Football Away Days: WBA and The Hawthorns
Back on April 12th the time had come for the next in our increasingly long line of football away day pilgrimages. This time we were heading towards the midlands and had chosen The Hawthorns as the venue for our latest first-time football experience. West Bromwich Albion were hosting Watford FC, with just a point between the clubs and both of them still harbouring ambitions for the Championship play-offs. As things have turned out, this would be my fourth time watching The Hornets, home and away, in the past couple of years. Amazingly, by the standards of Gino Pozzo, Tom Cleverley has been the manager of the away side for more than a year now, although it remains to be seen if he survives the coming summer. On the other hand, it transpired that we would end up witnessing the last win of Tony Mowbray's second tenure as the WBA boss. Just nine days after our trip Mowbray was sacked, a mere two months into his return, following two subsequent defeats that quickly extinguished any re...
