Local beauty queens due at Upton Park but match could decide Championship title and a thriller is in store Fans at Upton Park for Tuesday night’s match between West Ham and Southampton will as an extra bonus get to see two local models who between them have been named Miss Commonwealth International, Miss Galaxy UK, …
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West Ham against Southampton is more bare-knuckle than beauty pageant | Simon Burnton
Posted on 14 February 2012.
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West Ham United v Millwall – as it happened | Scott Murray
Posted on 04 February 2012.
Sam Allardyce’s team moved five clear at the top of the Championship – at least for a few hours – after beating their London rivals Back in the day, the best weekend in sport used to come in early April. You remember, that…
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West Ham agree fee and discuss terms for Barnsley’s Ricardo Vaz Tê
Posted on 31 January 2012.
• Vaz Tê rejected new deal with Barnsley earlier this month • Sam Allardyce keen to bring new forward to West Ham The Barnsley forward Ricardo Vaz Tê is poised for a move to his club’s Championship rivals West Ham United. The Portuguese, who was signed on a free transfer from Hibernian in the summer…
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West Ham United frustrated by revised Olympic Stadium tender process
Posted on 25 January 2012.
• Relations between East End club and OPLC more tense • West Ham considering their options over Olympic Stadium The future of the Olympic Stadium has been thrown into fresh doubt, with West Ham United considering their options amid bitter frustration with the process surrounding the tender for the £468m publicly owned asset. It is …
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Hillsborough campaigner’s anger over FA Cup crowd barrier plans
Posted on 07 January 2012.
• Barriers to be tested at Sheffield Wednesday v West Ham • Margaret Aspinall calls plans ‘insensitive’ A campaigner for justice following the Hillsborough disaster has claimed it is “insensitive” to use crowd control barriers for an FA Cup game at the stadium this weekend. Margaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James died in the tragedy in 1989 when Liverpool …
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Guardian Sport Network | Southampton, West Ham, Cardiff City and Boro battle at top
Posted on 03 January 2012.
With two points separating four teams, is this the closest second-tier promotion battle since 1992? Southampton and West Ham United are level at the top of the Championship on 47 points, while Cardiff City and Middlesbrough both lie just two points further back on 45 apiece. In a division which is more accustomed to runaway winners, this is the …
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West Ham United 1-0 Coventry City | Premier League match report
Posted on 02 January 2012.
The pursuit of promotion was never going to be pretty under Sam Allardyce but that has never been the point. The arch‑pragmatist was hired to achieve a return to the Premier League by any means necessary and this blustery victory, combined with the defeats of Southampton and Middlesbrough, restored them to the automatic promotion …
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Derby County 2-1 West Ham United | Championship match report
Posted on 31 December 2011.
Teenage striker Callum Ball and Paul Green scored early in the first half as Derby closed in on the Championship’s top six with a second successive win over the Christmas period. Ball, 19, claimed his second senior goal from the edge of the penalty area in the second minute and midfielder Green, who returned from a …
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MBMs we wish we’d done in 2011 – No5: Olympic Park stadium decision
Posted on 29 December 2011.
Anyone whose paragraph includes the word ‘legacy’ has to drink a shot of vodka; for ‘community’ run twice round the table Preamble We’re live from London as the Olympic Park Legacy Company sits down to decide finally whether West Ham United should get control of the Olympic Stadium when people …
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Championship 2011-12: the bloggers’ half-term report
Posted on 21 December 2011.
The people who really know their clubs give us the lowdown on the Championship season so far Barnsley How’s it going? I predicted that the negative soothsayers would have called it wrong and so far have been proven correct. Barnsley are not and will not be relegation fodder this season. Being careful to temper my opinions, for a half-season…
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Tottenham and Olympic organisers to go head-to-head over naming rights
Posted on 20 December 2011.
• OPLC keen to sell naming rights for the Olympic stadium • ‘We welcome football but we’re not dependent on football’ West Ham have been warned they are not guaranteed winners of the retendering process for the Olympic Stadium that will be launched on Tuesday, alongside a drive to find a buyer for the naming rights. It has emerged that…
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Championship round-up: Simon Church makes Reading history at Leeds
Posted on 17 December 2011.
• Early goal gives Reading first league win at Elland Road • Nick Barmby hails young Hull side after win over Millwall Leeds 0-1 Reading Reading’s first league win at Elland Road – thanks to a Simon Church winner after two minutes – put them just two points behind Leeds and put more …
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Middlesbrough 0-2 West Ham United | Championship match report
Posted on 29 November 2011.
All good things must come to an end but Tony Mowbray could have wished Middlesbrough’s long unbeaten home run could have been broken by different opponents. Before kick-off the manager had warned of the importance of keeping pace with West Ham and Southampton at the top and “not letting them get away from us”. Sam …
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Spurs adviser held Karren Brady’s ‘unlawfully obtained’ phone records
Posted on 17 November 2011.
• Accountants deny involvement in any ‘unlawful activity’ • Brady’s lawyers claim records were passed to newspaper “Unlawfully obtained” phone records belonging to West Ham United’s vice-chairman, Karren Brady, found their way into the hands of investigators retained by Tottenham Hotspur at the height of their bitter Olympic stadium battle, a high court…
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West Ham will have to make way for athletics at Olympic Stadium
Posted on 08 November 2011.
• Athletics to be give 99-year lease at Olympic Stadium • Tender subject to ‘primacy’ of athletics in summer West Ham will have to agree to make way for any major athletics event if they want to become tenants at the Olympic Stadium, through the new tender process, it emerged on Tuesday. Under the new procedure, athletics …
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Hull City 0-2 West Ham United | Championship match report
Posted on 05 November 2011.
Sam Baldock and Jack Collison struck early in the second half as West Ham kept pace with the Championship leaders Southampton with their fifth away win of the season. The in-form striker Baldock volleyed in his fifth goal for the Hammers since arriving from MK Dons in August four minutes after half-time…
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Goals a given as free-scoring Peterborough face Southampton | Alan Gardner
Posted on 01 November 2011.
Championship’s most prolific teams meet at St Mary’s tonight while El Hadji Diouf prepares to make his debut for Doncaster If you’re looking to get your buck banged this evening then forget the group stage tedium of the Champions League and look to the south coast, where the Championship leaders, Southampton, welcome free-scoring, defence-light …
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West Ham United 4-0 Blackpool | Championship match report
Posted on 15 October 2011.
Three goals in eight second-half minutes ensured a comfortable victory for West Ham as Blackpool’s defence endured a torrid afternoon at Upton Park. John Carew set the home side on their way with a 12th-minute header and Blackpool collapsed after the break as a Sam Baldock double and Jack Collison’s goal completed …
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West Ham loanee David Bentley may miss six months after knee injury
Posted on 12 October 2011.
• We wish him a speedy recovery, says Sam Allardyce • Robert Green progressing well following knee surgery David Bentley’s hopes of resurrecting his career while on loan at West Ham United have suffered a setback after the club confirmed a knee injury may sideline him for six months. Bentley joined West …
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Staging 2017 world championships in London is vital, says Ed Warner
Posted on 03 October 2011.
• UK Athletics chairman: ‘If we don’t get it, it will be a major blow’ • Legal row over Olympic Stadium unlikely to impact on decision The chairman of UK Athletics has admitted it will be a big blow to the sport if London fails to land the 2017 world championships but …
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Fight for Olympic Stadium set to continue as Tottenham consider offer
Posted on 29 September 2011.
• Future of stadium not expected to be resolved by Monday • Spurs considering redevelopment offer from London mayor The legal fight over the future of the Olympic Stadium will almost certainly remain unresolved when inspectors from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) arrive to inspect the venue as part of London’s bid to …
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Millwall 0-0 West Ham United | Championship match report
Posted on 17 September 2011.
A match dripping in bad blood left those in attendance feeling subdued. There were policeman with truncheons and tear gar outside the ground and intimidating banners and chants inside, but ultimately no goals for either of these enemies…
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Tottenham’s fight with West Ham the tip of Olympic legacy problems | David Conn
Posted on 06 September 2011.
While the two football clubs argue over what constitutes state aid, post-Olympic projects are suffering from a lack of it The oddest aspect of the high court tug‑of-war for the Olympic stadium is that…
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Black and white lingerie arrives for the Magpies’ women fans
Posted on 06 September 2011.
Newcastle United tests the potential of a ‘forgotten market’ for its merchandising stock Howay the lassies – Newcastle United has launched a new range of lingerie in the club’s celebrated magpie livery. Nothing pink …
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West Ham and Charlton postpone Carling Cup fixtures after rioting
Posted on 08 August 2011.
• Both London games called off at request of the police • West Ham v Aldershot and Charlton v Reading postponed West Ham United and Charlton Athletic have postponed Carling Cup home matches which were due…
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West Ham United v Cardiff City – as it happened | Rob Bagchi
Posted on 07 August 2011.
Kenny Miller rained on Sam Allardyce’s debut parade to score Cardiff’s late, late winner in a 1-0 victory over West Ham Afternoon all: Football, bah! You have an entire summer to address the failings of last season…
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