Formation of club: November, 1878

Turned professional: August, 1885

Nicknames: the Baggies, the Throstles

Biggest League win: 12-0 vs Darwen (h), April 4, 1892

Biggest FA Cup win: 10-1 vs Chatham (a), March 2, 1889

Biggest League Cup win: 6-1 vs Coventry City (h), 1965/66 and 6-1 vs Aston Villa (h), 1966/67

Biggest League defeat: 10-3 vs Stoke City (a), February 4, 1937

Biggest FA Cup defeat: 5-0 vs Leeds United (a), February 18, 1967

Biggest League Cup defeat: 6-1 vs Nottingham Forest, 1982/83

Biggest League attendance: 60,945 vs Wolves, March 4, 1950

Lowest League attendance: 1,050 vs Sheffield United, April 30, 1901

Biggest FA Cup attendance: 64,815 vs Arsenal, March 6, 1937

Lowest FA Cup attendance: 5,230 vs Leicester Fosse, January 14, 1905

Biggest League Cup attendance: 41,188 vs Walsall, September 22, 1965

Lowest League Cup attendance: 6,288 vs Port Vale, September 24, 1985

Record gross receipts: £375,272 vs Cheltenham Town, FA Cup fifth round, February 16, 2002

Record points total (two pts): 60 in Division One, 1919/20

Record points total (three pts): 89 in Division One, 2001/02

Record seasonal league goals total: 105 in Division Two, 1929/30

Record seasonal league goalscorer: WG Richardson, 39 in 1935/36

Record career league goalscorer: Tony Brown, 218, from 1963-1981

Record career goalscorer in all games: Tony Brown, 279

Record career league appearances: Tony Brown, 574 (561 and 13 sub)

Record career appearances in all games: Tony Brown 720 (706 and 14 sub)

Most capped player while at the Albion: Stuart Williams, 33 for Wales

Record signing: Borja Valero, £4,700,000 from Real Mallorca, August 2008

Record transfer received: Curtis Davies, £8,500,000 from Villa, July 2008

Oldest player: George Baddeley, 39 years, 345 days vs Sheffield Wednesday, April 18, 1914.

Youngest player: Frank Hodgetts, 16 years, 26 days vs Notts County, October, 1940.