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The 2018–19 season is [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]'s first season in the [[EFL Championship|Championship]] since [[2009–10 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season|2009–10]] and their 141st year in existence. This season the club participate in the [[2018–19 EFL Championship|Championship]], [[2018–19 FA Cup|FA Cup]] and [[2018–19 EFL Cup|League Cup]]. On 18 May 2018, caretaker manager and former player [[Darren Moore]] was given the permanent job, after earning 11 points from 6 games in the previous season.<ref>{{Cite news |title=West Brom: Darren Moore confirmed as Baggies manager |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44174232|publisher=BBC sport}}</ref>
The 2018–19 season is [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]'s first season in the [[EFL Championship|Championship]] since [[2009–10 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season|2009–10]] and their 141st year in existence. This season the club participate in the [[2018–19 EFL Championship|Championship]], [[2018–19 FA Cup|FA Cup]] and [[2018–19 EFL Cup|League Cup]]. On 18 May 2018, caretaker manager and former player [[Darren Moore]] was given the permanent job, after earning 11 points from 6 games in the previous season.<ref>{{Cite news |title=West Brom: Darren Moore confirmed as Baggies manager |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44174232|publisher=BBC sport}}</ref>

Revision as of 14:30, 3 August 2018

West Bromwich Albion F.C.
2018–19 season
OwnerLai Guochuan
ManagerDarren Moore
StadiumThe Hawthorns

The 2018–19 season is West Bromwich Albion's first season in the Championship since 2009–10 and their 141st year in existence. This season the club participate in the Championship, FA Cup and League Cup. On 18 May 2018, caretaker manager and former player Darren Moore was given the permanent job, after earning 11 points from 6 games in the previous season.[1]

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, with competitive matches played between August and May.

Background

Albion unveiled new kits for the season, manufactured by Puma. The home kit featured the team's traditional navy blue and white vertical striped shirts, white shorts and white socks. The wide vertical stripes on the jersey and italic WBA lettering on the socks were designed as a tribute to the club's "iconic" kit of the late 1970s.[2][3] Two change kits were produced, which the club intended to be worn "as much as possible in equal measure" throughout the season.[4] One of the change kits featured yellow and green stripes, while an alternative change kit had a black and cyan design.[5] The goalkeeper kit was black with grey trim at home and purple for away matches.[6] Ideal Boilers were the club's main shirt sponsor, in the first year of a two-year deal, while 10Bet provided secondary shirt sponsorship worth £1 million.[7]

Graeme Jones left his position with the Belgium national team to join Albion as assistant head coach.[8]

Immediately prior to the start of the season, most bookmakers listed Albion as second favourites (behind Stoke City) to win promotion, quoting odds of promotion between 2/1 and 10/3.[9] Odds of the club being relegated were between 22/1 and 40/1.[10][11]

Competitions

Pre-season

Albion faced Barnet, Swindon Town, Aberdeen, Barnsley and Coventry City in pre-season friendly matches.[12]

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly Barnet 0–3 West Bromwich Albion Canons Park
12:30 BST Report Edwards 67'
Robson-Kanu 75' (pen.), 78'		 Stadium: The Hive Stadium
14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly Swindon Town 1–3 West Bromwich Albion Swindon
15:00 BST Elijah Adebayo 44' Report Rodriguez 30'
Edwards 69'
Jameson 82'		 Stadium: County Ground
20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) Friendly Aberdeen 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Aberdeen, Scotland
19:30 BST Cosgrove 37' Report Livermore 41' Stadium: Pittodrie
24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly Barnsley 2–3 West Bromwich Albion Barnsley
19:30 BST Isgrove 6'
Moore 11'		 Report Robson-Kanu 44'
Morrison 46'
Cavaré 51' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Oakwell
28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Regis Shield West Bromwich Albion 5-2 Coventry City West Bromwich
15:00 BST Barnes 6'
Barnes 8'
Robson-Kanu 31'
Robson-Kanu 40'
Livermore 51'		 Report Allassani 44'
Thompson 78'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 7,590
Note: Playing for the inaugural Regis Shield

Championship

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

West Bromwich Albion will compete in the 2018–19 EFL Championship, the third season of English football's second division under the EFL Championship name. It was Albion's first season back in the Championship following the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2017–18, their 39th season in the second tier of English football and their 120th season of league football in all.[13] West Brom's provisional fixture list was announced on 21 June 2018,[14][15] but a number of the matches were subsequently rescheduled for live broadcast on Sky Sports. The away matches at Middlesbrough and Birmingham City were moved from a Saturday afternoon to the preceding Friday night. The away games at Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday and the home match against Derby County were televised by Sky Sports on their originally scheduled dates, with the Derby game changed to an 8pm kickoff.[16]

League table

Template:2018–19 EFL Championship table

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

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EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[17]

13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) First round West Bromwich Albion v Luton Town West Bromwich
19:00 BST Stadium: The Hawthorns

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
3 July 2018 GK England Sam Johnstone Manchester United £6,500,000 [18]
16 July 2018 CB England Kyle Bartley Wales Swansea City £4,000,000 [19]
16 July 2018 GK England Jonathan Bond Reading Free transfer [20]
28 July 2018 LB England Conor Townsend Scunthorpe United Undisclosed [21]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 CF England Tahvon Campbell Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [22]
1 July 2018 CB Northern Ireland Jonny Evans Leicester City £3,500,000 [23]
1 July 2018 CM England Mylo Hall Free agent Released [24]
1 July 2018 RW Wales Kieran Holsgrove Free agent Released [24]
1 July 2018 CB Northern Ireland Gareth McAuley Free agent Released [25]
1 July 2018 LB Northern Ireland Jack McCourt Scotland Ross County Released [24][26]
1 July 2018 LB Republic of Ireland Robert McCourt Free agent Released [25]
1 July 2018 LM England Taylor Morrison Free agent Released [24]
1 July 2018 CF England Evan Pierce Free agent Released [25]
1 July 2018 GK England Ethan Ross Colchester United Free transfer [27]
1 July 2018 RB England Aram Soleman Free agent Released [24]
1 July 2018 DM Argentina Claudio Yacob Free agent Released [25]
5 July 2018 GK England Ben Foster Watford Undisclosed [28]
22 July 2018 LW Republic of Ireland James McClean Stoke City Undisclosed [29]

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
24 July 2018 LM England Harvey Barnes Leicester City 31 May 2019 [30]
3 August 2018 CB England Tosin Adarabioyo Manchester City 31 May 2019 [31]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
1 July 2018 CF China Zhang Yuning Netherlands ADO Den Haag 31 May 2019 [32]
26 July 2018 LB England Max Melbourne Scotland Partick Thistle January 2019 [33]
3 August 2018 CB England Jack Fitzwater Walsall 31 May 2019 [34]
3 August 2018 RB England Kane Wilson Walsall 31 May 2019 [35]

References

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  8. ^ Kirkbride, Phil (1 August 2018). "Former Everton No2 Graeme Jones joins West Brom". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2 August 2018 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  10. ^ "Championship - Relegation Betting Odds". Oddschecker. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Odds captured on 3 August 2018, several hours prior to the opening EFL Championship fixture and the day before West Bromwich Albion's first league fixture.
  12. ^ "Pre-season Friendlies". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  13. ^ Seasons in the second tier includes those in the Football League Second Divsion (1892–1992), Football League First Division (1992–2004), Football League Championship (2004–2016) and EFL Championship (2016–present). The total of league seasons does not include the partial season of 1939–40, which was abandoned after just a few games due to the outbreak of the Second World War and all results annulled.
  14. ^ "EFL fixtures: Your club-by-club guide to 2018-19 season". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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  17. ^ "Lampard's Derby at Oldham in Carabao Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Johnstone Joins Albion". West Bromwich Albion Official Site. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  19. ^ "Bartley Signs for Albion". West Bromwich Albion Official Site. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  20. ^ "West Brom complete second signing of the day as new goalkeeper arrives". Birmingham Mail. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  21. ^ "Albion Add Townsend to Ranks". West Bromwich Albion Official Site. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  22. ^ "Forest Green sign West Brom's Campbell". BBC. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  23. ^ "Leicester complete £3.5m Evans signing". BBC. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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  27. ^ "Colchester bring in Ross and Collins". BBC. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  28. ^ "Foster Joins Watford". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  29. ^ "McClean Signs For Stoke". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  30. ^ "Albion Recruit Barnes". West Bromwich Albion. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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  32. ^ "ADO Den Haag loan Zhang from West Brom". Football Oranje. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  33. ^ "Melbourne joins Partick Thistle". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  34. ^ "Saddlers re-sign Jack Fitzwater on loan". Walsall F.C. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  35. ^ "Wilson joins the Saddlers on loan". Walsall F.C. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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