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Posted on 09 September 2017. Tags: charity, columnist, europe, facebook, game, london, Moore Than Just a Club, trademark
Every Hammer will surely remember the charismatic Peruvian Nolberto Solano and his memorable spell during the otherwise easily forgotten 2007/2008 season. But, how did he become such a popular figure with The Claret & Blue Army? How did his journeyman career see him arrive for a twilight spell in East London? And where is he now? “Nobby” Solano was born in the Peruvian Province of Callao in 1974, starting his career with the little-known …
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Posted on 08 September 2017. Tags: charity, columnist, football banter, Moore Than Just a Club, online soccer news, sky sports, transfer news
Huddersfield are next up for the Hammers, the Yorkshire side come to town on a wave of optimism, 2 wins and a draw in the first 3 games and progress in the League Cup represents a solid start for the Premier League newcomers. The Huddersfield manager David Wagner is a rising star rightly gaining plaudits for Huddersfield’s performances and results. Huddersfield seem a club completely in sync from the chairman through Manager to the players…
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Posted on 08 September 2017. Tags: charity, columnist, facebook, management, manager, Moore Than Just a Club, west ham
Hooray! The dreaded international break is finally over and it’s now time to turn our attention back to The Premier League and Match Day Four to be specific, as Slaven Bilic’s men face a must-win clash on Monday night Football and the League Leaders travel to The Bet 365 Stadium. Manchester City vs Liverpool (Saturday 12:30 PM) For any football fans that have missed the Premier League over these past two weeks, we are straight into the weekend with one…
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Posted on 08 September 2017. Tags: club news, columnist, match-report, Moore Than Just a Club, podcast, premier league
Joe Hart has told West Ham supporters that Slaven Bilic’s players have a duty to perform for them when the Hammers host Huddersfield in the Premier League on Monday. Bilic, under mounting pressure after his side suffered three top flight defeats away from home at the start of the campaign, is desperate to oversee a victory at the London Stadium. And Three Lions keeper Hart says he and his team-mates are under no illusion as to…
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Posted on 07 September 2017. Tags: columnist, facebook, Moore Than Just a Club, welshman, West Ham United
Craig Bellamy 2007-2009 The fiery Welshman signed for the Hammers for a then record fee for the club of £7.5 million. His career at the club was severely hampered by persistent injuries which had dogged much of Bellamy’s earlier career. When the pacy striker did feature he was always impressive and his scoring rate of 9 goals in 22 starts bears reference to that fact. Bellamy was subject to a number of offers during his second season at the …
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Posted on 07 September 2017. Tags: analysis, charity, columnist, Moore Than Just a Club, podcast, transfer news
In this week’s edition of our weekly Throwback segment, we hear from Bret,18 and a lifelong Hammer about his first experience of East London on a magically festive night at Upton Park. “Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1998, I was brought up to a life of West Ham United and sunshine, a combination that rarely exists in my country of origin. Although my whole family are avid Hammers, living over 10,000 miles from the East End means that it is near…
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Posted on 06 September 2017. Tags: columnist, facebook, london, management, Moore Than Just a Club, podcast
When the Hammers meet Bolton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup, mention will inevitably be made of the first-ever meeting of the two clubs, the F. A. Cup Final of 1923. In the early 1970s, when I was working for one of the then ‘Big Five’ banks in the City of London, my office took on a one-off job that required a dozen or more temporary staff to come in and help. Those ‘temps’…
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Posted on 06 September 2017. Tags: africa, austria, columnist, Moore Than Just a Club, roundup, russia
As attentions finally turn back to the Premier League season, it’s now time to check in with our international Hammers and see how they fared on their World Cup Qualifying adventures during the Break. Europe No fewer than seven first-team members were in action on the continent over last seven days, with the race to Russia 2018 nearing its conclusion. Wales’ James Collins was a pivotal part of the nation’s incredible run at the European …
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Posted on 05 September 2017. Tags: charity, columnist, international, interview, match preview, Moore Than Just a Club, sky sports
We all know that the main talk of the town at the moment in Stratford is the future of Slaven Bilic, with hordes of fans calling for his dismissal just three games into the season. However, it’s now time to look at the reasons why the current crisis on and off the field isn’t the fault of our Croatian manager and that you may have to look higher in the West Ham United pecking order to…
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Posted on 05 September 2017. Tags: analysis, columnist, match preview, Moore Than Just a Club, podcast, skysports, transfer gossip
West Ham owners David Gold and David Sullivan have been urged to sell the Hammers to allow the club to leave the London Stadium. Frustrated Irons fans have yet to embrace fully the stadium and the players have struggled to a make their home advantage count in games. And legendary striker Frank McAvennie believes if a moneybags buyer can be found, the club will be playing home matches at a different venue to the former Olympic Stadium within five years…
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Posted on 04 September 2017. Tags: club news, columnist, coyi, hammers news, Moore Than Just a Club, premier league, transfer news
Exciting Nigerian winger Victor Obinna will be best remembered for his superb spell at Upton Park during the 2010/2011 season, as he was the shining light in an otherwise dark Premier League campaign. But, how did his flair and goals almost keep us afloat in the Top-Flight alone? Just how did the rest of his journeyman like career pan out? nd where is he Now? The electric attacker started his footballing…
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Posted on 01 September 2017. Tags: columnist, facebook, goals, international, match-report, Moore Than Just a Club, transfer news, west ham world
Terry Westley’s U23 side’s impressive unbeaten run was abruptly ended by a sublime Tottenham Hotspur with an incredible 7-2 thrashing in the first round of matches for the group stage of the 2017 Premier League Two International Cup. In a remarkable 90 minutes, our starlets were awarded none other than four penalties by referee Alan Young, as the hosts needed no second chance to take their opportunities at Stevenage’s Lamex Stadium. Westley …
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Posted on 30 August 2017. Tags: columnist, east london, hammers, london, Moore Than Just a Club, transfer
There has been comment in the press recently suggesting that some managers would like the summer transfer window to be adjusted so that it closes before the new season is upon us. This seems to me to be a very logical proposal. Preparing for the first game of a season must surely be the top priority at any club, big or small, and continuing speculation as to transfers, in or out, cannot fail …
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Posted on 30 August 2017. Tags: columnist, facebook, london, Moore Than Just a Club, premier
Charismatic Italian Alessandro Diamanti was the first of a new breed of exciting talent to grace Upton Park in its final years, a cult hero from start to end. But how did the flashy winger achieve his status in East London? Why did his Claret & Blue career only last for one season? And where is he now? Alessandro Diamanti The Italian international started his playing career in the third division of his home nation, showing his …
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Posted on 28 August 2017. Tags: columnist, facebook, london, modern, Moore Than Just a Club, texas, west ham news
40 years not out, that’s how long I’ve been watching West Ham regularly., I’m not bragging, I’m not playing I’m a better fan than anyone else, just putting it there to show how much I have seen go before my eyes. Football is very different now to when i first watched it, I’m not sure it can be solely blamed on the birth of the Premier League in 1992 but since that day the top clubs have organised themselves business wise, they market themselves…
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Posted on 28 August 2017. Tags: analysis, columnist, facebook, game, Moore Than Just a Club, premier league
Outstanding goals from Nathan Holland, Grady Diangana, Dan Kemp and a brilliant brace from Spanish forward Antonio Martinez was enough for Terry Westley’s youngsters to thrash Swansea City and continue a lengthy unbeaten run at The Chigwell Construction Stadium yesterday afternoon. Our starlets have made a glorious start to life in The PL2 Division One, earning a fantastic point against the reigning Champions’ Everton and beating Tottenham Hotspur away from …
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Posted on 25 August 2017. Tags: analysis, columnist, facebook, game, injury news, Moore Than Just a Club, upton park, westham news
Southampton’s victory over West Ham came with more than just a little help from the Masonic lodge of referee’s, Lee Mason. His decision to award a last minute penalty for the adjudged push by Zabeleta on Yoshida condemned the luck less hammers to another away days defeat and left us propping up the table. If ever a game though, highlighted an explanation of the mystical West Ham Way, then this was it. Winston Reid, …
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Posted on 24 August 2017. Tags: charity, columnist, Moore Than Just a Club
Burnley’s win at Chelsea in this season’s opening fixtures prompted me to look at their entry in Wikipedia. The Lancastrian wearers of the claret-and-blue are recorded as having been founder members of the Football League in 1888, F.A.Cup winners in 1914, and League champions twice, in 1920/21 and 1959/60. The second of those championships came in a season which those of us old enough to remember it, will never, ever, forget! Promoted in 1958, the …
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Posted on 24 August 2017. Tags: charity, columnist, game, Moore Than Just a Club, premier league, swiss
Last night’s first victory of the season over Cheltenham Town in The Carabao Cup Second Round was certainly a night to remember in comparison to recent results, but which players out performed the rest? And who got the highest ranking? As we take a look at how each featuring squad member rated out of ten at Whaddon Road. Adrian San-Miguel: 8/10 The Spanish shot-stopper was largely untroubled by The Robin’s attack during the …
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Posted on 24 August 2017. Tags: columnist, history, injury news, international, match preview, Moore Than Just a Club, transfer news
In this week’s edition of our weekly Throwback segment, we speak to Jay, 57 and a lifelong Hammer about an exciting Cup tie from a golden era in the history of West Ham United. “West Ham United vs Ipswich Town, Saturday 25 January 1986, F.A Cup Fourth Round was not a fixture that got the pulses of many Hammers fans racing. But for me at the age of 15, it was an incredible game because it was my…
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Posted on 24 August 2017. Tags: columnist, facebook, modern, Moore Than Just a Club, skysports, transfer gossip
Another day ticks by in the wait for the signature of Mr. Carvalho. The longer it takes the more I find myself wondering that if this is to be our last acquisition of the current window…is it the right one? He is a player of undoubted quality, by our standards a marquee signing up there with the already beloved Chicharito. He even fits the bill of a defense bolstering workhorse that we are so desperate for. But I look back …
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Posted on 23 August 2017. Tags: belgium, career, christmas, columnist, goals, greece, irish, Moore Than Just a Club
Paul Goddard 1980-1986 Goddard joined the club in 1980 for what was then a club record signing £800,000 he has the quite unique honour of at one point in his career being both Millwall and West Ham’s record signing. The former QPR youth player was prolific in his time for the Hammers averaging roughly a goal every 3 games. His injury at the start of the 1985-86 season forced John Lyall to partner Frank MacAvennie with Tony Cottee up front which led …
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Posted on 23 August 2017. Tags: columnist, game, international, league, Moore Than Just a Club, premier league, sky tv, sports
After Saturday’s disappointing loss to Mauricio Pellegrino’s Southampton at The St Mary’s Stadium, we make the trip to face Cheltenham Town tonight in Round Two of the 2017/2018 Carabao Cup. The clash has been made a must-win encounter by our torrid start to the Premier League campaign and over 1,000 members of The Claret & Blue Army will be making the trip to The West Country hoping to avoid a classic Cup Tie giant killing. When? The …
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Posted on 23 August 2017. Tags: australian, blues, columnist, earth, Moore Than Just a Club, upthehammers
We witnessed spoils, thrills and plenty of red cards in Game Week Two of the 2017/2018 Premier League season, as the League leaders’ hit Swansea City for four and Mauricio Pellegrino got the better of Slaven Bilic in a Saturday afternoon thriller. Slick United Drown Sorry Swans Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United overcame Swansea City with an emphatic 0-4 thumping victory in the first League clash of the weekend live on Sky Sports. The Red Devils reached their victory thanks to goals…
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Posted on 21 August 2017. Tags: columnist, cool, match-report, Moore Than Just a Club, transfer news, westham fc
Marko Arnautovic… love him or hate him, you can’t deny the stupidity and arrogance this man poses. West Ham fans found this out the hard way in their game against Southampton at St. Mary’s. Already trailing the game by an early goal from Manolo Gabbiadini and the perhaps debatable and possible sending off from captain Mark Noble it looked as if the game couldn’t get any worse. Marko Arnautovic is known for picking up bookings and…
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Posted on 21 August 2017. Tags: analysis, charity, columnist, facebook, irish, Moore Than Just a Club, premier league
It’s now time to take a look at how some of our young Academy starlets have fared at their loan clubs in the past seven days, as Josh Cullen and Reece Burke enjoyed more Sky Bet Championship action and Reece Oxford came close to getting his first taste of the Bundesliga. Reece Burke and Josh Cullen (Bolton Wanderers) Bright young Hammers prospects Reece Burke and Josh Cullen are continuing to impress fans at the Macron Stadium, as…
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