please log in to view this image The joys of a trip to the West Midlands, in recent seasons, a ground where we have come a distant second in the last four visits, scoring a solitary goal in the process, hard to think which of the last four visits were the worst, we were pants last season but think the honour goes to a 2-0 defeat under Lowe in a night game. Good news is, yearly fat test today, so having abstained from cheese, chocolate, crisps and cake for about the last six week, by Saturday I'll be back on real food again. Anyway I digress https://www.wba.co.uk/ MANAGER Ryan Glen Mason (born 13 June 1991) is an English professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion. A midfielder, Mason progressed through the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur and made his first team debut in 2008. He was loaned to Yeovil Town, Doncaster Rovers, Millwall, Lorient and Swindon Town, and played his first Premier League match for Tottenham in 2014. After establishing himself in the Tottenham first team squad, he made his full international debut for England in March 2015. Mason moved to Hull City in 2016 for a club record fee, where he suffered a fractured skull in January 2017 in a match against Chelsea. After a prolonged treatment and on the advice of medical specialists, he retired from professional football in February 2018. Mason was interim head coach of Tottenham in 2021 and 2023, becoming the youngest coach in Premier League history, at 29. He was appointed Head Coach of West Bromwich Albion in June 2025. please log in to view this image FORM GUIDE please log in to view this image WBA 6 PNE 12 WE GOT SOME IN, WE GOT SOME OUT please log in to view this image T'OTHER FIXTURES AND TABLE please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Team News please log in to view this image Heading into a six-day period with three games, manager Paul Heckingbottom is aware there’s an element of managing some of his players' fitness. All six of North End’s international players are back, having all featured for their countries, and they’re all expected to be available on Saturday. Jordan Thompson has stepped up his recovery throughout the break to take part in non-contact parts of training, although he is still some time away from being back in action. Brad Potts, Pol Valentín, Robbie Brady and Will Keane remain out. The Hosts please log in to view this image Sat seventh in the Championship at this early stage, West Brom have made a promising start to life under Ryan Mason, in his first role as a senior head coach. Their star man so far this season has been Ali McCann’s international teammate Isaac Price, who tops their goalscoring chart with three goals, while he’s also a key source of creation for the Baggies. They went into the international break following a disappointing 3-0 away defeat to Millwall, so they’ll be wanting to get back to winning ways as quickly as possible. Match Officials please log in to view this image Referee: Andrew Kitchen Assistant Referees: Shaun Hudson and Hristo Karaivanov Fourth Official: Matthew Russell Andrew Kitchen will take charge of Saturday’s fixture at The Hawthorns, which will be his first North End match since February 2025. So far this season, Kitchen has taken charge of eight matches, showing 20 yellow cards. We’ve Met Before North End’s last win at The Hawthorns came back in January 2022 when Cameron Archer scored on debut.
