14-09-2022, 13:29
(14-09-2022, 08:32)talkSAFT Wrote: Brilliant, Ska'd!
Has a Monarch ever attended an Albion match? (I know it was Princess Margaret who presented Willie with the Cup in '68, and the Everton fans jeered her for wearing a red coat!)
Well, the King played 292 games for us! Can't beat that for royalty
I've only bothered looking at the cup finals, but aside from Princess Margaret in '68, it was the Queen Mother who presented the trophy in '54, the Prince of Wales (i.e. future King Edward) who attended when Albion lost to Sheffield Wednesday in '35, just eight months before his accession, and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (George V's third son) who watched our win against Birmingham in '31. (No monarch attended a cup final before 1914, so our early finals won't fit the bill). The 1967 League Cup was presented by the Lord Mayor of London, and 1970 I'm not sure about, but don't think it was the Queen.
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