Visual tribute from Albion fans for Astle Day
Albion supporters will be invited to take part in a huge visual tribute to Jeff Astle when the club celebrate their legendary striker on Saturday.
As part of 'Astle Day', fans in the Birmingham Road End will be asked to take part in a placard salute to Astle at the game with Leicester.
Supporters are being urged to arrive early to take part in a "retro-themed" build-up ahead of kick-off, with the teams also walking out to different music.
Albion's players will wear replica kits from the 1968 FA Cup final – Astle's finest hour – as they take on the Foxes.
It is only the second time the Premier League has sanctioned a one-off change – the other being when Manchester United wore them on the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.
Outfield players shirts will be numbered two to 11 – while a blank goalkeeper top will be used to match that worn by John Osborne.
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Meanwhile, a host of Astle's former team-mates from the 1968 final will be present to share in what promises to be an emotionally-charged day.
The latest Baggies Cup winner to be confirmed is defender John Talbut, who will defy ill health to make a rare return to the Hawthorns, after the club paid for he and wife Ena to travel from their home in Belgium.
John Kaye, Dougie Fraser, Graham Williams and Tony 'Bomber' Brown are among the other Wembley heroes there.
Albion's former players association will make a £250 donation to help launch the Jeff Astle Foundation, set up by the former striker's family in his name.
Astle died in 2002, aged just 59, from a brain condition normally linked to boxing. The foundation, for which Saturday marks the official launch, aims to help sportspeople and their families affected by similar conditions.
Astle was originally diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, but a re-examination of his brain found he had died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) – a progressive degeneration caused by repeated head trauma.
