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Manager: we must qualify for Champions League to progress Frenchman admits Europe has been taken for granted in past Arsène Wenger has admitted that Arsenal must qualify for the Champions League if they are to continue progressing as a club and that in previous years finishing in the top four has perhaps been taken for granted. Everton jumped above them in the Premier League at the weekend but Arsenal could move back to fourth, at least for 24 hours, if they can secure …

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Manager hopes to capitalise on opponents’ FA Cup exertions ‘Whatever difficulties they have it’s still a tough fixture for us’ Sam Allardyce has warned his West Ham players they are not yet safe from relegation. Six wins from their last 10 games have lifted the team away from trouble and they are seven points above the safety line. But weekend wins for Fulham , Cardiff City and Crystal Palace have left the manager looking over his shoulder once more. “The…

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‘We can finish in the top four, we can win the FA Cup’ Wenger: ‘Jack Wilshere will play again this season’ The Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger, has called on his Arsenal squad to be “united” in the final six games of the season as they chase a Champions League place and a first trophy since 2005. Arsenal beat Wigan on Saturday to reach the FA Cup final and are two points

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Liverpool manager abandons usual approach at Upton Park as players have to roll up their sleeves Sometimes the ugly wins are the most beautiful ones. Brendan Rodgers’ philosophy is always to play the right way, with style and panache, and his thrilling Liverpool side have been so wonderful to watch that it is difficult to argue with the assertion that it would be a victory for football if they end …

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The best images from Upton Park where title-chasing Liverpool are looking to return to the top of the table Continue reading…

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Hammers manager hopes 21-year-old will thrive on return Morrison won player of the month on loan at QPR Sam Allardyce believes that it is up to Ravel Morrison to prove that his future belongs at West Ham after the midfielder, who is on loan at Queens Park Rangers, won March’s player of the month award in the Championship. Eyebrows were raised when Morrison was sent on loan to QPR in February…

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Hammers are now 11 points clear of the relegation zone He can build a team challenging for Europe, adds Nolan Kevin Nolan has praised West Ham United’s board for refusing to bow to pressure from disgruntled fans to sack Sam Allardyce, who endured a long, hard winter managing the east London club. The midfielder who claims the majority of West Ham supporters remain behind the manager believes such loyalty could well be rewarded by European qualification at the end of the 2014-15 season.

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West Ham United have almost banished their relegation fears after a 2-1 win over Sunderland on Monday, says Sam Allardyce. The West Ham manager says the club is almost safe after winning six of the last nine games. ‘We’re probably in the top four or five in the Premier League for results at the moment,’ he says

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This football hooligan genre film about an expelled Harvard student who joins West Ham’s firm is compellingly awful – but it’s entertaining if you can’t sleep • More from My guilty pleasure I am prone to insomnia. I’ll lie in bed for a couple of hours, then go turn on the TV and flick through the channels until I find something that holds my attention, often on the film channels. Sometimes it’s The Ring , but, when it’s on…

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• Fine display makes striker favourite to lead side into new era • Juan Mata and Shinji Kagawa excel before Tuesday’s derby English football has long overblown the importance of the captain, but on a cold east London evening there was ultimately a sense that it was the performance of the man who filled the role for Manchester United more than their actual victory here that provided this most beleaguered of clubs with hope for better times ahead. That much could…

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Maybe Wayne Rooney will turn out to be Manchester United’s Captain Marvel after all. Not many people expected that to be the case last summer, when he seemed certain to join Chelsea, but anything is possible when Rooney is in this form, even goals from 57 yards out. If he ever scores a better goal than his first in United’s slick 2-0 win over West Ham United, we may have to stop football altogether, because there would be nothing left to see. A …

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Minute-by-minute report: David Moyes takes his team to Upton Park. Find out how the champions fare, with Scott Murray Scott Murray

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• Teams could meet in Mauritius on 18 May • ‘I’m very impressed with Mauritius,’ says Liverpool official Liverpool’s players are poised to kick-start their summer with a beach holiday with a difference, in the shape of a post-season friendly against West Ham in Mauritius. The club’s director of sales, Olly Dale, was in Mauritius this week to examine the facilities at Anjalay Stadium, the nation’s 30,000-capacity showpiece sports venue. Mark Gibbon, widely …

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The picture is looking much brighter for Manchester United now. Wednesday’s victory over Olympiakos in the Champions League has lifted the gloom for David Moyes after last Sunday’s humiliation at home to Liverpool, although United will have to be at their best at Upton Park, a ground where they have often come unstuck. The doubts will return if United lose to West Ham, who are not quite clear of the relegation battle just yet. West Ham have lost …

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Different teams, both United. From Paddy Crerand to Carlos Tevez, half-a-dozen of the best encounters • Video: Sam Allardyce ready for Saturday’s visit of Man Utd 1) Manchester United 0-1 West Ham, 28 January 2001 While there were bigger fish for Manchester United to fry, the FA Cup had assumed extra significance for them in 2001. United were desperate to regain the trophy they won in 1999 but were unable to defend the following season, convinced by the Football Association to take part in …

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• Marc Wilson confident Stoke can finish season strongly • Peter Odemwingie scores two in win over West Ham Marc Wilson feels Stoke are on course for their first top-10 finish in the Premier League. The home win over West Ham means they have lost only once in their past seven fixtures, and they are 11th in the table, level on points with 10th-placed Aston Villa. Eleventh in 2009-10 is the highest position Stoke have finished since they were…

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• Pictures: the best images from Saturday’s Premier League games Stoke City bounced back from conceding early on to see off West Ham United 3-1 at the Britannia Stadium. Andy Carroll opened the scoring in the fifth minute of the Premier League contest with his first goal of the season, rising above Peter Crouch and crashing a header past Asmir Begovic, who had rushed off his line to try to punch the ball away. The hosts equalised in the 32nd minute…

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Stoke are without Jonathan Walters and Charlie Adam through suspension but are in good form, having lost just once – to Manchester City – in their last six. West Ham have lost once in five matches with Sam Allardyce named manager of the month in February. West Ham, who have conceded just one in their last four games on the road, have won and drawn in their last two league…

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• West Ham striker tipped to have outside World Cup chance • Everton’s Roberto Martínez welcomes input by on-loan forward Andy Carroll’s road to Brazil could have begun before an audience of millions of television viewers on Wednesday. Instead, Sam Allardyce believes it will start in front of a handful of people in a scratch side featuring his lesser-spotted January signings and semi-fit squad players. West Ham’s record signing was a notable omission from Roy …

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It was a sequel to savour for Everton. Romelu Lukaku has made only two appearances as a replacement for them. Both have come against West Ham. On each occasion, he has scored and it has been a late winner. Six months after his debut, the Belgian staged an action replay to end the Hammers’ winning run and restore Everton to winning ways after consecutive league defeats. If it was billed as the…

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Minute-by-minute report: Arsenal head to Stoke, while there’s a west London derby at the Cottage. Follow the latest with Barry Glendenning Barry Glendenning

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Everton have lost this fixture only once since 1983 but with West Ham arriving on four wins out of four for February and Roberto Martínez’s side slipping down the table since Romelu Lukaku was injured in the loss at Anfield, they will fancy their chances more than usual. Lukaku is available for the first time since while Andy Carroll has served a ban but may start on the bench. Mark Tallentire Kick-off Saturday 3pm…

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• West Brom striker not found to be antisemitic • Player must undergo education programme • Read the FA statement here Nicolas Anelka has been suspended for five matches and fined £80,000 for his quenelle gesture in West Bromwich Albion’s match against West Ham on 28 December. He has also been ordered to complete a compulsory education course by a Football Association hearing at the Grove Hotel in Watford that was looking into the events that …

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• West Ham manager calls allegations ‘unfounded’ • Midfielder now on 93-day emergency loan at QPR Sam Allardyce has insisted that Ravel Morrison has a future at West Ham, despite reports that the midfielder’s relationship with the club has broken down over a disagreement about agents. It was reported in The Observer that Morrison was recently invited to a meeting with the agent, Mark Curtis, to see if he wanted to become one of his clients and that pressure has…

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• First time he has refereed Saints game since Lallana complaint • FA cleared referee and he will officiate West Ham match Mark Clattenburg is to referee Southampton’s game at West Ham on Saturday, the first time he will have taken charge of a Saints game since they filed an official complaint against him . The Durham official angered Saints when, during their defeat to Everton on 29 December, he told captain Adam Lallana: “You are very different …

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Midfielder who gloriously waltzed through Tottenham Hotspur’s defence is cut loose by club and heading to QPR There is a clip of Ravel Morrison , from an England Under-21s training session, when a corner comes in from the right and no matter how many times you watch it, even in slow motion, it is still almost implausible how he creates that lovely sound of ball against net. It is as if heading the ball, or going for …

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