Express & Star join forces with Albion

The Express & Star and Albion are joining forces to raise funds for the club's other sporting stars.

Sporting Club Albion is West Bromwich Albion's official representative club for all sports outside the Baggies' professional football department and Academy.

Run by the Albion Foundation, which is a charitable trust, it now features three sections - women and girls' football, basketball and disability sports - with the set-up is believed to be the first of its kind in this country.

The Express & Star has agreed to donate 10p from the sale of every newspaper sold around the Hawthorns on matchdays to the Foundation in aid of Sporting Club Albion, starting with tomorrow's clash against Stoke City.

Jamie Bunch, sporting director of the Albion Foundation, said: "We're delighted to have agreed this deal with the Express & Star.

"The funding will help to increase the opportunities for local young people to experience playing for Albion in their chosen sport."

Jason Bate, Express & Star group head of casual sales, said "The whole set-up is testimony to what can be achieved when football clubs strive to fully interact with their local community.

"I would urge all Albion fans to get behind this initiative and help us build the Foundation."