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Saturday 11th April 2015, Barclays Premier League, The Hawthorns, Kick-Off 3pm |
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West Bromwich Albion |
2 - 3 |
Leicester City |
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Fletcher (8) |
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Nugent (20) |
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Gardner (26) |
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Huth (80) |
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Vardy (90+1) |
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Managers |
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Tony Pulis |
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Nigel Pearson |
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Starting XI |
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Boaz Myhill |
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Kasper Schmeichel |
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Craig Dawson |
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Ritchie De Laet (Wasilewski HT) |
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Chris Brunt |
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Wes Morgan (c) |
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Claudio Yacob |
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Robert Huth |
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Gareth McAuley |
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Jeff Schlupp |
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Joleon Lescott |
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Esteban Cambiasso |
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(Sessègnon 85) James Morrison |
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Matty James (King 60) |
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(Olsson 73) Craig Gardner |
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Marc Albrighton |
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Saido Berahino |
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David Nugent |
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(Anichebe 60) Brown Ideye |
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Jamie Vardy |
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(c) Darren Fletcher |
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Leonardo Ulloa (Mahrez 64) |
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Substitutes |
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Stéphane Sessègnon |
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Marcin Wasilewski |
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Jonas Olsson |
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Andy King |
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Victor Anichebe |
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Riyad Mahrez |
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(gk) Jack Rose |
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Mark Schwarzer (gk) |
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Andre Wisdom |
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Paul Konchesky |
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Chris Baird |
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Danny Drinkwater |
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Callum McManaman |
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Andrej Kramarić |
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Bookings |
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(foul 49) Gardner |
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Albrighton (foul 54) |
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(foul 61) Fletcher |
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Huth (foul 75) |
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| Attendance:
26,768 |
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| Referee:
Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire) |
| Assistant 01:
Mike Mullarkey (Devon) |
| Assistant 02:
Stephen Child (Kent) |
| Fourth Official:
Jonathan Moss (West Yorkshire) |
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| Official Matchday
Programme |
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£5.00
Pages: 148 Issue: 21 |
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Darren Fletcher scores his first Albion goal. |
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The game is the first-ever Premier League meeting between the two sides at
The Hawthorns. |
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The game is dedicated as Astle Day, to
coincide with the launch of the Jeff Astle Foundation. |
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Albion wore a special replica of their 1968 FA Cup Final winning kit, which
contained no names or sponsors. |
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The squad numbers for the game were - Myhill, 2 Dawson, 3 Brunt, 4 Yacob, 5
McAuley, 6 Lescott, 7 Morrison, 8 Gardner, 9 Berahino, 10 Ideye, 11 Fletcher. |
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Subs: Rose, 12 Wisdom, 14 Olsson, 15 Baird, 16 McManaman, 17 Anichebe, 18
Sessègnon. |
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On the 9th minute of the game, 6,000 fans in the Birmingham Road End held up
cards displaying the message 'ASTLE KING' with the rest of The Hawthorns
standing |
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to
applaud. |
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The club's biggest-ever matchday programme was produced.
A special 148-page double-sided programme featuring a reprint of Jeff
Astle's autobiography, Striker! |
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