2014–15 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

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West Bromwich Albion
2014–15 season
Chairman Jeremy Peace
Head Coach Alan Irvine
(until 29 December 2014)
Rob Kelly
(caretaker, until 1 January 2015)
Tony Pulis
(from 1 January 2015)
Stadium The Hawthorns
Premier League 13th
FA Cup Sixth round
(knocked out by Aston Villa)
League Cup Fourth round
(knocked out by Bournemouth)
Top goalscorer League:
Saido Berahino (14)
All:
Saido Berahino (20)
Highest home attendance 26,768 vs. Leicester City
(11 April 2015, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 10,939 vs. Oxford United
(26 August 2014, League Cup)
Average home league attendance 25,064
Home colours
Away colours
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was West Bromwich Albion's fifth consecutive season in the Premier League, their ninth in total. During the season, they also competed in the FA Cup. West Brom were knocked out of the League Cup in the fourth round, losing away to Bournemouth.[1] The club exited the FA Cup in the sixth round, after they were beaten by local rivals Aston Villa.[2]

On 6 November 2014, Albion unveiled a statue to their record goalscorer Tony "Bomber" Brown outside the East Stand.[3]

Alan Irvine was sacked as head coach on 29 December, after a run of poor results,[4] with Tony Pulis appointed as his replacement three days later.[5]


During every home match throughout the season, the Albion fans applauded through the ninth minute of the match in support of the Justice for Jeff campaign.[6] This concluded on 11 April 2015 when, for their home match against Leicester City, the Jeff Astle Foundation was launched. To promote this, and in memory of Jeff Astle, the players took to the pitch in a plain white kit, a replica of their 1968 FA Cup winning shirts. The kit featured no sponsors and was numbered 2–11 (with the goalkeeper in a blank kit).[6]

Non-competitive

Pre-season

West Bromwich Albion's pre-season friendlies were announced on 22 May 2014, with several matches confirmed by the club later in the summer.[7][8][9][10]
All times listed are in BST unless stated.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final position/round First match Last match Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League — 13th 16 August 2014 24 May 2015 38 11 11 16 38 51 –13 29%
League Cup 2nd round 4th round 26 August 2014 28 October 2014 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 33%
FA Cup 3rd round 6th round 3 January 2015 7 March 2015 4 3 0 1 13 3 +10 75%
Total 45 15 12 18 56 59 -3 33%
Astle Day kit

Premier League

League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Everton 38 12 11 15 48 50 −2 47
12 West Ham United 38 12 11 15 44 47 −3 47 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
13 West Bromwich Albion 38 11 11 16 38 51 −13 44
14 Leicester City 38 11 8 19 46 55 −9 41
15 Newcastle United 38 10 9 19 40 63 −23 39
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ England was given an extra qualification berth for the Europa League first qualifying round as one of the top three associations in UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.[11] The spot was given to West Ham United after finishing on top of the Premier League Fair Play table.[12][13]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 11 11 16 38 51  −13 44 7 4 8 24 26  −2 4 7 8 14 25  −11

Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A A H A H A H H A H A H H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A A H A
Result D D L L W W L D D W L L L L D W L L L D W D L D W D W L W L L L W D W D W L
Position 6 11 17 19 16 10 13 14 12 10 13 13 15 16 16 14 14 15 16 17 14 14 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014.[14]

All times listed are local time (BST or GMT).

FA Cup

As a Premier League side, West Brom entered the FA Cup in the third round.

League Cup

As a Premier League team, West Brom entered the League Cup in the second round.

Player statistics

First team squad

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No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
1 GK  ENG Ben Foster 28 0 2 0 0 0 30 0 2 0
2 DF  ENG Andre Wisdom 24 0 1 0 1 0 26 0 1 0
3 DF  SWE Jonas Olsson 13 1 1 0 1 0 15 1 2 0
4 DF  NIR Chris Baird 19 0 3 0 2 0 24 0 2 0
5 MF  ARG Claudio Yacob 20 0 4 0 2 0 25 0 5 2
6 DF  ENG Joleon Lescott 34 1 3 0 0 0 37 1 3 0
7 MF  SCO James Morrison 33 2 3 1 1 0 37 3 3 0
8 MF  ENG Craig Gardner 35 3 3 0 0 0 38 3 10 0
9 FW  NGA Brown Ideye 24 4 3 2 3 1 30 7 2 0
10 FW  NGA Victor Anichebe 21 3 2 3 2 0 25 6 0 0
11 MF  NIR Chris Brunt 34 2 4 1 1 0 39 3 5 0
13 GK  WAL Boaz Myhill 11 0 3 0 3 0 17 0 1 0
14 DF  AUS Jason Davidson 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0
15 DF  BEL Sébastien Pocognoli 15 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 1 0
16 DF  CRC Cristian Gamboa 10 0 1 0 3 0 14 0 2 0
17 MF  SCO Graham Dorrans 21 1 1 0 0 0 22 1 5 0
18 FW  ENG Saido Berahino 38 14 4 5 3 1 45 20 2 0
19 MF  ENG Callum McManaman 8 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 1 0
20 DF  ENG Liam O'Neil 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
21 MF  COD Youssouf Mulumbu 17 0 1 0 3 0 21 0 2 1
23 DF  NIR Gareth McAuley 24 1 4 0 3 1 31 2 2 1
24 MF  SCO Darren Fletcher 15 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 2 0
25 DF  ENG Craig Dawson 29 2 4 0 2 0 34 2 7 0
27 MF  POR Silvestre Varela 7 1 1 0 1 0 9 1 1 0
28 MF  ARG Sebastián Blanco 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0
29 MF  BEN Stéphane Sessègnon 28 1 3 0 2 0 33 1 5 0
30 FW  GRE Georgios Samaras 5 0 1 0 2 0 8 0 0 0
33 DF  IRL Bradley Garmston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF  ENG Kemar Roofe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW  ENG Adil Nabi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF  ENG Mani O'Sullivan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF  ENG Callam Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 24 May 2015
Sources: West Bromwich Albion and Soccerbase

Top goalscorers

Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Saido Berahino 14 5 1 20
Brown Ideye 4 2 1 7
Victor Anichebe 3 3 0 6
James Morrison 2 2 0 4
Chris Brunt 2 1 0 3
Craig Gardner 3 0 0 3
Own goals 1 0 2 3
Craig Dawson 2 0 0 2
Gareth McAuley 1 0 1 2
Graham Dorrans 1 0 0 1
Darren Fletcher 1 0 0 1
Joleon Lescott 1 0 0 1
Jonas Olsson 1 0 0 1
Stéphane Sessègnon 1 0 0 1
Silvestre Varela 1 0 0 1
Total 38 13 5 56

Source: West Bromwich Albion, BBC

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date Pos. No. Name From Fee Ref
1 July 2014[lower-alpha 1] MF 8 England Craig Gardner England Sunderland Free [15]
1 July 2014[lower-alpha 2] DF 6 England Joleon Lescott England Manchester City Free [16]
7 July 2014 DF 4 Northern Ireland Chris Baird England Burnley Free [17]
12 July 2014 DF 15 Belgium Sébastien Pocognoli Germany Hannover 96 £1,500,000 [18]
18 July 2014 FW 9 Nigeria Brown Ideye Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Undisclosed[lower-alpha 3] [20]
5 August 2014 DF 14 Australia Jason Davidson Netherlands Heracles Almelo Undisclosed [21]
5 August 2014 DF 16 Costa Rica Cristian Gamboa Norway Rosenborg Undisclosed [22]
22 August 2014 FW 30 Greece Giorgos Samaras Scotland Celtic Free [23]
30 August 2014 MF 28 Argentina Sebastián Blanco Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv Undisclosed [24]
28 January 2015 MF 19 England Callum McManaman England Wigan Athletic £4,750,000 [25]
2 February 2015 MF 24 Scotland Darren Fletcher England Manchester United Free [26]
  1. ↑ Gardner's signing was announced on 20 May 2014, but joined Albion officially on 1 July 2014, after his Sunderland contract expired.
  2. ↑ Lescott's signing was announced on 20 June 2014, but joined Albion officially on 1 July 2014, after his Manchester City contract expired.
  3. ↑ The price paid for Ideye was officially undisclosed, but was reported by local media to be around £10 million.[19]

Transfers out

Date Pos. No. Name From To Ref
19 July 2014 MF 15 England George Thorne England Derby County Undisclosed [27]
21 January 2015 GK 19 England Luke Daniels England Scunthorpe United Undisclosed [28]

Loans In

Date Pos. No. Name From Type Ref
22 July 2014 DF 2 England Andre Wisdom England Liverpool 30 June 2015 [29]
24 August 2014 MF 27 Portugal Silvestre Varela Portugal Porto 20 January 2015 [30][31]

Loans out

Date Pos. No. Name From Type Ref
1 August 2014 DF 22 Montserrat Donervon Daniels England Blackpool Until 2 January[lower-alpha 1] [32][33]
29 September 2014 DF 44 England Reiss Greenidge England Port Vale Until 31 December 2014 [34]
4 November 2014 MF 34 England Kemar Roofe England Colchester United Until 1 December 2014 [35]
13 November 2014 DF 20 England Liam O'Neil England Scunthorpe United Until 30 June 2015[lower-alpha 2] [36][37][38]
27 November 2014 DF 48 England Wes Atkinson England Cambridge United Until 3 January 2015 [39]
16 January 2015 DF 33 Republic of Ireland Bradley Garmston England Gillingham Until 15 March 2015[lower-alpha 3] [40][41]
27 January 2015 DF 22 Montserrat Donervon Daniels Scotland Aberdeen Until 30 June [42]
5 February 2015 MF 30 Greece Georgios Samaras Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Until 30 June [43]
13 February 2015 MF 34 England Kemar Roofe England Oxford United Until 30 June[lower-alpha 4] [44][45]
17 February 2015 MF 17 Scotland Graham Dorrans England Norwich City Until 30 June[lower-alpha 5] [46][47]
  1. ↑ Daniels was originally loaned to Blackpool for 28 days, but this loan was extended on 22 August to finish on 2 January.
  2. ↑ O'Neil was originally loaned to Scunthorpe United for 2 months, but this loan was extended on 12 January to finish at end of season.
  3. ↑ Garmston was originally loaned to Gillingham for 28 days, but this loan was extended on 16 February to finish on 15 March.
  4. ↑ Roofe was originally loaned to Oxford United for 28 days, but this loan was extended on 12 March to finish on 30 June.
  5. ↑ Dorrans was originally loaned to Norwich City for 28 days, but this loan was extended on 26 March to finish on 30 June.

Released

Date Pos. No. Name To Type Ref
16 May 2014 DF 2 Republic of Ireland Steven Reid England Burnley Free [48][49]
16 May 2014 DF 6 England Liam Ridgewell United States Portland Timbers Free [48][50]
16 May 2014 DF 14 Uruguay Diego Lugano Released Free [48]
16 May 2014 MF 22 Hungary Zoltán Gera Hungary Ferencváros Free [48]
16 May 2014 MF — Scotland Scott Allan Scotland Hibernian Free [51][52]
16 May 2014 DF 4 Republic of Macedonia Goran Popov Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Loan return [48]
16 May 2014 MF 10 England Scott Sinclair England Manchester City Loan return [48]
16 May 2014 MF 18 France Morgan Amalfitano France Marseille Loan return [48]
16 May 2014 FW 20 Czech Republic Matěj Vydra Italy Udinese Loan return [48]
16 May 2014 FW 50 Republic of the Congo Thievy Bifouma Spain Espanyol Loan return [48]
28 May 2014 DF 28 England Billy Jones England Sunderland Free [53]
10 July 2014 DF 41 England Cameron Gayle England Shrewsbury Town Free [54]

References

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