{"id":395120,"date":"2025-09-03T17:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/395120\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:47:11","slug":"albion-confirm-plans-for-hawthorns-anniversary-fixture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/395120\/","title":{"rendered":"Albion confirm plans for Hawthorns anniversary fixture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony \u201cBomber\u201d Brown \u2013 the man who has played more games at The Hawthorns than any other \u2013 will present the match ball to the EFL plinth moments before the teams come out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, just like at the opening of The Hawthorns in 1900, a brass band will provide pre-match entertainment; outside reception from 12.30pm, in the Fan Zone from 1.30pm and on the pitch from 2.40pm \u2013 culminating in the teams entering the field of play to the sound of \u2018The Stars and Stripes Forever\u2019 shortly before kick-off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All supporters will receive a flag commemorating the occasion, which they will be encouraged to wave as the players walk out on to the pitch \u2013 creating a memorable moment for all in attendance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the fanzone there will be Victorian-themed activities with jugglers, facepainters and a bubbleologist keeping the hoards entertained, with a coconutshy also available for some free family fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the anniversary fixture remain available, priced from \u00a332 adults, \u00a327 seniors (65+), \u00a320 20-25s, \u00a315 under-20s, \u00a310 under-17s and \u00a37 under-14s.<\/p>\n<p>Adult disabled supporter tickets are available from \u00a322.<\/p>\n<p>Secure your seat <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.wba.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>, in person via the East Stand Ticket Office, or by calling 0121 227 2227.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy this special match in our hospitality suites. To enquire, please call 0121 524 3455.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony \u201cBomber\u201d Brown \u2013 the man who has played more games at The Hawthorns than any other \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-395120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115141623445015147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}