With suggestions that Slaven Bilić’s job may be on the line, the Croat takes his side on their longest trip of the season to St James’s Park to take on Steve Bruce’s Newcastle United. Bruce, of course, has his own problems after an outbreak of COVID-19 at their Darsley Park training centre. With last week’s match as Aston Villa the…
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Newcastle United have played at St James’s Park since 1886 and Albion first played at the venue in September 1898 after the Magpies were promoted to the top flight for the first time. The hosts won that first meeting 3-0 and it wasn’t until their ninth visit, in September 1914, that the Baggies recorded their first win at Newcastle when…
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West Brom 1 Crystal Palace 5 The more this season progresses, the more it reminds me of Albion’s first Premier League season in 2002. Key decisions go against us, good performances against good teams result in narrow defeats and, in the games when the Baggies have a better chance of picking up points, they come up short more often than…
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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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After recording their first league victory of the campaign last weekend, Albion look to make it back-to-back wins as they welcome former manager, Roy Hodgson, and his Crystal Palace team to the Hawthorns on Sunday lunchtime. Hodgson is in his fourth season at Selhurst Park after taking over following Frank de Boer’s brief tenure at the start of the 2017/18…
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The history of this fixture goes back only just over 50 years to September 1969 when the Baggies won 3-1 on their first trip to Selhurst Park. The Eagles had been promoted to the top flight for the first time in the summer of ’69 and Albion completed the league double over the new boys in January 1970 thanks to…
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