page_title: The Hawthorns
section_title: Birmingham Road End
hierarchical_section_title: The Hawthorns / Stands and features / Birmingham Road End
caption_attribution_description: English: West Brom Stadium
context_page_description: The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 26,688. It has been the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club. The Hawthorns was the first Football League ground to be built in the 20th century, opening in September 1900 after construction work took only 4 months. At an altitude of 551 feet, it is the highest ground above sea level of all 91 Premier League and Football League clubs. The official record attendance at The Hawthorns stands at 64,815, set in 1937.
  Alongside being the home of West Bromwich Albion for over 120 years, The Hawthorns has also hosted a number of England internationals, as well as two FA Cup semi-finals.
context_section_description: Constructed: 1994
  
  Capacity: 8,286 (seated) (including Woodman Corner)
  Affectionately called the Brummie Road by supporters, the Birmingham Road End runs behind the goal, adjacent to the A41. Traditionally, it housed the core of the home support and was the main source of the so-called Albion roar. When a terrace, it held up to 14,000, but the stand which replaced it in 1994 holds 8,000 all-seated spectators. 
  Between this stand and the East Stand lies the Woodman corner, named after the Woodman pub which stood just behind it until its demolition in 2004. The Woodman corner is home to a large throstle mascot, which was originally perched above the old (terraced) Woodman corner scoreboard. The throstle effigy first appeared in 1979 and has been a familiar site in the stadium since.
caption: View of the Birmingham Road End from the Smethwick End.
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