SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1974

For the first time, Albion played an FA Cup game on a Sunday afternoon, football being allowed on the Sabbath as midweek evening games were outlawed, the impact of the miners' strike and the three day week ensuring that floodlit football was severely reduced.

The Sunday service was a roaring success, 53,509 worshippers packing Everton's Goodson Park to watch the Baggies get a 0-0 draw in the fourth round game. Albion won the replay back in the Black Country thanks to a Tony Brown goal.

Get this and more in the Baggies' book 'THE ALBION On This Day', by Dave Bowler and Laurie Rampling, available in club stores and online (click here), priced £9.99.