The anticipation of a new season is somewhat diminished without the ability to return to the Hawthorns for the opening game, but all Baggies fans will be eagerly awaiting the visit of Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City on Sunday. With the transfer window open for another month, the final make-up of Premier League squads could still be significantly different to those…
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In an interview following his retirement last month, Albion’s Chief Executive, Mark Jenkins, remarked that he believed that this year’s promotion was the most important in the club’s history. He feels that the financial instability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to severe problems for a host of EFL clubs, and that it would have been very difficult for…
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West Brom 2 Queen’s Park Rangers 2 Despite failing to win any of their final four matches, Albion won a record fifth promotion to the Premier League after a 2-2 draw was enough to secure the second automatic promotion place. While some may suggest that the Baggies have stumbled over the line, and in some respects they have, but the…
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While it wasn’t the comfortable victory that Baggies fans were craving, a point against QPR was enough to secure the second automatic promotion spot and Albion will be back in the Premier League next season, whenever that may be. It is a record fifth promotion to the Premier League for the club and, when compared against their previous second tier…
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On Friday evening, Albion’s chance of automatic promotion seemed to have been all but extinguished following the desperate defeat to Huddersfield Town but, less than 24 hours later, it was back in their own hands after Brentford were beaten by Stoke City. I always felt that the Bees’ remarkable run would have to come to an end at some point…
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After an abject performance at Huddersfield, the Baggies surrendered control of the automatic promotion race. Promotion is still in Albion’s hands, it’s just that they’ll probably need another three games to get the job done! As much as there has been a lot of negativity on social media in the past week or so, this was a performance I did…
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