Continuing the trial of various coloured kits during the club's early years, the players wore cardinal red and blue halved shirts.

Aston Villa provided the opposition in the third round; after a goalless draw in the initial match, Albion won the replay 3–0 in "drenching rain".

Peter Morris records that the Welshmen refused to start the match until one of their late-arriving players turned up, while according to G. A. Willmore, the entire Druids team was late to arrive.

[9] Source for match details:[9] Albion, taking part in the Staffordshire Senior Cup for the third time, beat Burton Swifts 7–1 in the first round.

Despite having scored 21 goals in the first three rounds, Albion failed to find the net in the semi-final, losing 0–2 to Walsall Town at Stoke's Victoria Ground.