Posts Tagged ‘Sport’

West Bromwich Albion release Jerome Thomas and Gonzalo Jara Reyes

• Right-back Steven Reid negotiating new deal• Baggies also plan to hold talks with Zoltan GeraWest Bromwich Albion have released the winger Jerome Thomas and defender Gonzalo Jara Reyes, while a quartet of players have been told they could still h...

Football Weekly: Arsenal win battle for fourth – podcast

There's a end-of-year atmosphere in the pod today, as the team discuss the weekend's action. There's that 5-5 send-off for Sir Alex Ferguson, sympathy for the Newcastle goal that never was and the present left in the away team's dressing room at Bright...

WBA's Steve Clarke reflects on 10-goal thriller against Manchester United - video

West Bromwich Albion manager Steve Clarke says it is impossible to analyse a game like Sunday's 5-5 draw with Manchester United

Alex Ferguson's last game as Man United manager – in pictures

Guardian photographer Tom Jenkins brings you the best images from Sir Alex Ferguson's last ever game as Manchester United ManagerTom Jenkins

West Bromwich Albion 5-5 Manchester United | Premier League match report

West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United players formed a guard of honour as Sir Alex Ferguson took a warmly-received bow before kick-off. He has spent plenty of time on the grass this past week because he thinks it's all over. After 1,500 United gam...

Premier League final day – in pictures

As the 2012-13 Premier League season draws to a close, we bring you the best images from the last 10 games

Premier League final day – live! | Ian McCourt

Minute-by-minute report: Follow all the action as the Premier League season comes to an end, with Ian McCourtIan McCourt

Premier League fans verdict part two: QPR to Wigan Athletic

Stoke stayed up but football often terrible; Swansea need quality striker to back up Michu; West Brom had a 'special season'• Part one: Arsenal to Norwich CityQPR 2/10Things could not have gone much worse really. Overpaid, overhyped and underachieved...

West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United: squad sheets

There could be six goals apiece, three red cards and a streaker on a donkey during this match and it is still unlikely that the final focus will stray beyond Sir Alex Ferguson and the long goodbye he has been experiencing ever since announcing his reti...

Alex Ferguson reflects on 'eight players, no keeper' at East Stirling | Jamie Jackson

Ahead of his 1500th and last match in charge, Manchester United's manager looks back to his humble beginningsAs he was applauded to his seat Sir Alex Ferguson remained in character. "Settle down – thoroughly deserved," he joked to a press corps that ...

Sir Alex Ferguson hails 'incredible' 1,500th match at Manchester United

• Outgoing manager says he wants to win more than last week• 'I've been lucky to be here for that length of time'Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed the 1,500th and final game of his Manchester United managerial reign as "incredible", saying he wants to w...

Norwich City 4-0 West Bromwich Albion | Premier League match report

There will be no final-day drama for Norwich City to endure, Chris Hughton can relax. Relegation had been a genuine concern for his side, with two wins in their previous 19 matches, yet by the end of this match the mood of despair that before kick-off ...

Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion: squad sheets

Norwich are not in turmoil, according to their manager, Chris Hughton, but they seem to be doing their best to throw away their Premier League place after looking fairly safe. A woeful run of just two wins in 2013 has left the hosts needing a victory o...

Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion: squad sheets

Norwich are not in turmoil, according to their manager, Chris Hughton, but they seem to be doing their best to throw away their Premier League place after looking fairly safe. A woeful run of just two wins in 2013 has left the hosts needing a victory o...

Manchester City 1-0 West Bromwich Albion | Premier League match report

Manchester City are hardly purring as they head into final preparations for the FA Cup final with Wigan Athletic. This was a chugging display that might have been two points dropped – or worse if West Bromwich Albion had taken their chances. Still, w...

Roberto Martínez prepared for clubs to want Wigan's Shaun Maloney

• 'Shaun Maloney should be playing for teams fighting for titles'• Wigan wing-back Jean Beausejour set to miss FA Cup finalRoberto Martínez called it the $64m question. Given the financial value of a place in next season's Premier League, that was...

Saturday Sundae: West Brom throw Brown boy in the ring

Isaiah Brown becomes the Premier League's second-youngest player, while Newcastle's Cheik Tioté is still shiveringBOY OF THE DAYIsaiah Brown, the second-youngest player in Premier League history after coming on for West Brom against Wigan at the age o...

West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Wigan Athletic | Premier League match report

Extraordinary drama was not confined to the final day of the Championship. Twice behind, there were times when Wigan seemed doomed to the lower division. Instead, the Premier League's great escapologists salvaged an improbable, invaluable victory to gi...

West Bromwich Albion v Wigan Athletic: squad sheets

Wigan's attempt to repeat their perennial escape act continues at The Hawthorns and a victory is near imperative given the five-point gap that exists between the visitors and 17th-placed Newcastle. After this game, Roberto Martínez's side host Swansea...

West Brom's Steve Clarke attacks Adrian Chiles over Odemwingie 'joke'

• Presenter insulted Peter Odemwingie at awards dinner• Clarke said comments were 'stupid' and 'ridiculous'Steve Clarke has branded the insult Adrian Chiles aimed at Peter Odemwingie at West Bromwich Albion's awards dinner as "stupid" and "ridiculo...