West Brom make first summer schedule announcement as major change revealed
West Brom fans have had to endure some frustrating pre-season campaigns in recent years.
In the two summers under Carlos Corberan, the Spaniard opted to play a lot of Albion’s games behind closed doors meaning fans were unable to go and watch their side preparing for the new campaign.
They were let into a handful of fixtures – but for both summers the majority of the games were played away from supporters.
So Albion fans will have been delighted by news that emerged on Thursday evening, as Albion announced their first two pre-season friendlies.
As is the case with many games in pre-season for bigger clubs, Albion will make two trips away from home as part of their pre-season plans.
The first will be on Saturday July 19 – as Albion take on former boss Steve Bruce and his Blackpool side at Bloomfield Road.
Then on July 26, they will be on the road again as they travel to the LNER Stadium to face Lincoln City.
Tickets for both clashes will be available on the club’s website at a later date.
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Man jailed after shots were fired and a car rammed after Aston Villa Champions League match
A man has been jailed after shots were fired at a group of men who were fleeing from a car when it was rammed in Birmingham.
The violence unfolded as fans were leaving the busy Aston area after Villa’s Champions League fixture against Bayern Munich on October 2 last year.
The incident involved three men in a black VW Golf being driven along Trinity Road towards Birchfield Road at around 10.40pm when it was deliberately struck by a Mitsubishi Shogun. The three men in the Golf fled on foot towards Birchfield Road.
He used the handle of a Rambo type knife to smash the Golf’s windscreen, while another man fired a gun at the victims as they fled on foot up Trinity Road.
The bullet ricocheted off the Golf’s swinging car door, missing the victims. The man then fires again into the victim’s now empty car.
Ali fled the country shortly after the shooting, but forensic tests linked him to the scene and he was arrested when he returned to the UK.
West Midlands Police said the motive for the attack remained unknown and inquiries were continuing to identify the three other men from the Shogun including the person who actually fired the gun.
Ali’s conviction is part of the force’s Operation Target initiative set up to tackle serious and organised crime.
