More Memries of West Brom

[grafikhaus]

On Tuesday evening 19th February, West Brom moved to with a point of the Championship automatic promotion places with a 3-2 win at QPR. The Baggies took the lead with a Jefferson Montero goal on his first start since joining on loan from Swansea last month. Luke Freeman equalised for the hosts before the break but Jacob Murphy’s breakaway goal restored the visitors’ lead. Tomer Hemed equalised from the penalty spot for QPR but Jake Livermore’s added-time winner sealed a West Brom win.

On Friday evening 14th December, 2018 we lost at home to West Brom at Bramall Lane. Despite going ahead with a McGoldrick goal, West Brom triumphed 1-2 in one of the more accomplished away performances seen at Bramall Lane this season. This was just our first meeting since 30th January 2010 when we lost 1-3 at The Hawthorns in The Championship.

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On 25th October 1997, United lost 0-2 away to The Baggies in the top flight. Scorer of Albion’s second goal was Lee Hughes –his first goal for West Brom. In 2003, Hughes was sentenced to 6 years for Causing Death by Dangerous Driving.

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On 27th November 1999, United played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at The Hawthorns. This Division One (second tier) game saw United in turmoil. Four days before this game, manager Adrian Heath had ‘resigned’ following a disastrous 1-3 home defeat by Port Vale in front of just 8,965. Russell Slade was ‘caretaker’ manager in charge for this West Brom game and – on 2nd December – Neil Warnock was appointed manager and would lead us to safety, finishing the season in 16th position.

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19th February 2000 saw United thrash West Brom 6-0 at Bramall Lane. Our goals came from a hat-trick by Marcus Bent and one each for Paul Devlin, Alex Notman and a youngster playing just his tenth game for The Blades – Michael Brown. This top-flight game was our new manager Neil Warnock’s ninth league game in charge.

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So that completes my round-up of recent games between our clubs. Of course, no round-up of meetings between the clubs would be complete without mention of the infamous ‘Battle of Bramall Lane’ took place on 16th March 2002 – just eight games ago in the history of Blades v. Baggies.

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[grafikhaus]

Recent-ish games against West Brom:



Full history Sheffield United v West Brom

The Stats:

To date, our League record v West Brom:

Home: P: 53 W: 24 D: 15 L: 14 F: 82 A: 53

Away: P: 52 W: 16 D: 10 L: 26 F: 58 A: 88

Championship Table:

Despite their win at QPR on Tuesday night, WBA are (just) behind The Blades. We retain a healthy 10-point lead (and far superior GD) on seventh place.


(Not including Derby v Millwall – playing Wednesday 20th Feb.)

Full Championship Table

Form Guide:

Both The Blades and The Baggies remain consistent performers...


(Not including Derby v Millwall – playing Wednesday 20th Feb.)

However, with just one win in their last six home games and seven points from a possible last 18, West Brom are a lowly 19th in the ‘Home Form’ table (United are ninth in the ‘Away Form’ table with nine points out of the last 18).



The win at QPR was the Baggies’ eighth away win in their last nine away fixtures.

Full Championship Form Guide

Top Scorers:

Rodriguez and Gayle make up the bulk of West Brom’s goals – scoring 33 of their 67 league goals. Third-highest scorer Harvey Barnes has left.

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[grafikhaus]

Men to Watch:


Jay Rodriquez was bought from Southampton for £12m on 2nd July, 2017.


Dwight Gayle joined The Baggies at the start of this season on a season-long loan from Newcastle, a deal which saw Salomón Rondón going the other way. Gayle narrowly missed being absent from our meeting – he was banned for 2 games after an outrageous dive for a penalty in the recent 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest on Feb. 12, and his suspension is now over.

At the start of this season, Harvey Barnes joined West Brom on a season-long loan deal from Leicester City but on 11 January 2019, he was recalled by Leicester with immediate effect, but still remains Albion’s third-highest scorer with 9 goals.

West Brom are a team determined to make an immediate return to the Premier League and have talents like Hal Robson-Kanu, ex-Blade Kyle Bartley, briefly-a-Blade Matt Phillips, Jefferson Montero, Jake Livermore, Gareth Barry, Mason Holgate…

The Manager:


Darren Moore. On 2 April 2018, West Bromwich Albion manager Alan Pardew, was dismissed from his post after a run of poor results, leaving them bottom of the Premier League and ten points from safety. Moore was then appointed as caretaker manager, taking charge of all current first team affairs until the end of the season. This made him the first ever Jamaican to manage in the Premier League. Under his leadership, West Brom went undefeated in April, a run that included a 1–0 away win against Manchester United – handing the League title to United's arch-rivals Manchester City, earning Moore the Premier League Manager of the Month honour. However, West Brom were relegated from the Premier League on the same day following Southampton's win against Swansea City, ending the club's eight-year tenure in the top-flight.

After much speculation over who would become the next permanent manager of West Bromwich Albion, on 18 May 2018, Moore was appointed as the permanent head coach, after impressing during his caretaker spell with the Baggies.

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[Billyblade]

First game of the 89-90 season away to West Brom. Our first back in the old Division 2 after gaining promotion from Division 3 under Dave Bassett.
West Brom were widely tipped to storm the league and we, as division newbies were given no chance.
We tore them a new one with Deane and Agana excelling. We beat them 3-0 (and beat them again at home in December)
One of my best away days even to this day.

 

[grafikhaus]

First game of the 89-90 season away to West Brom. Our first back in the old Division 2 after gaining promotion from Division 3 under Dave Bassett.
West Brom were widely tipped to storm the league and we, as division newbies were given no chance.
We tore them a new one with Deane and Agana excelling. We beat them 3-0 (and beat them again at home in December)
One of my best away days even to this day.

First public airing of the iconic fluorescent yellow shirt. Who were these upstarts? Who had ever heard of the manager and most of the players? How will they survive in this higher league?

Said Wednesday prior to the 2017-18 season.

 

[Worksop II]

First game of the 89-90 season away to West Brom. Our first back in the old Division 2 after gaining promotion from Division 3 under Dave Bassett.
West Brom were widely tipped to storm the league and we, as division newbies were given no chance.
We tore them a new one with Deane and Agana excelling. We beat them 3-0 (and beat them again at home in December)
One of my best away days even to this day.

So getting on for 30 years ago .......... cheers

 

[Billyblade]

So getting on for 30 years ago .......... cheers

You're only as old as the woman you feel

 

[PaulHalfway]

First game of the 89-90 season away to West Brom. Our first back in the old Division 2 after gaining promotion from Division 3 under Dave Bassett.
West Brom were widely tipped to storm the league and we, as division newbies were given no chance.
We tore them a new one with Deane and Agana excelling. We beat them 3-0 (and beat them again at home in December)
One of my best away days even to this day.

Remember it well, we would not go into the away end as they were charging us more than the home fans on their kop
I ended up seeing the club secretary in the main stand to discuss the problem with the police as there were thousands outside the away end threatening to walk round to the WBA kop as it was cheaper
Subsequently they reduced the price on the away end
Great day, great win

 

[Billyblade]

Remember it well, we would not go into the away end as they were charging us more than the home fans on their kop
I ended up seeing the club secretary in the main stand to discuss the problem with the police as there were thousands outside the away end threatening to walk round to the WBA kop as it was cheaper
Subsequently they reduced the price on the away end
Great day, great win

Forgot about that
Yep, me and my Brother were 2 of the ones that were threatening to walk round to the home end

 

[Balham]

grafikhaus love these but the games you mention as top flight all took place in the second tier. I don't think we've met West Brom in the top division since the formation of the Premier League

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Great write up, as usual.
Typo alert...the 6 0 in 2000 was not a top flight match.

 

[Hackblade]

One of the best away days. A similar club to us in many ways. I like West Brom but I bloody hope we beat them. Really sad I can't make this one.

 

[Silent Blade]

This Saturday will be my 5th visit to the Hawthorns.

My previous visits were

January 1972 drew 2-2 (Dearden,Hockey)
August 1972 won 2-0 (Woodward,Cammack)
August 1989 won 3-0 (Agana 2, Deane)
October 2003 won 2-0 (Tonge, Ward)

 

[United Aren't Back.]

This Saturday will be my 5th visit to the Hawthorns.

My previous visits were

January 1972 drew 2-2 (Dearden,Hockey)
August 1972 won 2-0 (Woodward,Cammack)
August 1989 won 3-0 (Agana 2, Deane)
October 2003 won 2-0 (Tonge, Ward)

You're quite lucky with those results overall.
Ashley Ward scores a goal..wow.
2003 04 and reality was restored after season before.

 

[Freddie]

This Saturday will be my 5th visit to the Hawthorns.

My previous visits were

January 1972 drew 2-2 (Dearden,Hockey)
August 1972 won 2-0 (Woodward,Cammack)
August 1989 won 3-0 (Agana 2, Deane)
October 2003 won 2-0 (Tonge, Ward)

1972-73
26th August WBA 0 Blades 2 ... Att: 15,693
West Brom were relegated that season, finishing bottom, and not returning to the top flight until promotion in 1975-76 (when we went down).

We played a League Cup tie there the next season (1973-74) and surprisingly lost 2-1 (Woodward). 8th October. Round 2. Att: 10,421.

 

[Silent Blade]

1972-73
26th August WBA 0 Blades 2 ... Att: 15,693
West Brom were relegated that season, finishing bottom, and not returning to the top flight until promotion in 1975-76 (when we went down).
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I still remember Woody's goal very well. We had a free kick 30 yards away. I was stood about 15 yards away from the free kick watching Woody assessing the distance to the goal and thinking of which part of the net to aim at, while thinking he used his sleeve to wipe his nose. I was that confident he would score. The free kick was rolled to Woody who then blasted the ball past Peter Latchford to the top corner of the net. Cammack scored our 2nd with a diving header.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Great away day that 89/90 match. Cracking atmosphere on the terrace behind the goal. And Reg Brearley was amongst us decked out in black crombie - he always looked like an undertaker !!

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

Brings back some tough memories this one. It was after the defeat 21.2.2004 going home that I got the call I should go and see Dad in Calow, he passed away the early hours of the following morning. My sister had just started seeing her future husband,a Baggies supporter, and it was the first time we all met him, except for Dad.
Just a coincidence I guess that almost 15 years to the day we play them again.

 

[Silent Blade]

This Saturday will be my 5th visit to the Hawthorns.

My previous visits were

January 1972 drew 2-2 (Dearden,Hockey)
August 1972 won 2-0 (Woodward,Cammack)
August 1989 won 3-0 (Agana 2, Deane)
October 2003 won 2-0 (Tonge, Ward)

Still a lucky ground for me!

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Bumped.

 

[DifferentClass]

Whatever became of their manager? Erm...

 

[Nosworthys Throw]

8th of December 2001. West Brom away. We were scrapping about down near bottom of table, West Brom were smashing everyone on a promotion charge. Away stand had a line of stewards down the middle, Blades on one side, West Brom on the other. Atmosphere was feisty. Our chances of getting a result were very slim, we werent doing well away from home at the time and didnt help when Shane Nicholson got sent off a couple of minutes after kick off! For the next 85 minutes we lined up on our goal line and formed a human brick wall. West Brom lay siege but Simon Tracy, who had been on the coke all night, was still feeling its effects, reflexes of a mongoose, brave as a bear, agile as a gibbon. Its was heading to injury time and it looked like we might be able to hang on for a valuable point away from home. West Brom were taking their 18,863rd corner of the game. Like all of them before, it was whipped in with power, pace, precision, you know the ones where your arsehole tightens up and your pupils dilate, anyway, cleared! again! Our mate Darren Moore is stood at the halfway line with Pesch. Hes the only West Brom player defending as all the others were still in an orderly queue waiting for their shot. The ball dropped just inside their half and Pesch set off like a man possessed. He ran round Moore three times before leaving him for dust. Pesch is now one on one with their goalkeeper but hes 40 yards out, we all hold our breath, he just needs to casually round the keeper and slot home. But no! He fucking chips it, time goes into ultra HD slow mo. Hes chipped it too high its going to miss, no wait its going in! its gonna miss, its going in! its gonna miss, its going in! This went on for several minutes as the ball defied all known physics and impossibly hung in the air. The moment of truth is upon us! its going in!!! It scuffed the fucking bar, bounced on the line and out! But wait whats this blurry thing flying through the air? Its Asaba, a human spear, 12 feet in the air, straight as a spirit level, soaring into the ball! Diving header, back of the net, blades go fucking mental, ref blows whistle, game over. We're all covered in blood, piss, vomit, tears, beer, all irrelevant because......ohhhhh Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way....

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

United connection.

 

[pedro]

What a fantastic description reading that one was acyually there!!
Brilliant

 

[N20 Blade]

8th of December 2001. West Brom away. We were scrapping about down near bottom of table, West Brom were smashing everyone on a promotion charge. Away stand had a line of stewards down the middle, Blades on one side, West Brom on the other. Atmosphere was feisty. Our chances of getting a result were very slim, we werent doing well away from home at the time and didnt help when Shane Nicholson got sent off a couple of minutes after kick off! For the next 85 minutes we lined up on our goal line and formed a human brick wall. West Brom lay siege but Simon Tracy, who had been on the coke all night, was still feeling its effects, reflexes of a mongoose, brave as a bear, agile as a gibbon. Its was heading to injury time and it looked like we might be able to hang on for a valuable point away from home. West Brom were taking their 18,863rd corner of the game. Like all of them before, it was whipped in with power, pace, precision, you know the ones where your arsehole tightens up and your pupils dilate, anyway, cleared! again! Our mate Darren Moore is stood at the halfway line with Pesch. Hes the only West Brom player defending as all the others were still in an orderly queue waiting for their shot. The ball dropped just inside their half and Pesch set off like a man possessed. He ran round Moore three times before leaving him for dust. Pesch is now one on one with their goalkeeper but hes 40 yards out, we all hold our breath, he just needs to casually round the keeper and slot home. But no! He fucking chips it, time goes into ultra HD slow mo. Hes chipped it too high its going to miss, no wait its going in! its gonna miss, its going in! its gonna miss, its going in! This went on for several minutes as the ball defied all known physics and impossibly hung in the air. The moment of truth is upon us! its going in!!! It scuffed the fucking bar, bounced on the line and out! But wait whats this blurry thing flying through the air? Its Asaba, a human spear, 12 feet in the air, straight as a spirit level, soaring into the ball! Diving header, back of the net, blades go fucking mental, ref blows whistle, game over. We're all covered in blood, piss, vomit, tears, beer, all irrelevant because......ohhhhh Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way....

you paint quite a picture!! i remember shopping in sainsbury's that afternoon and go beserk when the text came through - remember buzzablade!!