West Bromwich Albion’s great escape of 2005 will always be remembered as the Premier League’s most unlikely rescue act.
If Sam Allardyce somehow succeeds in guiding the club to survival this season, it would undoubtedly top even Bryan Robson’s achievement from 16 years ago.
West Brom remain eight points adrift of safety but have secured two successive victories to keep their slim hopes of avoiding relegation faintly flickering.
Albion overcame a frankly inexplicable Var decision early in the contest to brush aside an abysmal Southampton, who have now lost 10 of their last 13 league games under Ralph Hasenhüttl.
Allardyce has never been relegated from this division as a manager and time is against him, but they are finally displaying appetite for the fight, refusing to go down with a whimper.
In 2005 they stayed up under Robson on the final day, despite being bottom at Christmas, and this situation is even more severe for the league’s master escapologist.
NAME: West Bromwich Albion - Southampton
DATE: 12 Apr 2021
TIME: 17:00 UTC
VENUE: The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England
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