Man Utd star one of three on Spurs ‘shortlist to replace Lloris’

England trio Dean Henderson, Sam Johnstone and Nick Pope are all interesting Spurs ahead of the summer transfer window, according to reports. Henderson has been getting a chance in the Manchester United first team over the past month but now David de Gea is back from paternity leave his starting place is under threat once […]

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Arsenal and Liverpool top Premier League run-in table

We are now in the final straight of the Premier League. With only eight/nine/ten games left of the season, we can look at the run-ins and work out who now has the advantage in the race for European places and against relegation…   * Liverpool’s next four opponents lie in 9th, 10th, 11th and 17th […]

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On This Day – 16th March

It was on this day in 2002 that a farcical match took place between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion at Bramall Lane. The match later became known as ‘The Battle of Bramall Lane’, after fights broke out between the opposing teams on several occasions and Sheffield United were reduced to eight men. After using […]

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Premier League winners and losers after north London derby

Another weekend of Premier League football can be crudely divided into winners and losers…which is absolutely what we saw in the north London derby with Arsenal coming out on top. But first…   Winners Burnley, staying at the party In early September, in our pre-season predictions, I picked Burnley to go down. They had only […]

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Crystal Palace 1-0 West Brom: Milivojevic piles misery on Baggies

Luka Milivojevic’s first-half penalty helped Crystal Palace take another step to safety with a 1-0 win over relegation-threatened West Brom. Wilfried Zaha, who pre-match became the first Premier League player not to take the knee, won the spot-kick and Roy Hodgson saw his players keep a third clean sheet from their last four games to […]

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Allardyce: Keeping WBA up would be my ‘greatest achievement’

Sam Allardyce has suggested that if he keeps West Brom in the Premier League it would be his “greatest achievement” as a manager. Allardyce was confirmed as the new Baggies boss in December 2020. He replaced Slaven Bilic who departed the club when he was two points adrift of safety. This is the Englishman’s first […]

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Ancelotti confirms three Everton players will miss out, gushes over 23-year-old star

Ancelotti confirms three Everton players will miss out, gushes over 23-year-old star – originally posted on Sportslens.com Everton will travel to Hawthorns to face West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League clash on Thursday night. Ahead of the match, Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that three players are definitely missing for this game – Yerry Mina, […]

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Three Things: Arsenal cheat repeat, Tottenham star shines, hope for West Brom

Three Things: Arsenal cheat repeat, Tottenham star shines, hope for West Brom – originally posted on Sportslens.com It’s Monday again! The weekend is over folks, and it’s time to get back to the grindstone. Before that, start things off in style by checking out our ‘Three Things’ column – this week featuring another mini-rant about […]

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On This Day – 18th January

A run-of-the-mill away match against West Bromwich Albion on 18th January 1964 was a monumental match in Manchester United history. It was the first time that George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton all played alongside one another in a competitive match. The three became known as ‘The Holy Trinity’ and their attacking prowess helped […]

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On This Day – 3rd December

Jimmy Greaves scored five goals for Chelsea in a home game against West Bromwich Albion on this day in 1960. Stamford Bridge was just under a third full that afternoon as only 19,568 fans were in attendance. Those that decided to stay in the warm or go Christmas shopping missed out on a fine individual […]

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