Sunderland v West Bromwich Albion; The Stadium of Light, Tuesday 26th November 2024, 8pm Albion travel to Wearside on Tuesday evening to face the team that is probably the Championship’s surprise package this season. Having finished in the top six two seasons ago, Sunderland struggled to a lowly 16th place finish in May and few expected them to be leading…
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The first 45 minutes of the match against Norwich City produced more goals than we had seen in the first seven games of the campaign with Albion doubling their home goals tally for the season. With no further goals in the second half, the Baggies had to settle for a point which extends their unbeaten run to eight matches and…
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West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City; The Hawthorns, Saturday 23rd November 2024, 3pm The return of domestic football following the third international break of the autumn means that Championship clubs embark on four months of unbroken football with 23 fixtures, half of the season, between now and the next international break in March, eleven of which are squeezed into seven…
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After eight matches without a victory, Carlos Corberán’s team finally secured three points at the MKM Stadium defeating Hull City 2-1 thanks to first half goals from Karlan Grant and Josh Maja. It means that the run of drawn games ended at a joint club record of six, but that the unbeaten record now extends to seven games, the best…
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Hull City v West Bromwich Albion; MKM Stadium, Sunday 10th November 2024, 1pm The natives are definitely restless around the Hawthorns as the Baggies’ winless run was extended to eight games with the goalless draw against Burnley, and I heard several fans commenting that it was time for Corberán to go. For me, it is a very short-sighted viewpoint given…
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A sixth consecutive draw for this season’s Baggies gives them something in common with the last Albion team to win a major trophy. Alan Ashman’s 1967/68 side are the only other Baggies team to have drawn six games on the bounce, doing so in March and April 1968, a run that included two drawn matches against Liverpool in the FA…
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