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title: "West Bromwich Albion: Fans name Alan Pardew as their worst-ever Baggies manager"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-fans-name-alan-pardew-as-worst-baggies-manager/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Twitter Talk"
published: "2020-05-07T12:00:10Z"
modified: "2020-05-07T12:00:10Z"
---

# West Bromwich Albion: Fans name Alan Pardew as their worst-ever Baggies manager

**Plenty of West Brom fans were provoked into reaction after Twitter account [@BaggiesHQ](https://twitter.com/BaggiesHQ/status/1258094178489131008) raised the question of whether Pepe Mel was the club’s worst-ever manager, a sentiment with which many respondents disagreed.**

Instead, many Albion supporters cited Alan Pardew as their pick for that unenviable title, with the [recently-deposed manager of ADO Den Haag](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11980161/alan-pardew-leaves-ado-den-haag-by-mutual-consent) enduring a miserable [four-month spell at The Hawthorns](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alan-pardew/stationen/trainer/1988) during the ill-fated 2017/18 season.

https://twitter.com/BaggiesHQ/status/1258094178489131008

The 58-year-old came in for Tony Pulis in November 2017 after a 10-game winless run left the Baggies just above the Premier League drop zone (as per [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42144825)). Far from having the desired consequences, though, the team’s fortunes deteriorated under Pardew, who won only [three of his 21 matches](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alan-pardew/leistungsdatenDetail/trainer/1988/verein_id/984/datum_zu/2017-11-29/datum_ab/2018-04-02) in charge and was sacked in early April 2018 after a run of eight successive defeats left them 10 points adrift of top-flight safety (as per [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43183688)).

His time at the club was also overshadowed by an incident in Barcelona which saw four West Brom players accused of stealing a taxi during a team bonding trip, with Pardew saying that the quartet “let themselves down, let the club down and let me down”. \[via [talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/football/efl/435960/alan-pardew-infamous-incident-west-brom-taxi-barcelona/)\]

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These Baggies fans on Twitter all made a case for the 58-year-old being their pick as the worst manager in Albion’s history, with one supporter labelling him an “[absolute fraud](https://twitter.com/Matt_Slater_98/status/1258105840936071169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)“:

> Absolutely not. Pardew has this title – hopefully forever
>
> — Parsnip (@pazparsnip) [May 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/pazparsnip/status/1258298830153547776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Not a chance. Alan pardew by a country mile 😏
>
> — mark cooper (@scooter1975) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/scooter1975/status/1258117765187149832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> No Pardew by far the worst Manager, we have ever had, had a half decent squad, that had finished 10th the season before, and had absolutely no idea. Irvine and Buckley were very poor as well, and not to mention Gould
>
> — Stephen Daly (@Stephen22133593) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Stephen22133593/status/1258135753261015047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Pardew wins by an absolute country mile, as if a thought he would actually be decent, car crash from start to finish 😩
>
> — Sarah 💋 (@sarah\_WBAx) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/sarah_WBAx/status/1258131476341821443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Pardew without question. An absolute fraud that’s got away with murder for years
>
> — Matt (@Matt\_Slater\_98) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Matt_Slater_98/status/1258105840936071169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Pardew.
>
> End off.
>
> — Barcelo Steve. (@stevebaggie1) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/stevebaggie1/status/1258115863217147905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Pardew all day long, he never got them together after taking over, no peak or honeymoon period. Flat out PANTS.
>
> — Sammy Six (@Sammy\_Six) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Sammy_Six/status/1258166147108741128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***West Brom fans, do you think Pardew was the club’s managerial nadir or would you give that unwanted title to someone else? Comment below with your views!***