A final day 3-1 defeat makes 2020/21 Albion’s worst ever Premier League season level on points with 2002/03 but with an inferior goal difference.
Only once have the Baggies won their final game in a Premier League season, beating Portsmouth in 2005 to complete the Great Escape which you can read about here.
There have been a couple of memorable draws, however, when Albion came back from three goals down on both occasions. In 2011, Roy Hodgson’s side found themselves 3-0 down at Alan Pardew’s Newcastle United just after halftime before Somen Tchoyi (pictured) wrote his name into Baggies folklore. It was “Tchoyi Story 3” as the Cameroonian scored a hat trick in the final half an hour to prevent the Toon from leapfrogging Albion in the table.
And then there was that game in 2013 – Sir Alex Ferguson’s final game as Manchester United was all going swimmingly for the Red Devils as they found themselves 5-2 up with less than ten minutes to go. Up stepped Youssouf Mulumbu to make it 5-3 and then Romelu Lukaku completed his hat trick with two further goals to make the final score 5-5. It was the Belgian’s final game for the Baggies before his return to his parent club, Chelsea, and that hat trick made him Albion’s highest scorer in a Premier League season with 17, a record that still stands today.
| Home | Away | Season End | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Posn* | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Posn | Pts | |
| 2002/2003 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 65 | 26 | 19th | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 12 | 19th | 26 |
| 2004/2005 | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 36 | 61 | 34 | 17th | 5 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 17th | 34 |
| 2005/2006 | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 58 | 30 | 19th | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 10 | 19th | 30 |
| 2008/2009 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 36 | 67 | 32 | 20th | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 20th | 32 |
| 2010/2011 | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 71 | 47 | 11th | 8 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 17 | 11th | 47 |
| 2011/2012 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 52 | 47 | 10th | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 26 | 10th | 47 |
| 2012/2013 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 57 | 49 | 8th | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 18 | 8th | 49 |
| 2013/2014 | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 36 | 17th | 4 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 15 | 17th | 36 |
| 2014/2015 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 51 | 44 | 13th | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 13th | 44 |
| 2015/2016 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 48 | 43 | 14th | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 14th | 43 |
| 2016/2017 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 51 | 45 | 10th | 9 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 10th | 45 |
| 2017/2018 | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 56 | 31 | 20th | 3 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 13 | 20th | 31 |
| 2020/2021 | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 76 | 26 | 19th | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 19th | 26 |
| * Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 2002/2003 | 11/05/2003 | Newcastle United (H) | D | 2-2 | Dobie (2) |
| 2004/2005 | 15/05/2005 | Portsmouth (H) | W | 2-0 | Horsfield, Richardson |
| 2005/2006 | 07/05/2006 | Everton (A) | D | 2-2 | Gera, Martinez |
| 2008/2009 | 24/05/2009 | Blackburn Rovers (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2010/2011 | 22/05/2011 | Newcastle United (A) | D | 3-3 | Tchoyi (3) |
| 2011/2012 | 14/05/2012 | Arsenal (H) | L | 2-3 | Long, Dorrans |
| 2012/2013 | 19/05/2013 | Manchester United (H) | D | 5-5 | Morrison, Lukaku (3), Mulumbu |
| 2013/2014 | 11/05/2014 | Stoke City (H) | L | 1-2 | Sessègnon |
| 2014/2015 | 24/05/2015 | Arsenal (A) | L | 1-4 | McAuley |
| 2015/2016 | 15/05/2016 | Liverpool (H) | D | 1-1 | Rondón |
| 2016/2017 | 21/05/2017 | Swansea City (A) | L | 1-2 | Evans |
| 2017/2018 | 13/05/2018 | Crystal Palace (A) | L | 0-2 | |
| 2020/2021 | 23/05/2021 | Leeds United (A) | L | 1-3 | Robson-Kanu |
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