It would be a brave club to open the doors to a stranger, especially when Tony Pulis is your manager. But all credit to West Bromwich Albion who joined in a venture called "Artist in Residence", a documentary that allows a portrait painter, Tai-Shan Schierenberg, into a Premier League football club.
Tai who already has work hanging in the National Gallery, as well as having painted the Queen and Stephen Hawking, spent time at the beginning of last season and followed the club through to the final brush stroke of the season.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-44987121/artist-captures-west-bromwich-albion-s-turbulent-season
It was shown yesterday evening as "The Football Club" at 10.05pm in Channel 4.
Using this topic as a stimulant, it helped him understand the game more and he was able to develop an better impression and more accurate observation of the professional game and its business.
Mark Swain, Director of Communications at the club, was keen to encourage this to show that the club continues its "proud history of innovation" and was pleased to see the programme "shine a light" on the working of one of the oldest clubs in the country.
The programme showed Tai spending time with Tony Pulis and his squad in Austria pre-season, at Pulis' home on the south coast, with three first team players back at the Hawthorns and with a father and young footballing son from the Baggies supporters mass! His final subject was Darren Moore from April 2nd 2018, who steered the club through their last battling weeks in the PL following Pulis' dismissal and a brief showing by Alan Pardew.
Tai got painting. This all happened as WBA were slowly going down the pan!! and were eventually relegated on the final kick of the season.
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