Work to do, but a promising start from Albion

AFC Bournemouth 2 West Brom 2 Baggies boss, Valérien Ismaël, was pleased with the commitment shown by his team at the Vitality Stadium and I think they can count themselves a little unfortunate not to come away with all three points. Even ignoring the first half “goal” that was mysteriously ruled out, it was the visitors that had the better…

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Baggies bow out with defeat number 22

Leeds United 3 West Brom 1 Albion bowed out of the Premier League with another performance that was representative of their season as a whole – the occasional bit of sparkle, but too many mistakes at key moments and short of the required standard for much of the time. That it was their 22nd defeat of the season means that…

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Fans return as Big Sam calls time

West Brom 1 West Ham United 3 Sam Allardyce experienced his first and last match as Albion manager in front of Baggies fans on Wednesday night as the fans returned to the Hawthorns for the first time in fourteen months. Within half an hour of the final whistle, the news emerged that Big Sam would be stepping down at the…

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Albion show why real competition matters

West Brom 1 Liverpool 2 It may have been ultimately unsuccessful, but Albion’s performance against Liverpool showed the value of true competitive integrity, something that the European Super League would have destroyed and something that is still in danger in the Premier League and European football as a whole. Although already relegated, Albion went toe-to-toe with last season’s Premier League…

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