Albion’s wait for a win at Derby goes on as Kenneth Zohore’s penalty earned them a second 1-1 draw in four days and maintained their unbeaten league record this season. The Baggies win at Pride Park in 2003 remains their only victory on Derby soil since that 4-0 win in 1919 that I described in my match preview; that’s a…
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The Baggies failed to win the fourth game of a 21st century second tier season for the very first time after Ken Zohore rescued a point with an 88th minute penalty against Reading. Nonetheless, Slaven Bilić’s Albion remain unbeaten and only Megson’s 2003 team and Roberto di Matteo’s team had earned more points at this stage. Game 5 sees the Baggies…
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Slaven Bilić’s team are so far matching the best Albion start to a Championship season recorded by Roberto di Matteo a decade ago, and their record is exactly the same as the Italian’s team. In every second tier season this century, Albion have played their fourth game at home, and every time they have won it; last season, it was 7-1!…
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While there was a definite sense of frustration after the home draw with Millwall, four points from the opening two games is as good as it’s ever been in any of Albion’s second tier campaigns this century. Back in 2001, Megson’s Baggies lost 1-0 at home to Grimsby Town in game 2 to leave them in 22nd place and finally…
Read MoreHere we go again with another campaign with the Baggies expecting challenge for promotion and, for only the second time this century, Albion kicked off a second tier campaign with a victory. In 2006, a double from John Hartson on debut earned the Baggies all three points at the Hawthorns against Hull City. While Tony Pulis’s team started the 2016/17…
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Albion finished the regular season with a defeat which leaves them with 80 points. It is the eighth time that the Baggies have achieved 80 points, or the equivalent thereof, in a promotion campaign, and they have been promoted on each occasion. It may not be the confidence-boosting result that Albion fans were looking ahead of the play-offs, but back…
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