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 –…
Read MoreAlbion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 4 games
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…
Read MoreBaggies host Bluebirds still looking for a first league win
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…
Read MoreBaggies beaten in battle in the sun
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…
Read MoreAlbion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 3 games
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…
Read MoreLondon Baggies welcomes Peter Odemwingie
The London Baggies, a branch of the West Bromwich Albion Supporters’ Club, welcomes former Albion striker, Peter Odemwingie, to a special event to be held at Electrowerkz in Islington on Wednesday 31st August. The Nigerian is fondly remembered by Baggies fans having famously scored a hat trick at Molineux in the famous victory over Wo1ve5 in 2012 and is still…
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