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Saturday May 9, 2009 Finished The Hawthorns

3 - 1

West Bromwich

  • Fortune 8’, 73’
  • Brunt 59’

Wigan Athletic

  • Rodallega 17’

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  1. West Brom stay alive with win

    West Brom stay alive with win

    West Bromwich Albion kept their slim surivival hopes alive with a 3-1 win against Wigan Athletic at the Hawthorns. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Bromwich
    • Wigan Athletic
    • 90+6 West Brom hold out against a barrage of late long ball football to record a victory that gives them an outside chance of beating the drop. Incredible.
    • 90+3 What a nervous end to the game. West Brom are keeping the ball well but this game is so open it is ridiculous.
    • 90 An incredible six minutes of added time.
    • 89' There's some nail biting going on around the Hawthorns. They believe they can stay up.
    • 88' Wigan go long in search of a goal but West Brom, incredibly, stay strong - Olsson with a couple of big headers.
    • 86 West Brom waste some precious time with another sub. Simpson for Menseguez.
    • 85' Cattermole demands a penalty, but gets a blank look from Peter Walton.
    • 83' The game has become incredibly fractured but West Brom should see this out.
    • 81' De Ridder for Zaki - that looks a bad one.
    • 78' Zaki may be making his briefest appearance of the season as he is down and looks to be in serious pain.
    • 75' Valero is in the book for a cynical foul.
    • 73' Valero finds Fortune on the edge of the box and his deflected strike beats Richard Kingston in the Wigan goal - nothing Kingston could do there. Good move, good goal.
    • 72' West Brom are now looking to sit back and hit Wigan on the break. Kapo goes close.
    • 69' Zaki for N'Zogbia.
    • 67' West Brom press Wigan hard and finally retrieve the ball, but soon lose it again!!
    • 63' West Brom are under pressure but Valero wins a free-kick to give them some much needed respite.
    • 60' Wigan and, in particular, Antonio Valencia immediately chase an equaliser
    • 59' GOAL! Only just, mind. Brunt fires the penalty straight at Kingston but has enough time to control the rebound and absolutely smash home and restore the home side's lead.
    • 58' Much maligned Titus Bramble gives away a penalty - Fortune winning it. Brunt is over it.
    • 57' Kiely intercepts an N'Zogbia cross - he's having a great game.
    • 55' Greening breaks from midfield and stings the palms of Kingston. Good chance.
    • 53' This game is incredibly open. Brunt stands one up to the far post but it's cleared.
    • 51' Keily turns Melchiot's close range effort away for a corner.
    • 49' West Brom continue to chase that elusive goal and Wigan are dropping deeper and deeper.
    • 48' Greening fires a ball across the box, before Kapo crosses for Cattermole to head high and wide.
    • 46 We're back underway at the Hawthorns.
    • 45+1 That's the last action of the half.
    • 45' Kiely, hero of the hour thus far, thwarts Valencia with a superb challenge on the penalty spot. Wigan work the ball again, but N'Zogbia crosses into no-mans-land.
    • 43' West Brom finish the half the stronger, they pour forward but Wigan break with N'Zogbia - it comes to little.
    • 41' Kingston saves smartly from Fortune at the near post.
    • 40' Zuiverloon has a shot blocked.
    • 39' Bramble clears for a throw and Zuiverloon launches a long throw in into the box, which Bramble repels. Valero goes down outside the box trying to pick up the loose ball but Peter Walton waves free-kick appeals away.
    • 37' Fortune claims a corner but gets nothing.
    • 35' We have another delay as Cattermole receives treatment.
    • 33' West Brom have a corner, but Martis heads over.
    • 31' After a blistering opening half an hour the pace of the game has slowed a little, which should suit the Baggies.
    • 28' Wigan seem to be winning the contrast of styles here. Their direct play giving West Brom's porous defence all kinds of problems. Rodallega skips past a couple of defenders but blazes over.
    • 24' Wigan are puting on the pressure now and Rodallega, following a quiet start to life in English football, looks a handful.
    • 22' The lino is down and needs medical attention.
    • 20' True to form, this game is very, very open. You can see why West Brom have conceded as many as they have.
    • 17' GOAL...Hugo Rodallega scores with a free-kick courtesy of a deflection. That's Rodallega's first in English football, but, in truth, the deflection off Chris Brunt proved pivotal. Unlucky Baggies.
    • 15' Olsson heads over from the resulting corner.
    • 13' Kingston saves from Menseguez, as West Brom begin to knock the ball around very nicely.
    • 10' Dean Kiely, in for the injured Scott Carson, makes a miraculous double save. Parrying Scharner's original shot into the path of Kapo, but unbelievably, he managed to get up and block Kapo's effort from a couple of yards out.
    • 9' The unlucky Chris Kirkland makes way for Richard Kingston.
    • 8 Fortune with a priceless GOAL for West Brom. Chris Kirkland could only parry Zuiverloon's thunderous strike into the path of Fortune, who makes no mistake from a couple of yards out.
    • 6' Valencia goes close for Wigan, who are having the better of it.
    • 5' Rodallega looks dangerous. His shot is blocked.
    • 2' A bright opening to the game sees either side exchange half chances. First, Jonathan Greening flashes a ball across Wigan's box, before Rodallega exchanges passes with N'Zogbia but tamely lifts the ball over the cross-bar.
    • 15:00 Referee Peter Walton gets us underway.
    • 14:45 Teams: West Brom: Kiely, Zuiverloon, Martis, Olsson, Cech, Brunt, Dorrans, Greening, Borja Valero, Menseguez, Fortune. Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Bramble, Scharner, Figueroa, Valencia, Cattermole, Brown, N'Zogbia, Kapo, Rodallega.
    • 14:40 Hello and welcome to West Brom vs Wigan from the Hawthorns. This could be West Brom's final day as a Premier League Club. Nothing but a victory will do today for the Albion, and even if they do win a point for Hull against Stoke will see the Baggies relegated from the Premiership for a third time.

  • Team Stats

    West Bromwich Stats Wigan Athletic
    55% Possession 44%
    17 Shots 18
    9 Shots on target 5
    4 Saves 4
    5 Corners 3
    8 Fouls 12
    2 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    32 Tackles 30
    257 Accurate passes 206
    39 Bad passes 35

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 20 1 4
      26 Jonas Olsson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 2 3
      24 Shelton Martis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 1
      4 Marek Cech 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 6 1
      28 Borja Valero 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 28 4 6
      21 Juan Carlos Menseguez 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 23 4 2
      17 Graeme Dorrans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 3
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 35 10 4
      11 Chris Brunt 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 34 4 2
      32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné 2 5 3 2 1 1 0 19 3 3
      29 Jay Simpson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Filipe Teixeira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      41 Ryan Allsopp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Do-Heon Kim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Youssuf Mulumbu 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 17 0 3
      9 Roman Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 19 0 2
      19 Titus Bramble 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 1 2
      7 Paul Scharner 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 18 0 3
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18 7 5
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 9 4 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 20 4 2
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 19 7 7
      11 Michael Brown 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 5 3
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 23 1 4
      20 Hugo Rodallega 1 4 1 1 1 2 0 21 4 0
      13 Amr Zaki 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
      10 Jason Koumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Richard Kingson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      8 Ben Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
      3 Erik Edman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 73' Valero finds Fortune on the edge of the box and his deflected strike beats Richard Kingston in the Wigan goal - nothing Kingston could do there. Good move, good goal.
    • 59' GOAL! Only just, mind. Brunt fires the penalty straight at Kingston but has enough time to control the rebound and absolutely smash home and restore the home side's lead.
    • 58' Much maligned Titus Bramble gives away a penalty - Fortune winning it. Brunt is over it.
    • 55' Greening breaks from midfield and stings the palms of Kingston. Good chance.
    • 51' Keily turns Melchiot's close range effort away for a corner.
    • 41' Kingston saves smartly from Fortune at the near post.
    • 17' GOAL...Hugo Rodallega scores with a free-kick courtesy of a deflection. That's Rodallega's first in English football, but, in truth, the deflection off Chris Brunt proved pivotal. Unlucky Baggies.
    • 13' Kingston saves from Menseguez, as West Brom begin to knock the ball around very nicely.
    • 10' Dean Kiely, in for the injured Scott Carson, makes a miraculous double save. Parrying Scharner's original shot into the path of Kapo, but unbelievably, he managed to get up and block Kapo's effort from a couple of yards out.
    • 8 Fortune with a priceless GOAL for West Brom. Chris Kirkland could only parry Zuiverloon's thunderous strike into the path of Fortune, who makes no mistake from a couple of yards out.
    • 14:40 Hello and welcome to West Brom vs Wigan from the Hawthorns. This could be West Brom's final day as a Premier League Club. Nothing but a victory will do today for the Albion, and even if they do win a point for Hull against Stoke will see the Baggies relegated from the Premiership for a third time.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Starting line-up

    • D. Kiely
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • S. Martis
    • J. Olsson
    • M. Cech Substitution Out (74′)
    • C. Brunt Goal
    • J. Greening Yellow Card
    • V. Borja Yellow Card
    • G. Dorrans Substitution Out (54′)
    • J. Menseguez Substitution Out (86′)
    • M. Fortune Goals×2

    Subs

    • F. Teixeira
    • R. Bednar
    • D. Kim
    • Y. Mulumbu Substitution In54′
    • R. Donk Substitution In74′
    • J. Simpson Substitution In86′
    • R. Allsopp

    Injured

    • N. Clement
    • J. Morrison
    • I. Miller
    • A. Meite
    • L. Barnett

    Suspended

    None

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland Substitution Out (9′)
    • M. Melchiot
    • P. Scharner
    • T. Bramble
    • M. Figueroa
    • A. Valencia
    • M. Brown
    • L. Cattermole
    • C. N'Zogbia Substitution Out (69′)
    • O. Kapo
    • H. Rodallega Goal

    Subs

    • J. Koumas
    • E. Edman
    • B. Watson
    • E. Boyce
    • A. Zaki Substitution In69′ Substitution Out82′
    • D. De Ridder Substitution In82′
    • R. Kingson Substitution In9′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. too late boys bye bye.we are stoke

    From andrew b, on Sun 10 May 7:24AM

  2. i give full of respect 2 west­ brom........................

    From Zul Khairi Zahari, on Sun 10 May 6:40AM

  3. I hope WBA can make it......
    get adraw with­ liverpool.....1-1
    i hope.....

    From raha, on Sun 10 May 3:59AM

  4. COME ON WEST BROM
    from a Saddlers fan hope you beat­ the drop

    From darkfury18, on Sat 9 May 11:23PM

  5. do u guys really beleive that west brom will stay up

    From bob, on Sat 9 May 9:27PM

  6. Well done Baggies again!!!! Stuff all the doubters. I­ would like to see a point albeit scraped against­ Liverpool, even though I want them to win title rather­ than the SCUM. Then a good win against Blackburn and­ everyone else to screww up big style. Good to see­ belief in the side again - although I know it never­ went away. Lets go for it lads. Well done today­ anyway!!!!!!!!!!

    From mickhayes133, on Sat 9 May 8:44PM

  7. c'mon yow baggies!!!! west brom rock

    From sarah, on Sat 9 May 8:36PM

  8. I'm i livirpiil fin ind i wiild liki ti sii wist­ brimwich in thi primiir liigii nixt yiir

    From hal_harrigan, on Sat 9 May 7:51PM

  9. Wigan awfull result we should not be getting beat by a­ side at the bottom of the league

    From anthony m, on Sat 9 May 5:28PM

  10. do you really think you'll beat liverpool? wigan is­ one thing, but Liverpool is on top form and you'll­ struggle to get a draw

    From Malcolm K, on Sat 9 May 5:11PM

  11. Great work WBA! Fulham did it last season and look­ where they are now! They beat Villa today and they­ didn't get out of the relegation zone till the­ second last weekend last season. You can do it this­ time and you deserve just as much.

    From Kaushik V, on Sat 9 May 5:06PM

  12. alfreda the great escape his far from done youve got­ liverpool and blackburn left u needs a win an a draw­ with other losing cmon are you baggies fans in this­ world ,ooooooo i forgot your all tryin to be in dream­ land ha ha ha ha ha ha

    From julie, on Sat 9 May 5:02PM

  13. WHO SAID THE GREAT ESCAPE COULD'NT BE DONE AGAIN. ­ BO**0CKS

    From Alfreda H, on Sat 9 May 4:58PM
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    always look on a TESCOS CARRIER bag da da da da da DOWN­ DOWN DOWN get used to it,you beat wigan and then u­ think thats it cmon liverpool and blackburn smash the­ @#$% all over the park

    From julie, on Sat 9 May 4:58PM

  15. Dont' support WBA but I hope you stay up, play good­ football. Hope to see Hull out next season.

    From lee, on Sat 9 May 4:56PM
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    look at the baggies get a win against wigan lol who r­ they YOU ARE GOIN DOWN WHY DONT YOU JUST GET USED TO IT­ ,with newcastle yet to play plus youve got liverpool­ left NO CHANCE any F**K off WEST BROM the WOLVES we r­ champions say we r champions

    From julie, on Sat 9 May 4:54PM

  17. Who knows, a couple of more goals and we could see boro­ at the foot of the table on monday..... come on the­ baggies

    From Steve, on Sat 9 May 4:49PM

  18. COME ON BAGGIES. KEEP THE FAITH AND SHOW EVERYBODY­ ELSE HOW TO DO IT. ECKER AND FREDA.

    From Alfreda H, on Sat 9 May 4:46PM

  19. why do we leave it to the wire so stressfull being a­ baggie fan :O) but i love it

    COME ON YOU BAGGIE BOYS

    From lady_buyer0, on Sat 9 May 4:46PM

  20. great!

    From tinywirral, on Sat 9 May 4:44PM
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