Wigan Athletic 1 West Bromwich Albion 1 At the start of the season, Albion were amongst the bookies’ favourites for promotion along with the relegated clubs – all started slowly, but as Norwich and Watford were scoring late winners and Burnley comfortably beat Millwall, the Baggies stuttered to another draw to leave them languishing in mid-table while those three clubs…
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The London Baggies, a branch of the West Bromwich Albion Supporters’ Club, welcomes former Albion striker, Peter Odemwingie, to a special event to be held at Electrowerkz in Islington on Wednesday 31st August. The Nigerian is fondly remembered by Baggies fans having famously scored a hat trick at Molineux in the famous victory over Wo1ve5 in 2012 and is still…
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West Bromwich Albion 1 Watford 1 Steve Bruce’s Albion opened their home campaign with an excellent performance that had the Hawthorns rocking throughout, but they ultimately failed to take all three points thanks to a wonder goal from Ismaïla Sarr although they could have ended up with nothing had the Senegalese forward not missed a second half penalty. Fans leaving…
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Middlesbrough 1 West Bromwich Albion 1 A debut goal from John Swift secured a well-deserved point for Albion in their opening day fixture at the Riverside Stadium. The hosts had the better of the first half and were worthy of their 1-0 lead at the break courtesy of a tenth minute goal from Isiah Jones, but Steve Bruce’s team were…
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Managers will always divide supporters. Tony Pulis, Sam Allardyce and Valérien Ismaël were three of the most divisive characters to take charge of Albion in recent years, but even the generally popular Darren Moore and Slaven Bilić had plenty of detractors. The latest incumbent, Steve Bruce, is another that attracts both positive and negative opinions, although those who are against…
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As the disaster that was the 2021/2022 season was drawing to a close, Steve Bruce made it clear that the Albion squad would be the subject of a rebuilding job over the summer. Once the Valérien Ismaël experiment failed, it was clear that a squad that had been assembled for one particular style of football would need something of an…
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