Ged Scott
BBC Sport, West Midlands

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Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion. The Black Country derby. A fixture that goes back to the very dawn of English footballing time itself.

Now it's back as a league fixture for the first time in more than five years, and in front of fans at Molineux since 2012.

It was first contested as a league game in December 1888 - the very first season of the Football League - when Wolves won 2-1. However, Albion had already won their first two meetings, in 1886 and 1887, both in the FA Cup.

Since then, there have been so many derby memories, both magic and tragic at opposite ends of the emotional scale.

And, since the explosion of televised football, so many of those moments captured on video to be relived - or mentally erased depending on your allegiance - over and over again.

It's a fixture that the Black Country never stops talking about, the first the fans look for when the sides are in the same division.

Read more on why this derby means so much to Wolves and West Brom here.

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This is how things stand in the Championship after the weekend's results so far.

West Brom can move joint-top of the pile with Swansea if they win at Molineux this afternoon - though it would take a significant margin of victory to go above the Swans on goal difference.

Wolves will leapfrog Albion in fourth if they pick up all three points, while Cesar Peixoto's side will still have a game in hand on the Baggies and most teams around them by the end of the day.

A bit later on, Norwich will have the chance to climb into the play-off spots against Bolton, who are trying to pull away from danger.

Here's a quick recap of the results so far this weekend in the Championship.

You can read the reports from any of those games here.

As you can see, we've had goals galore - will that pattern continue in today's two fixtures? Here's hoping so.

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As if you even needed reminding of what's on the menu today...

• Wolves v West Bromwich Albion (12:00 BST)
• Norwich v Bolton (13:30 BST)

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Good morning, everybody.

Almost three years since these two Black Country rivals last met in the FA Cup fourth round.

Five years since the last league fixtures between them, which played out in empty stadiums because of Covid-19.

But today Wolves and West Bromwich Albion clash in a league game in front of supporters for the first time in 14 years.

Expect this to be a raucous atmosphere.

We also have Norwich v Bolton to come a little later on.

Welcome along.