West Bromwich Albion F.C. - in Popular Culture

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In the 2000s BBC television drama series New Tricks the characters Jack Halford, Brian Lane and Gerry Standing were so named by the writer Roy Mitchell in honour of the Halford Lane standing area of Albion's ground.

The 1960s television documentary programme Look at Britain screened an episode called the Saturday men focusing on the club

Frank Skinner and Paula Wilcox starred in the comedy series 'Blue Heaven' which followed the adventures of an Albion supporter in the 1990s and included scenes from the Hawthorns. Skinner is a real life Albion supporter.

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