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Saturday 22nd September 2012, Barclays Premier League, The Hawthorns, Kick-Off 3pm |
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West Bromwich Albion |
1 - 0 |
Reading |
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Lukaku (71) |
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Managers |
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Steve Clarke |
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Brian McDermott |
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Starting XI |
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Ben Foster |
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Alex McCarthy |
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Billy Jones |
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Chris Gunter (Robson-Kanu 79) |
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Gareth McAuley |
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Kaspars Gorkss |
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Jonas Olsson |
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Alex Pearce |
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Liam Ridgewell |
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Nicky Shorey |
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Claudio Yacob |
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Jobi McAnuff (c) |
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Youssouf Mulumbu |
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Danny Guthrie |
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(Dorrans 69) Zoltan Gera |
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Mikele Leigertwood |
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(Long 64) James Morrison |
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Garath McCleary |
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(c) Chris Brunt |
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Adam Le Fondre |
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(Rosenberg 77) Romelu Lukaku |
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Pavel Pogrebnyak (Hunt 68) |
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Substitutes |
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Graham Dorrans |
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Hal Robson-Kanu |
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Shane Long |
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Noel Hunt |
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Markus Rosenberg |
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Stuart Taylor (gk) |
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(gk) Boaz Myhill |
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Shaun Cummings |
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Craig Dawson |
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Adrian Mariappa |
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Gonzalo Jara Reyes |
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Jem Karacan |
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Marc-Antoine Fortuné |
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Simon Church |
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Bookings |
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(foul 89) Yacob |
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| Attendance:
23,854 |
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| Referee:
Chris Foy (Merseyside) |
| Assistant 01:
Ron Ganfield (Weston-super-Mare) |
| Assistant 02:
Harry Lennard (Hampshire) |
| Fourth Official:
James Adcock (Nottinghamshire) |
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| Official Matchday
Programme - Albion News |
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Price:
£3.00
Pages: 84 Issue: 3 |
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The game is the first-ever top flight meeting between the two clubs. |
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Chris Brunt makes his first league start of the season. |
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Former Albion defender Nicky Shorey starts for the Royals while ex-Albion loan
signing Shaun Cummings is on the Reading substitutes bench. |
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Romelu Lukaku makes his full debut for Albion. |
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Markus Rosenberg makes his first Hawthorns appearance, coming on as a 77th minute
substitute. |
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This is the first time in 58-years that Albion have won their opening three
home games of a season in the top-flight. |
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