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The Day They Sent Old Albion Down: the Canaries relegate the Baggies at the Hawthorns, 21st April 1973

Ah, the fixture schedule. When you're plagued with injuries and in terrible form, it dumps two matches a week on you; when you're suddenly on fire and racing up the table, it hits you with fortnight-long breaks and cup postponements. Having lost just two league matches in 2016 and with performances finally starting to feel worthy of the results, it seemed Albion were really going places this spring, but now we're in for a frustratingly stop-start run of games, starting with Norwich on Saturday.

Norwich are a side who've won just once since the new year, and drawn twice, with all three results coming at Carrow Road. They're also a team desperately fighting the drop, while we look down on them from the secure perch of 39 points, having recently vanquished Manchester United and held our own at league leaders Leicester. Yes, you can pretty much file this match under "you know what's going to happen here, don't you?"

It'd be nice to think that we won't have a repeat of the dozy performances against QPR and Leicester last spring; it's entirely feasible that we could finally break the 50-point barrier this season, if the players are willing to go for it. Let's see what they're made of.