After almost eight hours of football without a goal, Albion finally scored but they were unable to hold on and fell to an eighth defeat in eleven games in all competitions to leave them still six points off the table and some nine points worse off than any other second tier Baggies team since 1999/2000. It is Albion’s tenth away…
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Having started the campaign with a club record run of unbeaten games, and unbeaten home games, the class of 2021/22 have now matched another club record, that of five successive games without a goal. This season is the sixth time that particular “feat” has been achieved but only the second time that all five games have been in the league.…
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The Baggies avoided a fourth straight defeat but they still failed to score so extended their scoreless run to four games. That run was matched in the league by Slaven Bilić’s team either side of lockdown in 2020 when they failed to score against Wigan Athletic, Swansea City, Birmingham City and Brentford, although that run was punctuated by a 3-2…
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A third successive 2-0 defeat leaves Albion’s promotion challenge in the balance as the Baggies drop out of the top six for the first time this season. The last time a Baggies team were this low in the second tier table other than during the opening few games of the season was in December 2006 in the early days of…
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Another defeat for Albion means that this season’s team are three points worse off than Megson’s 2001/02 team that became the first Baggies side to reach the Premier League 20 years ago. Game 30 in that season was the 1-0 win over Walsall that took place immediately following the tragic death of Jeff Astle. That was the first of a…
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Preston North End’s first win at the Hawthorns since 1973 ended Albion’s club record unbeaten home start to a campaign at 13 matches and means that this season is now the Baggies’ worst start to a second tier campaign since 1999/2000 when Brian Little’s team sat in 19th place after 28 games with just 29 points. That was the last…
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