West Brom 2 Nottingham Forest 2 As we left the Hawthorns on Tuesday night, there was a feeling that Albion had got away with it, but 24 hours later, it was somewhat different following the FA’s decision to charge Dwight Gayle with successfully deceiving a match official in winning the late penalty. I’m loathe to indulge in “whataboutery”, but the…
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Another two points dropped at home, although it looked like being all three until Rodriguez’s late penalty, and the Baggies lost the opportunity to move ahead of Sheffield United ahead of Wednesday’s games. Darren Moore’s side are now level on points with the 2002 and 2008 successful promotion-winning sides but a full six points behind Di Matteo’s 2010 team. Seven…
Read MoreForest up next as Baggies look to record first home league win of 2019
After getting back to winning ways at Stoke, Darren Moore’s team welcome Nottingham Forest to the Hawthorns on Tuesday evening still looking for their first home league win since Boxing Day. Forest were well fancied for promotion at the beginning of the campaign, but the have hovered just above mid-table for most of the season and, after a run of…
Read MoreBaggies back on track with well-earned victory
Stoke City 0 West Brom 1 West Bromwich Albion produced a solid performance to take all three points at the Bet365 Stadium and move back to within four points of an automatic promotion spot ahead of Sunday’s Old Farm Derby. Dwight Gayle’s first half winner came from a wonderfully worked free kick taken by debutant, Stefan Johansen, with Ahmed Hegazi…
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Albion completed their first league double of the season at the Bet365 Stadium and made it six wins from their last seven Championship games away from the Hawthorns. It moves the Baggies on to 53 points which is just one behind the successful promotion sides of 2004 and 2008 and two more than Megson’s 2002 team. Game 30 in 2002…
Read MoreBaggies need a win after successive defeats
Having suffered back-to-back defeats for only the second time this season, Darren Moore’s Albion travel to the Bet365 Stadium for yet another televised fixture looking to get all three points to get their promotion campaign back on track. Whether the FA Cup was a distraction or not, it is no longer a consideration for this season and the Baggies face…
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