By Andy Dengate
September 20 2005

Fans booed, some shouted "Robson Out" everyone was annoyed, a poor Albion performance, leaves Albion without a win in 4 games - struggling? Maybe so. Albion went into this game with their heads dropped, after a poor performance against Wigan, in which results in a 2-1 loss at home to arguable the worst side in the Premier League, in the dying seconds of the game, Bullard hit home and sent Wigan fans wild.

Well of course, Albion wouldnt settle for another defeat, to a side bottom of the Premier League with 0 points from 5 games, and when Breen, the former Sky Blue player hit home after just 7 minutes, things werent going well for the Baggies.
Albion never really got into the game, and as time went on Albion seemed to be tired, but Robson would insist of keeping the same team going into the second half. The fans got a bit restless, and after Greening did a run down the wing and ended in him running the ball out of play, Albion fans booed, as soon as the booing started Pearson went to talk to Robson about subs, coninsidence? - I think not.

Earnshaw who was the better of the two forwards, as Campbell once again seemed very poor, got subbed off, to be replaced by Kamara, which wasn't welcomed by the Albion fans, as Earnie was the only one to be doing any thing, shortly after Ellington was brought on, so Albion would go 4-3-3 with Kamara, Elington and Campbell up front. Albion seemed better, Kamara made an impact, but Albion got even more frustrated as after 80 minutes Sunderland fans thought it was in the bag, singing their heads off, and winding the travelling Albion fans up by singing "albion!" in girls voices (like we do the Villa!) - anyway, Albion had a chance, the ball came in, and Davis headed over, Albion fans had their hands in their heads, couldnt believe the wasted chance, and then Albion had another attempt cleared off the line. The ground surrounded with whistles as the Black Cats wanted their 3 points, but it wasn't to be. the ball came in from a corner, easy save for the keeper, but he flapped at it, Albion got a corner. Kirkland ran up for it, waving his hands in the air, but the ball fell to Zoltan Gera, who headed the ball in the net, Albion fans screamed, some ran on the pitch, Kirkland and his follow teammates ran over to the Albion fans celebrating like a win, it might of only been a point, and Sunderland might find that us celebrating like that for a point from them is a compliment, but it felt bloody good.

Match rating - 7/10

Final Score:
Sunderland 1-1 WBA (Breen 7, Gera 94.)