Our first competitive meeting with West Brom didn't happen until 1977 when we lost 1-0 at The Hawthorns in the League Cup 3rd Round. In all we've met 33 times, winning 10, drawing 7 and losing 16, scoring 42 goals to their 53.
Up in the Black Country we've played 16 times, winning just 3, drawing 4 and losing 9 scoring 17 and conceding 32. The victories were a 3-1 win back in the Old Division 1 in 1983, and two 1-0 wins in the second flight in 1988 and 1995.
Our last meetings were back in the season when no-one really wanted to win the Championship but West Brom tried the least hard and ended up with the title. We were beaten 3-0 at Vicarage Road but managed a 1-1 draw away with Leigh Bromby scoring our goal after just six minutes.
Despite currently being 4th, West Brom's record since they beat Middlesbrough 5-0 away hasn't been that good. In seven games since then they have only beaten Judas' side but then I seem to say that every time I write one of these reviews. Just how long is Brendan going to survive? In their last home match they went down 1-0 to Swansea and last Saturday they drew 0-0 at Coventry.
It will be very strange to be facing a West Brom side without Robbo, although I'm sure our players won't be complaining. The one Watford player with good experience of the Baggies is Nathan Ellington but I don't expect he'll receive a very warm welcome if he gets to play tomorrow.
