A heavy defeat at home to Crystal Palace sees the Baggies drop to 19th place on goal difference, which is the lowest position they have ever occupied after 11 games of a Premier League season. It is Albion’s worst home defeat for more than decade since they lost 5-0 to Manchester United in January 2009. After spending the early months…
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The Baggies finally recorded their first league victory of the season against the Blades to lift them out of the bottom three. However, with six points from ten games, it remains Albion’s worst start to a Premier League season. Only twice in their history have the Baggies had less than the equivalent of six points from their opening ten games.…
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After a night of controversy at Old Trafford, it was a familiar result for the Baggies as they went down 1-0 leaving this season’s team some five points behind the next worse Premier League Albion side after nine games. Game 10 has seen some big results for the Baggies in recent years with 1-0 away wins at Norwich and Leicester.…
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Another defeat was harsh on the Baggies but it means that the wait for a first league victory of the campaign goes on. The only league season in which Albion had a worst start was 1985/86 when Johnny Giles’ side had just one point from their opening eight games. Like this campaign, game nine in 85/86 was also against Manchester…
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The Baggies’ 57-year wait for a league win at Fulham continues as they slumped to a 2-0 win and into the relegation zone. The start to this campaign remains Albion’s worst in the Premier League with the only silver lining that two of the next three worst starts, in 2004/05 and 2011/12, both ended with the Baggies escaping relegation. I…
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The start to this campaign remains Albion’s worst in the Premier League but a point at Brighton is their first on the road this season. However, if you are looking for positive omens, the only previous times that the Baggies have earned less than five points in their first six games, they have survived, in 2004/05 and 2011/12. Game 7…
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