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Reaching a first FA Cup final has made this a season to remember for Wigan but if they fail to escape from the bottom three then it will also become one to forget for the club. Roberto Martínez’s side hit encouraging form recently but they have drawn and lost their last two matches and are running out…

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• We all know how West Ham play, says Ferguson • When Andy is travelling at 15mph, he can’t stop – Allardyce Sir Alex Ferguson accused Andy Carroll of making a red-card challenge on David de Gea and expressed disbelief that the West Ham United striker remained on the pitch, as arguments flared after Manchester United’s 2-2 draw at Upton Park . …

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Minute-by-minute report: A late equaliser by Robin van Persie kept the United title bandwagon on the move against West Ham Paul Doyle

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West Ham’s future home gets a makeover from you, the reader, in this week’s entries

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We look back at all the fixtures on a weekend when Wigan jumped out of the relegation zone and Martin O’Neill lost his job as Sunderland manager Jonny Weeks

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Andy Carroll gave Roy Hodgson a timely reminder of his talents as he inspired West Ham to an impressive win that eased any lingering hopes of relegation at Upton Park. He was not in Hodgson’s party for England’s trip to Montenegro on Tuesday and on this evidence Hodgson will surely considering recalling him for this summer’s …

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With tricky fixtures to come in April against Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United, as well as an awkward trip to Southampton, Sam Allardyce will be looking for maximum points at Upton Park to halt any lingering relegation fears. He welcomes back Kevin Nolan from a broken toe, and needs his captain to hit form immediately if they are to breach a stubborn West Brom…

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Ghost of Seasons Past scares Spurs; Saints ride out a storm; and a ‘delusional manager’ undoes QPR QPR Adam Boxer, QPR.vitalfootball.co.uk Happy with season so far? A disaster. Our brash summer transfer policy combined with a delusional manager made for bleak viewing, culminating in our present perilous position…

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• Former sports minister believes club are getting cheap deal • Caborn wanted original stadium designs to include football The former sports minister Richard Caborn has branded the deal to lease the Olympic Stadium to West Ham as “the biggest mistake of the London Olympics”. Caborn said that he welcomed the fact that the future of the stadium was now settled…

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• West Ham agree 99-year lease and will pay £2m annual rent • Stadium will stage athletics, concerts and other sporting events West Ham have been confirmed as the main tenants of the Olympic Stadium by the London Mayor Boris Johnson, marking a major milestone in a controversial seven-year saga. The club’s…

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• Police confirm two men were from West Ham section of crowd • Police are also investigating incidents of coin-throwing Two men were arrested due to alleged racially-aggravated public order offences at the Chelsea and West Ham match on Sunday , police have announced. The two men have been bailed with their return dates set for late March and the Metropolitan Police are also investigating…

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Minute-by-minute report: Chelsea are looking to firm up their chances of finishing in the top four in this London derby. Join Daniel Harris Daniel Harris

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One questions whether this move is really about West Ham, or whether it is more likely a great opportunity to put the club in a lucrative shop window, for sale to the highest bidder come 2016 If I were a West Ham fan I would be worried right now. As early …

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• Gold and Sullivan gambled on instant return to Premier League • Saga over move to Olympic Stadium set to end this month West Ham’s owners, David Gold and David Sullivan, have sunk a total of £35m into the club since June 2011, according to the club’s newly released accounts. The…

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• Collison goal moves West Ham up to 12th in Premier League • Pattern of away form finally broken by Allardyce’s team Sam Allardyce says the only consideration over his future is that it should be in the Premier League. The West Ham manager’s contract expires at the end of the season…

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West Ham travel to the Britannia Stadium without their captain, Kevin Nolan, out with a toe injury sustained in Monday’s meeting with Tottenham. Both mid-table clubs will be hungry for a win, having lost their most recent engagements while the Stoke manager, Tony Pullis, has been talking down grumblings…

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• Local council says substantial repairs are needed to ground • Club still hope to move in to Olympic Stadium West Ham United are facing the prospect of “major work” to repair corrosion at Upton Park if the club are unsuccessful with their bid to move to the Olympic Stadium. The ground would need “substantial repairs” in the next few years, according to…

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• Parker: ‘Words can’t describe how well he is playing’ • Spurs midfielder upset by reception he got at Upton Park Scott Parker is lost for words when it comes to describing the performances of his Tottenham Hotspur team-mate Gareth Bale. The Wales international scored a spectacular goal on Monday against West Ham United to secure victory at Upton Park. The strike was his second of the game and his eighth in six matches, a run that includes the winners against Lyon , Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion…

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Two goals from the man being compared to Cristiano Ronaldo, the second in the final minute, spur the Villas-Boas Project With this dramatic victory Tottenham Hotspur sent a missive to the other challengers for a Champions League berth next season. A night that began with a tribute to the sadly departed Bobby Moore, who passed away 20 years ago, ended with Spurs continuing to suggest they are stronger now than under Harry Redknapp, who took them into the European Cup once and was denied a repeat only by Chelsea winning the competition last season. The Blues’ insipid display in losing at …

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On a night when West Ham remembered Bobby Moore they could not achieve the victory that would have served as the perfect tribute to their legendary captain, and it was another legend in the making who made the difference. Local hero Joe Cole struck early in the second half to put the hosts 2-1 up but Tottenham came back to win through a stoppage-time winner from Gareth Bale and climb above Chelsea into third place. As scheduled, a minute’s applause erupted across this ground ahead of kick-off to mark the 20th anniversary of Moore’s passing, with both sets of supporters coming together to remember the legendary defender. The moment…

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Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the death of Bobby Moore, captain of England’s World Cup-winning football team, captain of West Ham and national icon. To mark the anniversary, a journalist who became Moore’s life-long friend, Norman Giller, has written and published a book, Bobby Moore The Master . All the profits from the sale of the book will go to the Bobby Moore Fund , a cancer charity run in conjunction…

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• LLDC was expected to seal West Ham deal on Tuesday • Premier League club upped their annual rent offer to £2.5m Negotiations over West Ham United’s protracted move into the Olympic Stadium are set to extend beyond Tuesday as a saga that has lasted more than two years limps towards a conclusion. The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) was expected to rubber-…

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Housemates in their Newcastle days, the captain says England striker has now grown up a bit at West Ham Kevin Nolan looks at the floor, a little sheepishly, laughs and shakes his head. He has just been asked to recall what his wife, Hayley, said about the prospect of Andy Carroll staying with them after he joined West Ham United on loan from Liverpool last summer and Nolan’s reaction is one…

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• West Ham manager fined for criticising FA Cup penalty • Allardyce claims he was not implying bias against Phil Dowd The West Ham United manager, Sam Allardyce, believes he has been fined by the Football Association for “speaking the truth” in the aftermath of his side’s FA Cup fourth-round replay defeat by Manchester United…

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While Fulham can breathe a little easier after a welcome victory that lifted them eight points clear of the bottom three, Sam Allardyce should start to worry. This was West Ham’s sixth defeat in their last nine league matches and, although it seems fanciful to suggest they could slip into a relegation battle, what began as a minor slump is threatening to turn into a major crisis…

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• Potts concussed after fall following Sagna collision at Arsenal • West Ham say tests had brought positive results The West Ham defender Daniel Potts has thanked well-wishers for their support after leaving hospital following his head injury scare. The teenager returned home on Thursday after the blow he suffered in his side’s 5-1 defeat at…

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