West Bromwich Albion announced their retained list today and, along with the great news that most senior pros whose contracts are up at the end of June have agreed to a one month extension, was the not unexpected announcement that Nathan Ferguson will leave the club next week. It is a sad indictment of modern football that Ferguson has chosen…
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‘Unprecedented’ is a word that has been over-used in the last few months as the world has battled the COVID-19 pandemic but, while the cause of football’s shutdown is certainly something we have never seen before, it is not the first time that the game we love has had to take a pause because of global events. However, it has…
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As English football prepares to return, albeit without supporters in attendance, Chris Brunt announced this week that he would be leaving the club at the end of the season. That unfortunately means that we will not get the chance to see Brunty, in person at least, in an Albion shirt again, and it is disappointing that he will not get…
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With football suspended until who knows when, we have a first Easter weekend without league football since the second world war, so to remind us all what it’s about, here is a short quiz on Albion’s Easter fixtures from history. Hopefully, it will help pass a little of the time we all have to spare now there is no football…
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As usual, the transfer window was full of speculation, much of it without substance, and Luke Dowling, Slaven Bilić and team made three useful additions to the squad. While none of them could be classed as “exciting”, all three are sensible, astute and give Albion a better chance of achieving their goal this season. Many fans were calling for the…
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Today came the not wholly unexpected news that Matheus Pereira was to be charged with violent conduct following his clash with Joe Allen towards the end of the first half of Monday’s game. While from the Brummie the incident was unclear, having watched the TV pictures of the incident, it was not a surprise that the FA charge was forthcoming.…
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