West Brom 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Slaven Bilić and the fans demanded a reaction after the players’ abject performance at Fulham last Monday, and the team responded, but it was ultimately the same result as Harry Kane’s late winner condemned Albion to another defeat. Ultimately, it was the Baggies’ inability to take one of the chances they created that cost…
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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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Albion welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Hawthorns on Sunday for their eighth match of the Premier League campaign still in search of their first victory. Only in 2004 have they had to wait so long for a Premier League victory, and it is the worst start to an Albion season since 1985 when the Baggies had to wait until game…
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History The last meeting between the sides culminated in a dramatic stoppage time winner from Jake Livermore that kept Albion up, if only for a few days, but that was the Baggies first home win over Spurs for ten years. The previous home Baggies win had two late goals as Roman Bednár and Craig Beattie gave Tony Mowbray’s side a…
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Fulham 2 West Brom 0 On a night when the brightest thing about Albion was their kit, Slaven Bilić will have some serious concerns about his team following a desperately poor performance at Fulham that left the Baggies still in search of their first win of the season and in the bottom three. While the level of commitment shown by…
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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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