Sheffield United 2 West Bromwich Albion 0 It was always going to be a tough ask to win at Bramall Lane against a team that needed the three points to confirm their return to the Premier League, but it looked eminently possible in the first half as the visitors dominated possession. However, once the hosts went ahead after an unfortunate…
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Defeat at Bramall Lane leaves Albion’s play-offs hopes hanging by a thread. They can now only reach a maximum of 69 points which, if it proves to be enough for a top six place, would only be the second time this century that a team in the Championship top six acquired fewer than 70 points. One thing that the Baggies…
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Sheffield United v West Bromwich Albion; Bramall Lane, Wednesday 26th April, 8pm While much of the football supporting public will have their attention firmly focussed on the “title decider” at the Etihad Stadium, Blades and Baggies fans will be distracted by events on the other side of the Pennines at Bramall Lane. Following Luton Town’s win over Middlesbrough on Monday,…
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West Bromwich Albion 1 Sunderland 2 Albion picked probably the worst time of the season to lose their unbeaten home record but, in many ways, it was not exactly a surprise. It leaves Carlos Corberán’s team with a tough, but not impossible, task to get into the top six but it further reinforced my underlying belief that this team is…
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Albion’s unbeaten home record was ended at thirteen matches as Sunderland won a massive match at the Hawthorns on Sunday. Despite a 12-match unbeaten home run in the league, this was the Baggies’ fifth home defeat of the season – they have not lost more league games at the Hawthorns in a second tier campaign since 1999/2000. Dennis Cirkin became…
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West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland; The Hawthorns, Sunday 23rd April 2023, 12 noon Performances over the Easter weekend suggested that this current Albion squad didn’t have the mental strength for a play-off push, and the first half at the Bet365 Stadium reinforced that supposition. Something happened at half time in Stoke-on-Trent and after turning around that match with a show…
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