Paul Smith 𓅪

Albion season ticket holder

[Hiper Realista @RealistaHiper]

Esto sucedió hoy en la CDMX entre aficionados ingleses 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 y mexicanos 🇲🇽

Esto es algo que en ningún otro país del mundo se podría imaginar, previo a un partido de eliminación directa.

Grande, México 🇲🇽, eres el mejor anfitrión del planeta.

🇲🇽🤝🌎

[𓅪 @wbaaa7]

Can we all just agree, no matter what happens you don’t turn on this man and hurl abuse at him. #wba

[Jon Sidaway @JonSidaway]

🎥 A couple of ‘moving frames’ from our game against Watford.

We’ve been trying to be more unique with some of our matchday angles in recent weeks.

No camera movement, just simply letting each moment play out.

@wba 💙🤍

[West Bromwich Albion @WBA]

Warra bloke Mozza is, btw. 😮‍💨

[Paul Smith 𓅪 @PPs562]

@scan1968 Mayor of Kingstown is better than both, if you haven't seen it

[Howie 𓅪 @hrp6]

It’s hard to explain just how shit our defence is. Unable to tackle, unable to pass, unable to clear the ball & all while showing no aggression or desire to get to the second ball. That description is probably too kind 👀 #wba

[Jamie Morton @Morton_10]

Snicko shows spike for Australian batsman but images don’t line up = not out

Snicko shows spike for English batsmen but images don’t line up = out

🤔

[Chris Hall @CJHall83]

Cheers @SkySports, you make me watch us get three smashed past us first half but your feed breaks and I miss our goal!

What am I paying for??

#wba

[WBA Former Players @WbaFormer]

@WBA @WBA @shilensays

[WBA The Rainbow Stand 𓅪 @TheRainbowStand]

📝 Ian Pearce took over as Head of Recruitment in 2018.

I’ve set up a Google Form where you can give your opinion on each permanent signing he has made.

📊 Results will be shared early next week.

👉 https://t.co/LPkPD6hjQl

Reposts appreciated.

#wba

[Dawn Astle MBE @DawnAstle9]

23 years ago today, my family and I sat through the Inquest into my Dads death.
We listened to a pathologist describe how badly damaged his brain was and how it had been destroyed because of his job.

His brain looked like the brain of a boxer.
He wasn’t a boxer , he was a footballer.

He was only 59 when he died. He died due to the repeated heading of footballs.
That wasn’t me saying that, or my family, that was HM Coroner saying it.
We know football killed him, it’s on the bottom of his death certificate.
Cause of Death, Industrial Disease.

This ruling should have had earthquake like repercussions for the sport of football but it didn’t.
An inquest ruling such as Dads should have been a defining moment where sport should have reacted with vigour, both to protect future generations of footballers and to help those past heroes who were dying and whose families were often facing collapse.

We needed answers, answers to many questions.

Two of the most important questions were, do we have a problem with our former players and dementia, and is the game safe now ?

It took the incredible #JusticeforJeff campaign with the help and the support of 27,000 @WBA fans to make the footballing authorities sit up and listen.

The #FIELDSTUDY proved everything we believed and feared.
We now know that our former professional footballers are 5 x more likely to die with #AlzheimersDisease than you and I.
Our footballers are 4 x more likely to die with #MND than you and I and are twice more likely to die with #ParkinsonsDisease

If we fast forward to today, all these years later so much has changed.
Would I have even began to believe this all those years ago , absolutely not.
Giving up was never an option, we had to be his voice and we had to be the voice of all those unable to speak anymore.

We have the Advanced Brain Clinic in London which hopefully will give us a better understanding of Brain Health in players in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.
There is a dedicated Brain Health department at the PFA.
We have guidance for the number of high force headers professionals do in training.
We have Concussion Subs
We have Education sessions for all professional players on both concussion and repetitive head impact ( heading )
We have a weekly Admiral Nurse clinic to support our families and players.
We have the Football Brain Health Fund .
We have had heading removed from the game for our youngest of children.
We continue to push for dementia and other neurological diseases to be officially recognised as Industial Diseases through the IIAC.

The work continues.

Finally, we are really proud that although dementia robbed my dad of his life far too soon, it gave us, his family, the strength and the ability to start the discussions around dementia in the game.
To educate about the dangers of both short term and long term brain trauma, to impact sports medicine and to advocate for player safety.
Our continued heartbreak is nothing compared to the brutality of what my dad faced.
He loved his life, his family and his friends and he lost all that far too soon.

Dawn and the Astle family x

#CTE #MyDad #HisLegacy #dementiainfootball @alanshearer
@JeffAstleFdn

[Paul Smith 𓅪 @PPs562]

That was really, really poor

[stuart jones @stuxjones]

Got a load of Albion programmes I’m giving away for free. Would be a shame to throw them, so hoping they can go to a good home. Drop me a message if you’re interested. Job lot, no singles. @chrislepkowski @GoldbergRadio @CJHall83 appreciate a RT. #WBA

[Paul Smith 𓅪 @PPs562]

Really enjoyed the tour. Well done to everyone involved #wba

[FourFourTwo @FourFourTwo]

7️⃣ Justin Seven-Seven scored in the...SEVENTH minute for West Brom's U18s this weekend.

😆 What are the chances?!

[Paul Smith 𓅪 @PPs562]

@tds122 Anderson would have 7-20 odd on this pitch 😳

[Forresterbird @forresterbird]

The Band of the Coldstream Guards perform "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath at Changing of the Guard today. RIP Ozzy Osbourne, the "Prince of Darkness" #guard #kingsguard #ozzyosbourne #blacksabbath #paranoid #heavymetal #rockband #london #buckinghampalace 💂🤘🏽

[Paul Smith 𓅪 @PPs562]

Rest in peace, Ozzy. Thanks for the tunes 🤘

[Ozzy Osbourne @OzzyOsbourne]

It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.

We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.

Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis

[BlackSabbath @BlackSabbath]

Ozzy Forever!