Celebrating 125 years of The Hawthorns

West Bromwich Albion are celebrating 125 years of The Hawthorns by opening its doors and hosting an open day for fans.

The stadium became the first Football League ground to be built in the 20th Century, named because it was based on the old Hawthorns estate where hawthorn bushes had grown.

The inaugural fixture, on 3 September 1900, was a 1-1 draw against Derby County.

Chippy Simmons was the first Albion player to score at the ground as he equalised England international Steve Bloomer's opener for the Rams.

The Hawthorns will next welcome 26,850 fans back when Albion host Derby County in the Championship in a repeat of the first game played at the ground in 1900.

Before that, a 'Clash of the Legends' match will take place to commemorate the 125th anniversary.

Club greats will form a home nations side and a rest of the world side when they take to the field on Saturday, 6 September.

"We've got a great line-up of former players, people like Claudio Yakob, Jonas Olsson, Shane Long, those sorts of players that come from an era where the fans really took to them," Albion Foundation Director Rob Lake told BBC Radio WM.

"The players have got a love for this club and they've got an affinity and they want to come back and they want to support the foundation.

"They were involved in [the foundation] back then, they know what it does in the community so they're happy to fly over from all over the place and up and down the [UK]."

You can read more about the history of The Hawthorns on West Brom's club website.