Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 21 games

For once, my prediction came true and Albion and Villa earned a point apiece in the big game at the Hawthorns on Friday evening, a result that keeps the Baggies in third place ahead of the remainder of the weekend’s fixtures.

In Albion’s recent promotion campaigns, Albion have never been promoted with so few points after 21 games, but Darren Moore’s team are just two points behind Megson’s first promotion team and Mowbray’s title winning team at the same stage.

Game 21 in the 2001/2 team made the otherwise largely forgettable Portuguese midfielder, Jordão, a Baggies folk here as he scored the only goal in the Black Country Derby at Molineux – one suspects that Jay Rodriguez may live long in the memory after last night.

Home Away Season End
Pld W D L F A Pts Posn* W D L F A Pts W D L F A Pts Posn Pts
2000/2001 21 12 4 5 28 21 40 3rd 7 2 2 18 11 23 5 2 3 10 10 17 6th 74
2001/2002 21 12 2 7 25 18 38 4th 6 1 3 11 5 19 6 1 4 14 13 19 2nd 89
2003/2004 21 12 5 4 32 18 41 1st 6 3 2 14 7 21 6 2 2 18 11 20 2nd 86
2006/2007 21 9 5 7 33 23 32 8th 7 2 1 21 8 23 2 3 6 12 15 9 4th 76
2007/2008 21 11 5 5 42 23 38 2nd 6 3 1 21 8 21 5 2 4 21 15 17 1st 81
2009/2010 21 11 6 4 43 21 39 2nd 6 2 3 23 11 20 5 4 1 20 10 19 2nd 91
2018/2019 21 10 6 5 44 30 36 3rd 6 3 2 29 16 21 4 3 3 15 14 15
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

2000/2001 02/12/2000 Wimbledon (A) W 1-0 Williams (o.g.)
2001/2002 02/12/2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) W 1-0 Jordão
2003/2004 06/12/2003 West Ham United (H) D 1-1 Mullins (o.g.)
2006/2007 02/12/2006 Derby County (H) W 1-0 Hartson
2007/2008 08/12/2007 Leicester City (A) W 2-1 Gera, Beattie
2009/2010 14/12/2009 Queen’s Park Rangers (H) D 2-2 Thomas, Cox
2018/2019 07/12/2018 Aston Villa (H) D 2-2 Gayle, Rodriguez

Next Matches

2000/2001 09/12/2000 Fulham (H) L 1-3 Lyttle
2001/2002 08/12/2001 Sheffield United (H) L 0-1
2003/2004 09/12/2003 Bradford City (A) W 1-0 Dobie
2006/2007 10/12/2006 Barnsley (A) D 1-1 Koumas
2007/2008 15/12/2007 Charlton Athletic (H) W 4-2 Bednar, Gera (2), Phillips
2009/2010 26/12/2009 Peterborough United (H) W 2-0 Moore, Bennett (o.g.)
2018/2019 14/12/2018 Sheffield United (A)

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