James Morrison’s team were beaten for the first time in the Championship this season at Middlesbrough, the sixth successive defeat against the Teessiders. It was also Albion’s first league defeat in August since 2023 when they were beaten at Blackburn on the opening day of that campaign. Since then, they had played eleven league matches in the eighth month of…
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Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion; Riverside Stadium, Saturday 29th August 2026, 12.30pm There is a growing feeling amongst those who follow the club that we could be seeing the start of something special at West Bromwich Albion. A comfortable win at Rotherham and a backs-to-the-wall victory at Norwich have been followed by a hugely impressive win over Burnley and an…
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Newcastle United v West Bromwich Albion; St James’s Park, Wednesday 26th August 2026, 7.45pm James Morrison will be delighted with his team’s start to the campaign with three victories from the first three games of the season, and it will be interesting to see how he approaches Wednesday’s game at Newcastle United. Head coaches have tended to make wholesale changes…
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An excellent performance from James Morrison’s team made it three wins on the bounce at the start of Albion’s domestic season, the last two in the league against teams fancied for promotion putting the Baggies in second place in the fledgling Championship table. Of course, it is very early days – Ryan Mason’s team won the first two games of…
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West Bromwich Albion v Burnley; The Hawthorns, Sunday 23rd August 2026, 12pm Baggies fans will get the opportunity to watch James Morrison’s team at the Hawthorns on Sunday afternoon for the first time since the battling goalless draw against Ipswich Town in April. The Clarets are the opposition fresh from an opening weekend draw against fellow relegated side, West Ham…
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For the third season in succession, Albion start the season with a victory. Let’s hope that this season it can lead to a better overall campaign. It is something of a surprise – since the second tier went to 24 teams in 1988, Albion had only won the opening league game of a campaign in that division on three occasions…
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