West Bromwich Albion announced their retained list today and, along with the great news that most senior pros whose contracts are up at the end of June have agreed to a one month extension, was the not unexpected announcement that Nathan Ferguson will leave the club next week. It is a sad indictment of modern football that Ferguson has chosen…
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West Brom 0 Birmingham City 0 While the afternoon started with what was a positive result for Albion with Fulham losing at home, it was ultimately frustrating as the Baggies failed to fully capitalise on the Cottagers’ slip as they were held by a dogged Birmingham City side. Slaven Bilić’s side dominated possession but failed to really test Lee Camp…
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Despite a frustrating afternoon that brought a second successive goalless draw for Slaven Bilić and his team, the Baggies moved back to the top of the table (until tomorrow at least) and extended the gap to third placed Fulham to seven points. The Baggies have never failed to be promoted having earned 71 points from 38 games with only Megson’s…
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The much anticipated restart of the Championship is almost upon us and, after 105 days without competitive football, Slaven Bilić’s team return to action on Saturday at the Hawthorns against Birmingham City. With fans forced to watch the game from home, I’m sure there’ll be a few light fittings in danger as Baggies fans will hopefully be boinging in their…
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‘Unprecedented’ is a word that has been over-used in the last few months as the world has battled the COVID-19 pandemic but, while the cause of football’s shutdown is certainly something we have never seen before, it is not the first time that the game we love has had to take a pause because of global events. However, it has…
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As English football prepares to return, albeit without supporters in attendance, Chris Brunt announced this week that he would be leaving the club at the end of the season. That unfortunately means that we will not get the chance to see Brunty, in person at least, in an Albion shirt again, and it is disappointing that he will not get…
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