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• Trip to Newcastle could be West Ham manager’s final game in charge • Allardyce: ‘I think everybody in football has very short memories’ The bedsheet brigade was out in force at Upton Park. Romelu Lukaku had just done what comes naturally to him against West Ham, discontent was in the air and high in the Sir Trevor Brooking stand, the moment had arrived for one supporter. He had been waiting all afternoon for the opportunity and when Lukaku …

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• West Ham look set to qualify for the Europa League via the fair play route but the club are wary because they move into the Olympic Stadium for 2016-17 and cannot countenance relegation Sam Allardyce can see the funny side; how the whole thing flies in the face of popular perception. “Imagine me winning the fair play league,” the West Ham United manager said, bellowing with laughter. “You wouldn’t have thought that, …

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• No decision on Allardyce future until after the end of season • Rafael Benítez and Michael Laudrup linked with Hammers • West Ham on course for Europa League after England receives fair play place The uncertainty surrounding Sam Allardyce’s future at West Ham United will drag beyond the end of the Premier League season, with no progress made as yet on contract talks. The manager, whose deal expires on 30 June, has re-established …

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Featuring overhead kicks from Germany and Spain, a passing move from Norway, a familiar goal from Seoul and a free-kick from Manchester United’s new forward Ludovic Giuly (MONTS D’OR AZERGUES v AS Béziers) Minkyu Joo (Gyengnam v SEOUL E-LAND FC) Johan Oremo (Helsingborg v GEFLE) Keith O’Sullivan (BUNRATTY UNITED U16s v Skibbereen) Continue reading…

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Manuel Pellegrini will have an eye on Bayern v Barcelona, Tom Cleverley continues his renaissance and duo do their best to avoid the Europa League Related: QPR’s Chris Ramsey agrees with Joey Barton’s ‘bad eggs’ criticism • Match report: Manchester City 6-0 QPR • Manuel Pellegrini refuses to discuss his future • Bruce blames himself for Hull’s poor performance • Match report: Hull City 0-1 Burnley • Match report: Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham • Match report: Leicester 2-0 Southampton • The Premier…

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The Tim Sherwood effect continues to transform Aston Villa’s fortunes and Tom Cleverley has benefitted as much as anyone in recent weeks. After failing to get a goal in his first 31 appearances for Villa and struggling to make much of an impact under Paul Lambert earlier in the season, Cleverley scored for the third match in succession to secure a crucial victory and lift Tim Sherwood’s side four points clear of the relegation zone. Available on…

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• Mark Noble penalty all but seals Burnley’s fate with three games left • Manager remains upbeat about potential for swift return to top flight • Speculation over future of Danny Ings likely to dominate summer at Turf Moor Sean Dyche insists he still has the energy to take Burnley forward should they be relegated from the Premier League this week, stating the club’s infrastructure and set-up has significantly improved in recent times to…

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• West Ham are charging away fans £55 per adult ticket • Everton club and players to pick up the shortfall Everton fans will have their tickets for the match at West Ham United on Saturday 16 May subsidised by the first-team players and the club. West Ham are charging £55, with £32 tickets available for under-16s and over-65s. Everton are reducing the cost by £10 per person in an effort to make the trip more affordable …

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Prime minister faces mockery after making football slip-up before an audience in south London In football parlance, with which David Cameron may or may not be conversant, it was an astonishing own goal. Sports stars, fellow politicians and football fans around the country reacted with amused disbelief on Saturday as the prime minister appeared to forget his long-running claim to be an Aston Villa fan and postured as a West Ham United supporter. The clubs…

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Before the Premier League’s six-figure salaries, retiring footballers had to start again, with little experience off the pitch. From a detective to a former convict, ex-players talk about their second life The Knowledge archive (2005): retired footballers’ strangest jobs Then: winger with Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers, Southampton and England, Premier League winner with Blackburn in 1995. Now: qualified solicitor and prospective law lecturer, Ribble Valley, Lancashire. Continue reading…

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West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce says his focus for the team is going to be on winning more matches, saying it is a responsibility for the team to do so. Allardyce says West Ham United have let themselves down over the course of the past 10 to 11 matches, identifying games against Stoke City and Manchester City as particularly poor. He also comments on the rumours over a possible exit by Alan Cresswell Continue reading…

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• Cheapest 2016-17 season ticket will cost £289 if club is in Premier League • ‘We have always said our move would be a game-changer,’ says Karren Brady • More football news West Ham United have announced that they will be cutting season-ticket prices for their first campaign at the Olympic Stadium. If West Ham are in the Premier League in 2016-17, their cheapest adult season ticket will cost £289, down from between £620 and £940 for 2014-15. West Ham are the…

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• Manager admits it was very important to arrest slump • ‘We played especially well until the injury to David Silva’ • Match report: Manchester City 2-0 West Ham • David Silva given all clear after leaving pitch on a stretcher Manuel Pellegrini said it was vital to bounce back from Manchester City’s two consecutive defeats after the 2-0 win over West Ham United on Sunday, with further relief arriving when David Silva, carried off on a stretcher during the match, confirmed his injury…

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Garry Monk dismisses reports linking him to the managerial job at West Ham United, saying the speculation is nothing more than a compliment to his work at Swansea. There is speculation Monk could Sam Allardyce, whose contract expires at the end of the season, but Monk says West Ham already have a good manager Continue reading…

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Out of contract in the summer and denied an escape to West Bromwich in February, the 31-year-old is throwing his energies into fundraising to help Sierra Leone deal with the Ebola crisis • Sierra Leone doctors on strike over inadequate equipment It is probably just as well Carlton Cole has learned to focus on the bigger picture. Otherwise, the West Ham United striker might well still be stewing over the call from…

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Latest news and scores from Saturday’s big 3pm kick-offs Email tom.davies@theguardian.com or tweet @tomdaviesE17 with your thoughts Scoreboard: All the latest scores at home and across Europe Swansea City v Everton – live! Follow Nick Miller’s OBO report All the latest league tables 2.21pm BST So anyway, the Grand National: From a football fans’ perspective, it’s a source of profound frustration that the National no longer takes place – at least in part – during half…

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Although unhelpful, fresh doubts over the long-term future of the West Ham manager, Sam Allardyce, should not derail West Ham’s hopes of securing a top-half finish. The hosts have lost four of their past five matches and go into the game level on points with Stoke, who have lost their previous three. This hardly suggests a classic is in store but keep an eye on Peter Crouch, who…

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Speaking in the run-up to his team’s clash against Stoke City on Saturday, West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce concedes that the targets he set for the side in January are no longer within their reach. The team got off to a good start early in the season and were in the Premier League top four before Christmas, but have since dropped to ninth place. He also addresses West Ham’s chances of snagging a spot in the Europa …

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West Ham may be in the market for a new manager and would liven things up considerably by appointing the otherworldly Argentinian from Marseille • Sam Allardyce does not know whether he will be at West Ham next season There was a stir in the art world a few years back when the great “lost” American painter Nat Tate was dramatically rediscovered. Tate, the story goes, was a member of the New York scene of the 1950s…

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At long, long last, a Leicester City fighting performance has been rewarded with a win, reviving the Foxes’ fading hopes of avoiding relegation. Barely five minutes remained of a flawed but frantically entertaining encounter when the substitute Andy King, a Leicester stalwart if ever there was one, was in the right place at the right time to turn the ball past the Hammers goalkeeper Adrián from inside the six-yard box. Continue reading…

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Live scoreboard! Follow all the day’s goals and games as they happen And email niall.mcveigh.casual@theguardian.com or tweet @niallmcveigh 2.46pm BST Fifteen minutes until kick-off at an assortment of top-flight grounds, including Goodison Park, where Gary Naylor is stationed: 2.42pm BST For shame 2.38pm BST It’s finished Arsenal 4-1 Liverpool at the Emirates, meaning Arsenal are up to second. Barry Glendenning saw the whole thing. 2.37pm BST Goals are flying in…

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Hero worship can be problematic. It makes perfect sense when you are a kid, but it can make you look tragically childish as an adult If you came here looking for a brief recap of Paul Weiland’s 2006 film, Sixty Six, then you are in luck. The story of a Jewish boy whose Shabbos spirit was dampened by his barmitzvah tragically falling on the same day as the World Cup final between England and West Germany in 1966 (spoiler alert…

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• Alleged incident followed Bedfordshire league match • Premier League career ended when he was stabbed in legs • Davenport suffers ‘serious’ injuries after being stabbed The former West Ham defender Calum Davenport has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a team-mate after a local league match in Bedfordshire. Davenport, who plays for Elstow Abbey FC who are top of Division One of the Bedfordshire County Football League, was detained after a man in his thirties received a…

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• ‘We trust in our chance to go through’ says striker after 3-0 win • Assistant wants Sam Allardyce’s contract position to be sorted out Arsène Wenger’s theme of the day after watching his team win their fourth successive game was the enduring and inspiring capacity of football to make a wrong right. Since the calamitous Champions League defeat to Monaco , Arsenal have buckled down with a steely-eyed determination to fuel a sense they can make amends, no matter …

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Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger says his side is not focused on the Premiership title after defeating West Ham 3-0. The Gunners’ victory over West Ham is their seventh win in eight games. Arsenal are currently third in the league table with 57 points, only one point away from second-placed Manchester City. They face Monaco in Champions League on 17 March Continue reading…

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Arsenal made it five Premier League wins in a row here with a straightforward victory against a well-drilled but pallid West Ham. In the process Arsène Wenger’s team kept up the pressure on second-placed Manchester City and played some delightful attacking football with Mesut Özil, Oliver Giroud and Aaron Ramsey all combining beautifully. If at times in the second half Arsenal seemed a little distracted, a team with half an eye on ticking this match …

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