"2015–16 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season The 2015–16 season was West Bromwich Albion's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League and their 138th year in existence. This season West Bromwich Albion participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. The writers of the Birmingham Mail forecast that Albion would finish somewhere between 10th and 16th, the average of all their predictions being 13th place. ""The Guardian"" also forecast a 13th-place finish for Albion, predicting that Tony Pulis would ""be able to drive his side to"
"November 2017, Pardew was appointed as the new manager of Premier League club West Bromwich Albion, replacing the dismissed Tony Pulis, signing a contract lasting until the end of the 2019–20 season;""I'm thrilled with the opportunity to work with a talented group,"" he said.""The immediate challenge will be to get the results we need to pull ourselves up the table. But I'm aware that while I'm joining one of the great, traditional clubs of English football, it is one determined to go forward in the Premier League."" John Carver joined the coaching staff as assistant manager, having previously worked under"
"with the club. Li Piyue Li Piyue (born 1973) is a Chinese businessman and football chairman. Who currently serves as Chairman of West Bromwich Albion F.C. Li is a long time associate of West Bromwich Albion F.C owner Guochuan Lai. The 2017/18 season was a disaster for West Bromwich Albion and resulted in the clubs relegation from the Premier League, the previous season had been a relative success, resulting in a 10th place finish. This sudden decline in results led owner Guochuan Lai to sack Chairman John Williams, CEO Martin Goodman, and later technical director Nick Hammond for their part"
"of the 2017/18 season. Mainly the decision to appoint Pardew and the decisions made towards transfers in the time leading up to the 2017/18 season. Li Piyue had been an associate of Guochuan Lai for some time, serving as deputy General Manager at Palm Eco-Town Development Company where Lai was General Manager for 20 years, and had served as a director of West Bromwich Albion following Lai's takeover in 2016. It was suspected that Li was Lai's intended replacement Chairman and this belief was confirmed on the 22nd of May 2018, emphasising Guochuan Lai's efforts to establish a greater connection"
"all current first team affairs until the end of the season. This thus made him the first ever Jamaican to manage in the Premier League. Under his leadership, West Brom went undefeated in April, earning Moore the Premier League Manager of the Month honour. However, West Brom were relegated from the Premier League on the same day following Southampton's win against Swansea City. After much speculation over who would become the next permanent manager of West Bromwich Albion, on 18 May 2018, Moore was appointed as the permanent head coach, after impressing during his caretaker spell with the Baggies. At"
"Li Piyue Li Piyue (born 1973) is a Chinese businessman and football chairman. Who currently serves as Chairman of West Bromwich Albion F.C. Li is a long time associate of West Bromwich Albion F.C owner Guochuan Lai. The 2017/18 season was a disaster for West Bromwich Albion and resulted in the clubs relegation from the Premier League, the previous season had been a relative success, resulting in a 10th place finish. This sudden decline in results led owner Guochuan Lai to sack Chairman John Williams, CEO Martin Goodman, and later technical director Nick Hammond for their part in the failures"
"management company established in July 2014 that focuses on growth investment opportunities in sports, leisure and technology businesses. The holding company has three investment companies as its shareholders: Lai Guochuan Lai Guochuan, (), born 1973/74) is a Chinese billionaire businessman. He is the controlling shareholder and director of Yunyi Guokai (Shanghai) Sports Development Limited, and the owner of West Bromwich Albion F.C.. In July 2016, Lai agreed to purchase West Bromwich Albion F.C. from Jeremy Peace for a figure reported to be between £150m and £200m, appointing former Blackburn Rovers chairman John Williams as the new chairman of the club."
"Matteo was then appointed in July 2008, his personal first ever managerial position and left after a season to manage West Bromwich Albion. Ince was reappointed in his stead on 3 July 2009. Paul Ince resigned as manager on 16 April 2010, stating ""a reduction in funds for next season was the reason behind his decision to leave"", although he remained with the club until the end of the 2009–10 season. Karl Robinson was appointed manager on 10 May 2010, having previously been the club's assistant manager under previous boss Paul Ince. At 30 years of age, he was the"
"things."" In August 2016 Peace finalised a deal with Chinese businessman Guochuan Lai to sell West Bromwich Albion F.C for a figure believed to be in the region of £150m to £200m. Peace's role as chairman was taken up by former Blackburn Rovers F.C chairman John Williams. However Peace agreed to stay at Albion for the 2016/17 Premier League season, in an advisory capacity. Jeremy Peace Jeremy Roland Peace (born 13 August 1956) is a British businessman, and the former chairman and owner of West Bromwich Albion F.C, a professional football club in the West Midlands, England. Jeremy Peace was"
"replaced by Roberto Di Matteo, who led the club back to the Premier League at the first attempt, but was dismissed in February 2011 and replaced by Roy Hodgson. May 2012 saw Hodgson, having led West Brom to a tenth-place finish in his first season, leave to become the manager of the England national team. Steve Clarke then led Albion to an eighth-place finish in 2012–13, their highest in the Premier League, but was sacked halfway through the following season and replaced by Pepe Mel, who left by mutual consent at the end of the campaign. After the brief tenure"
"Gary Megson Gary John Megson (born 2 May 1959) is an English former football player and manager who served as the caretaker head coach at West Bromwich Albion until the permanent appointment of Alan Pardew on 29 November 2017. He has previously managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday. His biggest successes so far came at West Bromwich Albion, where he managed them in the Premier League in 2002 and again in 2004. He is the son of former player Don Megson and the brother of Neil"
"2018–19 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season 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. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, with competitive matches played between August and May. Albion unveiled new kits for the season, manufactured by Puma. The home kit"
"the 2017/18 season. Goodman was replaced by returning CEO Mark Jenkins and Williams was replaced as Chairman by Li Piyue, an associate of Guochuan Lai. John Williams (Chairman) John Williams is an English football chairman. Who was most recently Chairman of West Bromwich Albion F.C. Williams previously served as chairman and chief executive of Blackburn Rovers F.C., having been appointed to the board in 1997 and then promoted to chairman/chief executive in 1998 by the club's then owner Jack Walker. With Williams at the helm Rovers enjoyed notable success; winning promotion back to the Premier League in the 2000/01 season."
"Lai Guochuan Lai Guochuan, (), born 1973/74) is a Chinese billionaire businessman. He is the controlling shareholder and director of Yunyi Guokai (Shanghai) Sports Development Limited, and the owner of West Bromwich Albion F.C.. In July 2016, Lai agreed to purchase West Bromwich Albion F.C. from Jeremy Peace for a figure reported to be between £150m and £200m, appointing former Blackburn Rovers chairman John Williams as the new chairman of the club. The deal was completed on 15 September 2016. *A conservative estimate of his total wealth put the figure at £2.8 billion. Lai was born in Meizhou, Guandong in"
"Henry. On 1st August 2018, it was announced that Jones would join West Bromwich Albion as assistant coach to Darren Moore. Graeme Jones Graeme Anthony Jones (born 13 March 1970) is a retired English professional footballer and current football coach. He is currently First Assistant Head Coach at West Bromwich Albion under Darren Moore. Born in Gateshead, Jones began his career in 1991 with North Shields, then moving to Bridlington Town in 1992, before earning a £10,000 move to Doncaster Rovers. He then joined Wigan Athletic in 1996, after scoring 30 goals in 3 years at Doncaster. He became an"
"when McLeish resigned. Billy Davies was announced as the club's new manager on 7 February, though it was also announced that Kelly would remain in charge of the club for the following match against Bristol City, who coincidentally were now managed by O'Driscoll. Like his previous caretaker spell, the sole match that he was in charge for ended in defeat. During the summer of 2014, Alan Irvine was appointed the Manager of West Brom, again hiring Kelly as his Assistant Manager. On 29 December 2014, Kelly took over as caretaker manager of West Bromwich Albion after Irvine's dismissal. Kelly's only"
"October 2015 where he was reunited with former manager Tony Pulis. Garner was promoted to Assistant Head Coach on 26 September 2016. In January 2017 he was linked to the vacant manger’s job at Nottingham Forest. Pulis has stated that Garner has the potential to become a Manager in the future. Albion finished the 2016/2017 season in 10th position in the Premier League. Garner departed West Bromwich Albion in December 2017. Ben Garner Ben Garner (born 19 May 1980) is a professional football coach who was most recently the Assistant Head Coach at West Bromwich Albion Football Club. Garner began"
"Blackburn Rovers were relegated to the Championship, in May 2012, where they remain. Following his resignation of his post at Blackburn Rovers, Williams became Chairman of Professional Game Match Officials Limited,and served in this position for 3 years before becoming Chairman of West Bromwich Albion F.C in 2016. Following the announcement of the planned takeover of West Bromwich Albion F.C by Chinese investors in July 2016, Williams effectively began his term in office, assuming the respective powers of Chairman and replacing outgoing Owner and Chairman Jeremy Peace. Upon completion of his takeover on 15 September 2016, incoming owner Guochuan Lai"
"the club by mutual consent on the morning of 8 January 2011, with Kenny Dalglish announced as his replacement. Hodgson was appointed head coach of West Bromwich Albion on 11 February 2011, signing a contract until June 2012. Hodgson replaced Roberto Di Matteo, who had been dismissed after a poor run of form which saw West Brom lose thirteen of their previous eighteen matches and slip to seventeenth in the table, only out of the relegation zone on goal difference. Hodgson's first game in charge ended in a 1–1 home draw against West Brom's Black Country rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hodgson"
"It was announced on 12 July 2011 that Irvine had returned to Everton to replace Ray Hall as the manager of the club's academy. On 14 June 2014 West Bromwich Albion announced that Irvine would fill their vacant head coach role on a 12-month rolling contract, his first management work in the Premier League. In his first league match in charge on 16 August, West Bromwich Albion drew 2–2 at home against Sunderland. It was not until his fifth league match, on 21 September, that they won a league match, James Morrison heading the only goal to defeat Tottenham Hotspur"
"On 7 December 2010 it was announced that Marriott would join Premier League side West Bromwich Albion in the new year to become Assistant Sporting/Technical Director. Marriott left this post in 2011 to join the McLaren Formula One venture. There has been widespread speculation that he is in the frame to return to the Hawthorns and succeed his former mentor, Dan Ashworth, as Sporting and Technical Director at West Bromwich Albion. Andy Marriott Andrew Marriott (born 11 October 1970) is an English-born Welsh professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He is a journeyman player, having represented a large number"
"Jeremy Peace Jeremy Roland Peace (born 13 August 1956) is a British businessman, and the former chairman and owner of West Bromwich Albion F.C, a professional football club in the West Midlands, England. Jeremy Peace was born 13 August 1956 in West Bromwich and educated at Shrewsbury School. He worked in accountancy, as a stockbroker and in investment banking between 1974 and 1983. Until 1991, he was a major shareholder and director of Morland Securities PLC (later renamed Access Satellite International PLC) and then of Sangers Photographics PLC (later renamed Quadrant Group PLC). Since that time, Peace has been a"
"a pre-season friendly against former club Derby County on 17 July 2010, and on 3 August 2010 was announced as the club's new captain, replacing Darren Stride. Moore left the club on 7 February 2012. He then played for a while for Wellington Amateurs, before returning to his old club West Brom, employed as a youth coach. On 2 April 2018, West Bromwich Albion manager Alan Pardew, was dismissed from his post after a run of poor results, leaving them bottom of the Premier League and ten points from safety. Moore was then appointed as caretaker manager, taking charge of"
"February 2011: Roy Hodgson is appointed as manager of West Bromwich Albion. 18 February 2011: Ryan Giggs signs a new one-year contract at Manchester United, tying him to the club for at least another season and taking him into his 22nd year at Old Trafford. 21 February 2011: Plymouth Argyle issue a notice for administration, resulting in a 10-point deduction which leaves them bottom of League One and 10 points adrift of safety as their battle against a second successive relegation is made much harder. 27 February 2011: Birmingham City win the first silverware of the season, beating Arsenal 2–1"
"with Chris Brunt as deputy. Under Pulis, the ""Baggies"" went through February unbeaten, keeping three clean sheets in a row in the process. West Brom's form saw Pulis named as the Premier League Manager of the Month for February. West Brom secured victories over Chelsea and Manchester United, and Pulis duly led the team to a 13th-place finish in the Premier League. For the 2015–16 season, Pulis signed striker Salomón Rondón for a club record fee of £12 million from Zenit Saint Petersburg, as well as James McClean, James Chester, former England international Rickie Lambert, Northern Ireland international Jonny Evans,"
"court judge to pay Crystal Palace £3.7 million for fraudulent misrepresentation in a dispute with Steve Parish over a £2 million ""survival"" bonus paid to him on his request over two weeks earlier than contractually necessary the day before he announced his departure. On 1 January 2015, Pulis was appointed head coach at West Bromwich Albion. He won his first game in charge 7–0 against Conference Premier side Gateshead in an FA Cup third round match. During the January transfer window, Pulis secured the services of former Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher, who Pulis soon promoted to first team captain,"
"West Bromwich Albion on a two-year deal, having been a free agent since his release by Wigan. Teammate James Morrison has since praised his performances, saying that although Scharner is ""a weirdo"", has made a positive impact on the team. He made the switch to West Brom with the intent of no longer playing in central defence when manager Roberto Di Matteo told him he will be used as a midfielder. After his league debut in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round, West Brom went on a five-game unbeaten run, including a win against Arsenal and"
"was announced that first team coaches Stuart Gray and Guy Whittingham would take over management duties, Cotterill's departure allowed several omitted players a return to the first team, such as Dave Kitson and Ricardo Rocha in a 2–0 home win against Barnsley. Following Cotterill's departure, Michael Appleton was announced as the new manager on 10 November 2011. His first match in charge was a 2–0 defeat at Watford, only Appleton's second match as a first team manager after taking charge of a single match during a spell as caretaker manager of West Bromwich Albion. On 23 November 2011, a Europe-wide"
"West Bromwich Albion 2–1, claiming their first Premier League win away from home, and scoring their first Premier League goals from open play. Following a draw in the next game against Middlesbrough, Wigan played their first cup game of the season against AFC Bournemouth in the League Cup, winning the match 1–0. On 24 September, Wigan extended their unbeaten run with a 1–0 away against Everton. As a result of the club's impressive form, manager Paul Jewell received the September Manager of the Month award. Wigan entered the League Cup in the second round and were drawn against AFC Bournemouth."
"negative. ""As of 23 January 2016"" ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season Total outgoing: £30,500,000 Total incoming: £3,000,000 On 1 May 2015, it was announced that West Bromwich Albion would face Walsall in a pre-season friendly on 28 July 2015. Also announced was that West Bromwich Albion will go on tour to the United States and face Orlando City, Charleston Battery and Richmond Kickers. On 12 May 2015, it was announced that a West Bromwich Albion"
"to Stoke City in January 2017 for a fee of £12 million. West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club ) is a football club in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. The club was formed in 1878 and has played at its home ground, The Hawthorns, since 1900. Albion currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English football, having been relegated from the Premier League in 2017–18. Albion were one of the founding members of the Football League in 1888, and have spent the majority of their existence in the top tier of English football. They have"
"Pardew at Newcastle United. In his debut game in charge, the club drew 0–0 at The Hawthorns, against his previous club Crystal Palace. On 2 April 2018, West Bromwich Albion and Pardew mutually parted company after he had been manager for four months. At the time Albion had gone 10 games without a win, were on a run of eight successive defeats and were bottom of the Premier League. Pardew has been involved in several controversial issues and events. In 2003, the BBC described him as being a ""dangerous and distant animal"" in the media, referring to his lack of"
"part-time goalkeeping coach; after previous coach Jonathan Gould left to join Premier League outfit West Bromwich Albion. After impressing then-manager Ernie Merrick, he was promoted to a full-time assistant coach role. In December 2016, after the departure of Merrick, Buckingham and fellow coach Chris Greenacre became interim coaches of the club. On 1 January 2017, Buckingham was appointed head coach of Wellington Phoenix with Greenacre becoming co-coach. The pair were able to lift the Club off the bottom of the table and despite picking up a points-per-game ratio that across a full season would have seen Phoenix qualify for their"