The Unofficial West Brom Fan Podcast

I relive unforgettable memories and stories from the beginning of my volunteering experience as a Media Officer at West Bromwich Albion Women.Hear how I almost made that dreaded move, to picking up something I will never forget. Whilst, enjoying every minute helping to support the Albion Foundation and Wolverhampton University to give the recognition our Women's team deserved.

A great day in Birmingham watching our beloved Baggies legends beat Blues legends on their own turf oh and it was on my birthday!Hear the day as it happened for a bit of fun!

So pleased for Mozza! At least he and Brunt can say they've both led their now beloved Baggies to a victory! Super Bob next up for Head Coach?

Let's end the season with a win eh! Of course it doesn't mean much to us, but for Luton it certainly does and that could make it an interesting game!Hear my brief thoughts on the Head Coach situation, WBA Women and the usual preview, previous meetings and audio commentary!

Not many times I can say a goalless draw makes you happy, but I really enjoyed this one. We turned up, we gave it all and could have even won it!Plenty packed into this one - hear the day of how it happened, Albion coach travel, match review and ratings, atmosphere and much more!

Let's go and finish the season off on a high shall we starting on Saturday!

Another defeat and this time this really is the one that condemns us to Championship football next season.But as always - I keep the positive vibes going with plenty of Albion chat with different voices this time! While also giving you a view on the lucky mascot and how the day unfolded.

Where do we start?Another sending off - A Swift delivery but not to us! Not one shot on target. Is it over? I pick the bones out of a poor display that sees our play-off hopes take a massive dent.

With Easter Bank holiday upon us and two massive fixtures ahead at Coventry City and at home to Derby County. I pack two into one along with the following:Who's that lucky mascot?Someone's meeting our ownerFellows and Heggem smashing the gongsPlus the usual previous meetings, danger men, audio commentaries while also asking what has been your favourite Easter following the Baggies?Enjoy this one Baggies and Happy Easter to you all!

Now that's more like it isn't it!

Can we sting the Hornets?Last chance saloon or has the ship already sailed on our play-off hopes? I give you my thoughts.Hear the usual Watford preview, team line ups and previous meetings, plus more Baggies chat!

Sunk in stoppage time by the Robins. Is that the end of our play-off hopes?Hear my usual review and ratings as I pick the bones out of another defeat on the road.

Where do we start?Reviewing the loss to the Black Cats, along with previewing Bristol City.Trying to keep the pod positive!

The Black Cats arrive at the Hawthorns purring at the thought of a Play-Off place! Can we scare them off with three points?Hear my preview, another away day, along with throwing a little ‘spanner in the works' up front.Enjoy - Come on you Baggies!

Trying to make a defeat fun! Not easy is it especially when you lose to a last minute goal.Hear my review and ratings plus a bit about the trip and how a fiver cheered someone up

Looking ahead to our trip to Carrow Road and the fact I'm going to the game makes it even better!

Enjoy this mixed addition of Albion content including briefing of Hull, the man behind the pod, unheard former player interviews and commentaries.To keep you going through the international break.

Can we tame the Tigers and keep the Baggies train moving!Hear my preview, danger men and previous meetings with memories.Plus which away game am I going to?

Another well earned point this time at Turf Moor. Hear my review and ratings from that terrific point on the road.

QPR reviewPlayer ratingsWhen did we last win with ten men?That never say die attitudeBurnley preview

Reviewing QPR and their danger men.My predicted line upWorld book day - which Baggies book did I choose as my favourite and which is yours?And more! Enjoy!

Discussing our hard earned point at Elland Road along with ratings and more.

Previewing Leeds United's danger men and previous meetings between us (with some audio commentary).Plus discussing booing and who loves to score against our weekend opponents. Enjoy!

Banana skin avoided, as we take 3 points back at the Shrine and return to winning ways to jump back into the top 6.Hear my thoughts, ratings and more on the game as we kept our first clean sheet since December.

Can we get back to winning ways at the Hawthorns?Previewing Oxford's danger men, why we should be starting MJ & TF, , previous meetings and more.Drop us a follow or message @NostalgicBaggie on X if you fancy it!

Providing my personal view on Millwall draw, Mowbray and congratulating WBA Women who will also always have a special place in my heart.

Looking ahead to Millwall with team selection, previous meetings and more. Enjoy!

Albion came flying out of the blocks under Roberto Di Matteo before the wheels came off and old boy Roy came to our rescue!More iconic memories and stories including winning at the Emirates, comebacks at Old Trafford and St James Park. Trouncing the Toffees. Enjoy this one Baggies along with those audio commentaries and a nice sing song as usual at the end.

West Bromwich Albion were back in the Premier League at the first time of asking under the new management of Roberto Di Matteo.The Italian steered the Baggies to automatic promotion with three games remaining continuing a similar style of football that Tony Mowbray had instilled whilst at the helm.Hear some comical stories, more Baggies memories along with thumping victories over Watford and Gareth Southgate's Middlesbrough as a newly freshed Albion team featuring Scottish wonder kid Graham Dorrans returned to the big time once more.

West Bromwich Albion were back in the top flight, but this time things felt so much different after the Baggies had catapulted to the Championship title in style the previous season. Expansive football, talented technical magicians and a manager who had taken us to things we could not have dreamed of - it all looked so exciting ahead of the new campaign. There were iconic wins over Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, but despite champaign football being on show once more, the gulf in Premier League quality cost us relegation. Relive more memories and stories along with introduction of a big Swede and a player who was better than Kaka!

West Bromwich Albion sealed promotion back to the Premier League as Champions of the Championship as well as booking their place at Wembley Stadium for the second time in just under 12 months.Tony Mowbray's side were dubbed the ‘Arsenal' of the Championship after their scintillating carpet style of football saw the Baggies finish the campaign having hit the back of the net 109 times in total across all competitions.Those staggering numbers eclipsed with epic comebacks and late winners were just part of this spine tingling journey that saw Albion lift the Championship trophy for the first time in their history.Hear those stories, memories and audio commentaries of 32 of those 109 goals as I take you back to a ‘once in a lifetime' season.

After the disappointment of coming so close to Premier League football the previous season, West Bromwich Albion went into this next campaign more than ready for another assault on promotion back to the big time.Hear thumping wins , late winners and a scintillating style of football that saw Tony Mowbray's Albion side become the Championship entertainers. Big guns went through the exit door with new fresh blood entering B71 to help catapult the Baggies to the top of the Championship going into the Christmas period.

West Bromwich Albion came within one game of an instant return to the Premier League after suffering defeat in the Play-Off Final to Derby County.Some scintillating football under new boss Tony Mowbray ensured the Baggies finished top goalscorers in the Championship with an astonishing 81 goals from 46 league games.Hear thumping victories over Coventry City and Barnsley along with Albion's FA Cup and Play-Off heroics that saw them defeat their Black Country rivals Wolves 4 times out of 5.This season might not have ended in glory, but the pieces in the jigsaw were certainly starting to come together as Mowbray's philosophies and structures were more than in the pipeline ahead of the next campaign.

West Bromwich Albion set about their quest for an immediate return to the Premier League.Bryan Robson left the club after a poor start to the season, enabling Tony Mowbray to take the wheel and steer the Baggies back in time to a style of attacking football that had not been witnessed for decades.The arrival of Super Kevin Phillips – to the return of Jason Koumas from the wilderness and Diomansy Kamara from injury were just some of the parts and pieces that saw this team hit 33 goals in our first 21 league games.Hear those audio commentaries, stories, memories and more as we give Leeds, Ipswich & Wolves all a good hiding as Albion's attacking flair lit up the Championship.

Albion's Premier League ride came to an end after suffering relegation back to the Championship, but not without some magic moments during the campaign that gave us a flavour of what was to come in the coming seasons.Victories over Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City showed exactly what this team could produce despite Robson's Baggies losing their battle for survival.Hear how the ‘Pole in Goal' performs miracles again, while there were some cracking Albion goals along the way as I share my memories, stories and audio commentaries in another season as a Home and Away Season Ticket holder.

Bryan Robson's Baggies pulled off the almost impossible dream after securing Premier League survival against all the odds.Hear how a team full of spirit and commitment produced a miracle by breaking the unwanted curse of the side that is bottom of the table at Christmas always gets relegated at the end of the season. NOT West Bromwich Albion! NOT this campaign!Enjoy those audio commentaries of Robinson's last gasp equaliser at Villa Park to Earnshaw's hat-trick at the Valley proving the transformation of this football team being nothing short of mesmerising.Plus all those personal memories and stories including a day to forget at Old Trafford to an epic final day against Portsmouth and how all the drama unfolded.

West Bromwich Albion were back in the Premier League for the second time in three seasons after securing immediate promotion from the First Division.Club legends to be Zoltan Gera and Jonathan Greening entered B71 along with at the time Albion ‘s eye opening capture of double Premier League and FA Cup winning striker Nwankwo Kanu.After a solid start to the new campaign, Albion's form dipped and Gary Megson's four-and-a-half year spell in charge came to an an abrupt end.Enter - Captain Marvel - Bryan Robson to steer the ship and despite a rocky start, things were just starting to accelerate.Enjoy those audio commentaries and stories from the beginning of the Gera era, to taking points off Arsenal and Manchester City, as we edge towards the end of 2004 with renewed belief.

In case you missed it - this interview with former West Bromwich Albion midfielder Graham Lovett was originally posted on Social Media back in 2016. We talk about Graham's time at the Albion and what being on the 1966 League Cup and 1968 FA Cup winning team was like amongst other things.Graham is sadly no longer with us, but what a gentleman he was giving up his time to talk to me. A big thanks goes to Chasetown Football Club and their owners at the time for helping arrange this. RIP Graham Lovett

It was an honour and a privilege to speak to mad Albion fan Dean Walton, as we share memories about supporting our beloved football club. We talk about Dean's books, how Carlos Corberan got involved in the foreword of one of his books. Being chairman of Warwick Baggies and how being a Baggie plays a huge part in our general day to day lives. Enjoy this interview with a Baggies fan who has travelled the world following the club, including that famous iconic night in Valencia.

It's here Baggies! Part 2 of Albion's exciting automatic promotion back to the Premier League. After signing Paul ‘Robbo' Robinson in October to strengthen Albion's defence, Megson dipped into the transfer market once more recruiting Mark Kinsella and Geoff Horsfield to bolster an already strong squad. Those signings along with a young “One of our own” Lloyd Dyer proved pivotal to push the Baggies through the Promotion door in comfortable fashion in the end as Megson's men never dropped out of the top two for the rest of the campaign. Hear those last minute winners, more Albion stories, along with audio commentaries of our heroic victories over Wigan, Ipswich and Sunderland that captulated yet another enthralling season in West Bromwich Albion's history books.

Listen to Part 1 of Albion's immediate promotion push back to the Premier League, following relegation in the previous campaign. Majestic wins over Ipswich and Burnley, while producing League Cup shocks at Newcastle United and at home to Manchester United. Megson's Baggies once again showed plenty of resilience and commitment to the cause, as we maintained a top-two position heading into the Christmas period. Plenty of stories, memories and audio commentaries that will keep you on the edge of your seat and in preparation for Part 2.

Back in the top flight for the first time since 1986, Albion were proud as punch to be pitting their whits against the big boys once more and showed it with superb victories at Manchester City and West Ham United. Despite ultimately being relegated, this strong spirited Megson team once again gave it everything they'd got in their first ever season in the Premiership. Another Welsh Wizard is born (see what I did AJ!) Super Bob's final hurrah and so much more as we were voted the best supporters in the country for that campaign. Sit back and listen to me take you through another season amongst the top dogs in English football.

Gary Megson's Baggies were back in the top flight after 16 years of being in the wilderness following spells in the second and third tier of English football. After cutting an 11 point gap over our Black Country rivals Wolves. Albion's never-say-die attitude and incredible team spirit took them over the line to Premiership glory. Selling one of our star strikers, the Battle at Bramall Lane, missing more penalties than we had scored along with going all the way to the FA Cup Quarter-Final. This season had it all from drama to ecstasy with iconic moments and memories never to be forgotten. Hear how I have to choose between Robson and Bradford, while visiting Molineux for the first time, along with multiple audio commentaries and other stories as I take you back to a glorious campaign in West Bromwich Albion's history.

Gary Megson's first full season in charge at the Hawthorns was like being on a dream boat as we showed our credentials amongst the elite team's in the First Division. A team to be proud of that gave it everything as we came within 90 minutes of a Play-Off Final at Wembley, along with beating a Premiership outfit in the Cup. A lovable strike partnership, along with a solid defensive outfit were the keys to Megson's magic potion, as the start of something special was evident during this campaign. Hear how my away day trips start to grow, while revealing who that famous Albion fan was that I sat close by. Enjoy these stories and much more as the start of this glorious Albion journey begins.

A season that began full of fresh optimism following the dismissal of Denis Smith and the appointment of Ex-Premier League Manager Brian Little who came with an excellent reputation. Yet challenges on the pitch and off the pitch accumulated with poor results cost Little his job meaning Albion were searching for their second manager in less than 12 months. A new Chairman in Paul Thompson and a new manager in Gary Megson helped revitalise a slippery slope for the Baggies as they pulled out all the stops to survive the dreaded trap door of Division 2 Football on the final day. Sit back and listen to another thrilling ride packed full of Albion memories and audio commentaries.

Denis Smith's first full season in charge started like a house on fire as we won three out of our first four league games. Our new Ginger Ninja showed his full potential bagging over 30 goals and nearly earning himself a Sports Car as we dipped in and out of the play-off positions. There was also a young Italian bursting on the scene to light up the Hawthorns with his magic tricks. Hear how my radio dream came true for a day, my first away game in a while with much more packed into another enthralling campaign supporting my beloved Baggies.

After a flying start that saw us well in contention for promotion. Manager Ray Hartford shocked all Albion fans by quitting the club. The arrival of new manager Denis Smith didn't go to plan, but we finished the season strongly in preparation for the next campaign. A bronx hat, another league double over Wolves and a player sponsor were all part of this personal league season story. Sit back and enjoy listening as I take you through another up and down Albion campaign.

Success in the Isle Of Man to thumping wins over Norwich, QPR and Southend - oh and a Blues double! While a new striker was in Town to give Taylor and Hunt some much needed competition. Another season packed full of fun and Baggies memories as Ray Harford entered B71 following the sacking of manager Alan Buckley to bring exciting times back to the Hawthorns.

A season full of up's and down's, but ending the campaign on a high note. In his full first season in charge, Buckley steered Albion to a comfortable mid-table place after some harrowing bumps along the way. Yet there was still some iconic moments, with Super Bob Taylor and a cup run which almost took us to Wembley. Sit back and re-live it as I also give Sneekes a little pep talk of my own, as Albion finished the highest I had ever seen them do so to date.

No fairytale ending for this one, but still some great moments to enjoy in a season we finished strongly. Buckley's Baggies were transformed following the sacking of Keith Burkinshaw turning the Hawthorns into a fortress. Defeating two of the three newly relegated teams from the Premier League, before beating Wolves again to thumping play-off chasing Tranmere. Sit back and enjoy another Albion campaign, as we improved on the season before.

After Ossie Ardiles had jumped ship to move to Spurs, following that epic 1992/93 promotion winning campaign, I feared the worst, and it almost happened! But, thanks to a last day win at Portsmouth, we would survive and ensure First Division football would be back at the Shrine again next season. There was a Black Country double over our local rivals Wolves. Enjoy the audio commentary of those ones! Being Mascot at the New Den and living my dream of playing on the hallowed turf. All this and more packed into yet another roller coaster ride of supporting my beloved Baggies.