{"id":511052,"date":"2026-04-03T16:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511052\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:39:10","slug":"west-bromwich-albion-2-2-wrexham-red-dragons-return-to-top-six-with-baggies-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511052\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Wrexham: Red Dragons return to top six with Baggies draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Baggies started on the front foot, although, aside from Aune Heggebo&#8217;s tame shot, they failed to give Wrexham goalkeeper Okonkwo cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But they were the grateful recipients of a slice of fortune midway through the first half as Price&#8217;s free-kick took a deflection off Wrexham midfielder Dobson before beating Okonkwo at the goalkeeper&#8217;s near post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kabore &#8211; who committed the foul that led to the home side&#8217;s opener &#8211; then brought down West Brom captain Molumby in his own box, with referee Robert Madley having no hesitation in pointing to the penalty spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Maja emphatically drilled his spot-kick to Okonkwo&#8217;s right to put his side in complete control going into the break with his fifth goal of the campaign across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Having been lacklustre in the opening half, Wrexham flew out of the blocks after the restart as George Thomason and Lewis O&#8217;Brien combined to tee up Windass, who curled beyond Baggies goalkeeper Josh Griffiths from 20 yards out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The mood at The Hawthorns dramatically shifted as a result, with the nerves among the home fans increasing as Sam Smith had a pair of headed efforts in quick succession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And Wrexham made it 2-2 in the 62nd minute as &#8211; O&#8217;Brien flicked Callum Doyle&#8217;s cross goalwards, with Dobson applying a gentle touch to help the ball on its way into the net.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Parkinson&#8217;s intent was evident midway through the second half as Wales duo Moore and Nathan Broadhead replaced Smith and Zak Vyner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Following a relentless spell of Wrexham pressure, Morrison&#8217;s side regrouped late on and had a glorious opening to score a third in the 89th minute, although Okonkwo denied Dike from point-blank range.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fellow substitute Moore then stung the palms of Griffiths in added time as, following a dramatic finale, a lively contest ended all-square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Baggies started on the front foot, although, aside from Aune Heggebo&#8217;s tame shot, they failed to give&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-511052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}