West Brom 3 Southampton 0 Albion produced a second successive sparkling performance to keep Baggies fans’ hopes of a miracle alive as they comfortably beat an under par Southampton at the Hawthorns. As expected, Allardyce opted to start with the 4-2-3-1 formation that performed so well in the second half at Stamford Bridge. Dara O’Shea recovered from the knock that…
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Chelsea 2 West Brom 5 Well there is a headline I never thought I’d write – got to love a bit of alliteration! Two things to take from watching Albion win at Chelsea – Joe Cole doesn’t seem to know the difference between Diangana and Diagne but can’t pronounce either, and Glenn Hoddle’s research needs some work given he thought…
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Crystal Palace 1 West Brom 0 Any last vestiges of survival hopes for Albion were surely extinguished as they were beaten at Selhurst Park to leave them eight points from safety (increased to ten following Brighton’s win at Southampton on Sunday) with just nine games left. Escaping relegation remains a mathematical possibility, but if anyone thinks that the Baggies can…
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West Brom 0 Newcastle United 0 Albion’s failure to beat Newcastle United at the Hawthorns has more than likely condemned them to playing Championship football next season. Mathematically, there is still hope with thirty points still to play for, but with what is effectively a nine point gap to make up on two clubs in ten games, the mountain is…
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West Brom 0 Everton 1 Mbaye Diagne’s stoppage time equaliser was cruelly ruled out for offside after they put in an excellent performance against Carlo Ancelotti’s expensively-assembled Champions League-chasing side. A point would have been well-deserved for Albion after they restricted Everton to few chances and created a number of excellent opportunities of their own. But the Toffees’ potency in…
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West Brom 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 If anyone thinks that Albion have not had the rub of the green this season, Lady Luck made up for it in one fell swoop in what was an incredible game at the Hawthorns against Brighton. The most straightforward part of the game was ultimately the most important, Kyle Bartley (pictured) rose…
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