Paul Barber has welcomed moves to play most of the 92 remaining Premier League matches at home and away venues.

Albion now expect to stage their final five home fixtures at the Amex, albeit behind closed doors.

It is expected some games classed as higher risk will be played on neutral ground.

As things stand, Albion do not feature on that list.

Albion’s deputy chairman was the first to speak out on the record in opposition to neutral stadia.

In the end, 14 clubs opposed the plan when it was discussed at a Premier League meeting.

Barber said today: “Our position from the start has always been that we’d prefer for all matches to be played in the grounds in which they were originally designated.

“But we’ve got to give credit to the Premier League and to the police and to the government for listening to our arguments about not having all of the games at neutral grounds and doing what they can to support the integrity of the competition and the sporting fairness of the competition by having the majority of the remaining 92 games played where they should be played.

“We all took a pragmatic view at yesterday’s meeting, as far as we could because we don’t know specifically which games might be affected, that we may have to compromise. If that means that the vast majority of games can go ahead at the places they are intended to go ahead at, that’s fantastic and it’s a very significantly better picture than when you and I were talking about this subject a month ago.”