West Brom 3 Hull City 2 A double from Dwight Gayle proved to be the difference at the Hawthorns on Good Friday as the Baggies made hard work of earning all three points against Hull City. As the two sides ahead of Albion swapped places once again with Leeds taking their turn to drop points, faint hopes of an automatic…
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A fourth successive home win for the Baggies sees them move onto 76 points which is their fourth best points total at this stage of the season in a 21st century promotion campaign. Had Albion managed to win at Millwall and Bristol City, they would be level on points with Leeds United and Sheffield United this season, and with Megson’s…
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Three days after the Good Friday victory over Barnsley, Megson’s side travelled to Highfield Road to take on Roland Nilsson’s Coventry City on what proved to be a pivotal day in the promotion run-in. Albion went into the game knowing that victory would move them level with Wolves after their Black Country neighbours had become the April fools having been…
Read MoreThe powers that be at the Hawthorns finally made a long overdue decision on Monday by confirming that caretaker head coach, Jimmy Shan, will remain in charge of first team affairs until the end of the season. While not all supporters will agree with the decision, I’ve not yet seen the “Fans pan Shan plan” headline! However, whatever your feelings…
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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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