There have been plenty of devastating goalscorers who have donned the stripes during these 125 years at The Hawthorns, but certainly as far as the 21st century goes, there has been no better finisher for the Albion than Kevin Phillips.
Signed by Bryan Robson at the tail-end of his reign as manager in August 2006, the fact that Phillips had moved from Villa Park had no impact on the reverence in which he was held by the Throstletariat.
Off the mark with a penalty against Leicester City on his debut Hawthorns appearance, SuperKev wasn’t here for long, but across two seasons, he was the focal point of what became Tony Mowbray’s team of supreme entertainers. Albion topped the century of goals in both 2006/07 and 2007/08 and across that spell, Phillips bagged 46 of them, 26 of them at The Hawthorns.
What more excuse than The Hawthorns’ 125th anniversary do we need to enjoy them all again?
2006/07
Leicester City – 9 September 2006
Leeds United – 30 September 2006
Coventry City – 16 December 2006
Leeds United (FA Cup) – 6 January 2007
Luton Town (2) – 12 January 2007
Southampton – 10 February 2007
Crystal Palace – 14 March 2007
Barnsley (3) – 6 May 07
Wolverhampton Wanderers (play-offs) – 16 May 2007
2007/08
Preston North End - 18 August 2007
Ipswich Town (2) - 15 September 2007
QPR (2) - 30 September 2007
Norwich City – 27 October 2007
Sheffield Wednesday - 6 November 2007
Charlton Athletic – 15 December 2007
Bristol City (2) – 26 December 07
Scunthorpe United (2) - 29 December 07
Crystal Palace – 12 March 2008
Colchester United – 29 March 2008