Albion may have failed to register successive league doubles against Wolves, but the point means that the Baggies’ unbeaten record against their Black Country rivals will extend to beyond ten years, and their home unbeaten record to more than 25 years by the time the clubs meet again. That does, of course, assume that Albion don’t host Wolves again before…
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Keenan Davis’ late equaliser means that 2021 Albion remain three points adrift of 2005 Albion as they also drew game 33, which you can read about here. This season’s tally of 25 points is some 20 behind Albion’s record tally of 45 points after 33 Premier League games achieved in 2012/13 under Steve Clarke. Despite Tony Mowbray’s side conceding four…
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With the Baggies’ mini-revival coming to a shuddering halt at the King Power Stadium on Thursday evening, it leaves this season’s team four points behind Robson’s Great Escape team at the same stage. You can read more about the 1-1 draw at Villa Park that lifted Albion out of the bottom three in my Step back in time to 2005…
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The Baggies’ victory over Southampton saw them record back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since Darren Moore’s side beat Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur in April 2018. Those were both 1-0 wins and the last time that the Baggies won successive games in the top flight by more than one goal was way back in February 2012 when…
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I don’t think anyone in the football world saw that coming. Albion’s first win at Chelsea in the Premier League, their first win at Stamford Bridge since 1983 and their first at that venue in the league since 1978. Sam Allardyce also became the first Premier League manager to win at the Bridge with three different clubs. It was also…
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Another defeat leaves this season’s Baggies at the bottom of their Premier League counterparts, two points behind 2017/18, and three points adrift of Albion’s first two Premier League campaigns. Alan Pardew was still three games from the sack when they lost at Watford three years ago, their sixth successive defeat in all competitions, while game 29 in 1985/86, Albion’s worst…
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