Cup they also finished league runners-up. Which club took the title ahead of them?
  10. Albion's only League Cup triumph came in 1966, in the last final played over two legs. Who did they beat 5-3 on aggregate?
Answers — round 1
  1. West Bromwich Strollers — The factory men who founded the club called themselves the Strollers. The 'Albion' suffix arrived in 1880, and Albion were the first English club to take it.
  2. 1900 — The first match at the new ground was a 1-1 draw in September 1900, and Albion have never moved since.
  3. Everton — Astle struck three minutes into extra time to settle it 1-0 against Everton, completing a run in which he had scored in every round of the competition.
  4. The Three Degrees — The trio were named after the American vocal group, and were among the first black players to line up together in a First Division side.
  5. Real Madrid — Real Madrid paid a club-record fee in pesetas for the winger in July 1979, and he scored twice on his debut.
  6. Aston Villa — A one-sided Midlands derby gave Albion their second FA Cup, after the 1888 victory over Preston North End.
  7. Promotion from the Second Division — Albion went up from the Second Division and beat Birmingham 2-1 at Wembley in the same season, W. G. Richardson scoring both goals in the final.
  8. 1919-20 — In the first season after the First World War Albion took the title with 104 goals and 60 points, both league records at the time.
  9. Wolverhampton Wanderers — Wolves won their first championship in 1953-54, denying Vic Buckingham's side the League and Cup double.
  10. West Ham United — West Ham won the first leg 2-1 in London before Albion hit four at The Hawthorns; a year later Albion lost the first Wembley League Cup final to QPR.

Round 2

  1. Ron Atkinson signed Brendon Batson for Albion in 1978 from the club he had himself just left as manager. Which club?
  2. Which player holds Albion's club records for both most appearances and most goals?
  3. Which Albion player was sent home from the 1978 World Cup finals after failing a drugs test?
  4. On 30 December 1978 Albion won 5-3 away from home in a match still rated among English football's greatest. At which ground?
  5. As holders of the FA Cup, Albion entered the 1968-69 European Cup Winners' Cup and went out in the quarter-finals to which club?
  6. Albion signed Cyrille Regis in 1977 from which non-League club?
  7. Manchester United paid a then British record fee to sign Albion's young midfielder in October 1981. How much was it?
  8. Albion signed Jeff Astle in 1964 from which club?
  9. Which ground did Albion leave when they moved to The Hawthorns in 1900?
  10. West Brom reached the Premier League for the first time in 2002, going up as Division One runners-up. Which manager took them there?
Answers — round 2
  1. Cambridge United — Atkinson had taken Cambridge United out of the Fourth Division before moving to The Hawthorns in January 1978, and brought Batson with him.
  2. Tony Brown — 'Bomber' Brown played 720 games and scored 279 goals between 1963 and 1980, and finished 1970-71 as the First Division's top scorer from midfield.
  3. Willie Johnston — Johnston tested positive after Scotland's defeat by Peru in Argentina, was banned from international football, and soon left The Hawthorns for Vancouver.
  4. Old Trafford — It was 3-3 at half-time at Old Trafford before Albion pulled away; Len Cantello's volley was voted goal of the season.
  5. Dunfermline Athletic — A goalless draw in Scotland was followed by a 1-0 Dunfermline win at The Hawthorns, and the Scots went on to reach the semi-finals.
  6. Hayes — Regis was playing for Hayes when Albion paid an initial £5,000, with a further sum due after 20 appearances — one of the great bargains of the era.
  7. £1.5 million — The £1.5m deal reunited him with Ron Atkinson, his manager at The Hawthorns a few months earlier.
  8. Notts County — Astle stepped up from Notts County to the First Division with Albion, and supporters came to know him simply as 'The King'.
  9. Stoney Lane — Stoney Lane was Albion's home from 1885 to 1900, covering their first two FA Cup wins; the club's earlier grounds were all short stays.
  10. Gary Megson — Megson's side finished second behind champions Manchester City, holding off local rivals Wolves in the run-in.

Round 3

  1. On the final day of the 2004-05 season West Brom won 2-0 at The Hawthorns to complete the Great Escape. Who were the visitors that afternoon?
  2. Who was West Brom's manager for the final-day survival in May 2005?
  3. West Brom's older nickname, the Throstles, comes from a bird long associated with the club. Which bird is a throstle?
  4. Roy Hodgson left West Brom in May 2012 to take which job?
  5. West Brom lost the 2007 Championship play-off final at Wembley. Which club beat them 1-0?
  6. West Brom won the Championship title in 2007-08 to return to the Premier League. Who was their manager?
  7. After relegation in 2009, which manager took West Brom straight back up as Championship runners-up in 2010?
  8. Steve Clarke's first season in charge, 2012-13, ended with West Brom in which Premier League position?
  9. West Brom drew 5-5 with Manchester United in Sir Alex Ferguson's final match in May 2013. Which Albion striker scored a second-half hat-trick?
  10. Peter Odemwingie joined West Brom in August 2010 from which club?
Answers — round 3
  1. Portsmouth — Albion had been bottom of the table at Christmas; beating Portsmouth on 15 May 2005 lifted them out of the drop zone for the first time all season.
  2. Bryan Robson — Robson had taken over in November 2004 with the club adrift at the bottom, and became the first manager to keep a Premier League side up from bottom place at Christmas.
  3. Song thrush — Throstle is an old English word for the song thrush, the bird perched on a crossbar in the club's badge.
  4. England manager — Hodgson had steadied Albion after arriving in February 2011, and the FA appointed him England manager ahead of Euro 2012; Steve Clarke replaced him at The Hawthorns.
  5. Derby County — Stephen Pearson's second-half finish won it for Derby, a fortnight after Albion had knocked Wolves out in the semi-finals.
  6. Tony Mowbray — Mowbray arrived in October 2006 and built a passing side that won the title and reached an FA Cup semi-final in the same season.
  7. Roberto Di Matteo — Di Matteo's first job in England ended in promotion behind champions Newcastle; he was sacked the following February despite it.
  8. 8th — Eighth on a club-record 49 points remains Albion's best Premier League finish, and their highest league placing since 1985.
  9. Romelu Lukaku — Lukaku, on loan from Chelsea, came on at half-time with Albion 3-0 down and scored three as they hit back from 5-2 to 5-5.
  10. Lokomotiv Moscow — The Nigeria forward arrived from Lokomotiv for a reported £2.5m and scored 15 league goals in his first season in England.

Round 4

  1. Saido Berahino finally left West Brom in January 2017. Which club signed him?
  2. Which manager took charge of West Brom in January 2015 and later led them to a 10th-place finish in 2016-17?
  3. Kevin Phillips spent two seasons at The Hawthorns from 2006, ending with promotion as Championship champions. Which Midlands club did West Brom sign him from?
  4. West Brom won the 1993 Second Division play-off final 3-0 against Port Vale at Wembley. Which manager led them that day?
  5. Which substitute opened the scoring in West Brom's 2-0 final-day win that sealed survival in May 2005?
  6. On deadline day in January 2013, Peter Odemwingie drove to London and was filmed sitting in his car outside which club's ground?
  7. Which Spanish coach was in charge of West Brom for four months in 2014?
  8. Youssouf Mulumbu arrived at West Brom in 2009 from which club?
Answers — round 4
  1. Stoke City — Spurs had bids rejected in 2015, after which Berahino refused to play; eighteen months later Stoke paid an initial £12m to take him.
  2. Tony Pulis — Pulis took over from Alan Irvine that January and delivered 45 points in 2016-17, one of only a handful of top-half Premier League finishes in Albion's history.
  3. Aston Villa — The former Sunderland and Southampton striker had spent a single season at Villa Park before dropping to the Championship with Albion in 2006.
  4. Ossie Ardiles — Ardiles lasted only one season at The Hawthorns but ended it with promotion in front of a Wembley crowd four-fifths dressed in blue and white.
  5. Geoff Horsfield — Horsfield came off the bench and volleyed in just before the hour; Kieran Richardson added the second with a quarter of an hour left.
  6. Queens Park Rangers — No fee had been agreed, so Odemwingie was turned away at Loftus Road and was back training with Albion the next day.
  7. Pepe Mel — Mel arrived from Real Betis in January 2014, won three of 17 games but kept Albion up in 17th, and left by mutual consent in May.
  8. Paris Saint-Germain — The DR Congo midfielder came from PSG, first on loan and then permanently for around £175,000, and became one of Albion's best-value signings of the era.

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