The Baggies’ 54 year wait for a league win at Craven Cottage goes on as they went down to their biggest second tier defeat since the 4-0 defeat at Elland Road in March 2019. It is also the first time that Albion have conceded three goals in a Championship match since the final day of the 2018/19 season when they…
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Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 14 games
A comprehensive victory over Bristol City moved the Baggies back into the top two, at least until Fulham play on Sunday, and also means that this season’s team have the best start to a 21st century campaign level on points with Megson’s 2003 team but with a better goal difference. Even Megson’s famously stingy sides had conceded more goals than…
Read MoreAlbion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 13 games
Valérien Ismaël’s Albion fell to their second defeat of the season at Swansea but the start to this campaign is still the joint fourth best of the century. In the second tier, Megson’s 2003/04 team had 28 points at this stage and Slaven Bilić’s side had 26 while Steve Clarke’s 2012/13 side found themselves 3rd in the Premier League after…
Read MoreAlbion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 12 games
A hard earned three points on Friday night moved Albion back to the top of the Championship table once again, albeit another win for Bournemouth saw them regain top spot on Saturday. Nonetheless, no Albion side this century has had more points from their opening dozen league games of a campaign and even Gary Megson’s famously stingy defence had conceded…
Read MoreAlbion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 11 games
After a below par performance at Stoke, Albion’s unbeaten record is gone, although let’s not forget that a new club record has been set. In this century, only Megson’s 2003 side had more points after 11 games and are also the only team to match Ismaël’s side’s goals against column with just nine goals conceded. Going back even further into…
Read MoreAlbion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 10 games
A comfortable 4-0 victory at Cardiff was the Baggies’ first in the Welsh capital since 1974 and it extended Albion’s unbeaten start to the league campaign to ten games, a new club record. This season’s team now have 22 points from 10 games, matching the 21st century record set by Gary Megson’s 2003 team. Only two Albion sides in history…
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