{"id":295193,"date":"2023-11-26T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295193"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:25:04","slug":"west-broms-wallace-gives-player-of-the-match-award-to-nine-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/west-broms-wallace-gives-player-of-the-match-award-to-nine-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"West Brom&apos;s Wallace gives player of the match award to nine-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>West Brom captain Jed Wallace gives player of the match award to nine-year-old birthday boy Finlay in heartwarming gesture after 2-0 win over Ipswich<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>West Brom captain Jed Wallace gave player of the match award to a youngster\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wallace gave the award to nine-year-old Finlay after the victory over Ipswich\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nobody&#8217;s fooled by the nature of Man United&#8217;s performances this season \u2013 IAKO\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>West Brom captain Jed Wallace gave his player of the match award to young fan Finlay in a heartwarming gesture on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace was deemed to be the standout performer as West Brom won 2-0 at home to high-flying Ipswich in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>After the game Wallace was interviewed on Sky Sports alongside his team-mate Darnell Furlong.<\/p>\n<p>Furlong explained that Finlay, who is his teacher&#8217;s son, was celebrating his ninth birthday and was on hand to present Wallace with the award.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace then said to Finlay that he could keep the award as a birthday present.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/09\/78244247-12792277-West_Brom_captain_Jed_Wallace_gave_his_player_of_the_match_award-a-1_1700992057659.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>West Brom captain Jed Wallace gave his player of the match award to nine-year-old Finlay<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/09\/78244705-12792277-Nine_year_old_Finlay_was_celebrating_his_birthday_and_is_the_son-a-3_1700992057696.jpg\" height=\"568\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nine-year-old Finlay was celebrating his birthday and is the son of Darnell Furlong&#8217;s teacher<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Furlong opened the scoring for West Brom against Ipswich as he found the net in the fifth minute.<\/p>\n<p>West Brom&#8217;s second goal came early in the second half, with Grady Diangana scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Following the win West Brom are in fifth place in the Championship having taken 29 points from 17 games.<\/p>\n<p>Ipswich, meanwhile, are second and are three points behind leaders Leicester.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wallace joined West Brom on a free transfer in 2022 following his departure from Millwall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/09\/78244677-12792277-As_well_as_Furlong_Grady_Diangana_also_scored_for_West_Brom_in_t-a-2_1700992057660.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As well as Furlong, Grady Diangana also scored for West Brom in their win against Ipswich<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12792277\/West-Brom-Jed-Wallace-award-nine-year-old.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Brom captain Jed Wallace gives player of the match award to nine-year-old birthday boy Finlay in heartwarming gesture after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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