Another snippet of info on my Thomas Smith has just been sent to me by a friend. I can't seem to find any info on the formation of the club, only that they were originally called the Strollers and were formed from the workers at Salters Springs. I would love to confirm that T Smith is my gt grandfather Thomas Smith. Thomas worked at Salters from the 1860's and was still there in 1911 aged 63 he was listed as a Manufaturer's clerk. I have a lovely old set of 'pocket' scales from Salter's which I assume belonged to gt grandfather.
The Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Thursday, September 8, 1887; Birmingham and District Football Association held the annual meeting at the Grand Hotel Birmingham. New clubs were elected followed by the election of officers. Amongst the names elected to the committee was T. Smith, West Bromwich Albion.
Has anyone any suggestions how I could find out more. Thanks Wendy