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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Albion and Burnley made history, for this season at least, as they became the first sides to share a goalless draw in this Premier League campaign. A point lifts the Baggies out of the bottom three, having slipped into the relegation zone after the weekend’s results, but it is still Albion’s worst start to a Premier League season with just…
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After the Baggies were comfortably beaten at St Mary’s, the start to this campaign is their worst in the Premier League having picked up just one point from their opening three games. In 1985/6, Albion also had just one point from their opening four games, albeit with a marginally better goal difference, and that season it would take them until…
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While it is obviously disappointing to lose a three goal lead, the Baggies earned a point more than was expected in this match. In previous Premier League campaigns, Albion have never conceded as many goals in their opening three matches, but only once have they scored more. And while Luke Dowling et al are in search of a striker to…
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