West Bromwich Albion announced their retained list today and, along with the great news that most senior pros whose contracts are up at the end of June have agreed to a one month extension, was the not unexpected announcement that Nathan Ferguson will leave the club next week. It is a sad indictment of modern football that Ferguson has chosen…
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‘Unprecedented’ is a word that has been over-used in the last few months as the world has battled the COVID-19 pandemic but, while the cause of football’s shutdown is certainly something we have never seen before, it is not the first time that the game we love has had to take a pause because of global events. However, it has…
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As English football prepares to return, albeit without supporters in attendance, Chris Brunt announced this week that he would be leaving the club at the end of the season. That unfortunately means that we will not get the chance to see Brunty, in person at least, in an Albion shirt again, and it is disappointing that he will not get…
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With football suspended until who knows when, we have a first Easter weekend without league football since the second world war, so to remind us all what it’s about, here is a short quiz on Albion’s Easter fixtures from history. Hopefully, it will help pass a little of the time we all have to spare now there is no football…
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West Brom 2 Newcastle United 3 By the end of the match, Albion were able to bow out of the FA Cup with their heads held high following a spirited second half comeback against a strong Newcastle United side, although for a while it looked like being a very disappointing surrender. In my opinion, however, it was never a 3-0…
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West Brom 2 Preston North End 0 Albion’s fabulous February continued as they notched up yet another victory, a fifth in their six games this month. It was very comfortable victory over play-off hopefuls, Preston North End, secured with goals from Hal Robson-Kanu and Jake Livermore. The visitors played some nice football but didn’t register a single shot on target.…
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