Chelsea are one of eleven teams that have shared at least ten seasons in the Premier League with Albion, and they are the only one of them that the Baggies are yet to beat away from home. Albion’s last win at Stamford Bridge was some 27 years ago in November 1983 when a Garry Thompson goal was enough to see…
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In my look back at the Great Escape of 2005, we move on to game 29 at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea 1 West Brom 0 The Baggies had to wait nine days before attempting to build on the momentum of beating Birmingham City. The FA Cup intervened once again with the sixth round clearing out the Premier League fixtures for the…
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Albion are on a five match winless streak against Crystal Palace, six if you include the Premier League Asia Trophy game in the summer of 2017, but I choose not to! Their last win over the Eagles came at Selhurst Park in August 2016 when Salomón Rondón (pictured) scored the only goal of the game. More recently, of course, Selhurst…
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West Brom 2 Birmingham City 0 After beating Manchester City in their last game of January to raise hopes, Bryan Robson’s team had gone through February without winning and those had begun to fade again. For game 28, the first in March, it was Birmingham City that visited the Hawthorns for the friendlier of the local derbies. Blues had been…
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The head-to-head record between Albion and Newcastle United stands at 49 wins apiece from their 132 meetings, although the Toon edge the league record with 46 wins to 43. Steve Bruce’s side were the last team to play at the Hawthorns with fans in attendance just over twelve months ago when they won 3-2 in an FA Cup fifth round…
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West Brom 0 Southampton 0 After the heartbreaking defeat at Carrow Road, it would be more than a fortnight before Albion’s fight against relegation would resume. Before Southampton visited the Hawthorns on 22nd February for game 27 of the season, Albion had an FA Cup fourth round replay at White Hart Lane (which they lost 3-1) and then an empty…
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