Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion; Bet365 Stadium, Tuesday 8th August 2023, 7.45pm Coming as it does, these days, so early in the season, the first round of the League Cup is always something of a lottery, even more so when playing against another Championship team. With the transfer window still open, it is tricky to predict what each manager…
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Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion; Ewood Park, Saturday 5th August 2023, 3pm For the first time in the 21st century, Albion kick off a third successive season in the second tier on Saturday with a trip to Ewood Park. The financial implications of a third season outside the Premier League have become clear over the summer as the club…
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Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion; Swansea.com Stadium, Monday 8th May 2023, 3pm For only the ninth time in the last fifty years, Albion go into the final game of the season with something riding on the result and, only once in that time, in 1991, have the results not gone the Baggies’ way. You can read about those dramatic…
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West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City; The Hawthorns, Saturday 29th April, 5.30pm After Carlos Corberán watched his side lost 2-0 at home to Sheffield United in his first game in charge at the Hawthorns at the end of October, Albion found themselves bottom of the Championship with a relegation battle on their hands. Exactly six months later, the Baggies play…
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Sheffield United v West Bromwich Albion; Bramall Lane, Wednesday 26th April, 8pm While much of the football supporting public will have their attention firmly focussed on the “title decider” at the Etihad Stadium, Blades and Baggies fans will be distracted by events on the other side of the Pennines at Bramall Lane. Following Luton Town’s win over Middlesbrough on Monday,…
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West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland; The Hawthorns, Sunday 23rd April 2023, 12 noon Performances over the Easter weekend suggested that this current Albion squad didn’t have the mental strength for a play-off push, and the first half at the Bet365 Stadium reinforced that supposition. Something happened at half time in Stoke-on-Trent and after turning around that match with a show…
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