Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 16 games

With this season so much worse than any other second tier campaign this century, I have extended the comparison out to include every such campaign since 1988 when the Second Division was first expanded to 24 teams. If nothing else, it gives those of us old enough to remember those days a chance to reminisce!

As can be seen, defeat at Millwall means that this campaign remains the joint worse start to a second tier season in Albion’s history along with 1994/95. Alan Buckley’s team lost 1-0 at Watford in game 16 with Tommy Mooney scoring the only goal of the game.

Worryingly, the 1990/91 team that started the campaign under Brian Talbot had seven more points at the stage but ended up being relegated to Division Three. The same can be said for the 1999/2000 season which ended up with Gary Megson saving the day as they survived by three points.

    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
1988/1989 16 7 5 4 21 15 26 5th 4 2 2 9 6 14 3 3 2 12 9 12 9th 72
1989/1990 16 4 5 7 22 29 17 16th 1 3 3 9 16 6 3 2 4 13 13 11 20th 51
1990/1991 16 5 6 5 22 22 21 14th 3 3 2 10 7 12 2 3 3 12 15 9 23rd 48
1993/1994 16 4 4 8 24 29 16 22nd 4 3 2 19 15 15 0 1 6 5 14 1 21st 51
1994/1995 16 3 5 8 12 23 14 23rd 3 2 2 6 6 11 0 3 6 6 17 3 19th 58
1995/1996 16 7 3 6 22 21 24 6th 5 1 2 12 7 16 2 2 4 10 14 8 11th 60
1996/1997 16 4 8 4 19 23 20 15th 1 4 3 8 12 7 3 4 1 11 11 13 16th 57
1997/1998 16 9 4 3 19 12 31 3rd 6 1 1 9 3 19 3 3 2 10 9 12 10th 61
1998/1999 16 7 3 6 32 29 24 8th 5 0 3 19 12 15 2 3 3 13 17 9 12th 59
1999/2000 16 4 9 3 16 16 21 13th 1 6 2 8 9 9 3 3 1 8 7 12 21st 49
2000/2001 16 8 3 5 18 18 27 5th 5 1 2 11 8 16 3 2 3 7 10 11 6th 74
2001/2002 16 8 2 6 20 16 26 7th 4 1 3 9 5 13 4 1 3 11 11 13 2nd 89
2003/2004 16 10 2 4 23 13 32 2nd 6 1 2 13 6 19 4 1 2 10 7 13 2nd 86
2006/2007 16 7 5 4 28 18 26 5th 5 2 0 17 7 17 2 3 4 11 11 9 4th 76
2007/2008 16 9 3 4 35 16 30 2nd 6 2 0 19 4 20 3 1 4 16 12 10 1st 81
2009/2010 16 9 4 3 31 14 31 2nd 5 1 2 17 6 16 4 3 1 14 8 15 2nd 91
2018/2019 16 7 4 5 33 24 25 7th 5 1 2 22 12 16 2 3 3 11 12 9 4th 80
2019/2020 16 9 6 1 29 17 33 1st 3 4 0 17 12 13 6 2 1 12 5 20 2nd 83
2021/2022 16 9 4 3 26 14 31 3rd 6 2 0 15 4 20 3 2 3 11 10 11 10th 67
2022/2023 16 2 8 6 20 22 14 23rd 1 4 3 11 12 7 1 4 3 9 10 7    
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

1988/1989 12/11/1988 Leeds United (A) L 1-2 Durnin
1989/1990 04/11/1989 Ipswich Town (A) L 1-3 Goodman
1990/1991 17/11/1990 Blackburn Rovers (H) W 2-0 Bannister, West
1993/1994 21/11/1993 Nottingham Forest (H) L 0-2  
1994/1995 05/11/1994 Watford (A) L 0-1  
1995/1996 11/11/1995 Derby County (A) L 0-3  
1996/1997 09/11/1996 Port Vale (H) D 1-1 Taylor
1997/1998 08/11/1997 Charlton Athletic (H) W 1-0 Hunt
1998/1999 03/11/1998 Crystal Palace (H) W 3-2 Hughes (3, 1 pen)
1999/2000 14/11/1999 Portsmouth (H) W 3-2 Maresca, Van Blerk, Evans
2000/2001 29/10/2000 Grimsby Town (A) L 0-2  
2001/2002 31/10/2001 Crystal Palace (A) W 1-0 Taylor
2003/2004 01/11/2003 Sunderland (H) D 0-0  
2006/2007 04/11/2006 Derby County (A) L 1-2 Chaplow
2007/2008 12/11/2007 Coventry City (A) W 4-0 Robinson, Teixeira (2), Koren
2009/2010 07/11/2009 Leicester City (A) W 2-1 Dorrans, Jara
2018/2019 03/11/2018 Hull City (A) L 0-1  
2019/2020 09/11/2019 Hull City (A) W 1-0 Livermore
2021/2022 03/11/2021 Hull City (H) W 1-0 Grant
2022/2023 22/10/2022 Millwall (A) L 1-2 Swift

Next Matches

1988/1989 19/11/1988 Sunderland (A) D 1-1 Robson
1989/1990 11/11/1989 Barnsley (H) W 7-0 Goodman (3), Ford, Bartlett (2), McNally (pen)
1990/1991 24/11/1990 Sheffield Wednesday (H) L 1-2 Robson
1993/1994 27/11/1993 Portsmouth (H) W 4-1 Taylor, O’Regan, Hunt (2)
1994/1995 13/11/1994 Charlton Athletic (A) D 1-1 Taylor
1995/1996 18/11/1995 Grimsby Town (A) L 0-1  
1996/1997 13/11/1996 Sheffield United (H) L 1-2 Caldicott
1997/1998 15/11/1997 Port Vale (A) W 2-1 Hunt, Hamilton
1998/1999 07/11/1998 Birmingham City (H) L 1-3 Carbon
1999/2000 20/11/1999 Huddersfield Town (A) L 0-1  
2000/2001 04/11/2000 Burnley (H) D 1-1 Roberts
2001/2002 04/11/2001 Nottingham Forest (H) W 1-0 Rösler
2003/2004 08/11/2003 West Ham United (A) W 4-3 Hulse (2), Deane (o.g.), Hughes
2006/2007 11/11/2006 Norwich City (H) L 0-1  
2007/2008 25/11/2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) D 0-0  
2009/2010 21/11/2009 Bristol City (H) W 4-1 Thomas, Brunt, Carey (o.g.), Cox
2018/2019 10/11/2018 Leeds United (H) W 4-1 Robson-Kanu, Phillips, Barnes, Gayle
2019/2020 23/11/2019 Sheffield Wednesday (H) W 2-1 Robson-Kanu, Austin (pen)
2021/2022 06/11/2021 Middlesbrough (H) D 1-1 Diangana
2022/2023 29/10/2022 Sheffield United (H)      

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