The first game under caretaker boss Richard Beale produced Albion’s first win in ten games and their first away win since the 1-0 victory at the same venue in April. Ignoring Darren Moore and Jimmy Shan whose spells in charge of the side were extended, it was the first win under a caretaker managed since Keith Downing took charge of…
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Reading v West Bromwich Albion; Select Car Leasing Stadium, Saturday 15th October, 3pm It’s not quite the dawn of a new era but Richard Beale will take charge of Albion’s trip to Royal Berkshire this weekend as Ron Gourlay continues with the search for Steve Bruce’s successor. Beale, who has been a youth or academy coach at both Birmingham City…
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For the fifth time in the last six seasons, the Albion hierarchy have opted to change their manager in the middle of the season. None of those decisions had the desired effect and, with the club in the second tier relegation zone for the first time in twenty years, the next appointment is arguably the most important since that of…
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A goalless draw with Luton extends Albion’s winless run to nine games in all competitions and keeps the Baggies in the bottom three some ten points away from the top six. It proved to be Steve Bruce’s last game in charge. In 1994, Albion’s only second tier campaign that started worse than this season, game 13 was Alan Buckley’s first…
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West Bromwich Albion v Luton Town; Saturday 8th October 2022, 3pm To the surprise of many, Seve Bruce remains in charge at the Hawthorns for the visit of Luton Town with most expecting that his team will need to produce something special for him to keep his job, with a victory, something that Albion haven’t achieved for seven weeks, the…
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A fourth defeat of the season, and a third in four games, saw Albion drop into the bottom three. That is the first time the Baggies have been in the second tier relegation zone, other than in the first three games of a campaign, since a 2-1 defeat at Walsall on 22nd April 2000 left Gary Megson’s team needing a…
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