Few will have expected anything other than a defeat against league leaders, Coventry City, but it extends Eric Ramsay’s winless start as Albion boss to eight games, matching the disastrous start to Alan Pardew’s reign in 2017/18. Only Bryan Robson, who didn’t record a victory until his eleventh match in charge, has had a poorer start in charge of the…
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West Bromwich Albion v Coventry City; The Hawthorns, Saturday 21st February 2026, 12.30pm Saturday’s visit from the league leaders is the first match of a massive three-game week for Albion as they seek to pull away from the relegation zone. The match against Frank Lampard’s team could be considered of something of a free hit given their position in the…
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Eric Ramsay’s team secured a massive point at St Andrew’s on Tuesday night, earning a second successive clean sheet since October 2024, which was also thanks to a pair of goalless draws. Significantly, Albion had a little bit of luck with a post hit and a Blues goal (correctly) disallowed, but they fought hard particularly in the closing stages when…
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It wasn’t great but it was better. Albion showed grit, determination and defensive solidity to earn a point against Stoke City and a first clean sheet since the 2-0 victory over Sheffield United in mid-December, eleven games ago. In some ways, it’s merely a reset to where the Baggies were under Ryan Mason before Christmas, generally solid but lacking a…
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West Bromwich Albion v Stoke City; The Hawthorns, Saturday 7th February 2026, 3.01pm It’s been another turbulent week at the Hawthorns as, after a positive display at Derby, the Baggies lurched to another ignominious defeat at Fratton Park before the axe was wielded in the board room and the transfer window closed with little more than a barely audible click.…
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Any encouragement that Baggies fans had after the draw at Derby last week was completely destroyed at Fratton Park as Albion put in a hapless performance in what was a massive relegation six-pointer. In the first half, the visitors looked completely disorganised and you had to wonder what Eric Ramsay had been doing with his first full week on the…
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