Stephane Sessegnon was handed his West Brom debut as the club that let him go this month, Sunderland, visited The Hawthorns.

Summer signing Nicolas Anelka was included in West Brom’s starting line-up for their Barclays Premier League opening-day clash with Southampton at the Hawthorns.

Wearing the famous striped shirt of West Bromwich Albion, Shane Long last night made his first appearance back at Turner’s Cross since leaving for England in 2005, and the one-time Cork City rookie marked the occasion by also registering his first goal at the venue, as the Premier League side eventually ran out easy winners against a mix ‘n’ match home side in front of a crowd of 2,371.

West Brom midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu is ruled out of tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal through suspension.

Striker Shane Long remains doubtful for West Brom’s trip to face Stoke tomorrow.

West Brom left-back Goran Popov will start a three-match suspension after being sent off for spitting at Tottenham defender Kyle Walker, ruling him out of Monday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Liverpool at Anfield.

West Brom 0 Tottenham 1

West Brom 0 Tottenham 1

West Brom head coach Steve Clarke has recalled Republic of Ireland striker Shane Long for today's home Premier League clash against Tottenham.

Everton 2 West Brom 1

West Brom midfielder Claudio Yacob returned after an eight-game absence with a hamstring injury for the home Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

West Brom boss Steve Clarke will check on the fitness of a trio of players before finalising his side for tomorrow evening’s Barclays Premier League derby with Aston Villa at the Hawthorns.

West Brom 0 QPR 1

Portuguese midfielder Daniel Carrico was given his Reading debut against West Brom after completing a £600,000 move from Sporting Lisbon.

West Brom head coach Steve Clarke will check on the fitness of several key players ahead of tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League clash with Fulham.

Harry Redknapp urged the officials in charge of his side’s 2-1 home defeat to West Brom to visit the opticians after a number of controversial decisions left his side bottom of the table.

West Brom’s Youssouf Mulumbu is available after suspension for the Premier League Boxing Day clash with QPR at Loftus Road.

West Brom 2 Norwich 1

West Brom will be without suspended midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu for tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League encounter with Norwich.

West Brom 0 West Ham 0

West Brom head coach Steve Clarke made two enforced changes for the home Barclays Premier League clash with West Ham.

Arsenal 2 WBA 0

West Brom head coach Steve Clarke has virtually a full squad to choose from for the Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal at the Emirates tomorrow.

Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill has named an unchanged team for this afternoon’s Premier League clash with West Brom as he went in search of back-to-back victories.

West Brom central defender Gareth McAuley and on-loan Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku will return for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

West Brom goalkeeper Boaz Myhill will again deputise for Ben Foster, who is recovering from groin surgery, in tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League clash with Chelsea.

West Brom goalkeeper Boaz Myhill is on stand-by to play his first senior game for the club in 21 months in the Barclays Premier League clash at Wigan tomorrow.

West Brom head coach Steve Clarke is optimistic Republic of Ireland striker Shane Long will have recovered from a hamstring injury to face Southampton in Monday’s home Barclays Premier League encounter.

West Brom may be without midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu when Premier League champions Manchester City visit The Hawthorns tomorrow.

West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie has completed a three game ban for his sending-off at Fulham and is included in the squad for tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League clash with QPR.

Aston Villa 1 West Brom 1

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert preferred Gabriel Agbonlahor to £18m record signing Darren Bent up front for the Barclays Premier League midlands derby with West Brom at Villa Park.

Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City strengthened their squad with four new signings and were hoping to confirm another as the transfer window came to a hectic finale tonight.

West Brom have signed Dinamo Kiev left-back Goran Popov on a season long loan with a view to a permanent deal.

Bulgaria 0 Wales 1

UNITED STATES captain Todd Clever admitted he was a nervous man after his side held off a late Russian rally to win their Pool C encounter 13-6 in New Plymouth.

RUSSIA, Ireland’s next Group B opponents, will go into Tuesday’s clash in Moscow in confident mood after beating John Toshack’s Macedonia in Moscow last night.

Russia 1 FYR Macedonia 0

Macedonia 0 Republic of Ireland 2

Skipper Robbie Keane led the Republic of Ireland into Euro 2012 battle in Macedonia after shaking off his groin injury.

AN OLD foe will come back to haunt Ireland in Skopje tonight if Macedonian coach Mirsad Jonuz and his bosses at the Macedonian FA get their way.

YOU wait all week for an injury story of real substance and then two come along at once, as Macedonian defender Goran Popov joined Robbie Keane on the doubtful list for tomorrow night’s European Championship qualifier.

THE most memorable scene of Saturday’s Manchester Cup semi-final occurred a few seconds after the final whistle amid the tussle sparked by Mario Balotelli’s gloating celebrations over by the Manchester United fans.

Republic of Ireland v Macedonia