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Posted on 16 August 2014. Tags: football banter, opinion, sky sports, super sunday, West Ham Betting, west ham news
We’ve teamed up with BetFuze to bring you the best West Ham odds and bookie offers over the course of the season, and today we get things started with the big season opener against Spurs at the Boleyn Ground. Three wins against Tottenham in one season was always going to be a pretty special moment… Read more »
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Posted on 16 August 2014. Tags: alan pardew, football banter, football feeds, newcastle-united, Southampton, tony pulis, upton park, west bromwich albion, west ham news, West Ham United, westham
Alan Pardew and Sam Allardyce need patience and luck to avoid the early-season sack at Newcastle and West Ham respectively The computer game Football Manager categorises the “job status” of its fictional coaches in four bands: secure, stable, insecure and very insecure. Few actual Premier League managers would admit to belonging to the first two brackets. In a profession in which even the perceived best are only three consecutive defeats removed from …
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Posted on 16 August 2014. Tags: carlton-cole, football latest, football news, hammers, kevin-nolan, opinion, premier league, sam allardye, skysports, spurs, upthehammers, west ham, West Ham United
Well, we’re finally here. The opening fixture of the 2014/15 Premier League has arrived and all the clubs have been going through major changes from top to bottom. None more so than our truly adored, yet unsurprising, West Ham United who have just about done everything possible to make this the most stressful pre-season in… Read more »
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: sky tv
Sam Allardyce is eager to extend West Ham United’s recent dominance against Tottenham, in what will be his 400th Barclays Premier League game as a manager.
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: coyi, hammers news, latest football news, skysports
Gus Poyet is facing a battle to keep hold of Sunderland duo Steven Fletcher and Connor Wickham as they are being chased by Hull and West Ham United respectively.
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: coyi, east london, football latest, news story, sky sports, West Ham United
West Ham midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate revealed his grandmother’s intervention stopped him from almost calling time on his football career as a teenager.
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: the hammers, west ham, WHU-Official Site
Cheikhou Kouyate cannot wait to make his Barclays Premier League debut
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: coyi, football feeds, football latest, guardian.co.uk, senegal, sport, West Ham United, west ham world, westham fc
Senegalese midfielder arrived at Upton Park for £7m in the summer after seven seasons, and four titles, with Anderlecht Cheikhou Kouyaté has never been afraid to suffer for his art. West Ham Uniteds new midfielder is used to it and he has been making sacrifices for a long time, ever since he left his family home in Senegal as a teenager and moved to Europe on his own. He has learned to be tough and hard work feels…
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: sky sports, super sunday, west ham news, yahoo, Yahoo Sport
West Ham new boy Cheikhou Kouyate almost gave up on football as a teenager – before a call from his grandmother helped convince him to strive towards his dreams
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: east london, skysports
David Sullivan and David Gold have urged West Ham United supporters to avoid any unwanted behaviour when they start their Barclays Premier League campaign at home to fierce rivals Tottenham.
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: Boleyn Ground, football latest, hammers, opinion, premier league, sam allardyce, skysports, spurs, tottenham, west ham
With one of the biggest clashes of the season for all Hammers fans finally arriving tomorrow, we have a team with a pretty bad pre-season behind it, a manager who is the only person in football who thinks he plays an attacking three up front formation and some new signings who don’t know if they will… Read more »
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: opinion, west ham news, west ham united fc
It’s been a very busy summer at Blowing Bubbles HQ with the decision to change the frequency of the magazine from every home game to monthly. It wasn’t a decision we took lightly but we believe it will allow us to offer a higher quality product with more pages and articles and, at the same… Read more »
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: football banter, kevin-nolan, Moore Than Just a Club, premier league, sam allardyce, transfer news, west ham
The Captain In 2011, Kevin Nolan took the step down from Premier League Newcastle to us, the recently relegated West Ham United. For the season, we had a proven goalscorer; a passionate leader and perhaps most importantly a man who could control an often frustrated dressing room. A season of highs and lows ensued and an immense day for 40,000 West Ham fans at Wembley put the icing on the cake. Two years later, what’s changed? Football is an ever-evolving…
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: Boleyn Ground, injury news, match preview, opinion, premier league, sam allardyce, sky tv, spurs, tottenham, upthehammers, west ham, westham, westham news
It’s finlly here! The opening weekend of the new season. Spurs at home. Oh how we’ve missed you! It’s been a bit of a turbulent pre-season (well, what did you expect!?) and, without the addition of a few new faces, we’re expected a similar approach from Sam Allardyce as most of last season. Andy Carroll… Read more »
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: upton park, west ham united news
Like a leaking roof, it was always going to get worse. With Shane Long transferring from Hull to Southampton for £12million, the ceiling has finally caved in.
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: westham news, Yahoo Sport
Sam Allardyce is eager to extend West Ham's recent dominant record against Tottenham on Saturday.
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: football latest, irons, upton park, west ham united fc, westham news, WHU-Official Site
Marathonbet brings you the latest odds on Saturday’s game against Tottenham
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: westham, WHU-Official Site
West Ham United’s Under-18s get their season underway at WBA on Saturday
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: latest football news, premier league, sport, tottenham-hotspur, West Ham United, westham
West Ham beat Tottenham Hotspur three times last season and Mauricio Pochettino, the ninth manager Daniel Levy has appointed, will be desperate to stop them extending that run. Tottenham are likely to play on the unrest at Upton Park, where support for Sam Allardyce is at an all-time low. West Ham will be without the injured Andy Carroll, out with torn ankle ligaments until November, but have been boosted by the …
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: football feeds, football latest, guardian.co.uk, mauricio pochettino, premier league squads, sport, tottenham-hotspur, transfer news, upthehammers, West Ham United, west ham united feeds
Speaking ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s match against West Ham United, Spurs head coach Mauricio Pochettino says his team has a good mentality and is ready to compete. He adds that he wants his team to win a three-point margin in order to start the league with confidence. Tottenham Hotspur play West Ham at Upton Park on Saturday Continue reading…
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: david-sullivan, football feeds, hammers news, race issues, sport, tottenham-hotspur, west ham, west ham news, West Ham United, west ham united feeds
David Sullivan and David Gold appeal directly to supporters Racism, antisemitism and homophobia will not be tolerated David Sullivan and David Gold have urged West Ham United supporters to avoid any unwanted behaviour when they start their Premier League campaign at home to fierce rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. With West Ham having come under scrutiny in the past antisemitic chanting and hisses designed to imitate the gas chambers used during the Holocaust…
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: aston-villa, chelsea, crystal-palace, everton, Hull City, leicester-city, manchester-city, newcastle-united, premier league, stoke-city, swansea-city, west ham united feeds, westham, whtid
A team-by-team guide to the likely starting line-ups in the Premier League, and how they compare to each teams best XIs last year Continue reading…
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: east london, football latest, hammers news, news story, sky sports, transfer gossip, West Ham United
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce says Mauricio Pochettino’s move to Spurs will present a ‘completely different’ challenge to his side when they meet on the Premier League opening day at Upton Park.
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: west ham
From manager selfies to naked Dutchman to goal-line technology freezing on a winter’s night at Stoke, the Premier League promises to be as enthralling as ever this season.
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: sky tv, yahoo, Yahoo Sport
Co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold have urged West Ham supporters to avoid any unwanted behaviour.
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Posted on 15 August 2014. Tags: coyi, skysports, super sunday, transfer news, west ham world, yahoo, Yahoo Sport
Sam Allardyce is eager to extend West Ham’s recent dominant record against Tottenham on Saturday.
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