After seeing the club announce four deadline day signings to following their opening day victory at the City Ground, the Albion faithful will surely be excited to see the Bilić era get underway at the Hawthorns. With a Carabao Cup tie to follow against the same opponents on Tuesday evening, Saturday’s Championship fixture is the first of a double header…
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For the second season in succession, Albion’s away league programme starts at the City Ground and, once again, the fixture has been chosen for live television coverage. Having lost their opening fixture at home to Bolton Wanderers last term, Darren Moore’s team earned their first point of the season at Forest thanks to Matt Phillips’ late equaliser. Slaven Bilić will…
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The last fifteen minutes of Saturday’s match at Villa Park may have deflated the Baggies faithful, but rest assured that this tie is far from over. There are still plenty of reasons for Albion fans to be hopeful. Firstly, let’s look at the history. Twenty-six years ago, the Baggies escaped from the Vetch Field in Swansea with a 2-1 defeat…
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Twelve years ago, it was the Battle of the Black Country in the Championship play-off semi-final, this year the Battle of the West Midlands sees Albion take on their nearest rivals from across the Brummie border. In 2007, the Baggies came out on top as they beat Wolves in both legs, starting with a 3-2 win at Molineux. This time…
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Albion travel to Pride Park on Sunday for their 52nd game of the season knowing that there will be at least two more before the end of May, hopefully three. Their opponents, however, need to beat the Baggies to ensure that they extend their season into the play-offs. Frank Lampard’s Derby County (FLDC) sit just one point above Tony Pulis’s…
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If you are looking for omens, this season is just the fourth in which West Bromwich Albion and Rotherham United have been in the same division and, in each of the previous three seasons, Albion have been promoted. In two of those seasons, the two clubs have met in the closing stages of the season at Millmoor in May 1993…
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