Albion’s worst season for 22 years will finally come to an end on Saturday with the visit of bottom club, Barnsley, to the Hawthorns. The Baggies have finished as one of the top 24 clubs in the country for the last two decades but the highest they will finish this campaign is 9th in the Championship should they win and…
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Bruce focuses on the summer ahead of dead rubber at Reading
With Albion now mathematically unable to reach the play-offs and Reading mathematically safe, this Saturday’s fixture at the Madejski Stadium, or the Select Car Leasing Stadium is the sponsors would like us to call it, is very much a dead rubber for the teams as a whole, but some of the players may have something to play for. The Express…
Read MoreSky Blues up next the Hawthorns
I suspect that the most enjoyable part of Saturday afternoon for the Hawthorns faithful will be when the veterans of the 2001/02 campaign are paraded on the pitch, as is rumoured to be the plan to mark the 20th anniversary of Albion’s first Premier League promotion. Before the resurgence under Gary Megson that culminated in that moment, the Baggies current…
Read MoreBaggies battle on with a tricky trip to the Tricky Trees
As clubs above them continue to drop points (only two of ten teams above them won on Friday), another twelve points might be enough for Albion to make the top six, but it’s very difficult to make a case that this group of players are capable of winning their remaining games. The victory over Blackpool was somewhat fortunate. It was…
Read MoreBruce ponders changes as Baggies face Blackpool
With Albion’s season effectively over following their home defeat to Stoke City last weekend, Steve Bruce is now looking ahead to next season. While a top six spot remains mathematically possible, the reality is that it is now beyond the Baggies’ reach, and the Albion boss could make some significant changes to the starting line up when Neil Critchley’s Blackpool…
Read MoreBoinging Baggies need six of the best
Stat Attack Current Form Albion W D W D L W Stoke City All competitions; most recent game on the right Last matches Last meeting 1 Oct 2021 – League Championship Stoke City 1 (Powell) West Brom 0 Last meeting at the Hawthorns 20 Jan 2020 – League Championship West Brom 0 Stoke City 1 (Campbell) Last win 4 Nov…
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