When Stoke City appear on next on the fixture list, there is always a collective groan from Albion fans. It is probably the last fixture that Baggies fans would want after back-to-back defeats at the hands if the Villa. The City fans’ chant of “We always beat West Brom” is so close to the truth as to be painful to…
Read MoreAfter each Premier League game I will be showing how Albion have fared at the same stage of each Premier League season, both in terms of the number of games played, and based on the equivalent fixtures completed.
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The week of the double-header has arrived. Not since the 1950s when double-headers were commonplace have Albion and Villa played each other twice in such a short space of time, and never have they done so at the same venue. Since the draw was made, the fortunes of the clubs have continued along the established trends – upwards for the…
Read MoreAfter each Premier League game I will be showing how Albion have fared at the same stage of each Premier League season, both in terms of the number of games played, and based on the equivalent fixtures completed.
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Tony Pulis welcomes Ronald Koeman and his Southampton team to the Hawthorns on Saturday, looking to make it three home wins in a row and a fourth successive clean sheet.
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Anyone with a modicum of interest in football has long accepted that the award of the World Cup to Qatar in 2022 was first and foremost a grave error for the tournament and football as a whole, even when holding one’s nose to stifle the strong smell of corruption. The “FIFA Taskforce” set up to look at the scheduling has probably…
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