RESULTS & FIXTURES
PREMIER LEAGUE BRIGHTON (0) 0 NEWCASTLE (0) SHEFF UTD (0) 0 EVERTON (0) Richarlison 46 CRYSTAL PAL (0) 0 0 1
WOLVES (1) 2
Daniel Podence 41
Jonny 68
PORTUGAL: Pacos Ferreira 2 Portimonense 1, Tondela 1 Braga 0.
PDC WORLD MATCHPLAY, MILTON KEYNES
First rnd: V van der Voort (Ned) bt D Chisnall (Eng) 10-6, J Cullen (Eng) bt I White (Eng) 13-12, D Gurney (Nir) bt R Evans (Eng) 10-5.
JIMMY SHAN has urged West Brom to seize automatic promotion and avoid the play-off agony he suffered with them last year.
Slaven Bilic’s second-placed Baggies have faltered on the run-in after just three wins in 10 Championship games.
But Brentford’s shock loss at Stoke means Albion will clinch
second if they beat QPR at home tomorrow night.
Bilic’s team have drawn 16 of their 45 Championship matches which has kept the Bees and Fulham in the race.
Shan (right) is anxious for his old club after leading them last term when they lost in the play-off semi-finals on penalties. He
was promoted to replace Darren Moore last March as Albion won all six of his home games but finished fourth. Victories included the second leg of their semi-final 1-0 against Aston Villa but they agonisingly lost on spot-kicks. Shan said: “If they had had a similar kind of home form they
would have been over the line by now. The team has performed well this season and played an offensive brand of football but have drawn a lot of games. If they ended in the play-offs it would be a big blow.
“It really is a lottery as we found out to our cost last season, which hurt a lot. But the boys in the camp will be thinking it is all in their hands.”