The Baggies produced an excellent away performance at the bet365 Stadium to take all three points against a side that were defending a 100% record. It leaves Ryan Mason’s team in second place behind Rob Edwards’ Middlesbrough side that have won all four of their Championship games so far this season. Nat Phillips scored the winning goal, his first for…
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Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion; bet365 Stadium, Saturday 30th August 2025, 12.30pm Albion travel to the Potteries this weekend for a lunchtime fixture against Stoke City who currently sit top of the fledgling Championship table. Mark Robins’ side have won all three of their league fixtures this season beating Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday comfortably before an impressive 2-1…
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Two controversial refereeing decisions were pivotal in denying the Baggies a third successive victory but they remain unbeaten with seven points from a possible nine. That is the same total that Albion have earned in first three games in four of the previous seven second tier campaigns. Looking ahead to next week’s trip to Stoke City, it is s statistical…
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West Bromwich Albion v Portsmouth; The Hawthorns, Saturday 23rd August 2025, 3pm The Baggies welcome Portsmouth to the Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon looking for a third straight win to open their league campaign. That has only happened three times in the club’s history with the most recent being in 1997 when Ray Harford’s team made it three from three thanks…
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Albion opened their league campaign with two victories for the first time since 2017, and the first time in the second tier since 1997. On that occasion, Ray Harford was in charge at the Hawthorns and a 2-1 home win over Tranmere Rovers was followed up by a 3-2 victory at Gresty Road with Lee Hughes scoring a late double…
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Wrexham v West Bromwich Albion; Racecourse Ground, Saturday 16th August 2025, 12.30pm Despite the fact that Albion are Founder Members of the Football League and that Wrexham first played in Division Three (North) in it’s inaugural season in 1921, Saturday will see the first ever league meeting between the sides. For the media, however, I suspect Albion will be very…
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