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Doesn't matter what others think about us as fans. But it does matter what we think about ourselves as fans. In recent times there has arisen a smug conceit, a self delusion that Albion fans are somehow special, different from all those other, more ordinary clubs. Bonded unbreakably by a...

Of course it doesn't. But that stampeding exodus confirms a behavioural trend that, in this of all seasons, is both baffling and hugely disappointing. What does it say about us as fans if our only response to sudden adversity is simply to run away?

It's perplexing and amusing in equal measure to realise that there are grown men prepared only to watch their team – for real, or on the telly - for as long as they are not losing. After which, an immediate exit, amid much cursing and blubbing, remains their only choice of action. Of course...

Amazing scenes in West Lower yesterday, where the tragi-comedy of Stockdale’s keepy-uppy cock-up was matched only by the wholly unexpected stampede from the concourse of several hundred of Albion’s finest the moment tap-in was gratefully completed. Granted, a customer investment totalling two...