BBC Sport journalist makes West Brom prediction after ‘shameful scenes’ v Wolves
The fall-out from the “shameful scenes” during the encounter between West Brom and Wolves will be “long-lasting.”
That is according to BBC Sport journalist Simon Stone, who shared the verdict after the match was delayed due to crowd trouble.
The FA Cup fourth round clash at The Hawthorns restarted after the trouble, with Wolves winning the Black Country Derby 2-0.
“Wolves played with a measure of control, limited West Brom to a few chances at the start of the game and one after the restart, and their extra class told,” Stone wrote for BBC Sport.
“But the wider football world will not care – not after the shameful scenes that caused the game to be delayed for over half an hour after Matheus Cunha’s goal. The fall-out from what happened at The Hawthorns will be long-lasting.”
Terrible
The scenes inside The Hawthorns really were terrible, with no place for such violence at football matches. The trouble was obviously brewing given that it was a Black Country Derby clash between the Championship and Premier League clubs.
And it reached boiling point after Matheus Cunha slotted home a second goal for the visitors with just over 10 minutes to go, with Pedro Neto having opened the scoring in the first half.
Sadly, however, matters on the pitch and the great result for Wolves in this fierce derby have been and will continue to be overshadowed by the trouble for quite some time.
An investigation will hopefully find and punish those responsible, with lifelong bans surely the best option at this stage.
Not that it matters in the grand scheme of events right now, but Wolves have now been drawn against fellow Premier League club Brighton in the fifth round of the famous competition.
In other West Brom news, an Express & Star journalist has shared what a lone Albion fan did to the Wolves staff amid a pitch invasion during the FA Cup clash.
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