Almost ten years have passed since Wolves last visited the Hawthorns, but Monday will see the 150th league meeting between two local rivals who first met in the Football League more than 130 years ago in December 1888. While Albion had beaten their Black Country Rivals twice in the FA Cup before league football started, it wasn’t until their seventh…
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Allardyce takes his Albion team to Villa Park on Sunday evening knowing that the gig is almost up in his attempt to keep his record of never being relegated from the Premier League. When the Baggies meekly surrendered to Dean Smith’s team in his first game in charge in the reverse fixture in December, I wonder whether Big Sam was…
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Sunday’s game will be the 150th league meeting between Albion and Villa and it will the Baggies’ 73rd game at Villa Park in all competitions, the Villains’ home since 1897. All but one of Albion’s 21 away wins against their nearest neighbours have come at Villa Park with the first coming in September 1899 when Chippy Simmons and Ben Garfield…
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In the midst of the furore surrounding the announcement of the proposed European Super League, Albion have been preparing to face the club that produced the most recent example of why true competition is worth maintaining. Leicester City’s remarkable Premier League victory in 2016 coming a season after their own great escape from relegation is one of the most endearing…
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In the last fifteen matches between Albion and Leicester City, there has been just one home win when the Baggies beat the Foxes 3-0 at the Hawthorns on their way to promotion in 2010. Albion are yet to lose at City’s new stadium with their last defeat in Leicester coming at Filbert Street in January 1994 when a Iwan Roberts…
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After Albion were beaten at Crystal Palace four weeks ago, I, along with many others, concluded that any hopes they had of escaping relegation were gone. And then Allardyce’s team went to Stamford Bridge and shocked the Premier League with an accomplished performance including five fantastic goals, and those hopes were rekindled. However, they will be immediately dashed once again…
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