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• Thirty-one-year-old striker to leave Upton Park for second time • ‘I’ve grown from being a boy to a man here’ Carlton Cole has announced he has been released by West Ham for the second time in two years. The striker was let go by the club in the summer of 2013 but rejoined on a short-term deal five months later before signing an 18-month contract in January 2014. However, the striker has taken to …

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• West Ham set for early kick-off with first Europa League round on 2 July • Europa League qualifying draw takes place on 22 June • West Ham confirm Sam Allardyce’s contract will not be renewed West Ham’s new manager will have Europa League football to contend with after the club qualified through the fair play league. Just days after the end of the season and Sam Allardyce’s departure, West Ham have secured …

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• Club’s search for successor to Sam Allardyce already under way • Slaven Bilic and Michael Laudrup expected to be in the running • Ancelotti’s surgery to rule him out of running for West Ham job • West Ham are taking a big gamble by getting rid of Big Sam West Ham will demonstrate their ambition by promising significant transfer funds plus a lucrative contract as they seek to lure a successor to Sam Allardyce to…

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Magpies’ manager John Carver says fans can look forward to new ‘players coming through the door’ as club assures him that money will be spent. Newcastle narrowly avoided relegation with a 2-0 win over West Ham United on Sunday, finishing 15th in the Premier League, a victory which Carver calls ’emotional’ Continue reading…

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Allardyce’s exit is no surprise as he seemed to clash with West Ham’s core values. But by the time they head to the Olympic Stadium will the club be sorry they parted company with the man who nursed them back to health? • West Ham confirm Allardyce’s contract will not be renewed Four years ago, when David Sullivan and David Gold surveyed the wreckage left by Avram Grant and wondered how on earth they were going to rectify…

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• Italian manager expected to leave Real Madrid this week • Ancelotti says he will take a year sabbatical to address medical issue • Bilic paves way for West Ham return after confirming Beskitas exit West Ham United’s faint hopes of convincing Carlo Ancelotti to be their new manager appear to have been dashed after the Italian, who is expected to be dismissed by Real Madrid this week, revealed he will have surgery this summer on a spinal condition. The…

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Outgoing Hammers’ manager Sam Allardyce comments on his time at the club and his plans now that he has been let go. His departure was confirmed just minutes after the London team went down 2-0 to Newcastle United in the last match of the season on Sunday. West Ham finished 12th in the Premier League Continue reading…

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From Leicester City’s destruction of Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United to freescoring Chelsea’s superb win at Goodison, here are five contenders for match of the season. Now submit your suggestions • Have your say in the other categories too Welcome to theguardian.com review of the 2014-15 Premier League season . Now that the campaign has ended we would like you to help us choose your favourite goal, the best referee and the best manager, and other winners in a …

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Chances are that José Mourinho would agree with us that he deserves a place on this shortlist but Ronald Koeman, Garry Monk, Alan Pardew and, yes, Sam Allardyce have also had tremendous seasons • Have your say in the other categories too Welcome to theguardian.com review of the 2014-15 Premier League season . Now that the campaign has ended we would like you to help us choose your favourite goal, the best referee and the best manager, and…

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• Former Croatia international to leave Turkey at end of season • Has been heavily linked with replacing Sam Allardyce at Upton Park Slaven Bilic has confirmed he will leave Besiktas at the end of the season, a decision which is likely to see the former West Ham defender linked even stronger with a return to the east London club as a replacement for Sam Allardyce. “I won’t be Besiktas’ manager next season. I’m proud of what I’ve done…

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• Hull City manager says a ‘contract means nothing in football’ • Sam Allardyce claims ‘I knew it was coming’ of West Ham departure • Mike Ashley says he is shocked at position Newcastle have been in Steve Bruce left his future as Hull City manager in doubt after the club were relegated and Newcastle United survived on a tumultuous final day on which West Ham United also confirmed Sam Allardyce’s contract would not be renewed …

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When it was all over, as Newcastle looked back over the wreckage of their season and basked in a pleasure that had been a long time coming, one moment stood out. There was bitterness and there was rancour. Yet the mutiny, for once, was not that of Newcastle’s fans. “Fuck off Sam Allardyce,” came the song from the most vertiginous part of the Leazes End where the away fans were …

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• Club posted statement on website within minutes of defeat at Newcastle • Shortlist for Allardyce’s replacement has already been compiled • Newcastle avoid drop as Jonás Gutiérrez finishes off West Ham West Ham have confirmed that Sam Allardyce’s contract will not be renewed next season. The club posted a statement on their website within minutes of the final whistle of their 2-0 defeat to Newcastle on Sunday which thanked Allardyce for his …

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Live Premier League updates from final day of the season Click here for Hull v Manchester United with Tom Lutz Click here for Nick Ames’ Premier League Clockwatch Click here for the league table and click here for live scores Email john.ashdown@theguardian.com | Tweet @John_Ashdown 3.43pm BST 43 min: Burke muscles Cisse off the ball and sends an optimistic shot in the vague direction of goal from about 40 yards. It hits a defender and bobbles apologetically through to Krul. 3.43pm BST…

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• Newcastle manager haunted by memories of 2009 • Papiss Cissé in fitness test for match against West Ham • John Carver reminds Newcastle players about cost of relegation John Carver will never forget the look on Alan Shearer’s face immediately after Newcastle United were relegated at Aston Villa six years ago and is fervently hoping he does not experience similar torture on Sunday. “I’d come back from Canada and I was watching on television in a pub,” said the Tynesider, who…

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It is a little over seven years since Newcastle sacked Sam Allardyce. Now, on what seems virtually certain to be his final game in charge of the visitors, he can possibly help push his old club into the Championship. If John Carver has been heartened to learn that West Ham’s players were all given most of this week off, his team’s recent record of does not inspire confidence. After collecting a solitary point from their past 10 games…

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Speaking ahead of his team’s Premier League clash against Newcastle United on Sunday, West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce says he hopes to stay at the club next season, with the club’s owners set to decide on his future next week. Allardyce also denied any personal motivation for getting a result on Sunday – Allardyce endured a disappointing spell in charge of Newcastle, who could be relegated if they fail to win Continue reading…

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• 60-year-old’s agent will meet David Sullivan and David Gold to learn fate • Allardyce is to vacate his east London apartment: ‘whatever will be, will be’ • Bilic to leave Besiktas at end of season amid West Ham speculation Sam Allardyce will learn on Monday if he is to continue in his role as West Ham manager, but has revealed that he has no plans to attend a meeting between his agent and the …

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• Sheringham, 49, will replace Graham Westley in the summer • Former Manchester United forward leaves role as attacking coach • Southend sink Stevenage to seal League Two play-off final place Teddy Sheringham has made his first foray into management by taking charge at Stevenage. The 49-year-old leaves his role as the attacking coach at West Ham to join the League Two club. The former Tottenham and Manchester United forward, …

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• Former player Bilic has been linked with West Ham job • ‘We will leave on good terms,’ says Besiktas president Fikret Orman • Sam Allardyce nears West Ham exit door after late Everton win Slaven Bilic will leave Besiktas at the end of the season, increasing speculation that he may replace Sam Allardyce as West Ham United manager. The Croatian coach, who spent one season at West Ham as a player in the mid-1990s, will remain in…

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• Relegation in 2009 led to lots of backroom staff losin jobs • Carver hits back at criticism over players getting days off • Match report: QPR add to Newcastle relegation worries John Carver has reminded his Newcastle United players that should the team be relegated on Sunday, several members of the backroom support staff will lose their jobs. “There’s an awful lot of good local people who’ve been here a long time and a lot of their friends lost their jobs…

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Speaking on Wednesday, Newcastle United manager John Carver says relegation would be unbearable, and says his players understand the importance of their match against West Ham United on Sunday. Carver says he has instructed his team to stay off social media and from football coverage on television. The match will be the Magpies’ last of the Premiership season and will decide whether the club, currently 17th in the League, will be relegated Continue reading…

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In a break from tradition we have taken time out to celebrate not the best team in the Premier League but the most inept. Our (not wholly scientific) approach reveals … As it comes towards the end of the season, it has always been traditional to round up the best moments of the league: the best performances, best goals, best players and so on. But the reason those moments stand out are because they are rare islands …

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Featuring three of the best goals you’ll ever see from one player in one match, a beautiful team effort from Poland and a smart elastico from the US women’s team Continue reading…

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Brendan Rodgers’ tinkering is harming Liverpool, Manchester United may have bigger problems than David de Gea leaving and clubs queue up for Danny Ings In Manchester United’s 1-1 draw in the final home match of the season on Sunday Old Trafford might have bade farewell to David de Gea, Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao as each player’s future at the club is unclear. While De Gea seems more and more certain to depart for Real…

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• Trip to Newcastle could be West Ham manager’s final game in charge • Allardyce: ‘I think everybody in football has very short memories’ The bedsheet brigade was out in force at Upton Park. Romelu Lukaku had just done what comes naturally to him against West Ham, discontent was in the air and high in the Sir Trevor Brooking stand, the moment had arrived for one supporter. He had been waiting all afternoon for the opportunity and when Lukaku …

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