A hard fought comeback win over Birmingham City sees Shan’s Baggies move onto 70 points with 7 games to go. That means that they are keeping pace with Megson’s 2002 promotion team who hauled in Wolves in the run-in. That team would go on to drop just two more points that season, thanks to the Jordão ghost goal against Rotherham, and…
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A great goal from Kyle Edwards on his first league start for the Baggies earned Jimmy Shan his second win as caretaker boss as Albion ended Brentford’s seven match winning run at Griffin Park. The win puts the 2019 Baggies level on points with Megson’s first promotion side, although this season’s team have scored an incredible 27 more goals! They…
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A welcome three points for caretaker, Jimmy Shan, and his team puts the 2019 challenge ahead of both the 2001 and 2007 teams that finished in the play-off positions, and also ahead of Tony Mowbray’s title-winning team. Game 38 saw Megson’s team drop points for the penultimate time that season – eight wins and a draw in the last nine…
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Another two points dropped at home, and hopes of the top two moved further away after the draw against Ipswich. Tony Mowbray’s side were just a point worse off than the current Baggies side at the same stage, and went on to win the title despite losing 4-1 at home to Leicester City in their next match. The Championship was…
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At Elland Road, Albion suffered their biggest second tier defeat since they were beaten 6-0 an hour down the road at Bramall Lane in February 2000. It leaves Darren Moore’s total with the Baggies’ lowest points total at this stage since the 2000/2001 season and with a very difficult task to finish in the top two. It’s not impossible, however. …
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The home defeat to Sheffield United leaves Darren Moore’s side level on points with Megson’s 2002 side and two points ahead of Mowbray’s title winning team, both of whom were also in 4th place after 34 games. The game against the Blades was the first time that Albion have failed to score at home in a league game since Boxing…
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