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Boxing day public order chaos close to London Stadium

Police officers from the specialist TSG squad were called to Westfield shopping centre in Stratford close to the London Stadium to make eight arrests in total for offences including violent disorder, assault & carrying offensive weapons. Images of stewards attempting to control crowds at Stratford’s Westfield were posted on social media as witnesses said there was no […]

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Giroud’s wife may open up Hammers move!

Sam Allardyce has opened up the intriguing prospect of  Olivier Giroud’s next move by claiming Everton will not be making any approaches for the player. The Gunners striker was hunted by both The Toffees and Irons back in the summer with the north western outfit allegedly close to signing him. But Allardyce claims that in […]

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Linesman wasn’t flagging offside claims Madley

David Moyes said the referee Bobby Madley claimed his linesman Simon Long was not flagging offside but merely raising his flag to draw attention to the incident. In his post-match interview, Moyes was asked what Madley said to him. Moyes replied “He [Madley] said that the linesman [Simon Long] only put his flag up to […]

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Moysie restraint but this stuff has to stop NOW!

I was gobsmacked at the amount cool David Moyes managed to maintain after the incident that rocked our Boxing Day. Madley’s decision to give THAT ‘goal’ was totally beyond words and among the reasons for it which pass through my mind is perhaps too much alcohol in the Christmas pudding! But whatever the reasons this […]

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Match of the day get it wrong

BBC Match of the day commentator Kevin Kilbane said: “The Simon Francis incident on Kouyate, personally, I don’t think it is a red card. Simon Francis clearly looked, that looks bad I suppose from that angle. He is clearly looking the ball, he is just trying to bring it down from the air and he catches Kouyate. […]

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Arnautovic wears misspelt shirt

Marko Arnautovic scored a late double in West Ham’s dramatic 3-3 draw at Bournemouth – but not everything went to plan for the forward.

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Keith Hackett has sympathy for West Ham

Keith Hackett is the latest referee to add his view of Bobby Madley’s refereeing decisions. Writing in the Telegraph Hackett says:  “I have every sympathy with West Ham United manager David Moyes over the two big controversies in Tuesday’s match at Bournemouth. Managers need referees to get the big decisions right and on both counts Bobby […]

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Spot the difference competition

Did you get it? Adrian was given a straight red card for his waist-high studs-up challenge on Leicester’s Jamie Vardy in 2015 and his appeal was rejected while Simon Francis escaped with a yellow card for a studs-up challenge on Cheik Kouyate’s face and he will face no retrospective review under the current FA rulebook.

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WATCH: Francis’ horror challenge

Watch Simon Francis avoid getting a red card for a high challenge that left Cheikhou Kouyate poleaxed in the thrilling 3-3 draw between Bournemouth and West Ham.

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WATCH: Begovic’s costly blunder

Watch as Asmir Begovic slips to allow Marko Arnautovic the chance to score an easy goal in the 3-3 thriller between Bournemouth and West Ham.

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WATCH: Cherries’ controversial equaliser

Bournemouth snatched a 93rd minute equaliser against West Ham on Boxing Day after the decision to rule out Callum Wilson’s header was overturned.

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A touch of magic – Wilson laughs off controversial equaliser

The Bournemouth striker remained coy when discussing his dramatic and contentious equaliser against West Ham on Boxing Day

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Poll calls for video technology to prevent Madley blunder

Former referee Graham Poll says video technology would have saved the Hammers dropping two points today. Poll wrote in the Daily Mail “Bobby Madley won’t like watching replays of the final goal after over-ruling his assistant referee to allow Bournemouth’s late equaliser. As the ball was crossed into the Hammers area, Nathan Ake headed it back across […]

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GRAHAM POLL: Bobby Madley cost West Ham all three points

GRAHAM POLL: Bobby Madley won’t like watching replays of the final goal after over-ruling his assistant referee to allow Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson a late equaliser.

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Madley’s shameful hat trick of poor decisions laid bare

Referee Bobby Madley only saw fit to award a yellow card for a disgraceful karate kick by Simon Francis in Kouyate’s face. How Francis stayed on the pitch was an amazement even to Bournemouth fans who feared he would receive a straight red. Because Francis was booked by an official that means he’ll not face […]

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‘Arnie’ claims “the points were taken from us”

Marko Arnautovic refused to mince his words after the Bournemouth debacle declaring: “I don’t know if I can be happy with this one point because, for me, the three points were taken away from us.” The club’s record signing – speaking to the official site declared: I think we were unlucky to only take one […]

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Bournemouth 3-3 West Ham: Eddie Howe’s men snatch a point

RALPH ELLIS AT DEAN COURT: VAR – the Video Assistant Referee – finally arrives in England in a few days time when it can be used in the FA Cup. After games like this it can’t come soon enough.

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West Ham boss David Moyes slams referee Robert Madley

Mystified David Moyes believes West Ham were robbed of a vital win because referee Robert Madley changed his mind to deny Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson a late equaliser.

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Video: Moyes frustrated with match officials decision

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Video: Eddie Howe has mixed emotions

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Premier League Boxing Day 10 events you missed

An action-packed Boxing Day of Premier League football saw Jesse Lingard score twice to salvage a point for Manchester United against Burnley at Old Trafford.

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Howe: A mixture of emotions

Eddie Howe called the Boxing Day draw with West Ham “a mixture of emotions” after a late controversial goal from Callum Wilson sealed a point.

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Moyes baffled by Madley overruling

David Moyes was left baffled by Bobby Madley’s decision to overrule the offside call of his linesman that saw Bournemouth snatch a late equaliser against West Ham.

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Moyes: “That goal was a killer”

David Moyes fully accepts the Irons lacked quality in the 3-3 draw with Bournemouth but remains as gutted as everybody else with the south coast outfit’s equaliser at the death. Speaking to the official site he said: ““I think the referees do a great job here, I really do.  think we’ve got good referees. It’s […]

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West Ham robbed by men in black

James Collins put West Ham  ahead on the south coast within minutes but Dan Gosling levelled before half-time before setting up former Chelsea defender Nathan Ake to put the Cherries ahead. Late in the second half goalkeeper Asmir Begovic slipped on a routine clearance to allow Arnautovic a simple leveller nine minutes from time. Arnautovic […]

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WATCH: Bournemouth 3-3 West Ham

A controversial stoppage-time goal salvaged a 3-3 draw for Bournemouth against West Ham in a thrilling Premier League encounter.

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