Okay Yokuşlu’s first goal for the Baggies secured a massive win for Albion and registered Carlos Corberán’s first points as head coach. It moved the Baggies off the bottom of the table, for 24 hours at least, above the Spaniard’s former club, Huddersfield Town, ahead of their match at home to Sunderland on Wednesday evening. Game 18 in the 1994/95…
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West Bromwich Albion v Blackpool; The Hawthorns, Tuesday 1st November 2022, 8pm Carlos Corberán will have had next to no time to address any issues he identified in Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Sheffield United with Albion’s next home game coming just three days later on Tuesday evening. Blackpool are the visitors and they will be hopeful of taking advantage of…
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West Bromwich Albion 0 Sheffield United 2 Any Baggies fans expecting an immediate impact from Carlos Corberán and his coaching team would have been bitterly disappointed with the first half performance on Saturday as familiar defensive errors led to two goals for the visitors. While there were signs of improvement after the break, the display simply highlighted the size of…
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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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