West Bromwich Albion moved to Stoney Lane in 1885 from their
Four Acres ground in 1885. A 600-seat grandstand was built on the southern touchline, with open wooden stands on each side of the grandstand. Banking was raised on the northern touchline. In 1888 West Bromwich Albion were founder members of
the Football League, and the first league match was played at Stoney Lane on 29 September 1888, with West Brom beating
Burnley 4–3 with 2,100 in attendance. The ground's record league attendance of 19,700 was set on 5 January 1895 when West Brom lost 5–4 to
Preston North End, At the end of the
1899–1900 season the club moved to
the Hawthorns, taking the wooden grandstand with them. The final league match was played at Stoney Lane on 16 April 1900, with West Brom beating
Nottingham Forest 8–0. Stoney Lane remained in use as a training ground for some time, and was later known as the Fairground because of its use by visiting fairs. It was used to build a housing estate in the 1980s. The area which was covered by the pitch is now a road named Albion Field Drive. ==References==