West Bromich Albion: December 2011

Friday 2 December 2011

West Bromich Albion F.C. History: (2010 – 11)

In 2009-10 season, West Bromwich Albions performed well in the League Cup. On 11-08-09, Albions won the League Cup 1st Round against Bury with 2-0. It was a good start and their next match was to be played with Rotherham. And on 26-08-09,they beaten them with 4-3. Now the courages of the Albions were at extreme level but after a hardwork against Arsenal they lost the 3rd Round of the League Cup. With 2-0. But the Albions were still with great courage entered the ground with a hope of win the FA Cup and they beaten Huddersfield in 3rd Round on 02-01-2010, and Newcastle in 4th Round on 23-01-2010, with 2-0 and 4-2, respectively. The FA Cup 5th Round was a draw with 2-2 with Reeding on 13-02-2010. In a replay West Bromwich lost the match with 2-3 on 24-02-2010. Anyhow the Albion finished at the 2nd place in the table with 91 points.

In August 2010, West Bromwich went for Carling Cup. The team squad comprised on Carson, Vela, Olsson, Shorey, Cech, Mulumbu, Tchoyi, Zuiverloon, Ibanez, Meitie, Morrison, Odemwingie, Barnes, Hurst, Brunt, Tama, Reid, Cox, Myhill, Scharner, Thomas, Jara, Dorrans, KielyLeyton Orient.

Season 2010-11, West Bromwich Albion won against Sunderland, Leyton Orient, Birmingham, Man City, Arsenal, Fulham, Leicester,Everton, Newcastle. They draw games with Tottenham, Bolton, Man Utd, West Ham.

On 08-01-2011, it was the 3rd Round of the FA Cup, and The Albions lost their first match against Reedings by 1-0. But West Bromwich won against Blackpool, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sunderland. Their draw were against Wigan, West Ham, Wolves, Stoke, Arsenal. They also lost against Blackburn, Man City, Chelsea.

The 2010–11 season was West Bromwich Albion's fifth season in the Premier League. Albion return to the Premier League after being promoted from the Championship. West Brom confirmed their promotion back to the Premier League on 10 April 2010 after a 3–2 win over Doncaster Rovers, and retained their new top-flight status, finishing 11th.West Bromwich Albion Premier League Tickets are available at FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com at affordable price. Football fans can buy or sell Football Tickets especially West Bromwich Albion Premiership Football Tickets at FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com conveniently.

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West Bromich Albion F.C. History: (2006 – 2009)

Albion failed to avoid the drop in the 2005–06 season, despite home wins over Everton, Arsenal and Spurs. They were relegated to The Championship following Portsmouth's 2–1 victory over Wigan Athletic. Robson left the club "by mutual consent" in September 2006 and by was replaced the following month by

Tony Mowbray. In Mowbray's first game in charge, The Baggies beat Wolves 3–0, their biggest win over their rivals for over 25 years. Albion briefly led the Championship on goal difference in February, but indifferent form over the remainder of the season meant that automatic promotion was out of reach. A 7–0 victory over Barnsley on the final day of the league season secured a place in the play-offs, where they met Wolves again in the semi-finals

. Albion won the first leg 3–2 at Molineux, while in the second leg at The Hawthorns Albion won again, 1–0. This booked them a place in the final at Wembley Stadium against Derby County, but Albion lost 1–0.

In 2007–08 West Brom reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1982, but lost 1–0 to Portsmouth at Wembley Stadium. The crowd of 83,584 was the highest ever for an FA Cup semi-final. A month later they won a third promotion to the Premier League by winning the Football League Championship. However, the next year they were relegated again and Tony Mowbray left to manage Celtic.

Roberto Di Matteo was appointed as the new manager and after a successful season Albion were yet again promoted to Premier League.

In 2008-09 season West Bromiwich ended at the bottom of the table in the League Cup First Round. Their bad performance led them to -31 points in the table. On 26-08-2008 they lost against the Hartlepool with 3-1 in an early Round of the League Cup then on 03-01-2009, they draw a match with Peterbrough with 1-1, in FA Cup 3rd Round. After all in a replay they won against them with 2-0 and qualify for the 4th Round. Again a 2-2 draw against Burnley. And on 03-02-2009, Burnley got victory in a replay match with 3-1. The season was seemed a bad impression on the fans.

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Thursday 1 December 2011

West Bromich Albion F.C. History: (2000 – 2005)

Gary Megson was named as the new West Bromwich Albion manager in March 2000, and his arrival at the club heralded a revival of Albion's fortunes. Megson quickly signed several new players as the transfer deadline approached, including veteran striker Bob Taylor, who returned for his second spell at the club.

A 2–0 win over champions Charlton Athletic on the last day of the season meant that Albion remained in Division One while rivals Walsall were relegated. Megson's rejuvenation of the side continued in 2000–01, as Albion finished sixth, their highest league finish since relegation in 1986. They qualified for the Division One promotion playoffs, where they faced Bolton Wanderers in the semi-finals. The first leg finished 2–2 after Albion had led 2–0. Bolton won the second leg 3–0 to reach the final 5–2 on aggregate.

In 2001–02 Albion reached the FA Cup quarter-finals, their best run in the competition for 20 years, eliminating Premiership sides Sunderlandand Leicester City along the way. In the league meanwhile, the team were 11 points behind neighbours Wolves in the Division One table with eight matches left to play. Albion won seven and drew one of their remaining fixtures, including the notorious Battle of Bramall Lane, to overtake their rivals. Automatic promotion — as runners-up to Manchester City — was secured on the final day of the season in a 2–0 home win against Crystal Palace. Chairman Paul Thompson left the club several days later, following disagreements with manager Megson, and was succeeded by Jeremy Peace. Albion won just six games in their first Premiership campaign and were relegated.

In the 2003–04 season Albion had their best League Cup run for 22 years, beating Newcastle United and Manchester United before losing to Arsenal in the quarter-finals. In the league the team remained in the top two from mid-October until the end of the season, winning promotion back to the Premiership, again as runners-up, at the first attempt. The club won just one of their first 11 games of 2004–05, and Gary Megson was sacked in October after announcing that he would not be renewing his contract when it expired at the end of the season.

He was succeeded the following month by legendary former Albion midfielder Bryan Robson, but the team failed to win a game under the new manager until January 2005. Results improved over the remainder of the season and with one game to play Albion were bottom of the Premiership, but only two points below Norwich City who were 17th.

On the last day of the season, Albion beat Portsmouth 2–0, while Crystal Palace, Norwich and Southampton all failed to achieve the results they needed. Albion therefore became the first team in the history of the Premiership to avoid relegation after being bottom at Christmas, although their total of 34 points was the lowest by any team to avoid relegation frm the Premiership.

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West Bromich Albion F.C. History: (1993 – 2000)

Albion brought back the assistant of Ardiles, after his departure, Keith Burkinshaw as a manager.1993-94 season saw Albions survived from being relagated to Second Division, as the scored more and more goals than rivals, Birmingham City. . Safety was assured on the final day thanks to a 1-0 win over Portsmouth - Lee Aschcroft's goal sending the 10,000 strong army of fans in raptures. Burkinshaw was however sacked soon after that, and replaced by

Alan Buckley. Albion's form under Buckley was consistently below average, but just enough to avoid relegation. In October 1995, the Albions finished in place two in the table in Division One and there was a much hope for an automatic promotion, but then came a drastic loss of form which saw them lose 13 games, draw one and win none: one point out of a possible 42. They looked set to be relegated to Division Two, but a big improvement in form during the final four months of the 1995–96 season saw them climb to mid table. Later during the season, the club signed

Richard Sneekes from Bolton. He would prove an instant hit and a cult figure with the fans.In January 1997, Buckley was sacked and Ray Harford was his successor. who led Albion to Division One safety in 1996–97, and in the first few months of the following season the side established itself in the top six. Harford then stunned Albion by moving to QPR after less than a year in charge, making way for Denis Smith,

who struggled to maintain the momentum created by Harford, and Albion could only finish 10th. Lee Hughes, in 1998-99, scored 31 times in the League to finish as top goalscorer in all four English divisions but Albion finished only 12th and Smith was sacked in the summer of 1999.

His successor Brian Little failed to make any progress at The Hawthorns and was sacked in March 2000, with Albion in real danger of relegation.

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West Bromich Albion F.C. History: (1985 – 1992)

Saunders was so hardworking that he soon wonthe trust of the Albions directors. He tried to built a spiritful team having the mission of winning and just winning. But these changes did little to halt the rapid decline at the Hawthorns and he was sacked after they finished in the bottom half of the Second Division in 1987.The summer 1987, saw the return of Atkinson, but Atkinson was lured away to Atletico Madrid and midfielder Brian Talbot, 35, took over as player-manager. Talbot was unable to maintain Albion's good form and they were unable to claim even a playoff place at the end of the 1988–89 season. Season 1989, was another frustrated for win for Albion, and they finished 20th in the Second Division, which was the lowest position of all times. The Albion board finally lost patience with Talbot in January 1991 after they lost 4–2 at home to non-league Woking in the Third Round of the FA Cup.

He was replaced by Bobby Gould, who was unable to prevent Albion from being relegated to the Third Division for the first time in their history

Albion just missed out on the Third Division playoffs in 1992, and shortly afterwards Bobby Gould moved to Coventry City.

His successor was Ossie Ardiles. Ardiles was in charge at Albion for only one season, before being lured away by Tottenham, but he guided them to promotion: a 3–2 aggregate win over Swansea City in the playoff semi-final set Albion up for their first appearance at Wembley for over twenty years (and their last ever at the original stadium), when they beat Port Vale 3-0, in front of 43,000 of their own fans.

Bob Taylor's 30 league goals made him the top scorer in Division Two.

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West Bromich Albion F.C. History: (1980 – 1985)

Albion’s director, Tom silk’s death in a plane crash, the clb again went in conservative hands under the leadership of Bert Milichip. Atkinson, despairing of the support he needed to build and maintain a winning team, took the vacant manager's post at Manchester United F.C. in the summer of 1981.Ronnie Allan was the better expected choice in place of Atkinson. When Atkinson made a bid to take two of the club's prize assets, Bryan Robson and Remi Moses, to his new club for a combined fee of £2.5million, the board immediately encouraged Allen to sell.

Romeo Zondervan, Martin Jol and Andy King were the replacements. for a while things looked rosy, as Albion reached the semi-finals of both domestic cups. At the time, although the record has now been surpassed by Manchester United, Arsenal, Everton & Liverpool, Albion had reached the semi-finals more times than any other club. But the usual post-Christmas slump left the side needing to win its final home game, against Leeds United, to stay up; the game was won 2–0, and Leeds were relegated instead. The game was unfortunately marred by hooliganism.

At the end of the season, Allen was 'kicked upstairs' and Coventry City coach Ron Wylie took over. He halted the slide, for a while, but resigned in 1984 after falling out with his head coach, Mick Kelly, and his players. A trio of high-profile names was recruited to take over: Johnny Giles,

Norman Hunter and Nobby Stiles, and hopes were high; but their first game in charge—at home to Third Division Plymouth Argyle, in the FA Cup—resulted in defeat. "The A Team", as the management trio were known, reversed the sinking trend in the 1983–84 season and things improved the following year.Albion's financial difficulties however forced Giles to sell players to lighten the wage bill, beginning with Cyrille Regis, and the replacements were generally inadequate. By October 1985 it was looking grim; Giles resigned, and his assistant (also his brother-in-law), Nobby Stiles, reluctantly took up the reins. Stiles lasted only a few months before being replaced by

Ron Saunders. By this time, Albion were bottom of the table, and were eventually relegated with the worst record in the club's history. In 1985, the Albion was facing many financial issues and forced the Giles to sell the players lighten the wage bill, beginning with Cyrille Regis, and the replacements were generally inadequate.

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West Bromich Albion F.C. History: (1973 – 1979)

As the Astle departure, the Albions failed to achieve the promotion for the following season and the year 1974 seemed gloomy future, and cost Howe his job. Johny Giles was his successor. Giles was an instant hit and Albion clinched promotion at Oldham on the final day of the 1976 season in front of an army of more than 15,000 fans. He soon resigned from Albion due to fullfil other responsibilties regarding Irish national team. His resignation was not less than a bombshell on Albions, as they alrready were facing issues. . The board was able to persuade Giles to stay on for another year however, and he led them to a comfortable finish back in the First Division, after which the club reluctantly let him go. After being turned down by Lincoln manager Graham Taylor, the club appointed Ronnie Allen as Giles' successor. Allen led the club to a brilliant start to the season, but following a row over both transfer funds and his own pay packet, accepted an offer to manage in Saudi Arabia and left after only five months.

1978, it was the time of fortune for the Albions as the very young manager of his time arrived at Albions named Ron Atkinson. He inherited a young team that comprised on Derek Statham, Ally Robertson as well as the black pair of Laurie Cunningham and Cyrille Regis both were brought from the very inexpensive from lower division. Aware that he had the makings of a great team, Atkinson augmented it by bringing

Brendan Batson from his former club Cambridge United F.C. Never before had an English team simultaneously fielded three black players, and the Three Degrees, as they became known (in reference to the contemporary vocal trio of the same name), challenged the established racism of English football. Their success in the Albion side marked a watershed that allowed a generation of footballers to enter the game who would previously have been excluded by their ethnic background. Albion reached the 1978 FA Cup semi-final but lost to Ipswich Town

In May 1978, Albion became the first British professional team to play in China. Their three-week tour, comprising four matches, was covered by the BBC TV documentary Albion in the Orient. 1978–79 was dominated by fantastic football at the Albion. The Baggies should have won the league, but a huge pile up of fixtures and an end of season slump meant that Albion slipped to third, losing the title to Liverpool. It was nevertheless their highest league finish for more than 20 years. Albion also reached the UEFA Cup quarter-final, where they were defeated narrowly by Red Star Belgrade. Many Albion fans consider the highlight of the season to have been the famous 5-3 victory away at Manchester United. This was the last time, to date, that an away team scored five goals at Old Trafford. Other great victories that season included a 2-0 win over Valencia at a packed Hawthorns and a 7-1 thrashing of Coventry.

Atkinson's team played some of the most exciting football in England during his term at the club but, as early as 1979, the board allowed the playing talent to start slipping away;

Cunningham's move to Real Madrid (for a record fee) marked the start of the trend. The club managed 3rd and 4th places in the First Division, and twice reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but trophies continued to elude them. In 1979, the club signed Peter Barnes and Gary Owen from Manchester City.

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