The Albion Miscellany (West Bromwich Albion FC): Baggies Trivia,
The Albion Miscellany collects together all the vital information you never knew you needed to know about West Brom. In these pages you will find irresistible anecdotes and the most mindblowing stats and facts. Heard the one about the Albion star who thought there was a different, hotter sun on a pre-season trip to Portugal? How about the winger who bought a shed off a fan during a series of corners? Or the GBP2 million acquisition who turned out to be Cyrille Regis's nephew? Do you know who gave rise to the club's 'Baggies' nickname? Why Albion officials painted a match ball with gold and stuck a stuffed thrush on top? Or which club record Lateef Elford-Alliyu holds? All these stories and hundreds more appear in a brilliantly researched collection of trivia - essential for any Baggies fan who holds the riches of the club's history close to their heart.
A lifelong Baggies fan, like all his family, Dave Bowler has been a contributor to the Albion matchday programme and a summariser on Albion Radio since 2001. Laurie Rampling is Albion's club photographer, a fan ever since seeing the 1954 FA Cup final on a flickering TV set. Despite being exiled in Essex, he still shoots every match, home and away.
Author: Dave Bowler
Format: Hardback, 160 pages, 121mm x 192mm, 204 g
Published: 2010, Pitch Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Ball Games: Field & Outdoor
The Albion Miscellany collects together all the vital information you never knew you needed to know about West Brom. In these pages you will find irresistible anecdotes and the most mindblowing stats and facts. Heard the one about the Albion star who thought there was a different, hotter sun on a pre-season trip to Portugal? How about the winger who bought a shed off a fan during a series of corners? Or the GBP2 million acquisition who turned out to be Cyrille Regis's nephew? Do you know who gave rise to the club's 'Baggies' nickname? Why Albion officials painted a match ball with gold and stuck a stuffed thrush on top? Or which club record Lateef Elford-Alliyu holds? All these stories and hundreds more appear in a brilliantly researched collection of trivia - essential for any Baggies fan who holds the riches of the club's history close to their heart.
A lifelong Baggies fan, like all his family, Dave Bowler has been a contributor to the Albion matchday programme and a summariser on Albion Radio since 2001. Laurie Rampling is Albion's club photographer, a fan ever since seeing the 1954 FA Cup final on a flickering TV set. Despite being exiled in Essex, he still shoots every match, home and away.