West Brom have appointed former Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew as manager.<\/p>\n
The Baggies\u00a0sacked Tony Pulis\u00a0on 20 November after they went 10 Premier League games without a victory and were a point above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n
Pardew, 56, has been out of the game since being\u00a0sacked by Palace\u00a0in December 2016.<\/p>\n
He has signed a contract until the end of the 2019-20 season, becoming Albion\u2019s sixth manager since 2011.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m thrilled with the opportunity Albion have provided and looking forward to getting to work with what I consider to be a talented group of players,\u201d\u00a0said Pardew,<\/i>\u00a0a former team-mate of West Brom technical director Nick Hammond.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe immediate challenge will be to get the results we need to pull ourselves up the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019m aware that while I\u2019m joining one of the great, traditional clubs of English football, it is one determined to go forward in the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pardew\u2019s first game in charge will be against Palace in the league at the Hawthorns on Saturday, 2 December (15:00 GMT).<\/p>\n
Albion then face trips to Liverpool and Swansea before a home fixture against Manchester United.<\/p>\n
John Carver, Pardew\u2019s former assistant at Newcastle, will join the West Brom backroom staff.<\/p>\n
Assistant head coach Gary Megson, who took temporary charge following Pulis\u2019 dismissal, has left the club.<\/p>\n
Pardew, who has also had spells at Reading, West Ham, Charlton and Southampton in an 18-year managerial career, lost the FA Cup final twice as a manager.<\/p>\n
He was named League Managers\u2019 Association\u00a0Manager of the Year in 2012\u00a0after Newcastle finished fifth place in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
West Brom chairman John Williams said: \u201cWe were impressed with what he had to say and what he has to offer and we are looking forward to an exciting new era under his charge.\u201d<\/p>\n
While in charge of West Ham in 2006, Pardew was\u00a0involved in a confrontation\u00a0with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.<\/p>\n
In January 2014, he\u00a0swore at\u00a0Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini while in charge of Newcastle.<\/p>\n
Two months after that, he was\u00a0fined \u00a3100,000 and given a formal warning\u00a0for headbutting Hull City midfielder David Meyler.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
West Brom have appointed former Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew as manager. The Baggies\u00a0sacked Tony Pulis\u00a0on 20 November after they went 10 Premier League games without a victory and were a point above the relegation zone. Pardew, 56, has been out of the game since being\u00a0sacked by Palace\u00a0in December 2016. He has signed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":378727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[15047,564,3689],"yoast_head":"\n