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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Portsmouth v West Bromwich Albion; Fratton Park, Saturday 31st January 2026, 3pm Eric Ramsay’s team travel to the south coast for what, to all intents and purposes, is a massive relegation six-pointer at Fratton Park, backed by yet another sell out away end. However, while victory would give one side a massive boost to take into the remainder of the…
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Seasons can turn on such moments – we can only hope that it happens for the Baggies this time. Chris Mepham, definitely a villain of the piece in recent games, pops up with a 95th minute equaliser to earn a well-deserved point at Derby. The Baggies also got a bit of luck, something that has been all too rare this…
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Derby County v West Bromwich Albion; Pride Park, Friday 23rd January 2026, 8pm When I witnessed an Ardiles-inspired team comfortably beat Port Vale at Wembley on 30th May 1993, my dream and fervent hope was that it would be the last time I would see my beloved Albion play in the third tier of English football. It’s been close to…
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Even the most pessimistic of Albion fans would not have expected a performance to plumb the depths of their Baggies-supporting lives, but that’s what they got as Eric Ramsay’s team were pummelled by what is, in all honesty, a poor Norwich City team. I’ve been digging into the club history this season given the club’s desperate away form, but I…
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A home defeat is not the way that Eric Ramsay will have wanted to start his tenure at the Hawthorns, but he’s in good company in that Carlos Corberán started his Albion career with a home defeat against promotion chasers, and went on to record nine wins from the next ten games. The Spaniard, of course, had a little longer…
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