West Brom 3 Birmingham City 2 Jimmy Shan made is three wins from three as Albion came from behind twice to win an exciting, and occasionally bruising, local derby against Birmingham City at the Hawthorns. After a lack lustre first half performance from the Baggies, they looked much more like it after the break and deservedly took all three points. …
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A hard fought comeback win over Birmingham City sees Shan’s Baggies move onto 70 points with 7 games to go. That means that they are keeping pace with Megson’s 2002 promotion team who hauled in Wolves in the run-in. That team would go on to drop just two more points that season, thanks to the Jordão ghost goal against Rotherham, and…
Read MoreShan would appear to be the man as Albion welcome Blues
After a two week break, West Bromwich Albion remain without a permanent manager as the board have decided to give Jimmy Shan at least one more game with the expectation growing this week that he will remain in charge for the remainder of the season. It would have seemed an unthinkable situation when Darren Moore and his assistants were sacked…
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A great goal from Kyle Edwards on his first league start for the Baggies earned Jimmy Shan his second win as caretaker boss as Albion ended Brentford’s seven match winning run at Griffin Park. The win puts the 2019 Baggies level on points with Megson’s first promotion side, although this season’s team have scored an incredible 27 more goals! They…
Read MoreBaggies return to west London looking to recover their away form
With Albion apparently no closer to appointing a replacement for Darren Moore, Jimmy Shan will take charge of first team affairs for a second game as the Baggies travel to west London for a tough match at Griffin Park. In contrast to Albion’s home form, Brentford are unbeaten in their last nine games at Griffin Park in all competitions, winning…
Read MoreAlbion get back to winning ways at the Hawthorns
West Brom 3 Swansea City 0 The Baggies finally recorded their first home league victory of 2019 with what would appear to be a comfortable victory over Swansea, but was, in reality, anything but. The visitors had almost 70% possession and an expected goals figure of 2.74, highlighting the fact that the result somewhat flattered Albion. Sam Johnstone made some…
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