Birmingham Mail

There's clearly something in the water at Albion's Walsall-based training ground.

Not only did Paul Robinson and Kevin Phillips go white overnight a few weeks back - concocting some likely story about a barbecue, peer pressure and a bottle of Peroxide - but one of Albion's prominent first-teamers has now been forced out of the club's unofficial 'Alice Band' brigade after having his hair lopped off.

The Baggies star looks so different that many of the club's staff didn't even recognise him when he turned up for training today.

So who is the mystery man with the newly-lowered ears? Come back tomorrow and I'll reveal all...