<P> West Bromwich Albion's record victory was their 12--0 league win against Darwen on 4 April 1892 . This is still the widest margin of victory for a game in the top - flight of English football, although the record was equalled by Nottingham Forest when they beat Leicester Fosse by the same scoreline in 1909 . Albion's biggest FA Cup victory came when they beat Chatham 10--1 on 2 March 1889 . The club's record league defeat was a 3--10 loss against Stoke City on 4 February 1937, while a 0--5 defeat to Leeds United on 18 February 1967 represents Albion's heaviest FA Cup loss . </P> <P> Tony Brown holds a number of Albion's club records . He has made the most appearances overall for the club (720), as well as most appearances in the league (574), FA Cup (54) and in European competition (17). Brown is the club's top scorer in the league (218), the FA Cup (27) and in Europe (8). He is also the club's record scorer overall, with 279 goals . W.G. Richardson scored 328 goals for the club, but this includes 100 during World War II, which are not normally counted towards competitive totals . Richardson holds the club record for most league goals in a single season, scoring 39 times in 1935--36 . </P> <P> Albion's most capped international player, taking into account only those caps won while at the club, is Chris Brunt . He has appeared 38 times for Northern Ireland as a West Brom player, earning 48 caps in total . Jesse Pennington is the club's most capped England international, with 25 caps . The highest transfer fee paid by the club is £ 12 million to Zenit Saint Petersburg for Salomón Rondón on 10 August 2015; the deal could rise to over £ 15 million with appearance fee and other add - ons . The record transfer from Albion to another club is that of Curtis Davies to Aston Villa in July 2008 for a fee of £ 8.5 million . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Football League First Division (old), Premier League (modern) (1) </Dt> </Dl>

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