Editing West Bromwich Albion F.C. (section)

==Records==
{{Main|List of West Bromwich Albion F.C. records and statistics}}
[[File:Jesse Pennington 1912.jpg|thumb|upright|right|[[Jesse Pennington]], Albion's most capped England international (in terms of caps won whilst at the club). He represented his country 25 times, serving as captain on two occasions.]]
West Bromwich Albion's record victory was their 12–0 league win against [[Darwen F.C. (1870)|Darwen]] on 4 April 1892.<ref name="Club records">{{cite web
| title = Club Records
| url = https://www.wba.co.uk/club/history/records/
| publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C.
| access-date =12 January 2018
| url-status=live
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112214617/https://www.wba.co.uk/club/history/records/
| archive-date=12 January 2018}}</ref> This is still the widest margin of victory for a game in the top-flight of English football, although the record was equalled by [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] when they beat [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester Fosse]] by the same scoreline in 1909.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Nottingham Forest 12 Leicester Fosse 0
| url = https://www.footballsite.co.uk/History/Nottingham%20Forest%2012%20Leicester.htm
| work = footballsite.co.uk
| access-date = 11 November 2007
| archive-date = 21 April 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200421191605/http://footballsite.co.uk/History/Nottingham%20Forest%2012%20Leicester.htm
| url-status = live
}}</ref> Albion's biggest FA Cup victory came when they beat Chatham 10–1 on 2 March 1889. The club's record league defeat was a 3–10 loss against [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] on 4 February 1937, while a 0–5 defeat to [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] on 18 February 1967 represents Albion's heaviest FA Cup loss.<ref name="Club records"/>

[[Tony Brown (footballer, born 1945)|Tony Brown]] holds a number of Albion's club records. He has made the most appearances overall for the club (720), as well as most appearances in the league (574), FA Cup (54) and in European competition (17). Brown is the club's top scorer in the league (218), the FA Cup (27) and in Europe (8). He is also the club's record scorer overall, with 279 goals. [[W. G. Richardson]] scored 328 goals for the club, but this includes 100 during [[World War II]], which are not normally counted towards competitive totals. Richardson holds the club record for most league goals in a single season, scoring 39 times in 1935–36.<ref name="Club records"/><ref>McOwan p. 319.</ref>

Albion's most capped international player, taking into account only those caps won whilst at the club, is [[Chris Brunt]]. He appeared 55 times for [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] as an Albion player, earning 65 caps in total before retiring from international football in 2017.<ref>{{cite news
| url =  http://www.irishfa.com/international/squad-profiles/profile/2008/christopher-brunt/
| title =  Profile of Christopher Brunt
| publisher =  Irish Football Association
| date =  2 December 2014
| access-date =  9 March 2014
| url-status =  dead
| archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20140626142246/http://irishfa.com/international/squad-profiles/profile/2008/christopher-brunt/
| archive-date =  26 June 2014
| df =  dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url =  https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2014/03/05/chris-brunt-set-to-become-west-broms-most-capped-player/
| title =  Chris Brunt set to become West Brom's most capped player
| work =  Express & Star
| date =  5 March 2014
| access-date =  9 March 2015
| archive-date =  2 April 2015
| archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092307/http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2014/03/05/chris-brunt-set-to-become-west-broms-most-capped-player/
| url-status =  live
}}</ref> [[Jesse Pennington]] is the club's most capped England international, with 25 caps.<ref name="Complete Record pp404-405">Matthews (2007) pp. 404–405.</ref> The highest transfer fee paid by the club is £15&nbsp;million to [[RB Leipzig]] for [[Oliver Burke]] on 25 August 2017.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Oliver Burke: West Brom sign winger on a five-year deal
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41048242
| work = BBC
| date = 25 August 2017
| access-date = 3 June 2018
| archive-date = 22 December 2017
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171222015957/https://www.wba.co.uk/club/the-hawthorns/general-information/
| url-status = live
}}</ref> The record transfer fee received by Albion from another club was for the transfer of [[Salomón Rondón]] to [[Dalian Yifang]] in July 2019 for  £16.5 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/19/salomon-rondon-leaves-west-brom-rafael-benitez-dalian-yifang-china|title=Salomón Rondón leaves West Brom to rejoin Rafael Benítez at Dalian Yifang|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=19 July 2019|access-date=21 September 2019|archive-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920204607/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/19/salomon-rondon-leaves-west-brom-rafael-benitez-dalian-yifang-china|url-status=live}}</ref>