Touching tribute, double diving and a glimpse of the big man: Four things you may have missed from West Brom's draw with Leicester

Something that means more than football

Everyone wanted Albion to win on Friday evening - but in the wider context of the evening the result really was insignificant compared to other things.

Most notably the anniversary and tribute paid to Albion fan Mark Townsend on his passing, a year on from the Baggies fan falling ill during Albion's clash at Sheffield Wednesday.

He fell ill in Albion's away end and collapsed during the first half as play went on and later died in Sheffield's Northern General Hospital.

The night was all about the anniversary and the collection that took place before the game.

Rich Sant, friend and fellow Baggie organised a bucket shake outside The Hawthorns before kick-off as part of the Lauren's Legacy Campaign, which is pushing for defibrillators to be installed in each corner of every football stadium.

On the 57th minute of the game, the fans stood in unison to pay their special tribute to Townsend a year on from his sad death.

A lovely touch and something more important than what happened on the field.

A quieter night for the ref - but double diving served up

I'm sure after the debacle he faced last week referee Steve Martin would have wanted a stress free, controversy free night at The Hawthorns.

He largely achieved that. If you're guessing what I'm on about, he was the man who called off the Blackburn v Ipswich game last week due to a waterlogged pitch.

That has hit the headlines in recent days, but he can take no blame in that.

So a quiet night he was hoping for. Although he did have his moments.

He made some contenious decisions - but arguably the reason his performance didn't completely go without notice was because twice he got in the way.

Once thwarted what looked like a pretty decent chance on the break for Albion.

And then, in typical referee fashion, he thrust himself into the limelight by booking Leicester's Julian Carranza for a dive after he went into a tackle with Jayson Molumby.

In fairness it was soft but there was little need for the referee to show a yellow. Molumby found it amusing, as you can expect. 

In his defence, Jeremy Monga tried it in the second half and it was awful and he did deserve it.

More for Maja

On a serious note, and there were a few of those to come from the display, we saw the longest cameo from the bench for Josh Maja.

Last season's top scorer, without a start since New Years Day owing to an injury that required surgery, came on again.

He has been edging back, we are seeing more and more of him. And we almost saw how much we missed him, after he made his longest cameo in the 72nd minute.

He almost turned home a Mikey Johnston cross late on, and looked sharp. Sharper than he has done so far since his return.

He also had a guilt edged chance late on he has to take.

Good to have him back - and lets hope the cameos keep getting longer and edging towards starts.

Good to see the big man back around

Daryl Dike has been working his way back to fitness and this week we had the news he was back in training, which is great to see.

And we got our first glimpse of him for a little while at The Hawthorns.

He was pitchside as the sides came off late on, consoling his Albion team mates as they walked off.

Good to see Dike back pitchside, then hopefully back on the field very soon.