Albion’s promotion challenge is looking anything but looking at the league table as yet another draw sees them languishing in 12th place after seven games. The game at Wigan, however, was not like earlier matches when the Baggies have dominated and created numerous chances. Instead, Albion looked tired and lethargic, perhaps like a team that has played a game every…
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Albion came back from two goals down to earn a point at the John Smith’s Stadium, and it perhaps could have been three had it not been for what Steve Bruce described as “the worst penalty decision I’ve ever seen”. Not sure about that, Brucie, but it certainly was fairly blatant. It leaves Albion in a disappointing 15th place in…
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Albion finally secured their first league win of the season at the fifth attempt, and did so in style with five goals against the previously unbeaten Hull City. It moved the Baggies into 13th place although Bristol City’s victory over Cardiff City means they were down to 14th by Sunday evening. It’s the first time that Albion have scored five…
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Albion maintained their record of not having lost the fourth game of a second tier season this century, but a goalless draw means that the Baggies have failed to win any of their first four games of a second tier season since 1994. On that occasion, Keith Burkinshaw’s team also started the campaign with three draws and a defeat leaving…
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Steve Bruce’s Baggies suffer their first defeat of the season to leave them in 20th place after three games with just two points. In 2001/02, Gary Megson’s side had just one point at the same stage and were promoted while a year earlier, they had no points at all and still made the play-offs. Furthermore, in 2007, Tony Mowbray’s side…
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An excellent performance from the Baggies did not result in the three points it deserved but Steve Bruce’s have negotiated two very difficult opening fixtures against sides expected to be challenging at the end of the season and remain unbeaten. The last time that an Albion side opened a league campaign with two draws was under Alan Irvine in 2014…
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