A point at Blackpool at least brought a run of defeats on the road to an end, but only once have Albion been promoted to the Premier League with fewer points from 19 games than this campaign’s total of 33. That was in the 2001/2002 season when Gary Megson’s side had just 32 points at this stage. The only statistic…
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The Baggies lose their 18th game of a 21st century campaign for the first time, but more importantly for this season’s chances of promotion, it is their fourth successive defeat on the road and it leaves them eight points adrift of the automatic promotion places. It is the first time that Albion have lost four successive away league games in…
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Grady Diangana’s first goal for more than a year earned Albion a point to maintain their unbeaten record in another frustrating afternoon for Baggies fans. Diangana’s last goal was the wonderful opener at Goodison Park in September last year. The point means that Albion have lost more ground to both Fulham and Bournemouth and they are now six points adrift…
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In front of one of the smallest away followings at the Hawthorns I can remember since Wimbledon visited in September 2001, Albion secured a fourth successive home win, thanks to a seventh goal in eight games and a seventh clean sheet of the campaign for Sam Johnstone, to keep them within four points of second-placed Fulham. 31 points from 16…
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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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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…
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