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• Defender Reid hurt in training as casualty list grows • Manager Slaven Bilic to move training grounds to combat problems West Ham United’s Winston Reid and Victor Moses have been ruled out until the new year with hamstring injuries prompting the manager Slaven Bilic to move training grounds. The Hammers were due to relocate to their new Rush Green HQ, where they currently play under-21 games, at the start of next season. Related: West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini ruled out for up …

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• Defender reportedly suffered hamstring injury during training • West Ham already with Manuel Lanzini, Diafra Sakho and Dimitri Payet Winston Reid could have added to West Ham’s injury woes after reportedly suffering a hamstring injury in training. The Barclays Premier League club have yet to confirm the news but Jack Sullivan – son of Hammers’ joint-chairman David Sullivan – tweeted on Wednesday evening that the defender sustained the problem in training and faces up…

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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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• Slaven Bilic urges Carroll to ‘show it from the start’ • Diafra Sakho to undergo thigh surgery and out for three months Slaven Bilic has urged Andy Carroll to “show it from the start” following the striker’s recent impressive substitute appearances for West Ham United. With Diafra Sakho, Dimitri Payet and Enner Valencia injured, Carroll is likely to start on Saturday at Manchester United. Bilic said: “He is getting back towards his best, he is trying hard in training and he …

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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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Slaven Bilic gives his reaction after West Ham United drew 1-1 with West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League at Upton Park on Sunday. Bilic says West Bromwich Albion deserved some reward for their second half performance, but says his team should have been more than 1-0 up in the first half West Brom fight back to win hard-earned point at West Ham Continue reading…

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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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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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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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Latest updates as Spurs take on West Ham at White Hart Lane Manuel Lanzini: the bargain of the season? Email nick.ames.casual@theguardian.com | Tweet: @NickAmes82 4.28pm GMT West Ham not been behind before in one of these tough away games this season. Changes the way they want to play. Truth. 4.27pm GMT 28 min: Vertonghen lashes an excitable 30-yarder over with his left foot. 4.26pm GMT 25 min: West Ham almost equalise straightaway! A superb overhead kick from Kouyate strikes the bar…

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• Bilic laments loss of ‘best player’ Dimitri Payet • Diafro Sakho is back but Enner Valencia out Slaven Bilic has called on his players to “step up and do more” when West Ham travel to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday in the absence of the key midfielder Dimitri Payet . The fixture has particular significance for Bilic, being the one in which he made his debut for the club as a player in February 1996. On that occasion West Ham won 1-0, and …

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Professional footballers have worryingly poor teeth that could be affecting their performance on the pitch, say dentists.

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The Hammers manager says it is too early to know where the limits are for his third-placed team but sees no reason why they should drop dramatically Slaven Bilic holds up a finger and flicks it like the rev counter in a car. The calibration of a high-performance engine is not unlike that of a top-level footballer. The margins between purring and stalling, the West Ham United manager explains, come down to percentage points; to details that he refers …

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• Mourinho could be banned from dugout against Liverpool • Coach Silvino Louro also charged, and Chelsea for failing to control players José Mourinho has been left fretting over whether he will be permitted in the home dugout against Liverpool on Saturday after the Football Association charged the Chelsea manager with misconduct following his dismissal at Upton Park . Mourinho, who is already appealing against a £50,000 fine and suspended one-match stadium ban for suggesting …

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• Blues manager could yet face FA charge for comments made to referee Jon Moss • Decision not to attend post-match press conference will draw Premier League ire On the only other occasion when West Ham United scored first against José Mourinho’s Chelsea, way back in April 2006 , they ended up losing 4-1 against 10 men. When Mauro Zárate rammed in West Ham’s opening goal on Saturday the mind drifted back to that awesome …

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• West Ham inflict fifth league defeat on 10-man Chelsea • Mourinho’s side to receive mandatory fine as six players are booked José Mourinho’s reign at Stamford Bridge lurched further into turmoil as the manager was sent to the stands in a disciplinary meltdown by Chelsea as the champions slumped to their fifth Premier League defeat of the season. Chelsea lost 2-1 at West Ham United , finishing the match with 10 men on the pitch and two dismissed from the dugout, …

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West Ham deserved to win. It is worth highlighting that fact lest it be obscured by the fallout to Chelsea’s disciplinary meltdown. The champions had Nemanja Matic sent off in the first half, two players booked for protesting against that decision, their assistant first-team coach, Silvino Louro, dismissed for haranguing the fourth official and José Mourinho banished to the stands at half-time. Continue reading…

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Just because supporters are prepared to pay enormous sums, it doesn’t mean clubs are right to charge them. It’s time for big clubs to share some of the bounty with the fanbase on which they’re built For its match against Chelsea tomorrow at Upton Park, West Ham is charging under-16s £46 – for that extraordinary sum, the child will be offered a restricted view. Adult tickets for the same game…

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Slowly, but perhaps not that surely, signs of the old Chelsea are emerging. The champions have relieved the pressure on them in the past week, beating Aston Villa 2-0 last Saturday and drawing 0-0 at Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday. Two clean sheets have boosted confidence at the back. Yet the visit to Upton Park could be awkward for José Mourinho. West Ham are fourth and Slaven Bilic’s side have already beaten Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilić says despite a lack of consistency so far in the Premier League, Chelsea will be dangerous when the teams meet on Saturday. Bilić says Chelsea will be motivated to get results due to their poor start and West Ham must play well to win. West Ham are currently fourth in the Premier League, while Chelsea lie in 12th Continue reading…

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• West Ham manager hails Andy Carroll’s impact on sub’s fourth game of season • Dimitri Payet scored fifth league goal of campaign in 3-1 win at Crystal Palace Before West Ham United’s latest and perhaps most impressive away win, over obdurate opposition who were reduced to 10 men for the entire second half, injury had restricted Andy Carroll to 20 minutes of Premier League football since February. He got 30 more under his belt here and was instrumental in the creation…

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West Ham United’s impressive form on the road continues, with late goals from Manuel Lanzini and Dimitri Payet helping them add another scalp to an already impressive collection with two late goals against a team reduced to 10 men for the entire second half. Predicting the outcome of this entertaining ding-dong between two in-form sides may have been a tough ask, but the inevitable dismissal of Dwight Gayle wasn’t difficult to see coming. The Palace …

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From Limerick to West Ham, those who have worked with Allardyce in his seven previous permament managerial posts explain the secrets of his success Related: Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend | Michael Butler and Barry Glendenning Continue reading…

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• London mayor: ‘I would be perfectly happy to publish the details’ • Information commissioner ruled controversial deal must be disclosed The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has insisted he is “perfectly happy” to see the details of West Ham’s Olympic Stadium contract published but claimed that the club was seeking to take legal action to block it. Johnson, who oversees the London Legacy Development Corporation as mayor but is no longer chairman of the …

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David Cameron appears to have suffered from a’ brain fade’ on Saturday, mistaking his ‘beloved’ Aston Villa football club for West Ham United. During his speech about black and ethnic minority communities in Britain, Cameron says, ‘you can support Man Utd, the West Indies and Team GB all at the same time – of course I’d rather you supported West Ham. ‘The only similarity between the two Premier League sides is that they

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Karren Brady is one of the UK’s best known women in business, from Apprentice guru to West Ham vice-chair, and now she’s a Tory peer. So why does she insist that she has no future in politics – and is she really best friends with George Osborne? Karren Brady is telling a room full of Year 10 students that they need to think about how they’re going to make a living, and the …

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