Albion’s biggest defeat of the season has surely now ended any faint hopes that they retained of making the top six. Everything went wrong for Steve Bruce’s team in the first half, not all of them self-inflicted, but the game was over as a contest when Colback’s attempted cross flew into the net. Furlong’s red card was Albion’s seventh of the season – no team in the division has had more this season.
It leaves the Baggies six points outside of the top six with just three games remaining. It may be mathematically possible for them to make the play-offs but it would take a freakish set of results, not least three straight wins for Albion!
No Albion side has won the last three matches of a regular season since Ossie Ardiles’ team beat Wigan Athletic 5-1, Rotherham United 2-0 and Hull City 3-1 in the final three games of the 1992/93 season. The last time an Albion side did it in the second tier was way back in 1930 when they won the last seven matches of the season but still missed out on promotion finishing in sixth spot.
| 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 | |
| 2000/2001 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 48 | 70 | 5th | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 6th | 74 |
| 2001/2002 | 43 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 28 | 82 | 3rd | 14 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 10 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 37 | 2nd | 89 |
| 2003/2004 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 63 | 35 | 86 | 2nd | 14 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 47 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 39 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2006/2007 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 52 | 70 | 4th | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 4th | 76 |
| 2007/2008 | 43 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 83 | 53 | 74 | 1st | 12 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 31 | 1st | 81 |
| 2009/2010 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 85 | 46 | 86 | 2nd | 15 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 47 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 26 | 39 | 2nd | 91 |
| 2018/2019 | 43 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 84 | 58 | 76 | 4th | 11 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 36 | 4th | 80 |
| 2019/2020 | 43 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 74 | 41 | 81 | 2nd | 10 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 43 | 2nd | 83 |
| 2021/2022 | 43 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 47 | 45 | 60 | 12th | 11 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 20 | ||
| * Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 2000/2001 | 16/04/2001 | Grimsby Town (H) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2001/2002 | 01/04/2002 | Coventry City (A) | W | 1-0 | Taylor |
| 2003/2004 | 24/04/2004 | Bradford City (H) | W | 2-0 | Horsfield, Hughes |
| 2006/2007 | 13/04/2007 | Sheffield Wednesday (H) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2007/2008 | 15/04/2008 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) | W | 1-0 | Gera |
| 2009/2010 | 10/04/2010 | Doncaster Rovers (A) | W | 3-2 | Dorrans, Brunt, Bednár |
| 2018/2019 | 19/04/2019 | Hull City (H) | W | 3-2 | Gibbs, Gayle (2) |
| 2019/2020 | 11/07/2020 | Blackburn Rovers (A) | D | 1-1 | Krovinović |
| 2021/2022 | 18/04/2022 | Nottingham Forest (A) | L | 0-4 |
Next Matches
| 2000/2001 | 21/04/2001 | Gillingham (A) | W | 2-1 | Hughes, Clement |
| 2001/2002 | 07/04/2002 | Rotherham United (H) | D | 1-1 | Taylor |
| 2003/2004 | 01/05/2004 | Reading (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2006/2007 | 23/04/2007 | Burnley (A) | L | 2-3 | Koumas, Ellington |
| 2007/2008 | 19/04/2008 | Norwich City (A) | W | 2-1 | Koren, Gera |
| 2009/2010 | 17/04/2010 | Middlesbrough (H) | W | 2-0 | Cox, Bednár |
| 2018/2019 | 22/04/2019 | Reading (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2019/2020 | 14/07/2020 | Fulham (H) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2021/2022 | 23/04/2022 | Coventry City (H) |
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