It was always a long shot and, with Sunderland’s 3-0 victory at Preston North End, the Baggies would have needed a six goal margin of victory at Swansea in order to claim a top six spot. In the end, Joël Piroe’s last minute winner means that the Baggies finished with fewer points that they did last season, albeit a place…
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Victory over Norwich City kept Albion’s play-off hopes alive but Saturday’s results mean that their final opponents, Swansea City, can no longer make the top six. Defeat for Blackburn Rovers against Luton Town on Monday would make the Baggies’ task a little easier but they would still be relying on a victory at the Swansea.com Stadium and both Millwall and…
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Defeat at Bramall Lane leaves Albion’s play-offs hopes hanging by a thread. They can now only reach a maximum of 69 points which, if it proves to be enough for a top six place, would only be the second time this century that a team in the Championship top six acquired fewer than 70 points. One thing that the Baggies…
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Albion’s unbeaten home record was ended at thirteen matches as Sunderland won a massive match at the Hawthorns on Sunday. Despite a 12-match unbeaten home run in the league, this was the Baggies’ fifth home defeat of the season – they have not lost more league games at the Hawthorns in a second tier campaign since 1999/2000. Dennis Cirkin became…
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The Baggies recorded back-to-back away wins for the first time since before Christmas and remarkably moved into the top six ahead of Wednesday’s fixtures. Sunderland’s failure to beat Huddersfield Town means that Albion moved above them on goal difference and they are just two points behind Millwall with a game in hand after their home defeat by Birmingham City. With…
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The Baggies’ first win on the road since mid-January has kept alive their faint hopes of a top six spot as they now sit three points off 6th place with five games remaining. There are, however, four teams between Albion and Blackburn Rovers and sixth, although two of them, Sunderland and Norwich City, must visit the Hawthorns before the end…
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