Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 12 games

Published on: Author: Jon Want

After a dreadful first half, Albion responded in the second with another four goals and cruised to another home victory moving into second place in the table behind Sheffield United.

The Baggies have scored nine more goals than any other side in the second tier, and three more than any other side in the Football League. However, no other side in the top half of the Championship has conceded as many goals.

Big Dave’s team are well on track for a top two finish – only Megson’s 2003 team had more points from twelve games than Big Dave’s side, and no Albion team has scored as many goals in the first dozen games for sixty years. Vic Buckingham’s team of 1958 managed 32 goals at the same stage in what was a very different era in terms of goals.

Home Away Season End
Pld W D L F A Pts Posn* W D L F A Pts W D L F A Pts Posn Pts
2000/2001 12 6 2 4 12 13 20 6th 3 1 2 7 7 10 3 1 2 5 6 10 6th 74
2001/2002 12 7 1 4 16 10 22 4th 4 0 3 8 4 12 3 1 1 8 6 10 2nd 89
2003/2004 12 8 1 3 19 12 25 3rd 5 0 1 12 5 15 3 1 2 7 7 10 2nd 86
2006/2007 12 6 4 2 21 11 22 3rd 4 1 0 11 4 13 2 3 2 10 7 9 4th 76
2007/2008 12 6 2 4 25 15 20 2nd 5 1 0 16 3 16 1 1 4 9 12 4 1st 81
2009/2010 12 7 3 2 24 12 24 1st 4 1 1 12 5 13 3 2 1 12 7 11 2nd 91
2018/2019 12 7 3 2 31 17 24 2nd 5 0 1 20 7 15 2 3 1 11 10 9

 
 

Results

2000/2001 14/10/2000 Norwich City (H) L 2-3 Clement, Hughes (pen)
2001/2002 16/10/2001 Stockport County (A) W 2-1 Taylor (2)
2003/2004 14/10/2003 Sheffield United (H) L 0-2
2006/2007 17/10/2006 Crystal Palace (A) W 2-0 Gera, Kamara
2007/2008 23/10/2007 Blackpool (H) W 2-1 Miller, Morrison
2009/2010 17/10/2009 Reading (H) W 3-1 Thomas (2), Mulumbu
2018/2019 06/10/2018 Reading (H) W 4-1 Gayle (2), Barnes, Bartley

 

Next Matches

2000/2001 17/10/2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) W 1-0 Hughes (pen)
2001/2002 19/10/2001 Norwich City (A) L 0-2
2003/2004 18/10/2003 Norwich City (H) W 1-0 Koumas
2006/2007 22/10/2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) W 3-0 Greening, Kamara, Hartson (pen)
2007/2008 27/10/2007 Norwich City (H) W 2-0 Miller, Phillips
2009/2010 20/10/2009 Swansea City (H) L 0-1
2018/2019 20/10/2018 Wigan Athletic (A)