Club: West Bromwich Albion (commonly “West Brom” or “The Baggies”)

Location / Stadium: West Bromwich, West Midlands, England — home ground: The Hawthorns.

Season context (around 2020/21):

• Manager: Slaven Bilić — Croatian coach appointed in 2019. He led West Brom to promotion from the Championship at the end of the 2019–20 campaign.
• 2020–21: West Brom returned to the Premier League for the 2020–21 season, but suffered a difficult top‑flight campaign. Slaven Bilić was dismissed in December 2020 after a poor start, and Sam Allardyce took over for the remainder of the season. The club were relegated back to the Championship at the end of the 2020–21 season.
• Owner (at that time): Guochuan Lai (subject to ongoing financial/ownership developments during that period).

Notable players around that time

• Matheus Pereira — creative attacking midfielder, one of the club’s key attacking outlets in 2019–20 and 2020–21.
• Sam Johnstone — goalkeeper, an important figure for the side.
• Semi Ajayi — central defender, part of the defensive core.

Key points of interest

• Slaven Bilić’s appointment in 2019 brought immediate success with automatic promotion (2019–20 Championship runners-up).
• The jump back to the Premier League in 2020–21 proved challenging; managerial change came midseason (Bilić out in Dec 2020, Allardyce in), but the club were unable to avoid relegation.
• The Hawthorns remained the club’s base and the team retained its traditional navy/white colours and “Baggies” nickname.

Short summary

A historic English club, West Bromwich Albion were coached by Slaven Bilić coming into the 2020–21 period after he guided them to promotion in 2019–20. Bilić began the 2020–21 Premier League campaign but was dismissed in December 2020; despite a managerial replacement (Sam Allardyce), West Brom were relegated back to the Championship at the end of that season.