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Manager of the season? Signing of the season? Away with you, generic award titles.

Defender Jonny Evans has escaped punishment by the FA over an off-the-ball incident involving West Bromwich striker Markus Rosenberg.

Sir Alex Ferguson was denied victory in his 1,500th and final game in charge of Manchester United as Romelu Lukaku's hat-trick earned West Brom a 5-5 draw.

At the end of his 1,500th game in charge of Man United on Sunday, the 71-year-old Scot bowed in front of thousands of applauding fans - and then bowed out of soccer for good.

Sir Alex Ferguson was denied a winning send off into retirement as West Brom roared back from three goals down to snatch a 5-5 draw in a quite staggering 10-goal thriller against Manchester United at The Hawthorns.

Edin Dzeko struck against West Brom for the third time this season as FA Cup finalists Manchester City edged an open contest at the Etihad Stadium.

ASTON VILLA won the FA Women's Premier League Cup after a penalty shoot-out victory over Leeds at York's Bootham Crescent ground.

Roberto Martinez: "People have been saying that [Aston Villa's 6-1 win over Sunderland] was a very bad result for us but I thought it was the opposite.

West Brom will be without captain Chris Brunt, striker Marc-Antoine Fortune and defender Goran Popov for tomorrow's Barclays Premier League clash with Wigan.

Also the hopes of European qualification via the Fair Play League have taken a major dent after the first red cards of the season.

The last time West Brom lost to Southampton was back in 2007 when both sides met in a Championship clash, with the Saints winning 3-2 at St Marys.

Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino has an almost fully-fit squad to choose from when he welcomes West Brom to St Mary's for Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash.

West Brom manager Steve Clarke has confirmed captain Chris Brunt will miss this weekend's clash with Southampton due to a knee injury.