Harry Redknapp could have seen it coming. It is 14 years since he gave Joe Cole his professional debut for West Ham and was frustrated in his attempts to bring him to Loftus Road this month, so there was an inevitability that the former Liverpool midfielder would score the equaliser that prevented QPR from snatching an improbable and invaluable victory. QPR remain four points adrift at the bottom of the table, but at least …
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West Ham United 1-1 Queens Park Rangers | Premier League match report
Posted on 19 January 2013.
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Manchester United 1-0 West Ham | FA Cup third-round replay report
Posted on 17 January 2013.
For Wayne Rooney it was a bittersweet night. Ultimately it was his goal that put Manchester United into a fourth-round tie against Fulham but he also put a second-half penalty into the Stretford End and it has become such a recurring theme that it would be no surprise now if Robin van Persie takes over from the spot. Sir Alex Ferguson, turning away in disgust, certainly made little attempt to conceal his annoyance at Rooney’s fifth…
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Five talking points from Manchester United’s FA Cup win over West Ham | Jamie Jackson
Posted on 16 January 2013.
Wayne Rooney makes a promising comeback after a knee injury while Nani was as erratic as ever on his return 1 Ferguson’s men make hard work of easy test Before kick-off Sir Alex Ferguson was in confident mood, telling the United programme: “As regards tonight I feel the advantage has swung our …
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Manchester United v West Ham – live! | Rob Smyth
Posted on 16 January 2013.
Minute-by-minute report: Who will make it through to face Fulham in the last 32? Find out with Rob Smyth Rob Smyth
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David Vaughan emerges from shadows at Sunderland to rule over West Ham
Posted on 13 January 2013.
• Martin O’Neill awards midfielder ‘excellent’ report • Sam Allardyce admits West Ham ‘didn’t defend correctly’ Maybe, just maybe, the solution to Sunderland’s lack of deep-lying creativity has been staring Martin O’Neill in the face all along. David Vaughan, starting his first Premier League game this season, controlled central midfield while also linking superbly with the similarly excellent Stéphane …
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Sunderland v West Ham United: Squad sheets
Posted on 11 January 2013.
The Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has made 120 saves this season, the most in the Premier League. West Ham have committed 253 fouls this term, the highest number of any team in England’s top division. Statistics can be misleading but those two tell the story of two respective campaigns; while Sunderland’s has been spent largely with backs to …
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Blackburn reject £2m bid for Martin Olsson from West Ham
Posted on 07 January 2013.
• Allardyce keen to work again with Sweden full-back • Hammers considering improved bid West Ham United have been rebuffed in their attempts to secure Martin Olsson after Blackburn Rovers rejected an offer worth about £2m for the Sweden defender. The 24-year-old full-back, who joined Rovers’ youth academy from Hogaborgs seven years ago, worked with Sam Allardyce during the latter’s spell at Ewood Park and the West Ham manager had…
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FA Cup: 10 talking points from the third-round action
Posted on 07 January 2013.
Brian McDermott’s employers should not act rashly, Macclesfield’s failure to sell out speaks volumes and other matters arising 1) Reading’s win could be a significant moment in the life of Brian A comfortable 3-1 victory against League One opposition is still a comfortable 3-1 victory and, if there is anything more to be gleaned from Reading’s simple act of…
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No ordinary Joe but we may have expected far too much from Cole | Daniel Taylor
Posted on 05 January 2013.
For all his uncommon gifts, West Ham’s returning hero has been unable to find a club where they believed in him enough The first time I came across Joe Cole was back in those days when everybody had heard of him but very few had actually seen him play. Cole was part of a youth team at West Ham that had brought in…
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West Ham United 2-2 Manchester United | FA Cup third round match report
Posted on 05 January 2013.
This was a romantic tale speared by a twisted knife. Joe Cole, the name on everybody’s lips, had done all that he could to steal West Ham hearts all over again. He looked like being the game’s catalyst, as he helped his team to recover from a goal deficit with two creative deliveries that James Collins finished off gleefully. He took a blow to the face that made him bleed, and…
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West Ham v Manchester United – live!
Posted on 05 January 2013.
Minute-by-minute report: Get the latest news from Upton Park with Rob Smyth Rob Smyth
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Joe Cole is coming home to West Ham, says Sam Allardyce
Posted on 04 January 2013.
Joe Cole’s move back to the club where he started his career has delighted Sam Allardyce
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FA Cup third round: 10 things to look forward to this weekend
Posted on 04 January 2013.
Hastings’ big battle at the Riverside, Wolves feel the pressure at Luton and Mansfield’s manager targets winning wedding weekend as Stags take on Liverpool 1. The battle of Hastings There are not quite 1066 places between Middlesbrough and Hastings United in the football pyramid but the chasm is still enormous (153 places, to be precise) and defeat for the Championship side, or even…
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Joe Cole having medical at West Ham ahead of move from Liverpool
Posted on 03 January 2013.
• Cole expected to complete return to former club • Started just nine Premier League games since 2010 Liverpool’s Joe Cole is understood to be undergoing a medical at West Ham United ahead of his proposed return to the club where he began his career. Cole has started just nine Premier League games since he swapped Chelsea for Liverpool in the summer of 2010. The midfielder has played the majority of his games with the Reds in cup competitions …
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Liverpool’s Joe Cole to return to West Ham with a £3m pay-off
Posted on 02 January 2013.
• Cole was earning £92,000 a week at Anfield • Midfielder rejoins his first club at the age of 31 Joe Cole is set to end his unhappy spell at Liverpool by returning to his first club, West Ham United. “I’m not sure if a deal has been totally agreed. I know there have been talks,” said Liverpool’s manager, Brendan Rodgers. Queens Park Rangers’ manager, Harry Redknapp, who managed Cole at West Ham, said…
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West Ham United 2-1 Norwich City | Premier League match report
Posted on 01 January 2013.
Sam Allardyce said this match would be a test of West Ham’s nerve after a recent wobble left them peering anxiously over their shoulders, but by the end of it no one could quite remember what all the fuss was about. They were, however, given a huge helping hand by a curious refereeing…
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Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Posted on 31 December 2012.
Roberto Mancini faces more trouble, Demba Ba’s next move, Randy Lerner’s losses mount and the worth of Rickie Lambert • Watch all the weekend Premier League highlights (UK only) 1) Gunners should eye bargain Ba When is a seven-goal victory not totally convincing? When it comes from this Arsenal team , who against Newcastle laced wonderful potency with wonky defending and, in the first half, quite moribund…
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Reading 1-0 West Ham United | Premier League match report
Posted on 29 December 2012.
Although Reading are mired in a relegation battle, they can always count on a visit from West Ham to cheer them up. This was the sixth time in seven visits to the Madejski Stadium that West Ham have been beaten but of rather more importance to Reading was a second league victory of the season that gives Brian McDermott’s side renewed hope that they can stay in the Premier League. It did not take long for West…
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Premier League: match previews for this weekend’s fixtures
Posted on 28 December 2012.
Alan Pardew’s casualty list at Newcastle grows; Rafael Benítez braced for Goodison banter; Manchester City refuse to panic Arsenal v Newcastle, 5.30pm Saturday 29 December Fortune is not being any kinder to Alan Pardew, whose casualty list was extended at Old Trafford by the injury to Vurnon Anita and who now must…
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West Ham and Everton supporters unite to scorn referee Andrew Taylor
Posted on 23 December 2012.
• Taylor’s two red cards spark Upton Park controversy • Home and away fans chant: ‘You’re not fit to referee’ It is a rare day when both sets of fans chant “You don’t know what you’re doing” in the referee’s direction at the final whistle, but that was the situation facing Andrew Taylor when he and his assistants headed for…
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Premier League: the best of Saturday’s action – in pictures
Posted on 22 December 2012.
All the key moments from around the grounds in the top flight, including Man City’s late win over Reading and Liverpool’s defeat of Fulham Jonny Weeks
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West Ham United v Everton: Squad sheets
Posted on 21 December 2012.
Not for the first time David Moyes will have his work cut out having lost his top scorer, Marouane Fellaini, to suspension and after revealing there is “quite a lot” of injury news within his first-team squad, without going into specifics. Nine draws have hampered their push for a top-four spot and West Ham, who welcome Jack Collison into the squad for the first…
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Arsenal versus West Ham on Boxing Day called off over tube strike
Posted on 19 December 2012.
• Arsenal confirm game postponed due to industrial action • Match will be played on 23 or 26 January instead Arsenal have confirmed that their Premier League match against West Ham on Boxing Day has been postponed due to the planned industrial action on the London Underground. Arsenal, who postponed their Boxing Day game last year for the same reason, …
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Tube strike puts Arsenal’s Boxing Day fixture against West Ham in doubt
Posted on 18 December 2012.
• Arsenal discuss possible postponement of festive fixture • QPR and Fulham say Boxing Day games to go ahead Arsenal have say their Boxing Day fixture with West Ham United is in doubt due to the threat of a tube strike. London Underground drivers are set to stage three strikes over Bank Holiday pay, with the first scheduled for December 26 . The move by members of the union Aslef threatens travel chaos …
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Football Weekly: attractive Villa, Fellaini’s foul-up and Madrid’s plight – podcast
Posted on 17 December 2012.
AC Jimbo welcomes Owen Gibson , Barry Glendenning and a festive Sean Ingle to the pod to discuss Aston Villa’s destruction of Liverpool and QPR’s first win this season . Elsewhere in the programme … Chelsea come home beaten from Japan – will they be disorientated come Wednesday against Leeds? Has Marouane Fellaini played his last game for Everton? And was West Brom v …
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West Bromwich Albion v West Ham United – live! | Ian McCourt
Posted on 16 December 2012.
MBM report: Can West Brom get back to winning ways or will West Ham locate their best form? Join Ian McCourt to find out Ian McCourt
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