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BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
West Bromwich Albion women's team move to new stadium
The Alexander Stadium has been named as the new home of West Bromwich Albion's women's team for the 2025-26 in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham, the club said the 17,500 all-seater ground had "word-class facilities" and was just four miles from Albion's ground in West Bromwich - The Bromwich Albion Women have been playing their recent seasons at Redditch United's Valley Stadium, which is 20 miles away from West chairman Shilen Patel promised in the summer that they were looking for a new home for the women's team. The team play in the National League Northern Premier league and two promotion spots are available this director Andrew Nestor said: "This is another significant step forward for our women's football programme."We are committed to the advancement of our women's first team, and this is a crucial component for the club's progression. "This venue move will ensure our players and coaches are working in top-class facilities at home fixtures, and that our supporters enjoy a vibrant and welcoming match day experience within our local community."He added: "I want to make special mention to all our women's first team leadership and club staff and thank them for their work in securing this stadium partnership. We look forward to welcoming our fans to the Alexander Stadium." Manager Siobhan Hodgetts-Still said: "It's a really great venue to be playing our games at this season.""It brings us much closer to our area, which will hopefully continue to grow our fanbase. "And it also shows the ambition of the ownership group and the football club, in terms of the direction we believe we're heading."The first match there will be the FAWNL Northern Premier Division game against Stoke City on Sunday 14 September. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
'Bilkul model' not Baggies' long-term plan
West Bromwich Albion boss Ryan Mason says he believes the club's current model of purchasing low-value players with a view to developing them for a higher resale price is only a temporary solution to resolve the club's financial Baggies sold defender Torbjorn Heggem to Serie A club Bologna on a £10m deal on Friday, having purchased the Norwegian for just under £600,000 in July to BBC Radio WM on Thursday, prior to the completion of the sale, the head coach was asked whether the 'Bilkul model' introduced when Shilen Patel took over the club in February 2024 was something he was made aware of when he arrived in June."I think it's more the context of our current situation and what we inherited as a club a couple of years ago in terms of the new ownership," Mason said."I don't necessarily believe that's the model, it's just a model we currently using to get us to a point where we can be better placed."If there's opportunities that arise in this period now where I can accelerate the process of getting us more stable on that side of it, then that can only benefit the club."Listen to the full pre-match interview with Mason and more on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
25-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Albion 'in the hands of people who care'
Albion chairman Shilen Patel has written his latest open letter to supporters and there's plenty to be encouraged by - but it's also honest about their ongoing challenge of abiding by the EFL's profit and sustainability rules (PSR).The Baggies must avoid losses of £39m over a three-year rolling period and the American owner describes the fact that they avoided breaching rules in the last financial year as "a remarkable feat". He has pumped millions of pounds into the club monthly since taking over in February of last year and he and his team absolutely deserve credit for that. However, he has warned the club will have to continue to be "pragmatic and adaptable" when it comes to the transfer writes that fans should expect player departures every summer but they want to recruit "well-vetted" talents. This is the task of sporting director Andrew Nestor and has been displayed by the capture of Isaac Price, who was watched for some time before the Baggies signed him for around £2.5m from Standard Liege in January. He will no doubt be sold for a much higher fee at some point in the future. Likewise, Norwegian defender Torbjorn Heggem was bought for just over £500k last summer but is now worth way more after a stellar debut season in English football and the club will eventually cash in on academy product Tom Fellows. Which one of their high value assets leaves in this window is to be determined but that's the business of also recognises the need to grow commercially, he reveals conversations with local political leaders to boost the Baggies' standing in the wider West Midlands region and doesn't forget about their role in the community through the Albion Foundation charity, which he labels "vital".In the last year, the club has invested in the training ground while improvements to the Hawthorns stadium have taken place this summer. It's also a positive that the club consider it a "priority" to find a home ground for the women's team that's closer to West Bromwich. The third-tier side currently play 20 miles away in Redditch and Patel wants a venue that's better suited to "elite-level football". It's worth noting that spending on all these things does not come under a work in progress but the club is in the hands of people who genuinely care. As always in the fickle world of football though, it's what happens on the field that counts. Shilen Patel reckons new men's head coach Ryan Mason has "all the qualities to make a massive mark on the club" and that's what fans will focus on the most.
Reuters
02-06-2025
- Business
- Reuters
West Brom appoint Mason as manager
June 2 (Reuters) - West Bromwich Albion have appointed Ryan Mason as coach on a three-year deal, the Championship club announced on Monday. Mason, 33, arrives from Tottenham Hotspur, where he was Ange Postecoglou's assistant in their Europa League-winning campaign. Spurs' youth product and former midfielder Mason twice served as the team's interim coach, in 2021 and 2023. "We have undertaken a thoughtful and expansive search and Ryan always stood out to us among an incredibly strong group of candidates," Chairman Shilen Patel told the West Brom website. "We are excited to have someone whose skill set means he has the aptitude to help us further establish elite standards in both preparation and player development for the first team and across all our team programmes." West Brom, who were relegated from the Premier League in 2021, finished ninth in the second tier last season, four points below the playoff spots. They reached the playoffs in 2023-24 but were knocked out in the semi-finals by Southampton.
CNA
02-06-2025
- Business
- CNA
West Brom appoint Mason as manager
West Bromwich Albion have appointed Ryan Mason as coach on a three-year deal, the Championship club announced on Monday. Mason, 33, arrives from Tottenham Hotspur, where he was Ange Postecoglou's assistant in their Europa League-winning campaign. Spurs' youth product and former midfielder Mason twice served as the team's interim coach, in 2021 and 2023. "We have undertaken a thoughtful and expansive search and Ryan always stood out to us among an incredibly strong group of candidates," Chairman Shilen Patel told the West Brom website. "We are excited to have someone whose skill set means he has the aptitude to help us further establish elite standards in both preparation and player development for the first team and across all our team programmes." West Brom, who were relegated from the Premier League in 2021, finished ninth in the second tier last season, four points below the playoff spots. They reached the playoffs in 2023-24 but were knocked out in the semi-finals by Southampton.
