Almost ten years have passed since Wolves last visited the Hawthorns, but Monday will see the 150th league meeting between two local rivals who first met in the Football League more than 130 years ago in December 1888. While Albion had beaten their Black Country Rivals twice in the FA Cup before league football started, it wasn’t until their seventh…
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Aston Villa 2 West Brom 2 Albion may not be mathematically relegated, but the late goal from Keenan Davis surely ended the last vestiges of hope for the most optimistic of Baggies’ fans. With just five games remaining, Albion probably need to win every game to give themselves a chance of survival, and with West Ham and Liverpool still fighting…
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Keenan Davis’ late equaliser means that 2021 Albion remain three points adrift of 2005 Albion as they also drew game 33, which you can read about here. This season’s tally of 25 points is some 20 behind Albion’s record tally of 45 points after 33 Premier League games achieved in 2012/13 under Steve Clarke. Despite Tony Mowbray’s side conceding four…
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Game 33 of the 2004/05 campaign saw Albion travel to White Hart Lane for what was the fourth meeting between the sides that season with the sides having been drawn together in the FA Cup. Both games at the Hawthorns had finished in 1-1 draws although Martin Jol’s side had been victorious in the cup replay in north London a…
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Allardyce takes his Albion team to Villa Park on Sunday evening knowing that the gig is almost up in his attempt to keep his record of never being relegated from the Premier League. When the Baggies meekly surrendered to Dean Smith’s team in his first game in charge in the reverse fixture in December, I wonder whether Big Sam was…
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Sunday’s game will be the 150th league meeting between Albion and Villa and it will the Baggies’ 73rd game at Villa Park in all competitions, the Villains’ home since 1897. All but one of Albion’s 21 away wins against their nearest neighbours have come at Villa Park with the first coming in September 1899 when Chippy Simmons and Ben Garfield…
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