Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 19 games

Albion’s remarkable run of results goes on as they drew their tenth game our of the last eleven extending their unbeaten run to eleven games but also making a record of just one win in thirteen. While it is hardly an ideal situation, it is the Baggies’ longest unbeaten run since Slaven Bilić’s side went fourteen without defeat in 2019 and there has been only one other longer run of unbeaten league games in the 21st century which was when Roberto di Matteo concluded the 2009/10 season with twelve undefeated matches.

While Carlos Corberán’s team didn’t manage to secure a much-needed victory, it wasn’t for the want of trying against the side that started and ended the weekend at the top of the table. I felt it was a game that Albion probably deserved to win but two poor goals given away cost them in the end.

Two new league goalscorers were added to Albion’s list with Heggem and Fellows bringing the number of players to have scored in the Championship for the Baggies to seven.

Eleven draws from 19 games is a club record high, with Vic Buckingham’s 1957/58 team coming closest when they drew eleven of their first 21 games of the season. For those interested, the club record for draws in a season is 21, while the Football League record is 23.

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 19 8 7 4 27 19 31 6th 5 2 2 14 9 17 3 5 2 13 10 14 9th 72
1989/1990 19 6 6 7 32 31 24 11th 3 3 3 18 17 12 3 3 4 14 14 12 20th 51
1990/1991 19 5 7 7 25 28 22 14th 3 4 3 12 10 13 2 3 4 13 18 9 23rd 48
1993/1994 19 6 5 8 32 31 23 16th 5 3 2 23 16 18 1 2 6 9 15 5 21st 51
1994/1995 19 4 6 9 16 27 18 23rd 4 2 2 9 7 14 0 4 7 7 20 4 19th 58
1995/1996 19 7 3 9 23 27 24 15th 5 1 4 13 12 16 2 2 5 10 15 8 11th 60
1996/1997 19 5 8 6 25 30 23 15th 1 4 4 9 14 7 4 4 2 16 16 16 16th 57
1997/1998 19 11 4 4 22 14 37 3rd 7 1 1 10 3 22 4 3 3 12 11 15 10th 61
1998/1999 19 8 3 8 37 35 27 11th 6 0 4 23 16 18 2 3 4 14 19 9 12th 59
1999/2000 19 5 10 4 20 19 25 13th 2 7 2 12 11 13 3 3 2 8 8 12 21st 49
2000/2001 19 10 4 5 24 20 34 7th 6 2 2 15 10 20 4 2 3 9 10 14 6th 74
2001/2002 19 10 2 7 23 18 32 4th 5 1 3 10 5 16 5 1 4 13 13 16 2nd 89
2003/2004 19 11 4 4 28 17 37 1st 6 2 2 13 6 20 5 2 2 15 11 17 2nd 86
2006/2007 19 8 5 6 31 20 29 8th 6 2 1 20 8 20 2 3 5 11 12 9 4th 76
2007/2008 19 10 5 4 38 18 35 2nd 6 3 0 19 4 21 4 2 4 19 14 14 1st 81
2009/2010 19 11 5 3 41 17 38 2nd 6 1 2 21 7 19 5 4 1 20 10 19 2nd 91
2018/2019 19 10 4 5 41 27 34 4th 6 1 2 26 13 19 4 3 3 15 14 15 4th 80
2019/2020 19 12 6 1 36 19 42 1st 5 4 0 23 14 19 7 2 1 13 5 23 2nd 83
2021/2022 19 9 6 4 27 16 33 3rd 6 3 0 16 5 21 3 3 4 11 11 12 10th 67
2022/2023 19 4 8 7 22 24 20 22nd 2 4 4 12 14 10 2 4 3 10 10 10 9th 66
2023/2024 19 9 5 5 30 19 32 5th 6 2 2 17 9 20 3 3 3 13 10 12 5th 75
2024/2025 19 6 11 2 21 14 29 8th 2 6 1 6 5 12 4 5 1 15 9 17
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

1988/1989 03/12/1988 Portsmouth (A) D 0-0
1989/1990 25/11/1989 Leeds United (H) W 2-1 Goodman, Bartlett
1990/1991 05/12/1990 Watford (H) D 1-1 Roberts (pen)
1993/1994 11/12/1993 Southend United (A) W 3-0 Hamilton, Taylor, Hunt
1994/1995 26/11/1994 Notts County (A) L 0-2
1995/1996 25/11/1995 Sunderland (H) L 0-1
1996/1997 27/11/1996 Manchester City (A) L 2-3 Peschisolido, Hamilton
1997/1998 29/11/1997 Middlesbrough (A) L 0-1
1998/1999 21/11/1998 Portsmouth (A) L 1-2 Hughes
1999/2000 27/11/1999 Sheffield United (H) D 2-2 Maresca, Evans
2000/2001 18/11/2000 Gillingham (H) W 3-1 Hughes (3)
2001/2002 17/11/2001 Rotherham United (A) L 1-2 Moore
2003/2004 25/11/2003 Cardiff City (A) D 1-1 Koumas
2006/2007 25/11/2006 Stoke City (A) L 0-1
2007/2008 01/12/2007 Crystal Palace (A) D 1-1 Hudson (o.g.)
2009/2010 05/12/2009 Derby County (A) D 2-2 Cox, Dorrans
2018/2019 28/11/2018 Swansea City (A) W 2-1 Dawson, Hegazi
2019/2020 02/12/2019 Preston North End (A) W 1-0 Austin (pen)
2021/2022 23/11/2021 Blackpool (A) D 0-0
2022/2023 05/11/2022 Queen’s Park Rangers (A) W 1-0 Bartley
2023/2024 02/12/2023 Leicester City (H) L 1-2 Maja
2024/2025 08/12/2024 Sheffield United (H) D 2-2 Heggem, Fellows

Next Matches

1988/1989 10/12/1988 Hull City (H) W 2-0 Goodman (2)
1989/1990 02/12/1989 Sheffield United (A) L 1-3 Robson
1990/1991 15/12/1990 Portsmouth (H) D 0-0
1993/1994 19/12/1993 Barnsley (H) D 1-1 Ashcroft
1994/1995 03/12/1994 Barnsley (H) W 2-1 Heggs, Hamilton
1995/1996 02/12/1995 Reading (A) L 1-3 Ashcroft
1996/1997 30/11/1996 Bradford City (A) D 1-1 Groves
1997/1998 02/12/1997 Manchester City (H) L 0-1
1998/1999 29/11/1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) W 2-0 Klibane, Murphy
1999/2000 04/12/1999 Norwich City (A) L 1-2 Kilbane
2000/2001 25/11/2000 Preston North End (H) W 3-1 Hughes (3)
2001/2002 24/11/2001 Bradford City (H) W 1-0 McInnes
2003/2004 29/11/2003 Nottingham Forest (A) W 3-0 Koumas (2), Louis-Jean (o.g.)
2006/2007 28/11/2006 Sheffield Wednesday (A) L 1-3 Koumas
2007/2008 04/12/2007 Coventry City (H) L 2-4 Bednár (2)
2009/2010 08/12/2009 Cardiff City (H) L 0-2
2018/2019 03/12/2018 Brentford (H) D 1-1 Barnes
2019/2020 08/12/2019 Swansea City (H) W 5-1 Ajayi, Pereira, Robson-Kanu, Phillips, Edwards
2021/2022 26/11/2021 Nottingham Forest (H) D 0-0
2022/2023 12/11/2022 Stoke City (H) W 2-0 Bartley, Thomas-Asante
2023/2024 09/12/2023 Sunderland (A) L 1-2 Thomas-Asante
2024/2025 11/12/2024 Coventry City (H)

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