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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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