10 is Corinthians then. Cheating buggers, I bet they bribed the ref or something.
Congrats Jumbo. Heres a photo.
Football - FA Cup 3rd 1924-25: Walsall v Corinthians Arthur Egerton (A.E.) Knight (Captain) right and Benjamin Howard Baker (Corinthian FC) goalkeeper (left) 1927 28. He held the British High Jump record for 26 years. 08 01 1927 Y
Caption says 24-25 bit i think it was 1927
They liked a heavy pitch back in the olden days.
Just number 3 left to get.
I would say 3 is the sort of record we might have against Wolves or Middlesbrough, a biggish team that we’ve had fairly even results with and not played that often. Or, a more recent addition to the League, Stevenage or Cheltenham type?
Or creepy Crawley perhaps?
they were never the pride of the black country
Is 3 West Brom? I have seen us beat them 5 times, always seem to be relatively close games. Haven’t checked back to see distant history so just a stab really.
Well done Blazing.
I find it mind boggling weve only played Albion 15 times in our history,
so to summarise
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Port Vale
- West Bromwich Albion
- Liverpool
- Gillingham
- Arsenal
- North Shields, Stafford Rangers, Telford United
- Chelsea
- Shrewsbury
- Corinthians
And We have bragging rights over Arsenal, Albion, Port Vale and Shrewsbury.
I can only think of five wins over West Brom, so is the victory over their under 21s in the Mickey Mouse also counting? It was a good game and I enjoyed it but I’m not sure it’s a first team fixture.
Good quiz though, @Andy_Petterson
19 Aug 1987 [West Bromwich Albion v Walsall W 2-3 League Cup
16 Oct 1999 [West Bromwich Albion v Walsall W 0-1 League Division 1
22 Apr 2000 [Walsall v West Bromwich Albion W 2-1 League Division 1
11 Aug 2001 [Walsall v West Bromwich Albion W 2-1 League Division 1
09 Aug 2003 [Walsall v West Bromwich Albion] W 4-1 League Division 1
19 Sep 2017 [Walsall v West Bromwich Albion] W 3-1 Football League Trophy
Yes, although if wed lost, no.
@Andy_Petterson it was 1927. Here is a picture of workmen putting in additional crush barriers ready for this big game.
I genuinely don’t remember the Football League Trophy win v Albion in 2017. It has completely gone from my mind.
I remember all the others well though. Interestingly Sir Ray claimed 3 of the 6 victories v Albion and his last game as our manager was a defeat v them.
I suppose the Albion players would all be 21 to 23 now. I don’t know how many have gone on to have decent careers in the game, although I know Max Melbourne played that night, someone mentioned it when he played for us.
I know many of the shirt numbers were in the 50s and 60s so they were way off the first team squad, which is generally the case for that competition.
@BromsgroveSaddler Yes 3-1 win v WBA in the Micky Mouse Cup. Flanagan, Ismail and Leahy. Att 1055 (98)
There’s a very good documentary on ITV Hub (ITV X?) about the current Corinthians team. Well worth a watch.