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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Albion’s victory over Queen’s Park Rangers on Friday evening not only put the Baggies back on top of the table, albeit briefly, but also equalled the club record unbeaten start to a league campaign of nine matches. It is a record that was also matched by Slaven Bilić’s team two seasons ago and Ismaël’s team have the chance to set…
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A third successive draw for the Baggies means that they have the same record from eight games as Slaven Bilić’s team from two seasons ago, four wins and four draws. Roberto di Matteo is the only Baggies boss to achieved more points from the opening eight games this century. This season is only the fifth in Albion’s history in which…
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