Having reduced the deficit to second placed Wolves to three points, the Baggies hosted Barnsley at the Hawthorns on 30th March 2002 for game 42 of a compelling Division One season. Jordão was becoming a key goalscorer in these closing games and it was the Portuguese that broke the deadlock just after the half hour. When Barnsley failed to properly…
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The Baggies returned to winning ways against Preston thanks to a Dwight Gayle hat trick as Jimmy Shan made it three out of three at the Hawthorns to keep Albion nine points clear of seventh place. Game 43 has been an open in previous seasons in that in each of the seasons that Albion have been promoted this century, they…
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Jimmy Shan will once again be the main man in the Baggies dugout this weekend, but he will pitting his wits against the man who has emerged this week as favourite to replace him as head coach at the Hawthorns, Preston manager, Alex Neil. There may have been other examples since, but I’m drawn to the case of George Graham…
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Bristol City 3 West Brom 2 The decisions by Mark Jenkins and Luke Dowling both to sack Darren Moore, and then leave Jimmy Shan in charge for another month came under further scrutiny on Tuesday evening as Albion put in a dreadful defensive performance in the first 20 minutes which saw them three goals down at Ashton Gate. The fightback…
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Another defeat for Shan’s Baggies and hopes of automatic promotion are well and truly dashed. Only Mowbray’s 2008 team have won promotion with so few points after 41 games, but we all know that was a very low scoring season. Game 42 for Megson’s 2004 team was particularly memorable. A backs-to-the-wall performance at third-placed Sunderland proved pivotal with Sean Gregan…
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Tuesday 26th March 2002 saw Albion given the chance to narrow the gap to Wolves to just three points as they played their game in hand over their Black Country rivals. Crewe Alexandra were the visitors to the Hawthorns that evening. Dario Gradi’s side sat just a point above the bottom three although they had three games in hand over…
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