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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football news, west ham, west ham news, West Ham United, westham news, whu
Every time I write about Leeds, somebody counters with a claim that Leeds are a bigger club than West Ham. I’m not sure how that is relevant to any argument – it belongs in the playground with “My Dad is bigger than your Dad!” – but I am happy to address…
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football news, hammers news, irons, the hammers, west ham, west ham united fc, WHU-Official Site
Joint Chairman David Sullivan was delighted to open the new Rush Green Stadium
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: westham fc
Andy Carroll has suffered another setback in his bid to prove himself to Brendan Rodgers after missing out on Liverpool’s Europa League squad for the third-round qualifier.
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football news, Goal.com, online soccer news, west ham news
The England striker has been the subject of offers from West Ham and former club Newcastle and has not travelled with the Reds as they take on the Belarussian side on Thursday
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football news, WHU-Official Site
James Tomkins and Mohamed Diame go for a place in the London 2012 quarter-finals on Wednesday
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: online soccer news, sky sports, West Ham United, westham
West Ham have completed a deal to bring James Collins back to the club from Aston Villa on a four-year contract.
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: hammers news, west ham news, West Ham United, westham news, whu
James Collins today completed a £2.5m move from Villa to former club West Ham as boss Paul Lambert continues to reshape his squad for the new season. The Wales international, who joined Villa from the Hammers for £5m in 2009, had 12 months left on his contract and …
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: coyi, football news, westham news
On my way to work Ian Abrahams (Talkshite) said that his contacts at the club are saying that Carroll wont sign for us and we have turned our attention to Tevez who has apparently said he would be willing ‘to come home’. This deal will only be …
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football news, hammers news, West Ham United, west ham united news, westham
West Ham United want to make Andy Carroll the club’s highest-paid player and offer the Liverpool striker a staggering £36million contract – just weeks after calling for a Premier League wage cap.
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: west ham, west ham united news
James Collins admitted it was ‘great to be back’ after the Wales defender sealed his return to West Ham United from Aston Villa on a four-year deal.
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: coyi, west ham news, West Ham United, west ham united fc, westham, westham news, whu
If it was a psychologically stable Tevez, it would still be madness. But a £36m deal – in salary and incentives alone – for a psychologically iffy, slightly above mediocre striker, is beyond mad and falls into the realm of the utterly surreal. I am still of the opinion that this…
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Posted in The Game's Gone Crazy
Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football feeds, west ham united fc, westham
• Defender joins London club for undisclosed fee • Collins left West Ham for Aston Villa three seasons ago West Ham have re-signed James Collins from Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee, the London club have announced. The 28-year-…
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football news, guardian, online soccer news, the hammers, west ham, West Ham United, westham
Aston Villa defender James Collins has agreed to rejoin West Ham United in a £2.5m deal.
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football news, sports news, the hammers, westham, westham fc, WHU-Official Site
James Collins could not hide his delight at pulling on a West Ham United shirt again
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football news, hammers news, online soccer news, west ham united fc, westham news
West Ham United are ready to offer Andy Carroll a contract worth £36million. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Wednesday August 1.
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Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: football news, hammers news, west ham, westham fc, westham news, WHU-Official Site
George McCartney is aiming for a ‘good, solid season’ back in the Barclays Premier League
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Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: hammers news, west ham
The Olympics is proud to exclude large swathes of the community from its sporting festival. The very ones, we are told, that should get most from it.
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Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: coyi, westham
Having recruited four players from Portsmouth, Warnock is now hoping to add a fifth relegated player to his squad, Coventry City’s Martin Cranie. The Coventry man is available on a free, not that money should be a worry with billionaire owners just around the corner…
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Posted in The Game's Gone Crazy
Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: coyi, West Ham United
No sooner did I post that we needed three defenders than we edge closer to landing three defenders. It was frightfully impolite of me to call Sullivan stupid, and I take it back given work has clearly been going on behind the scenes to strengthen the defence. Two centre…
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Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: coyi, hammers news, west ham news, West Ham United, westham fc, westham news
James ‘ginge’ Collins is due to complete his move back to WHU this week after leaving us in 2009 for Villa. Collins was part of one of the best defenses West Ham has had for years but I question this move. Generally when players come back for a …
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Posted in The Boleyn Inheritance
Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: coyi, west ham news, West Ham United, westham fc, whu
The Daily Mail are still insisting that Ramis is going to Wigan and not us. Just about everyone else says done deal between him and WHU, but the Mail are digging in their heels and insisting that we have lost out to Wigan. This appeared today:- Mail spouting bullshit? …
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Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: online soccer news, West Ham United
Sky Sports understands Aston Villa defender James Collins is having a medical at West Ham ahead of sealing his return to Upton Park.
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Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: Clubcall.com, online soccer news
Andy Carroll has turned down the chance to join West Ham from Liverpool despite the two clubs having reached an agreement.
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Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: irons, the hammers, west ham news, westham news, WHU-Official Site
First-year scholar Taylor Tombides has been called into the Australia Under-16 squad
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Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: west ham
Simon Jones is Sportsmail’s man on the inside of all the major transfer moves this summer. Don’t miss your daily Insider instalment here for Tuesday 31 July.
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Posted on 31 July 2012. Tags: irons, online soccer news, the hammers, westham news, WHU-Official Site
West Ham United Community Sports Trust held a fun-filled day for the Newham-based charity
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