THE GEOCACHING PREMIER LEAGUE
#18 - WEST BROMWICH ALBION F.C.
The Geocaching Premier League is a series of 20 Caches hidden all around Geelong based on each of the 20 English Premier League Teams (The Top Tier English Soccer League.) Each of the 20 caches will contain a clue that will be vital in the finding of the 21st and final cache of the series. Myself and RedGeoDevil will do regular checks on the caches in the series, however, if you have any concerns or issues regarding any of the caches in the series please don’t hesitate to send us a message or send us an email as keeping the series in good condition takes first priority for us. Please remember to return the cache as you found it so that the next finder can enjoy the great experience and the cache stays in good condition. Best of Luck and remember to collect the clues at every cache for the final hide
# 18 - WEST BROM
Albion were one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888, the first professional football league in the world. The club have spent the majority of their existence in the top tier of English football, where they have played for 81 seasons as of May 2020. They have been champions of England once, in 1919–20, and have been runners-up twice. Albion have reached ten FA Cup finals, winning the Cup on five occasions. The first win came in 1888, the year the league was founded, and the most recent in 1968, their last major trophy. They also won the Football League Cup at the first attempt in 1966. The club's longest continuous period in the top division spanned 24 years between 1949 and 1973, and from 1986 to 2002 they spent their longest ever spell out of the top division.
The team has played in navy blue and white stripes for most of the club's history; and the club badge features a throstle perched on a hawthorn branch. Albion have a number of long-standing rivalries with other West Midlands clubs, with their traditional rivals being Aston Villa and Wolves. Albion contest the Black Country derby with the latter.
Hodgson guided Albion to an 11th-place finish for the 2010–11 season. Then followed an eight-season continuous run in the Premier League. It included an 8th-place finish in 2012–13 under Steve Clarke, and 10th-place finishes under Roy Hodgson in 2011–12 and Tony Pulis in 2016–17. On 5 August 2016, it was announced that long-term owner Jeremy Peace had sold the club to a Chinese investment group headed up by Lai Guochuan. By this time, the club had already begun to fall into a state of torpor, and were relegated to the Championship at the end of the 2017–18 season, ending their eight-year Premier League stay. Pulis and his replacement Alan Pardew were both sacked during the season. Albion finished fourth in their first season back in the Championship under the management of Darren Moore, and later, caretaker manager James Shan, losing the Championship play-off semi-final against Aston Villa on penalties. Slaven Bilić took over as boss on 13 June 2019, and led Albion to automatic promotion back to the Premier League during the 2019–20 season.
- The Cache
The cache is a 200ml Sistema hidden by the Barwon River where there is a lovely walk, run or ride all around it. Please remember to return the Cache how you found it and beware of Snakes and Creepy Crawlies at all times
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