Albion travel to Bristol on Tuesday evening to take on the only side currently in the top six that they face between now and the end of the season. The Baggies do face Derby County on the final day who could still be pushing for the top six, but Lee Johnson’s Robins are the highest placed side that Albion face…
Read MoreBaggies beaten as top two hopes fade
Millwall 2 West Brom 0 Albion’s wait for a first win at the New Den goes on as they suffered defeat at the hands of relegation-threatened Millwall in what was a disastrous afternoon for Jimmy Shan’s team. With Leeds losing at Birmingham, the Baggies could have moved to within four points of the top two had they continued their winning…
Read MoreAlbion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 40 games
Defeat at Millwall means this season’s Baggies are three points behind Gary Megson’s 2002 promotion winning team but still three ahead of Tony Mowbray’s title-winning team of 2008. We know, of course, that the 81 points that was enough to win the title that season is likely to only secure a play-off spot this time, and everything indicates that Albion…
Read MoreStep back in time to 2002 – Taylor does it again
Less than a week after the Battle of Bramall Lane, Albion were on the road again and travelled to the City Ground, Nottingham, on Friday 22nd March 2002 looking to keep up the pressure on Wolves who were playing the following day. That morning, the Football League confirmed that the 3-0 scoreline when the match against Sheffield United was abandoned…
Read MoreAlbion venture into the Lions’ Den seeking four in a row
A win for the Baggies on Saturday would not only see them record their best run of victories this season, but it would also be their first ever victory at the New Den. More pertinently, it would keep Albion’s faint hopes of automatic promotion alive. Albion are on a run of three victories for the fourth time this season, but…
Read MoreStep back in time to 2002 – Megson’s Baggies v Jones’s Wolves
In 2002, Albion were in search of their first promotion to the Premier League and what would be their first return to the top flight in 26 years. With ten games to go, automatic promotion seemed to be out of reach, much like this season, as Gary Megson’s Baggies were ten points adrift of their Black Country neighbours, Wolverhampton Wanderers,…
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