A third straight defeat for Albion leaves them bottom of the table and it is now the club’s worst start to a second tier season all on its own. Alan Buckley’s side in 1994 picked up a point in game 17, Bob Taylor equalising Kim Grant’s opener for Charlton Athletic at the Valley, moving them onto 15, one more than…
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West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield United; The Hawthorns, Saturday 29th October 2022, 12.30pm Carlos Corberán leads his new Baggies into his first game on Saturday lunchtime having had just three days’ training with his new charges. In recent years, few head coach or managerial appointments have been so widely welcomed across the Albion fan base and I’m not sure that…
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After just over two weeks of silence, Ron Gourlay finally issued a statement late on Tuesday evening to confirm that the former Huddersfield Town head coach, Carlos Corberán, has been selected as the man to attempt to turnaround Albion’s dismal season. Legal difficulties delayed the official announcement after strong suggestions that the decision had been finalised as early as Saturday…
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Millwall 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 Defeat at the Den makes it one win in eight visits for the Baggies at Millwall’s current home and, while it was a little harsh on Richard Beale’s side, it was not exactly a surprise and it leaves Albion second bottom of the table in desperate need of a spark to turnaround their season.…
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With this season so much worse than any other second tier campaign this century, I have extended the comparison out to include every such campaign since 1988 when the Second Division was first expanded to 24 teams. If nothing else, it gives those of us old enough to remember those days a chance to reminisce! As can be seen, defeat…
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Millwall v West Bromwich Albion; The Den, Saturday 22nd October 2022, 3pm Yesterday, local journalists were expecting the club to make an appointment of Steve Bruce’s replacement before this weekend’s game, but that likelihood has receded this morning with reports that the latest name to be linked, that of Jody Morris, did not receive universal support amongst the club’s hierarchy.…
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