West Brom: We have a point to prove - Carson

Jul 30 2010

Scott Carson insists both he and West Brom return to the Barclays Premier League this season with a point to prove.

The goalkeeper, who was handed the captain's armband upon Roberto Di Matteo's arrival last summer, was part of the Albion side most recently relegated from the top flight in 2008-09.

The experience was an all too familiar one for the Black Country outfit who have never hung around for long in England's elite over the past eight years - suffering the dreaded drop three times and promotion from the second tier a staggering four.

But they are keen to make their swift stays a thing of the past and Carson hopes he can play his part in the club's steady rise, rebuilding his stock in the process.

Liverpool snapped up the now 24-year-old from Leeds in 2005 but he failed to nail down a regular first-team place, resulting in loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton and Aston Villa.

By the time of his return to Anfield in the summer of 2008 Carson had slowly steered off course, not helped by an error-prone reputation, and his subsequent £3.25million transfer to The Hawthorns ended in misery 10 months later as Albion were relegated.

But he is back in the big time and asked whether he has unfinished business, the keeper told Press Association Sport: "Yes, definitely. Most of the football that I've played in my career has been in the Premier League and everyone wants to play there.

"I want to try and cement this club as a Premier League side and cement myself as a Premier League goalkeeper for the next six to 10 years.

"We're one of the clubs that have this yo-yo tag and, as a group of players, we want to play at the highest level and that's the Premier League.

"So we want to try to end this tag."