Gareth McAuley: 'We should have achieved more'

West Bromwich Albion defender Gareth McAuley admits that he is disappointed with how the club ended their record-breaking season in the Premier League.

By Darren Plant, Senior Reporter | 25 May 2013

West Bromwich Albion defender Gareth McAuley has revealed that he is disappointed his side did not reach the 50-point mark in the Premier League this season.

The Baggies finished with a total of 49 points, which is their highest ever in the Premier League. However, after winning just one point in their final four matches, the Northern Ireland international has admitted that his side will be "kicking themselves".

The 33-year-old told the Express & Star: "We got to 40 points ages ago. It seems like an eternity.

"We just couldn't get to 50, unfortunately, so I think when the dust settles in a couple of weeks' time we will be kicking ourselves because we threw points and games away really.

"When you look back over the season we could have been well over 50."

Albion also finished in eighth position in the Premier League, their best effort in seven seasons in the top flight.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
P	Leicester City Leicester	44	30	4	10	86	39	47	94
2	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
3	Ipswich Town Ipswich	44	26	12	6	88	56	32	90
4	Southampton	45	25	9	11	85	62	23	84
5	Norwich City Norwich	45	21	10	14	79	63	16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
7	Hull City	45	19	13	13	68	59	9	70
8	Middlesbrough	45	19	9	17	68	61	7	66
9	Coventry City Coventry	44	17	13	14	68	55	13	64
10	Preston North End Preston	44	18	9	17	56	61	-5	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	45	14	11	20	45	60	-15	53
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	45	13	11	21	58	74	-16	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
22	Birmingham City Birmingham	45	12	11	22	49	65	-16	47
23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	45	4	12	29	32	87	-55	24