This season’s Baggies remain at the bottom of the table of the worst ever Premier League Albion sides with defeat at Spurs, a point behind the 2004/05 team who would properly kick off the Great Escape with victory over Manchester City in game 24. They haven’t yet wrestled the title of worst ever Albion side as the 1985/86 team is…
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Albion’s Premier League Tuesday hoodoo continues as they went down to a second half recovery from Sheffield United as they stay nine points from safety but having now played a game more than 17th-placed Brighton and Hove Albion. In 2004/05, Bryan Robson’s Baggies earned a point with a 0-0 draw at home to Newcastle United in game 22, so they…
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Albion scored their first goals under Sam Allardyce at the Hawthorns and ended a run of five successive home defeats by earning a 2-2 draw with Fulham. Bryan Robson’s 2004/05 team also drew game 21, 1-1 away to Bolton Wanderers, with Zoltán Gera scoring the equaliser. That meant that they also had 12 points but, despite being bottom of the…
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Back at the Hawthorns on a Tuesday night and “normal” service is resumed for the Baggies. As the BT Sport commentator said, it was the first time since 1978 that a top flight team had conceded three or more goals in five successive home games and it means that Albion have let in 29 goals in their 10 Premier League…
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Despite a narrow defeat at West Ham, this season’s Baggies are still a point better off the team that pulled off the Great Escape at the halfway stage. The Baggies’ Tuesday hoodoo continues – they have never won on a Tuesday in the Premier League and this latest defeat makes it 31 games, and with game 32 coming next week…
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Sam Allardyce’s first win as Baggies boss moves this season’s team above the 2004/05 side in the comparison stakes, although the class of 20/21 have still scored fewer and conceded more. A third successive win over Wolves is a reason to celebrate at any time, and it means that Albion have lost just three of the last twenty-two Black Country…
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