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Survival Sunday: Was there anyone in the country with even the remotest interest in football who wasn’t enthralled by the days events? With the excitement garnered elsewhere, the lack of even a small chance of retaining the last bid of pride left in east London was…

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Anger, frustration, disappointment, surprise – I really didn’t see this coming with the players they had at their disposal – and, yes, a bit of sorrow I guess; but the main emotions I’ve suffered since confirmation of West Ham’s relegation to the Championship…

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In a classy move that just about sums up the 2010/11 season, West Ham sacked manager Avram Grant less than an hour after their 3-2 defeat at Wigan resigned them to the Championship next season. Grant was apparently pulled out from the post-match press conference, a club spokesman returning 20 minutes later…

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“Que Sera Sera”, they sang “We’re going to Cov-entry”. Gallows humour was at a premium at Upton Park on Saturday as West Ham stumbled through another must-win game and eventually gained a point that, in the last ten minutes…

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Ultimately this was still a defeat, I guess, but there was quite a bit to admire about West Ham’s fightback in this match and there were fairly long periods where I believed a point wasn’t beyond the Hammers’ capabilities. Eventually though, the result …

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The Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year has been presented every year since the 1947–48 season and, despite changing times and the introduction of Player Awards that seem to have gathered more credibility over the intervening time, the fact remains that this award is the one…

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This result flattered Chelsea and, whatever West Ham’s failings – and they have a few – the usual hoodoo arrived in the shape of injures to Parker and Upson and an opposing striker who hasn’t scored in an age. Take any team from Upton Park; show me …

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At the end of this game, decided by Gabriel Agbonlahor’s injury time goal, the West Ham players slumped to the ground, looking drained and shell-shocked. This was a ‘must-win’ game that the Hammer’s looked to have taken an undeserved point…

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News that Benni McCarthy has left West Ham after the club ‘mutually agreed’ to terminate his contract will surprise and upset no-one. When someone at Upton Park described McCarthy as a ‘waste of space’ it was rumoured that space immediately contacted it’s Solicitor about suing for defamation …

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Sound like anyone we know? “… this was Bolton’s seventh [now eighth] straight win over West Ham. That’s seven [now eight!] and that’s Bolton. It’s all very well talking about bogey sides but this is not good enough and it’s not good …

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I don’t know how the West Ham team feel after this, but I just felt deflated and numb. It would be stretching things a bit to say the Hammers deserved to win – Man U, and Rooney in particular, were simply irresistible …

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It has to be seen as a bonus point against Tottenham although, so confident am I that West Ham are moving in the right direction, I’d actually put a couple of quid on at Honest Joe’s Bookmakers that the Hammer’s would come away…

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This was a result that seemed very much determined by the order in which the numbered balls were drawn from the bag a few weeks back. The raucous atmosphere of the Brittania Stadium and those little refereeing decisions that can often go for …

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West Ham followed up last week’s win against Liverpool with a back-to-back victory against a fairly lacklustre Stoke City, enabling the Hammers to climb out of the bottom three as well as giving the side a confidence boost for next week’s FA Cup 6th Round game against…

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Oh yes! This was more like it; almost certainly our best display and result this season against a team that we normally barely compete with. Not only did West Ham deserve all three points, it was also a comprehensive display with Liverpool amazingly being outplayed in areas of …

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Thomas Hitzlsperger at last made his West Ham debut after six frustrating months for player and fans, and showed what everyone has missed by scoring a screaming opener in a 5-1 demolition of Championship side Burnley in this Fifth round FA Cup tie …

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