Big prize eggs on West Brom boss Mowbray as Premier League will be guaranteed by point against Southampton

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West Bromwich will bounce back into the Barclays Premier League after a two-year absence, despite weekend victories for rivals Stoke and Hull, if they earn a point at home to Southampton on Monday night.

Only then will Mowbray dare to celebrate. The Hawthorns manager is teetotal but abstinence goes out the window as far as the brown stuff is concerned.

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Mowbray: 'It's important that we don' t get sidetracked by scenarios of having one foot in the Premier League'

"Chocolate is my big weakness," he said. "I give it up for Lent. I don't drink, so it is no good giving up alcohol. I had a bottle of beer a few years ago - it was disgusting. I've not touched a drop since.

"So I just go for chocolate. You should see my fridge, I've still got Easter eggs."

Mowbray warmed up for his assault by munching through a chocolate football bearing the message 'Good luck, Tony' from comic Frank Skinner and TV presenter Adrian Chiles.

But he insisted the visit of Southampton should not be viewed as anything other than a tough fixture, despite the result's significance for both ends of the table.

Mowbray said: "Our preparation has been around the results not going our way this Saturday and that's what has happened. It's important that we don' t get sidetracked by scenarios of having one foot in the Premier League.

"A little voice kept chirping away in me that Hull and Stoke were capable of winning and so it has proved. So, we need to make sure we win.

"I'm not ramming negatives down the players' throats, but we have a responsibility to our supporters and those around us and at the bottom to put a performance in."