In 2002, Albion were in search of their first promotion to the Premier League and what would be their first return to the top flight in 26 years. With ten games to go, automatic promotion seemed to be out of reach, much like this season, as Gary Megson’s Baggies were ten points adrift of their Black Country neighbours, Wolverhampton Wanderers,…
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West Brom 3 Birmingham City 2 Jimmy Shan made is three wins from three as Albion came from behind twice to win an exciting, and occasionally bruising, local derby against Birmingham City at the Hawthorns. After a lack lustre first half performance from the Baggies, they looked much more like it after the break and deservedly took all three points. …
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Much has been written in the past few days about the decision to sack Darren Moore, with many in the national media and the game as a whole decrying the decision as being somewhere between outrageous and incredibly harsh. I made my views clear in my article on Sunday but, while there were fans actively calling for Moore to go, there…
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West Brom 1 Ipswich Town 1 The day may have ended with the shock sacking of Darren Moore, my thoughts on which I covered in my earlier article, but the main event of the day should have been the football match. Fourth in the table against rock bottom should have been a comfortable home win, but it didn’t go quite…
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If ever there was an illustration of the short-termism and lack of sentiment in football, it was the decision to sack Darren Moore as the Head Coach of West Bromwich Albion yesterday evening. Even from a pure footballing point of view, it seems a very harsh decision. The Baggies are in fourth place with ten games to go, well placed…
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Leeds United 4 West Brom 0 Albion’s hopes of automatic promotion suffered a hammer blow at Elland Road as Leeds United produced a display of committed, pacey football that proved far too much for Darren Moore’s team and saw Marcelo Bielsa gain revenge for the defeat at the Hawthorns in November. It was a bad night, and it has made…
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