West Bromwich Albion v Hull City; The Hawthorns, Saturday 20th August 2022, 3pm Albion’s fifth league match of the season is their first at 3pm on a Saturday and their only such match at the Hawthorns until October, although who knows if that match might get moved yet. However, inconvenient kick off times is not at the top of Baggies…
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West Bromwich Albion 0 Cardiff City 0 At the fourth time of asking, Steve Bruce’s team failed to secure a victory as the Bluebirds held them to a goalless draw leaving the Baggies in the bottom three of the fledgling league table. The difference on this occasion was that few would agree that Albion thoroughly deserved the three points –…
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Albion maintained their record of not having lost the fourth game of a second tier season this century, but a goalless draw means that the Baggies have failed to win any of their first four games of a second tier season since 1994. On that occasion, Keith Burkinshaw’s team also started the campaign with three draws and a defeat leaving…
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West Bromwich Albion v Cardiff City; The Hawthorns, Wednesday 17th August 2022, 8pm As this relentless early season continues, Albion play their fifth game in nineteen days on Wednesday evening with Steve Morison’s Cardiff City the visitors to the Hawthorns. Steve Bruce’s team have played well in all games, with the opening half of the first game the only real…
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Blackburn Rovers 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 Defeat at a sweltering Ewood Park on Sunday afternoon brought out the usual howls of dismay on social media, but for me, it was a game that Albion dominated but were found wanting too often in the final third. At the other end, Rovers had two decent chances and took them both. As…
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Steve Bruce’s Baggies suffer their first defeat of the season to leave them in 20th place after three games with just two points. In 2001/02, Gary Megson’s side had just one point at the same stage and were promoted while a year earlier, they had no points at all and still made the play-offs. Furthermore, in 2007, Tony Mowbray’s side…
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