Matthew Crowther

Central Defender - West Bromwich Albion U20
10 Sep 2028
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85 Edition

The West Bromwich Albion Sentinel

13 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match11 Mar 2028

Nowhere to hide for West Bromwich Albion

0‑4 against Sunderland, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market13 Mar 2028

Matthew Crowther asks to leave West Bromwich Albion

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Daryl Dike signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Daryl Dike and West Bromwich Albion agree another 4 years.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Chris Mepham falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout13 Mar 2028

The manager makes an example of Bobby Thomas

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout13 Mar 2028

No place for Ousmane Diakité on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at West Bromwich Albion pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Market13 Mar 2028

West Bromwich Albion and Ousmane Diakité are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Boardroom13 Mar 2028

Doors closed at West Bromwich Albion

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

The dugout13 Mar 2028

Harry Ross answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑4, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

Back issues
83 Edition

The West Bromwich Albion Sentinel

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match26 Feb 2028

4 matches without a win for West Bromwich Albion

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around West Bromwich Albion are no longer polite ones.

Squad28 Feb 2028

Real improvement from Matthew Crowther at West Bromwich Albion

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Matthew Crowther is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad28 Feb 2028

Chris Mepham falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout28 Feb 2028

No hiding place for Ousmane Diakité

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ousmane Diakité, and the manager let it.

Match26 Feb 2028

A bad afternoon for West Bromwich Albion against Blackburn Rovers

0‑1 to Blackburn Rovers, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad28 Feb 2028

Tempers go at West Bromwich Albion

George Campbell was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout28 Feb 2028

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Harry Ross to a room that had heard them before.

Squad28 Feb 2028

Max O'Leary has had enough of the noise

The ambition story running backwards, and the one nobody tells: a footballer who wants a smaller ground, fewer cameras and a crowd that does not turn. It is not weakness and it is rarely reported as anything else.

Looking ahead28 Feb 2028

The leaders are next for West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.

In brief