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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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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