Jesse Pennington, Albion's most capped England international.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club are an English professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands. The club was founded in 1878 as West Bromwich Strollers, by workers from George Salter's Spring Works and turned professional in 1885.[1][2] A founder member of the Football League in 1888, the team has spent the majority of its history in the top division of English football.

This list encompasses records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Albion players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at The Hawthorns, the club's home ground since 1900, are also included. Records generally refer only to first team, competitive matches in national or European competitions. Reserve matches, youth matches, friendlies, testimonials, war-time matches and regional competitions are not considered, except where indicated.

The club's record appearance maker and goalscorer is Tony Brown, who scored 279 goals in 720 appearances between 1963 and 1981.

Player records

See also: Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players

Appearances

Most appearances

Total appearances including substitute appearances are listed below, with the number of substitute appearances shown in parentheses.[8]
Rank Player Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[B] Total
1 England Tony Brown 1963–1981 574 (13) 54 (1) 47 (1) 45 (1) 720 (16)
2 Scotland Ally Robertson 1968–1986 504 (2) 34 (2) 53 (0) 31 (0) 622 (4)
3 England John Wile 1970–1983 499 (1) 42 (0) 42 (0) 35 (0) 618 (1)
4 England Jesse Pennington 1903–1922 455 (0) 39 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0) 496 (0)
5 England Tommy Glidden 1922–1936 445 (0) 33 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 479 (0)
6 England Len Millard 1937–1958 436 (0) 40 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 477 (0)
7 England Joe Smith 1910–1926 434 (0) 30 (0) 0 (0) 7 (0) 471 (0)
8 England Ronnie Allen 1950–1961 415 (0) 42 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 458 (0)
9 England Joe Carter 1921–1936 414 (0) 37 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 451 (0)
10 England Ray Barlow 1944–1960 403 (0) 46 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 449 (0)

Goalscorers

Joe Wilson scored the club's first league goal.

Top goalscorers

Tony Brown is the all-time top goalscorer for West Bromwich Albion.

Appearances, including substitute appearances, are marked in parentheses.[8]
Rank Player Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[B] Total
1 England Tony Brown 1963–1981 218 (574) 27 (54) 17 (47) 17 (45) 279 (720)
2 England Ronnie Allen 1950–1961 208 (415) 23 (42) 0 (0) 3 (1) 234 (458)
3 England W. G. Richardson 1929–1949 202 (320) 26 (34) 0 (0) 1 (0) 228 (355)
4 England Jeff Astle 1964–1974 137 (292) 14 (23) 19 (28) 4 (18) 174 (361)
5 England Derek Kevan 1953–1963 157 (262) 16 (29) 0 (0) 0 (0) 173 (291)
6 England Joe Carter 1921–1936 145 (414) 10 (37) 0 (0) 0 (0) 155 (451)
7 England Tommy Glidden 1922–1936 135 (445) 5 (33) 0 (0) 0 (1) 140 (479)
8 England Bob Taylor 1992–1998
2000–2003		 113 (324) 4 (10) 6 (22) 8 (21) 131 (377)
9 England Fred Morris 1911–1924 112 (263) 4 (20) 0 (0) 2 (4) 118 (287)
10 England Cyrille Regis 1977–1984 82 (237) 10 (25) 16 (28) 4 (12) 112 (302)

International caps

Bob Roberts was Albion's first international player.

This section refers only to caps won while a West Bromwich Albion player.

Transfers

Highest transfer fees paid

Rank Player Fee Paid to Date Notes
1 Scotland Oliver Burke £15 million Germany RB Leipzig 25 August 2017 [22]
2 Belgium Nacer Chadli £13 million England Tottenham Hotspur 29 August 2016 [23]
3 Venezuela Salomón Rondón £12 million Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 10 August 2015 [24]
4 England Jay Rodriguez £12 million England Southampton 2 July 2017 [25]
5 Nigeria Brown Ideye £10 million Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 18 July 2014 [26]
6 England Jake Livermore £10 million England Hull City 20 January 2017 [27]
7 Benin Stéphane Sessègnon £6.6 million England Sunderland 2 September 2013 [28]
8 Nigeria Victor Anichebe £6 million England Everton 2 September 2013 [28]
9 Republic of Ireland Shane Long £5 million England Reading 9 August 2011 [29][C]
10 Spain Borja Valero £4.7 million Spain Mallorca 22 August 2008 [30]

Progression of record transfer fee paid

Transfers in bold are also British record transfers
Rank Player Fee Paid to Date Notes
1 England Bobby Blood £4,000 Port Vale February 1921 [31]
2 England George Shaw £4,100 Huddersfield Town December 1926 [31]
3 England Cecil Shaw £7,500 Wolverhampton Wanderers December 1936 [31]
4 IrelandRepublic of Ireland Jack Vernon £9,500 Republic of Ireland Belfast Celtic February 1947 [31]
5 England Ronnie Allen £20,000 Port Vale March 1950 [31]
6 England Bobby Robson £25,000 Fulham March 1956 [31]
7 England John Kaye £44,750 Scunthorpe United May 1963 [31]
8 England Colin Suggett £100,000 Sunderland June 1969 [31]
9 Scotland Willie Johnston £138,000 Scotland Rangers December 1972 [31]
10 England David Mills £516,000 Middlesbrough January 1979 [31]
11 England Peter Barnes £748,000 Manchester City January 1979 [31]
12 Republic of Ireland Kevin Kilbane £1,250,000 Preston North End 13 June 1997 [32][33][34]
13 EnglandGrenada Jason Roberts £2,000,000 Bristol Rovers 26 July 2000 [35]
14 Wales Jason Koumas £2,250,000 Tranmere Rovers 29 August 2002 [36]
15 England Lee Hughes £2,500,000 Coventry City 29 August 2002 [37]
16 Denmark Martin Albrechtsen £2,700,000 Denmark Copenhagen 3 June 2004 [38]
17 Wales Robert Earnshaw £3,500,000 Cardiff City 30 August 2004 [39]
18 Spain Borja Valero £4,700,000 Spain Mallorca 22 August 2008 [30]
19 Republic of Ireland Shane Long £5 million Reading 9 August 2011 [29][C]
20 Benin Stéphane Sessègnon £6.6 million Sunderland 2 September 2013 [28]
21 Nigeria Brown Ideye £10 million Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 18 July 2014 [26]
22 Venezuela Salomón Rondón £12 million Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 10 August 2015 [24]
23 Belgium Nacer Chadli £13 million Tottenham Hotspur 29 August 2016 [40]
24 Scotland Oliver Burke £15 million Germany RB Leipzig 25 August 2017 [22]

Highest transfer fees received

The second highest transfer fee received by Albion was more than £10 million for Curtis Davies in 2008.
Rank Player Fee Received from Date Notes
1 England Saido Berahino £15 million England Stoke City 28 January 2017 [41]
2 England Curtis Davies £10 million England Aston Villa 3 July 2008 [42]
3 Republic of Ireland Shane Long £7 million England Hull City 17 January 2014 [43]
4 Senegal Diomansy Kamara £6 million England Fulham 9 July 2007 [44]
5 Wales Jason Koumas £5.3 million England Wigan Athletic 10 July 2007 [45]
6 England Lee Hughes £5,000,001 England Coventry City 8 August 2001 [46]

Managerial records

Fred Everiss, longest serving secretary-manager

See also: List of West Bromwich Albion F.C. managers

Club records

Goals

Points

Matches

Firsts

Wins

Defeats

Consecutive results

Attendances

Home attendances

Home attendance records listed are for games at The Hawthorns only (1900–present). For limited details of attendance records at Albion's previous grounds, see West Bromwich Albion F.C. former grounds.

Away and neutral attendances

Footnotes

A. ^ As of May 2019, Brown is the third youngest player to appear in a Premier League match, after Harvey Elliott and Matthew Briggs.
B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FA Charity Shield, European Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Texaco Cup, Watney Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Tennent Caledonian Cup, Full Members Cup, Football League Trophy and in play-offs and test matches.
C. ^ The fee for Long may rise to £6.5m with add-on clauses.
D. ^ The record was equalled by Nottingham Forest when they beat Leicester Fosse by the same scoreline in April 1909.[75]
E. ^ Excludes Anglo-Italian Cup games

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