Baggies snatch the points

Published: 06 Feb 2010 - 18:30:21

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West Brom produced a smash-and-grab raid to take all three points from a drab 1-0 win against struggling Plymouth at Home Park.Albion were second best for large parts in a lacklustre Coca-Cola Championship encounter that lacked quality throughout on a difficult playing surface.The hosts, who saw a winding-up order against them dropped by the High Court in midweek, enjoyed the better of a first half that failed to produce any clear-cut chances.But, in a second half that also failed to really get going, the division's lowest scorers were made to pay for their lack of spark in attack as a marginally improved West Brom side snatched all three points courtesy of Simon Cox's close-range volley.Roman Bednar managed to get on the end of a ball pumped into the area and he knocked the ball down for Cox to thunder a volley home.Graham Dorrans missed his fifth spot-kick in five games late on but Albion held firm to maintain their one-point advantage over third-placed Nottingham Forest, despite the 91st-minute dismissal of Jerome Thomas, who was shown red for a foul on David McNamee, sparking a huge melee.