The Baggies produced an excellent away performance at the bet365 Stadium to take all three points against a side that were defending a 100% record. It leaves Ryan Mason’s team in second place behind Rob Edwards’ Middlesbrough side that have won all four of their Championship games so far this season. Nat Phillips scored the winning goal, his first for…
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Two controversial refereeing decisions were pivotal in denying the Baggies a third successive victory but they remain unbeaten with seven points from a possible nine. That is the same total that Albion have earned in first three games in four of the previous seven second tier campaigns. Looking ahead to next week’s trip to Stoke City, it is s statistical…
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Albion opened their league campaign with two victories for the first time since 2017, and the first time in the second tier since 1997. On that occasion, Ray Harford was in charge at the Hawthorns and a 2-1 home win over Tranmere Rovers was followed up by a 3-2 victory at Gresty Road with Lee Hughes scoring a late double…
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Ryan Mason started his tenure as Baggies boss with a victory thanks to Isaac Price’s first half goal. The last time that Albion kicked off their campaign with a home victory was in 2017 when Tony Pulis’s team beat Bournemouth 1-0 on the opening day thanks to a goal from Ahmed Hegazi. The Baggies followed that up with a 1-0…
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Victory on the final day of the season was not enough to change the fact that this season’s points tally is Albion’s worst in the second tier since the 1999/2000 campaign when Gary Megson managed to save the club from relegation to the third tier on the final day. The season was one of only five previous 46 game seasons…
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There are few positives from the goalless draw at Cardiff City, one being that James Morrison’s team recorded a clean sheet, the first by Albion since the 1-0 win over QPR in early March. However, it also made it fifteen away league games without a victory, a new club record in the second tier of English football. With the away…
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