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Posted on 25 December 2011. Tags: online soccer news, whu
In my early days, the Luton lot were a good bunch. Kenilworth Road is tight and even with 8-10,000 in, they made a lot of noise. We fed off each other. But I would have to say West Ham’s fans were about the best I played for. I think it helped that I knew what they were about. When I…
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Posted in The Boleyn Inheritance
Posted on 25 December 2011. Tags: sports news, whu
“Big Sam” Allardyce is quite a baffling contradiction. While he is tall rather than gigantic, and broad rather than vast – although his hands and feet seem impossibly powerful – it is his deep Lancashire tones rather than sheer physical size that creates a persona of absolute authority. The voice is undoubtedly his most striking feature: …
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Posted on 25 December 2011. Tags: West Ham United, west ham united news
After a shameful week we arrive at the best day of the year for football fans. So let’s hope for goals, drama and excitement on a day packed with fixtures remembered for the right reasons. Football needs it right now.
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Posted on 25 December 2011. Tags: Hammers Mad, online soccer news, sports news, west ham news, west ham united fc
Birmingham City take on West Ham United tomorrow evening in the npower Championship. Check out the complete history of results between the two teams.
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Posted on 25 December 2011. Tags: Hammers Mad, online soccer news, the hammers, west ham news, West Ham United, westham news
This week FootyMad’s match preview focuses on the game between Birmingham City and West Ham United at 17:30 on 26th December 2011 in the Championship.
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Posted on 25 December 2011. Tags: coyi, west ham, west ham news, whu
It’s Christmas and I am a little tipsy. I hope Santa brings you everything you desire. For Hammers fans that’s easy, a return to the Premier League in May and an opportunity to reach inside Princess Brady’s Christmas stockings. For the Grrrs, it may just be survival in the Prem and a grope …
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Posted on 25 December 2011. Tags: online soccer news, the hammers, west ham news, WHU-Official Site
West Ham United Chaplain Rev Alan Bolding with a thought for the festive season
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: online soccer news, sports news, west ham united news, westham fc
As the year draws to a close, Sportsmail takes a look back at 2011 to remind you what happened over the last action-packed 12 months.
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: West Ham United
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Posted in The Boleyn Inheritance
Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: coyi, football news, west ham united fc, westham fc, whu
Jokingly I posted a story about Don Hutchinson and him breaking two records Arriving, leaving, arriving and leaving once more costing us a grand total of 7 million quid (in total) in the process. Well if the Mail is anything to go by (generally isn’t) we are about to eclipse the Hutch deal and buy Zman back…
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: coyi, hammers news, west ham, West Ham United, westham fc, whu
After a decade as a top-flight manager, Allardyce admits he has now exposed himself to a far more “ferocious and volatile” Championship than the one he hoped he had left behind for good when he gained promotion with Bolton Wanderers in 2001. “For every team we play against, we are the big scalp,” Allardyce says…
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: coyi, football news, hammers news, online soccer news, westham news, whu
With other managers queueing up to offer support for Steve Kean, Allardyce wasn’t going to allow the little matter of Christmas and the Season of Good Will to All Men to get in the way of blazoning his ego. Would Blackburn and Bolton be in their present plight if Doctor Evil were still in charge?…
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Posted in The Game's Gone Crazy
Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: online soccer news, west ham news, West Ham United, westham fc, westham news
He is’t a long ball merchant at all. He doesn’t advocate a bludgeoning style of football based on percentages and fitness levels. No, Doctor Evil is flexible and a fan of the beautiful game, providing that your definition of beauty is winning of course. Talking at the Telegraph, Sam explains that it was a charitable act to take on…
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: guardian, hammers news, sports news, the hammers, west ham united fc, westham fc, westham fixtures
West Ham United’s Boxing Day fixture see’s them travel to St Andrews to face Birmingham City in the Championship.
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: hammers news, Yahoo Sport
Gary O’Neil will be in the West Ham squad for the Boxing Day trip to Birmingham – eight months after suffering a career-threatening injury.
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: KUMB, west ham news, westham fc, westham football club
West Ham United vice chair Karren Brady has insists that West Ham United will not consider ground sharing with a rugby team.
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: hammers news, sky sports, west ham news, West Ham United, westham fc
Doncaster boss Dean Saunders is hoping to agree deals to keep Habib Beye, Pascal Chimbonda and Herita Ilunga until the end of the season.
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: Clubcall.com, West Ham United, west ham united fc, westham fc
Gary O’Neil will be in the West Ham squad for the Boxing Day trip to Birmingham – eight months after suffering a career-threatening injury.
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: irons, west ham news, WHU-Official Site
Family football at the Boleyn continues with the first game of the New Year on 2 January
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: Goal.com, hammers news, westham, westham news
Spurs’ current striking coach had plenty on stellar names to choose from, with the attacking legend naming two Arsenal heroes in his side as he speaks exclusively to Goal.com
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: sky sports, sports news, West Ham United, westham, westham fc
West Ham co-owner David Gold says manager Sam Allardyce has identified 25 players he would like to sign in January.
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: irons, West Ham United, westham, westham fc, WHU-Official Site
A behind-the-scenes look at the annual staff and players’ Christmas dinner at Chadwell Heath
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: hammers news, online soccer news, sky sports, West Ham United
Everton are ready to move for AEK Athens star Kostas Manolas, skysports.com understands.
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Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: coyi, hammers news, west ham, West Ham United, west ham united fc, whu
Despite headlines to the contrary on News Now, I am pleased to report that David Gold is not dead – well not the one that owns West Ham anyway. Another David Gold is dead, but he was not the frontman of West Ham United, he was the front man of “Woods of Ypres”. Seems tough…
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Posted in The Game's Gone Crazy
Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: west ham news, west ham united news
As the year draws to a close, Sportsmail takes a look back at 2011 to remind you what happened over the last action-packed 12 months.
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Posted on 23 December 2011. Tags: online soccer news, West Ham United, west ham united news
Wayne Bridge is not after sympathy – all he wants is an opportunity to put across his side of the story. This is the former England defender’s considered response to Roberto Mancini’s criticism.
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