West Ham United Football Club – Latest Hammers News

West Ham’s situation is beginning to look critical, with their co-owner David Sullivan saying this week they have only a “25 to 30%” chance of staying up. They are also facing a side they have beaten only once in their 11 attempts…

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• Improper conduct charge follows abusive message • Centre-half closed account after rant at followers West Ham United’s defender Danny Gabbidon has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association for a comment posted on his Twitter account. Gabbidon posted the specific message …

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• Midfielder suffered stomach problem at Stamford Bridge • Scott Parker also a doubt for Sunday’s game at Eastlands West Ham United’s Mark Noble will undergo a scan on Wednesday amid fears that he suffered a hernia during the damaging defeat at Chelsea on Saturday – an…

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• ‘Now you’re going to see him fly,’ says Frank Lampard • Michael Essien could miss rest of the season Fernando Torres sat speechless but serene as he contemplated the moment the drought had broken. The raucous celebrations, the giddy delirium that had buried …

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Chelsea’s Carlo Ancelotti learned a truth about his natural predators – they work best on their own Carlo Ancelotti has solved his striker problem. When Fernando Torres emerged after 76 minutes on Saturday, the Italian substituted Didier Drogba. It is clearly a case of the two …

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• ‘Everyone has to give 100%; there can be no fear’ • Mark Noble hit by injury ahead of Manchester City match West Ham United’s Danny Gabbidon has urged his team-mates to play without fear and instead convince themselves that…

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Can you see where, in this sodden, splishy-sploshy mess, the ball should be?

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The £50m Spain striker ends his scoring drought at last as West Ham’s brave challenge is sunk in the driving rain Start all the clocks, reconnect the telephone and warn the replica shirt supplier that overtime may be required. …

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Chelsea’s late-season surge continues and, despite Manchester United still heading them by six points, part of the message from Carlo Ancelotti’s side is that Fernando Torres has finally scored, and may continue to do so until the title is decided. The Spaniard’s first goal since the …

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John Sullivan RIP: A sad day for anyone who sat cross-legged in front of the television during the 1970s and 1980s, as one of the finest sitcom scriptwriters in the history of com dies. So this has got nothing to do with football? …

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• Midfielder ‘speechless’ but puts survival before accolade • Avoiding the drop is his main concern at West Ham Scott Parker has admitted that his achievement in being crowned the Football Writers’ Association player of the year would be tarnished should West Ham be relegated. Avram Grant’s…

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The Germany midfielder has fought relegation battles in three countries and believes his team have what it takes to survive Ten months into his London life, Thomas Hitzlsperger has given up on the Tube. Getting increasingly recognised did not bother him – this son of a…

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Chelsea’s recent Premier League record may be impressive, with six wins in seven, but, realistically, Carlo Ancelotti’s side cannot afford to shed another point this season if they are to make the title “dream” of which the manager has spoken …

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• West Ham midfielder beat Gareth Bale in poll • ‘He has been inspirational,’ says FWA chairman Scott Parker of West Ham United has been voted the 2011 Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association. In what was one of the closest contests of recent seasons, Parker …

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• FA fines Cole £20,000 and warns him about his future conduct • PFA issues Twitter warning: ‘This is not a private conversation’ The West Ham striker Carlton Cole has been fined by the Football Association for jokes he made on…

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• We need points from Chelsea and Man City games, says Grant • Team meeting gave us base for recent run – Gérard Houllier Avram Grant feels West Ham must avoid defeat against Chelsea next weekend or Manchester City the following week if they are…

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