In early 1900, a special meeting was called, when it was decided to invite the business syndicate for a renewal of the £2,500, and, in addition, to call up a further five shillings per share of capital. However, the syndicate could not be induced and the remedy was to find a new playing area.It was pointless looking in the direction of Hill Top or Great Bridge, as the local teams in Dudley and Wednesbury, then attracting 6,000 per match, would provide too much opposition. Two factors, a reduction in the fare to one penny on the cable-tram run to Handsworth, and the growing population of Handsworth and Smethwick, decided upon the final site, which was leased from Sandwell Park at a rent considerably lower than that on Stoney Lane so on 30th January1900, the directors signed a lease for a new ground.All of Albion's previous grounds had been close to the centre of West Bromwich, but on this occasion they took up a piece of land south of the town towards Birmingham an "out of town" site on the borders of Handsworth and Smethwick. The area was covered in hawthorn bushes, which were cleared to make way for the new ground, hence its name, The Hawthorns. The new site, on which the now famous Hawthorns stadium was to be built was a marshy piece of land near two farms, midway between Handsworth and West Bromwich town centre, and after essential draining operations had been carried out, work began during the close season of 1900 to erect the spacious new ground, which was finished only shortly before the season's first games.The club signed an amended lease for the land on 14 May 1900, giving them the option to buy within 14 years from the owner, Sandwell Park Colliery, and Albion did indeed buy the freehold on the ground in June 1913.The first match at The Hawthorns took place on 3 September 1900, when Albion drew 1-1 with Derby County. Derby's England international Steve Bloomer scored the first Hawthorns goal, with Chippy Simmons equalizing for Albion. Although Bloomer might not have played for Albion at least he was from the Black Country being born in Cradley Heath.
The 1900-01 campaign was not a successful one however, as Albion finished bottom of the table and were relegated to Division Two. Their defeat to Sheffield United on the final day of the season was witnessed by just 1,050 spectators, which remains the record lowest crowd for a league game at the HawthornsThe 1901-02 campaign was successful one however, as Albion finished Top of the table in Division Two and were promoted to Division One.
1902 – 1903 They played in Division One and they finished 7th in the Table.1903 – 1904 they played the FA Cup First round against Nottm Forest with 1-1 and FA Cup 1st Rd Replay again against Nottm Forest and lost with 3-1. Again West Bromich Albion finished at the bottom of the table and relegated to Second Division for the season 1904-05.They didn’t perform well in 2nd Divison also and finished the table at 10th place.They also had to play in Division Two 1905 -1906, due to their bad performance and finished the table with 52 points at place 4th in the table.
Even the West Bromwich Albion still playing in Division Two in 1906 – 1907 season.They played the FA Cup First Round on 12-01-1907, against Stoke with 1-1 and again in a replay of FA Cup 1st Rd against stoke with 2-2. So as result they had to play the FA Cup 1st Rd 2nd R, against Stoke, and afterall won by 2-1.On 02-02-1907 , Albion played FA Cup 2nd Round and won by 1-0 against Norwich and qualify for the FA Cup 3rd Round against Derby and won by 2-0On 09-03-1907, they played the 4th Round and won by 3-1, against Notts Co. And with great efforts and a hard luck in the semi final they lost the game by 2-1, against Everton on 23-03-1907, again a 4th finish in the Table with 47 points.West Bromwich Albion 1907 -1908, in Second Division didn’t performed well and finished at 5th place in the table. In 1908 – 1909, in Division Two, they played the FA Cup 1st Round against Bolton and won by 1-0 and lost the 2nd Round by 1-2 against Bradford. They finished the table at 3rd place with 51 points.Division Two 1909 – 1910, was not successful and they finished the table at 11th with 37 points.
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