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West Brom sell out first home game of the season

Albion have sold out the home end for the opening game of the season at The Hawthorns.

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The Hawthorns will be almost full today.

Excited Baggies fans have snapped up all available tickets for Darren Moore's first competitive game in charge as permanent head coach.

The Hawthorns won't be completely full today, because Bolton Wanderers have not sold roughly 300 tickets of their allocation, but it will still be much busier than most games in recent years.

The Baggies have only sold out the home end on two other occasions since April 2015 - once for Astle Day just over three years ago, and once for Regis Day in February.

Dozens of fans arrived at The Hawthorns at 9am to pick up their new yellow and green change strip.

Both the third kit and the black away kit went on sale for the first time this morning, and the queues stretched back to the Birmingham Road.

Meanwhile, the club have revealed their squad numbers for the season ahead. They are:

1 Sam Johnstone

2 Allan Nyom

3 Kieran Gibbs

4 Hal Robson-Kanu

5 Kyle Bartley

7 James Morrison

8 Jake Livermore

9 Salomon Rondon

10 Matt Phillips

11 Chris Brunt

13 Boaz Myhill

14 Conor Townsend

15 Harvey Barnes

17 Oliver Burke

18 Gareth Barry

19 Jay Rodriguez

20 Jonathan Leko

21 Kyle Edwards

22 Nacer Chadli

23 Jonathan Bond

24 Tosin Adarabioyo

25 Craig Dawson

26 Ahmed Hegazi

27 Dara O'Shea

28 Sam Field

31 Rayhaan Tulloch

34 Rekeem Harper

35 Callum Morton

36 Nathan Ferguson

37 Kyle Jameson

38 Alex Palmer

39 Alex Palmer

40 Kyle Howkins

Yuning Zhang 29 (Den Haag), Max Melbourne 30 (Partick Thistle), Jack Fitzwater 32 (Walsall), and Kane Wilson 33 (Walsall) are all out on loan.