Ten years after Jeff Astle had won them the FA Cup, West Bromwich Albion hit some more peaks thanks in part to these three: Pic from left to right: Laurie Cunningham, Brendon Batson and Cyril Regis It all started when the Baggies employed a relatively unknown young manager (previously at Cambridge United) by the name of Ron Atkinson. (Yes,
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Tags: WestBrom
You know there are some football and musical tunes which are so much better when they give a shout out to some of the current players (of the time) inside the song. Because of these name checks the track then become somewhat of a historical document. A previous (and funny) example of this was with the (possible) KLF involvement with Huddersfield
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The title of this post (and image) is from his autobiography. I mentioned in a previous article that Sir Bobby Robson was on borrowed time. That was August last year. He defied all the odds and continued to fight, but finally as everyone I'm sure now knows... I loved that man, so easily likable, approachable and friendly. Which I supposed i
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Tags: Barcelona, England, FC_Porto, Fulham, Ipswich, Newcastle, PSV, RepofIreland, SportingLisbon, Vancouver, WestBrom
This is the beginning of a mini-series looking at the current battle to get out of the Premier League. Today's candidate: West Bromwich Albion. This season the more interesting end of season finish isn't the challenge for the title, it's the one where a team plays so badly and look certain for the drop. But the others come in and say: "No, we ar
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I was saddened to read the following article via Soccernet this morning. Sir Bobby is a battler and I thought he would have won this one too. Sir Bobby admits defeat in battle against cancer Former England manager Sir Bobby Robson has admitted he will lose his battle with lung cancer 'sooner rather than later'. Robson has been battling a fif
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Tags: Barcelona, England, Fulham, Ipswich, Newcastle, WestBrom
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