West Bromwich Albion Quiz
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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?
WhyThe 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. -
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West Brom reached the Premier League for the first time in 2002, going up as Division One runners-up. Which manager took them there?
WhyMegson's side finished second behind champions Manchester City, holding off local rivals Wolves in the run-in. -
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In 1930‑31 Albion completed a double no English club has managed before or since: the FA Cup plus what?
WhyAlbion 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. -
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In the season Albion won the 1954 FA Cup they also finished league runners-up. Which club took the title ahead of them?
WhyWolves won their first championship in 1953-54, denying Vic Buckingham's side the League and Cup double. -
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Manchester United paid a then British record fee to sign Albion's young midfielder in October 1981. How much was it?
WhyThe £1.5m deal reunited him with Ron Atkinson, his manager at The Hawthorns a few months earlier. -
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West Brom lost the 2007 Championship play-off final at Wembley. Which club beat them 1‑0?
WhyStephen Pearson's second-half finish won it for Derby, a fortnight after Albion had knocked Wolves out in the semi-finals. -
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Steve Clarke's first season in charge, 2012‑13, ended with West Brom in which Premier League position?
WhyEighth on a club-record 49 points remains Albion's best Premier League finish, and their highest league placing since 1985. -
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Albion signed Jeff Astle in 1964 from which club?
WhyAstle stepped up from Notts County to the First Division with Albion, and supporters came to know him simply as 'The King'. -
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West Brom won the Championship title in 2007‑08 to return to the Premier League. Who was their manager?
WhyMowbray arrived in October 2006 and built a passing side that won the title and reached an FA Cup semi-final in the same season. -
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After relegation in 2009, which manager took West Brom straight back up as Championship runners-up in 2010?
WhyDi Matteo's first job in England ended in promotion behind champions Newcastle; he was sacked the following February despite it. -
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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?
WhyA 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. -
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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?
WhyLukaku, 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. -
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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?
WhyThe former Sunderland and Southampton striker had spent a single season at Villa Park before dropping to the Championship with Albion in 2006. -
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Which Spanish coach was in charge of West Brom for four months in 2014?
WhyMel 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. -
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Peter Odemwingie joined West Brom in August 2010 from which club?
WhyThe Nigeria forward arrived from Lokomotiv for a reported £2.5m and scored 15 league goals in his first season in England. -
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Albion won the 1892 FA Cup final 3‑0. Which Midlands club did they beat?
WhyA one-sided Midlands derby gave Albion their second FA Cup, after the 1888 victory over Preston North End. -
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Which ground did Albion leave when they moved to The Hawthorns in 1900?
WhyStoney 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. -
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Which Albion player was sent home from the 1978 World Cup finals after failing a drugs test?
WhyJohnston tested positive after Scotland's defeat by Peru in Argentina, was banned from international football, and soon left The Hawthorns for Vancouver. -
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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?
WhyWest 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. -
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West Brom won the 1993 Second Division play-off final 3‑0 against Port Vale at Wembley. Which manager led them that day?
WhyArdiles 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. -
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Saido Berahino finally left West Brom in January 2017. Which club signed him?
WhySpurs had bids rejected in 2015, after which Berahino refused to play; eighteen months later Stoke paid an initial £12m to take him. -
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Ron Atkinson signed Brendon Batson for Albion in 1978 from the club he had himself just left as manager. Which club?
WhyAtkinson had taken Cambridge United out of the Fourth Division before moving to The Hawthorns in January 1978, and brought Batson with him. -
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Albion signed Cyrille Regis in 1977 from which non-League club?
WhyRegis 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. -
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Which manager took charge of West Brom in January 2015 and later led them to a 10th-place finish in 2016‑17?
WhyPulis 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. -
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On 30 December 1978 Albion won 5‑3 away from home in a match still rated among English football's greatest. At which ground?
WhyIt was 3-3 at half-time at Old Trafford before Albion pulled away; Len Cantello's volley was voted goal of the season. -
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On deadline day in January 2013, Peter Odemwingie drove to London and was filmed sitting in his car outside which club's ground?
WhyNo fee had been agreed, so Odemwingie was turned away at Loftus Road and was back training with Albion the next day. -
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Which player holds Albion's club records for both most appearances and most goals?
Why'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. -
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Albion have been champions of England once. In which season?
WhyIn the first season after the First World War Albion took the title with 104 goals and 60 points, both league records at the time. -
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Which substitute opened the scoring in West Brom's 2‑0 final-day win that sealed survival in May 2005?
WhyHorsfield came off the bench and volleyed in just before the hour; Kieran Richardson added the second with a quarter of an hour left. -
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Laurie Cunningham left Albion in 1979 for which club, becoming the first British player to sign for them?
WhyReal Madrid paid a club-record fee in pesetas for the winger in July 1979, and he scored twice on his debut. -
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West Brom's older nickname, the Throstles, comes from a bird long associated with the club. Which bird is a throstle?
WhyThrostle is an old English word for the song thrush, the bird perched on a crossbar in the club's badge. -
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Youssouf Mulumbu arrived at West Brom in 2009 from which club?
WhyThe 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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Jeff Astle's extra-time goal won the 1968 FA Cup final for Albion. Which club did they beat at Wembley?
WhyAstle 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. -
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Roy Hodgson left West Brom in May 2012 to take which job?
WhyHodgson 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. -
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In which year did Albion move into The Hawthorns?
WhyThe first match at the new ground was a 1-1 draw in September 1900, and Albion have never moved since. -
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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?
WhyAlbion 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. -
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Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson were known collectively by which nickname during their time together at Albion?
WhyThe trio were named after the American vocal group, and were among the first black players to line up together in a First Division side. -
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Who was West Brom's manager for the final-day survival in May 2005?
WhyRobson 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.
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West Bromwich Albion were founded by factory men who called themselves the Strollers, and the Albion came in 1880. They played at Stoney Lane through their first two FA Cup wins and moved to The Hawthorns in 1900 — a 1-1 draw in that September, and they have never moved since. The throstle on the badge is a song thrush, which is where the older nickname comes from: the Throstles, long before the Baggies.
The trophies are older than most clubs' entire histories. The 1892 FA Cup came in a one-sided Midlands derby, four years after beating Preston North End. In 1930-31 Albion did something nobody has repeated — promotion from the Second Division and the FA Cup in the same season, W. G. Richardson scoring at Wembley. The league title arrived in 1919-20 with 104 goals and 60 points, both records at the time.
Then Ron Atkinson's side, and the three players everyone still names first. Cyrille Regis came from Hayes for an initial £5,000, Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson alongside him, and the press called them the Three Degrees after the American group. That team won 5-3 at Old Trafford in December 1978 — 3-3 at half-time, Len Cantello's volley voted goal of the season. Cunningham left for Real Madrid the next summer.
The modern chapters are the ones most supporters lived through: Gary Megson's runners-up finish behind Manchester City in 2002, Bryan Robson keeping a side up that had been bottom at Christmas, Tony Mowbray's title, Roy Hodgson leaving for the England job, Steve Clarke's eighth on a club-record 49 points, and Romelu Lukaku's hat-trick in the 5-5 that sent Sir Alex Ferguson into retirement. Every answer here explains itself.
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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?
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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.
West Brom reached the Premier League for the first time in 2002, going up as Division One runners-up. Which manager took them there?
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Gary Megson. Megson's side finished second behind champions Manchester City, holding off local rivals Wolves in the run-in.
In 1930‑31 Albion completed a double no English club has managed before or since: the FA Cup plus what?
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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.
In the season Albion won the 1954 FA Cup they also finished league runners-up. Which club took the title ahead of them?
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Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves won their first championship in 1953-54, denying Vic Buckingham's side the League and Cup double.
Manchester United paid a then British record fee to sign Albion's young midfielder in October 1981. How much was it?
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£1.5 million. The £1.5m deal reunited him with Ron Atkinson, his manager at The Hawthorns a few months earlier.
West Brom lost the 2007 Championship play-off final at Wembley. Which club beat them 1‑0?
Show answer
Derby County. Stephen Pearson's second-half finish won it for Derby, a fortnight after Albion had knocked Wolves out in the semi-finals.
Steve Clarke's first season in charge, 2012‑13, ended with West Brom in which Premier League position?
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8th. Eighth on a club-record 49 points remains Albion's best Premier League finish, and their highest league placing since 1985.
Albion signed Jeff Astle in 1964 from which club?
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Notts County. Astle stepped up from Notts County to the First Division with Albion, and supporters came to know him simply as 'The King'.
West Brom won the Championship title in 2007‑08 to return to the Premier League. Who was their manager?
Show answer
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.
After relegation in 2009, which manager took West Brom straight back up as Championship runners-up in 2010?
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Roberto Di Matteo. Di Matteo's first job in England ended in promotion behind champions Newcastle; he was sacked the following February despite it.
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?
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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.
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?
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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.
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?
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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.
Which Spanish coach was in charge of West Brom for four months in 2014?
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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.
Peter Odemwingie joined West Brom in August 2010 from which club?
Show answer
Lokomotiv Moscow. The Nigeria forward arrived from Lokomotiv for a reported £2.5m and scored 15 league goals in his first season in England.
Albion won the 1892 FA Cup final 3‑0. Which Midlands club did they beat?
Show answer
Aston Villa. A one-sided Midlands derby gave Albion their second FA Cup, after the 1888 victory over Preston North End.
Which ground did Albion leave when they moved to The Hawthorns in 1900?
Show answer
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.
Which Albion player was sent home from the 1978 World Cup finals after failing a drugs test?
Show answer
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.
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?
Show answer
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.
West Brom won the 1993 Second Division play-off final 3‑0 against Port Vale at Wembley. Which manager led them that day?
Show answer
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.
Saido Berahino finally left West Brom in January 2017. Which club signed him?
Show answer
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.
Ron Atkinson signed Brendon Batson for Albion in 1978 from the club he had himself just left as manager. Which club?
Show answer
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.
Albion signed Cyrille Regis in 1977 from which non-League club?
Show answer
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.
Which manager took charge of West Brom in January 2015 and later led them to a 10th-place finish in 2016‑17?
Show answer
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.
On 30 December 1978 Albion won 5‑3 away from home in a match still rated among English football's greatest. At which ground?
Show answer
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.
On deadline day in January 2013, Peter Odemwingie drove to London and was filmed sitting in his car outside which club's ground?
Show answer
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.
Which player holds Albion's club records for both most appearances and most goals?
Show answer
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.
Albion have been champions of England once. In which season?
Show answer
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.
Which substitute opened the scoring in West Brom's 2‑0 final-day win that sealed survival in May 2005?
Show answer
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.
Laurie Cunningham left Albion in 1979 for which club, becoming the first British player to sign for them?
Show answer
Real Madrid. Real Madrid paid a club-record fee in pesetas for the winger in July 1979, and he scored twice on his debut.
West Brom's older nickname, the Throstles, comes from a bird long associated with the club. Which bird is a throstle?
Show answer
Song thrush. Throstle is an old English word for the song thrush, the bird perched on a crossbar in the club's badge.
Youssouf Mulumbu arrived at West Brom in 2009 from which club?
Show answer
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.
Jeff Astle's extra-time goal won the 1968 FA Cup final for Albion. Which club did they beat at Wembley?
Show answer
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.
Roy Hodgson left West Brom in May 2012 to take which job?
Show answer
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.
In which year did Albion move into The Hawthorns?
Show answer
1900. The first match at the new ground was a 1-1 draw in September 1900, and Albion have never moved since.
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?
Show answer
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.
Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson were known collectively by which nickname during their time together at Albion?
Show answer
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.
Who was West Brom's manager for the final-day survival in May 2005?
Show answer
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.
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