The Hawthorns at 125 by lifelong West Bromwich Albion supporters

Moore: My brother was older and went with dad so it was already a family tradition.

We got on the bus, went up to Carter's Green and changed to the 70-whatever it was that terminated at The Hawthorns in those days.

It looked big to me as a little one. I was always pushed to the front and there was a concrete wall where the players come out now. That's where we stood, by the dugouts.

The trainer was also the manager in those days, Fred Everiss. He was there and I was just next to him. So we used to have a little chat and he always had his bucket and sponge if anybody got injured.

I remember one against Newcastle United, I don't know what year it was. I was not very old anyway, there were 61,000 in the ground. If you put your hands in your pockets, you couldn't get them out. My dad picked me up and put me at the front.

Taylor:  A few things stand out. First, that match against the Wolves and Ronnie Allen made his debut. But the greatest game, I think, was the fifth round of the cup, when there was also 61,000. 

Also, a big memory was the first time they had the floodlights. Because I know it's nothing now. But it was absolutely amazing. 

Ronnie Allen scored the goal, the first goal under the floodlights. And then they opened them officially against the Russian Army.

I was 13 when we won the cup in 1954. And the players stayed there for years, Ray Barlow, Joe Kennedy, Len Millard.

I don't drive up there now. Somebody takes me up every match. But I'm so pleased that I still go to the match.

The fifties. Obviously, the sixties as well. The cup-winning side. Jeff Astle, I thought he was absolutely fantastic. Tony Brown too. Then again, obviously, in the seventies with the Three Degrees. That was a fantastic couple of seasons. It was a sin we didn't win anything.

When I look back I can't believe how long I've been going myself. I think 'bloody hell - 2025. It's unbelievable, isn't it?'

Wedgbury: I do remember we played on the snow as it were, there was no undersoil heating. We'd have to muck in with clearing the pitch sometimes.

I used to cycle from the motorway island and leave my bike in a garden in the houses where the commercial properties are now before the Halfords Lane.

Another time I remember getting the bus from Wednesbury and sitting behind Len Millard with his boots under his arm!

I remember that there were no roofs on the stands when I initially went. We were standing behind the Birmingham Road goal. But then I eventually got a seat opposite where the players come out, which was just a low stand then, nothing like it is now. 

It's always been a decent surface to play on, it's always been looked after. We've always had a series of people who know what they're doing on the ground. Facilities at the West Brom have gradually improved and improved and as far as I'm concerned they're very, very suitable to the Albion fans.

There are always points in your life, aren't there? There's always things you want to do and going to the Albion, to me, has always been pleasurable.

Rampling:

My first journey up as a 15-year-old kid was up to the Wolves derby on Boxing Day in 1961. My teacher was a Wolves fan and he asked, my dad said I could go.

We went up from Paddington to Snow Hill. Then we got on the diesel that went to Hawthorns Halt. I can remember now just walking up the slope and you got to the top of the hill and Halfords Lane - then the stadium was there. I still remember to this day.

Derek Kevan scored in a 1-1 draw and made my day because Derek was my big hero. 

The difference today is incredible. In 1961 the Halfords Lane was all-wooden, all the seats were wooden. The fabric of the stand was still wood. There was got no seating in the Brummie Road end.

The East stand was an open stand. It wasn't the Rainbow Stand as it then became and of course today's modern stand.

We went to an FA Cup game, we lost 4-2 to Tottenham, I was 14 or 15. But they took us down to the front. Kids didn't stand at the back.

So me and my brother walked down the front and from being in a massive crowd as it was then, 55,000 people, I was then sitting on the perimeter of around the ground.

I was sitting there with my back against the wall. I've got a bird's eye view of the game. We're sitting there and it's brilliant. You can almost smell the green, smell the winter green. It was fantastic.