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West Ham lost their discipline and the match in the second half at the Madejski Stadium as Simon Church’s double and an Alex Pearce goal gave Reading victory. All the goals came in the final half-hour as the home side capitalised on a West Ham implosion, with Joey O’Brien and Jack Collison being sent off. The centre-back Pearce…

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• Billy Sharp goal lifts Dean Saunders and stuns Saints • Sam Allardyce ‘sickened’ after West Ham lose to Burnley Doncaster 1-0 Southampton The result of the day in the Championship lifted Dean Saunders’s side off the foot of the table, and raised questions over Southampton’s ability to stay on top of it. Saunders, whose side won it via…

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All good things must come to an end but Tony Mowbray could have wished Middlesbrough’s long unbeaten home run could have been broken by different opponents. Before kick-off the manager had warned of the importance of keeping pace with West Ham and Southampton at the top and “not letting them get away from us”. Sam …

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As Saturday night turns into Sunday morning, the Football League Show will ask serious questions about your durability The Nativity play season is upon us, and many of you, I suspect, will be taking an afternoon off to sit in uncomfortable chairs in a school hall craning your neck for a fleeting glimpse of progeny in the…

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• Claim that records were sent anonymously • Accountants ordered to hand over bills The illegally acquired phone records of West Ham United’s vice-chair, Karren Brady, were passed to Tottenham Hotspur’s lawyers in early March, it has emerged, although the club continues to argue that it did not receive copies itself and had no…

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• PKF employed by Spurs in bitter Olympic Stadium battle • Phone records arrived ‘in brown envelope’ says firm PKF, the firm of accountants engaged by Tottenham Hotspur to delve into the issues surrounding the bitter battle for control of the Olympic Stadium, has agreed to hand disputed documents including “blagged” telephone records to West …

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• Forest fight back to win 3-2 over Ipswich • West Ham subs on target to sink Coventry Nottingham Forest 3-2 Ipswich Town Forest’s new manager, Steve Cotterill, praised his side’s grit after two goals in the last seven minutes earned them a dramatic 3-2 win – sending Ipswich to their fourth successive defeat. The …

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• 39-year-old picked up in Surrey and later bailed • Suspicion of fraud, says Scotland Yard A second man has been arrested by police in connection with an investigation into claims by West Ham United and the Olympic Park Legacy Company executives, that confidential documents were illegally obtained during the bitter battle over the future of the …

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• Accountants deny involvement in any ‘unlawful activity’ • Brady’s lawyers claim records were passed to newspaper “Unlawfully obtained” phone records belonging to West Ham United’s vice-chairman, Karren Brady, found their way into the hands of investigators retained by Tottenham Hotspur at the height of their bitter Olympic stadium battle, a high court…

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• Metropolitan police make arrest on suspicion of fraud • Tottenham deny claims of OPLC board surveillance The battle over the fate of the Olympic Stadium has intensified with the arrest of a 29-year-old man on suspicion of fraud, following complaints made against Tottenham Hotspur by legacy company officials and West Ham United executives. The arrest…

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• Allegations against Spurs brought by Olympic Park board • Investigation into ‘unlawful obtaining of personal information’ The Metropolitan police is looking into allegations that Tottenham Hotspur put the board of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) under surveillance. Baroness Ford, chairman of the OPLC, which is in charge of securing a …

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• Athletics to be give 99-year lease at Olympic Stadium • Tender subject to ‘primacy’ of athletics in summer West Ham will have to agree to make way for any major athletics event if they want to become tenants at the Olympic Stadium, through the new tender process, it emerged on Tuesday. Under the new procedure, athletics …

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Sam Baldock and Jack Collison struck early in the second half as West Ham kept pace with the Championship leaders Southampton with their fifth away win of the season. The in-form striker Baldock volleyed in his fifth goal for the Hammers since arriving from MK Dons in August four minutes after half-time…

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What Sam Allardyce asked for he failed to receive: a third successive win for the first time as West Ham United manager. A tale of too many missed opportunities was to blame, Mark Noble’s late spurned header indicative of a failure to maintain pressure on Southampton, the leaders, who won to stretch their advantage to …

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Championship’s most prolific teams meet at St Mary’s tonight while El Hadji Diouf prepares to make his debut for Doncaster If you’re looking to get your buck banged this evening then forget the group stage tedium of the Champions League and look to the south coast, where the Championship leaders, Southampton, welcome free-scoring, defence-light …

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He may have dropped down a division, but there is no shortage of ambition for Sam Allardyce at Upton Park Little Sams make Sam Allardyce feel bigger than Big. At Bolton Wanderers the manager had some of his best years with Sammy Lee as assistant. At West Ham United since…

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