A fourth defeat of the season, and a third in four games, saw Albion drop into the bottom three. That is the first time the Baggies have been in the second tier relegation zone, other than in the first three games of a campaign, since a 2-1 defeat at Walsall on 22nd April 2000 left Gary Megson’s team needing a…
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Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion; Deepdale, Wednesday 5th October, 8pm While there was much speculation that Steve Bruce would be dismissed following his team’s abject home defeat to Swansea on Saturday, it is perhaps no surprise that he remains in charge as Albion prepare to take on Preston North End at Deepdale. An absent and largely disinterested owner…
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It was another desperate day for Steve Bruce and his Albion team as they fell to their second home defeat of the season leaving them outside of the drop zone on goal difference alone. It remains the worst start to a second tier season by an Albion team since 1994/95 when Keith Burkinshaw’s team had just 7 points at the…
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West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City; The Hawthorns, Saturday 1st October 2022, 3pm After a fortnight largely out of the spotlight, Steve Bruce will be back under the microscope on Saturday for the first in a run of ten games ahead of the World Cup that will almost certainly define his immediate future. Six of those ten are at the…
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Norwich City 1 West Bromwich Albion 1 After a poor performance against Blues, Albion were much changed and much improved at Carrow Road and a little unfortunate not to come away with all three points. Dean Smith’s Canaries rarely looked like a side that had won six games on the bounce as the Baggies largely controlled the game albeit out…
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Another game and another draw, seven in the first ten games of the season, and Albion sit just one place outside the relegation zone with just ten points. Back in 1994, the last time that the Baggies started a second tier season with such poor results, Keith Burkinshaw’s team lost 3-1 at home to Sunderland in their tenth game of…
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