Albion at Wembley: Minute by minute
est Brom bow out at Wembley with a 1-0 semi-final defeat to Portsmouth.
West Bromwich Albion bow out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 semi-final defeat to Portsmouth.
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See also: Wembley heartache for West Brom
Albion fans board Wembley coaches
West Brom fans head for Wembley
West Brom fans make exodus to Wembley
West Brom 0 Portsmouth 1 - in pictures
West Brom 0 Portsmouth 1 - pictures 2
14.52: Albion fans can give their measured reaction here:Albion fans: FA Cup reaction
14.30: More photos are in: West Brom 0 Portsmouth 1 - pictures 2
14.18: Dalkeith Baggie comments: "Heartbreaker. You did us proud."
14.10: Final whistle. It's all over for Albion who must now concentrate on winning promotion to the Premier League
14.00: Albion are pushing for an equaliser. Get full commentary here: Albion 0 Portsmouth 1
13.40: Albion are looking for a way back but Portsmouth are keeping the door firmly shut.
13.38: Photos are in from the first half: West Brom 0 Portsmouth 1 - in pictures
13.30: Albion go behind to a Kanu goal.
13.05: Half-time. Get those comments in, Albion fans.
12.42: It was full of Baggies fans down Wembley Way today. See our video from Wembley and hear from Laraine Astle by clicking on Albion fans descend on Wembley
For the record Laraine has gone for a 2-1 Albion win with Zoltan Gera and Roman Bednar on target.
12.38: There is a lot of love on the comment system today with fans from across the divide sharing their feelings. Longford-Wolf says: "GOOD LUCK TO THE BAGGIES, i was at wembley in 68 when the King" scored great day that was, then for some reason i switched to the Wolves, well i was young ;-) win or lose have a grand day."
12.16: Kick off at Wembley. For full match coverage go to: Albion v Portsmouth live
11.56: Peace has broken out between some Wolves regulars on the site and their Albion counterparts. Well, for the next couple of hours at least. Malvern Wolf comments: "I realise that if you win today and again in a few weeks we will never hear the end of it but better you than all those Premier 'fans'. So to Happy and everyone else I wish you a great day, one that you will remember for ever."
11.46: More photos for fans to savour as they await kick-off, this time of fans at Wembley stadium: West Brom fans make exodus to Wembley
11.16: An hour to go until kick off and it is swarming with Baggies fans outside Wembley, plenty of Pompey supporters too.
11.08: Paul Robinson says he is ready to take a penalty if it goes the distance today. Portsmouth last cup semi-final ended in a penalty shoot-out defeat against Liverpool in 1992. What price a repeat?
10.55: Dalkeith baggie sends Albion good luck from Scotland. What about other Albion ex-pats? Where are you following today's game from? Get in touch below.
10.29: Albion keeper Dean Kiely says Tony Mowbray's "excitement" at today's game has been rubbing off on the Albion players.
10.19: graham graham has delivered his Baggies good luck message on the comments section below.
He says: "We all deserve a better season this year.
"But if we get the cup it will be our best season in 40 years, and to get promotion as well will be like cream on the cake. GOOD LUCK ALBION"
10.05: Our team of reporters on the road to Wembley this morning report that the traffic is not too bad but there are long queues to park at tube stations on the outskirts of London.
Albion reporter Steve Madeley says: "Wembley is buzzing. Albion and Pompey fans are mixing happily and chatting about the game."
9.42: We have been down to the Hawthorns this morning where thousands of Albion supporters were waiting for their coaches to the big game, which kicks off at 12.15pm.
We spoke to them. See our video at Albion fans board Wembley coaches
9.30am: The first pictures of fans heading off from the Hawthorns are now online: West Brom fans head for Wembley
9am: The big day is here. Four thousand Albion fans left on 100 coaches this morning from the Hawthorns, setting off from 6am onwards. In total, 33,000 Albion fans will be at Wembley to watch Tony Mowbray's men take on Portsmouth. Expressandstar.com will be with you throughout the day.
The players went down yesterday: Albion leave for Wembley - pics
