They made it a little harder for themselves late on, but the Baggies managed to kick start their campaign with a victory over Swansea City. The last time that Albion started a second tier season with one defeat and one win was in 2007 when they ended up league champions. Only once have the Baggies won both of their opening…
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West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City; The Hawthorns, Saturday 12th August 2023, 3pm Albion kick of their Hawthorns campaign this weekend looking to improve from two opening defeats on the road. The visitors are Swansea City who kicked off life under new head coach, Michael Duff, with a draw at home to Birmingham City before dispatching Northampton Town convincingly in…
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Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion; Bet365 Stadium, Tuesday 8th August 2023, 7.45pm Coming as it does, these days, so early in the season, the first round of the League Cup is always something of a lottery, even more so when playing against another Championship team. With the transfer window still open, it is tricky to predict what each manager…
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Blackburn Rovers 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 Two individual errors in two horrendous first half minutes proved decisive for Albion as they fell to a narrow defeat in their opening day fixture at Ewood Park. It was a disappointing result in a match that the visitors had dominated early on and certainly deserved something from given the overall balance of…
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Albion fell to defeat on the opening day of a second tier season for the first time since 2018, but perhaps there is encouragement in that they also started their promotion seasons in 2001, 2003 and 2007 with defeats. It is the fourth second tier season in succession that the Baggies have kicked off their campaign on the road, and…
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Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion; Ewood Park, Saturday 5th August 2023, 3pm For the first time in the 21st century, Albion kick off a third successive season in the second tier on Saturday with a trip to Ewood Park. The financial implications of a third season outside the Premier League have become clear over the summer as the club…
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