The Throstles played their first ever game against opposition from the newly constituted Premier League when Sheffield Wednesday arrived at The Hawthorns for a pre-season friendly.
Bob Taylor and Kwame Ampadu were the goalscorers as Albion achieved a creditable 2-2 draw in front of a crowd of 6,171 fans, eager to see the first fruits of the Ardiles revolution after the Bobby Gould interregnum.