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From Aldershot’s win over Wolves to Mickey Gray’s hideously bad penalty, via Paul Dickov’s late heroics against Gillingham 1) Aldershot beat Wolves (1987 Division Four play-off final) If Wolves fans think their recent relegation to League One was a crushing disappointment, they can at least console themselves with the knowledge that their team has endured worse agonies. Having dropped down to English…

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• Manager cools on swap with Newcastle’s Hatem Ben Arfa • Striker harbours doubts on West Ham move after £15m offer Brendan Rodgers expects a quick resolution to Andy Carroll’s future at Liverpool, with the striker’s hopes of a return to Newcastle United receding. West Ham United have had a £15m…

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Fergie was no ordinary manager but a chieftain priest – now Manchester United must honour his potent legacy and David Moyes is the right man for the job It was not without significant tribal turbulence that I attended Manchester United’s second leg quarterfinal Champion’s League match against Real Madrid. Like a twerp I’d requested the tickets from former Hammer Rio Ferdinand ( @rioferdy…

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As the 2012-13 Premier League season draws to a close, we bring you the best images from the last 10 games

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A year to the day since they beat Blackpool in the Championship play-off final, West Ham have the chance to seal a top-half finish in the top tier. That is an admirable achievement and in stark contrast to Reading’s campaign. They came up as champions but have endured a difficult…

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Not many would have predicted at the start of the season that West Ham would go into this fixture as the club chasing a top-half finish with Newcastle teetering on the brink of relegation. Alan Pardew’s men are in woeful form having conceded 14 goals in their past five matches and scored just twice. They desperately need…

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The Newcastle United manager denies that there are divisions in the dressing room between French and English speaking players

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• Central defender may pay World Cup price for losing place • Manchester City irregular hopeful of playing in FA Cup final Polite yet frank was Joleon Lescott’s response when asked about the threat posed to his England place by John Terry following the Chelsea defender’s decision to end his international…

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Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series

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Until a Yaya Touré rocket settled home nerves on 81 minutes, this was a Manchester City display to illustrate why they have frustrated all season. As with the defeat at Tottenham Hotspur last time out, City were the dominant force but appeared unable to put the boot to West Ham United’s throat to finish them off. Even after Touré’s left-foot stinger …

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Minute-by-minute report: Let’s be honest, there’s not much riding on this one. But who knows, it could be entertaining. Join Simon Burnton Simon Burnton

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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini admits that Manchester United were better than his team across the season

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A collection of work created by life-long West Ham fan and music mogul Kosmo Vinyl. Since 2011, he’s honoured every West Ham match in poster-format using appropriated imagery, bold typography and a simple punk aesthetic. Jonny Weeks

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• Latics lost again despite dominating possession • Manager confident three wins will keep Wigan up Three wins from their final five games, the manager Roberto Martínez believes, will be sufficient for Wigan Athletic to pull off their now customary feat of avoiding relegation by the skin of their teeth. Given the last of those games is against Aston Villa…

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The likelihood that this may be the season in which Wigan Athletic do not win their customary Premier League survival battle is growing. The Latics were their usual attractive selves, passing the ball with a precision that few sides can match and creating any number of promising positions, but failed to make the most of just one of them to equalise Matt…

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Reaching a first FA Cup final has made this a season to remember for Wigan but if they fail to escape from the bottom three then it will also become one to forget for the club. Roberto Martínez’s side hit encouraging form recently but they have drawn and lost their last two matches and are running out…

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• United name same squad for Aston Villa on Monday • ‘Rooney was not playing as well as Shinji Kagawa’ Sir Alex Ferguson is relieved at having left the “war zone” of Upton Park with no injuries to his Manchester United players following the 2-2 draw with West Ham United . The United…

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• We all know how West Ham play, says Ferguson • When Andy is travelling at 15mph, he can’t stop – Allardyce Sir Alex Ferguson accused Andy Carroll of making a red-card challenge on David de Gea and expressed disbelief that the West Ham United striker remained on the pitch, as arguments flared after Manchester United’s 2-2 draw at Upton Park . …

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