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• ‘Chadwell Heath pitches are slippery on top but rock hard underneath’ • Squad to train at Rush Green from next week after injury list lengthens Slaven Bilic has reacted to West Ham United’s injury crisis by accelerating their move to a new training ground, with the recent spate of muscle problems being blamed on the “rock-hard” pitches at the club’s current site in Chadwell Heath. Although Rush Green will not be completely ready for West …

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West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic looks ahead to their Premier League match against Stoke City at Upton Park on Saturday. Bilic says it is easy for a team to play badly at home. He praises Stoke City’s skills in attack and counter attack West Ham’s Winston Reid and Victor Moses out until new year with injuries Continue reading…

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West Ham United midfielder Manuel Lanzini could be ruled out for up to six weeks with a quadriceps injury.

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West Ham United winger Victor Moses will undergo a scan on Tuesday to discover the extent of his hamstring problem.

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West Ham United enter the FA Cup for tonight’s third round draw along with the other Premier League clubs and are ball number 43.

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Wayne Rooney had an alibi for this latest Manchester United disappointment. If the home side’s play was slow and boring, lacking conviction in front of goal, it clearly could not be their injured captain’s fault. This could have been the day when United overtook their neighbours in the top four; instead it was another letdown. The home wingers displayed an early confidence but soon lost it, the midfield passing was predictable and frequently inaccurate, Anthony Martial was as uninfluential …

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Live updates from today’s action in the Premier League and beyond Email niall.mcveigh@theguardian.com | Tweet @niallmcveigh Scoreboard – all today’s goals as they go in! 1.56pm GMT Matches postponed Storm Desmond has hit the Scottish fixture list, with three Premiership games called off. C eltic v Hamilton, Hearts v Inverness and Partick v Motherwell have all been postponed, with the weather also hitting lower league and FA Cup matches. More information here . 9.39pm GMT Football fans are …

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Slaven Bilic has challenged Andy Carroll to fill the void left by West Ham’s injured shooting stars.

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• West Ham manager respects Louis van Gaal’s patient football • United ‘quicker and more electric’ under Sir Alex Ferguson Slaven Bilic has rejected suggestions Manchester United are boring. “They’re different from the Alex Ferguson era where they were quicker, more electric and bombarding the box,” said Bilic, whose West Ham side visit Old Trafford on Saturday. But he denied that made Louis van Gaal’s team dull and pointed to the effectiveness of…

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West Ham United striker Diafra Sakho faces the prospect of being out of action for three months with a thigh injury.

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Rickie Lambert’s career seemed to be petering out at West Bromwich Albion but the 33-year-old proved that there is life in him yet, as he came off the bench at Upton Park to revive his team and help salvage a point that had looked improbable. The 33-year-old has started only three Premier League games for Albion since tearing himself away from Liverpool in the summer in search of more action and, as with every game since…

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Rickie Lambert climbed off the bench to rescue a point for West Brom in a 1-1 draw against West Ham United at Upton Park.

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Live updates from the 2.05pm kick-off at Upton Park Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend Email alan.smith@theguardian.com | Tweet @alansmith90 2.01pm GMT The teams are out. Bubbles are reaching the East London sky. We are moments away from kick-off. 1.20pm GMT West Ham: Adrian; Jenkinson, Ogbonna, Reid, Cresswell; Obiang, Kouyate; Moses, Zarate, Lanzini; Sakho. Subs: Song, Tomkins, Carroll, Jelavic, Antonio, Spiegel, Cullen. West Brom: …

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Football grounds reflect the soul of the community and their disappearance from historic locations across the country strikes at the heart of the game • Football stadiums, then and now: interactive quiz (part 1) • Football stadiums, then and now: interactive quiz (part 2) Moss Side, on a dank, inhospitable November’s morning. On Blue Moon Way, mums and dads are on the school run outside Divine Mercy Primary. The house …

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Young West Ham United striker Elliot Lee has joined League One strugglers Blackpool on loan until January 3.

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Trying  to make sense of a thumping defeat against a deadly rival is always difficult, but Sunday’s 4-1 annihilation at the hands of Spurs could have been so much worse.

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Today’s fluff has started packing boxes already Manchester United are still cooing at Cristiano Ronaldo in the hope that their former hero is planning on scuttling away from crisis club Real Madrid . However there’s no word on whether they’re looking to bring back other members of their 2008 side, such as Nemanja Vidic, Park Ji-sung, Patrice Evra, Dong Fangzhuo and Wayne Rooney. There is word on them peering hopefully at Gareth Bale , who could be off if clever Florentino Pérez quits as …

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• A 35-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen • Taken to east London hospital where condition is stable A 35-year-old West Ham fan was stabbed outside White Hart Lane before Tottenham’s Premier League match with West Ham on Sunday. Related: Tottenham’s two-goal Harry Kane leads way in 4-1 rout of West Ham Continue reading…

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Predictions have been pretty pointless so far in this topsy-turvy Premier League season but much more of this and people are going to start backing Tottenham Hotspur for a Champions League finish. After the encouragement of the performance, if not entirely the result, in the 1-1 draw at Arsenal before the international break they swatted aside a West Ham team who have made a habit of rousing themselves for the big away games. Related: …

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It was difficult to recall a more imposing away-day performance from Tottenham than their display at Arsenal two weeks ago. Despite having less preparation time, the data showed they covered more ground and it said everything that they were disappointed with the 1-1 draw. Top-four belief has been fired and now they need a follow-up showing against West Ham who have excelled in big matches away from home. The visitors must find a way without their…

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Most of us had heard about Joe Cole long before he made his debut for West Ham. He was the child prodigy who was meant to light up the Premier League and break records for England. How did he end up on loan at Coventry City? By Tom Mason for These Football Times , part of the Guardian Sport Network “Yes, actual Joe Cole,” the tweet read. “Seriously, Joe Cole. The real Joe Cole.” Coventry …

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West Ham United goalkeeper Darren Randolph admitted he could not have written the script any better after helping the Republic of Ireland qualify for Euro 2016.

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West Ham United’s Dimitiri Payet will be out until February with an ankle injury following a challenge from Everton’s James McCarthy on Saturday.

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West Ham United are reportedly keen to bolster their striking options with the signing of Roma’s Seydou Doumbia.

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Alex Song began his return from injury by playing an hour as West Ham United beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Upton Park this afternoon.

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West Ham United playmaker Dimitri Payet has vowed to come back stronger following his injury lay-off.

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