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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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• 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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• Allardyce: ‘If you want more you will have to be calling for Houdini’ • West Ham manager: contract situation will be resolved after season ends • Allardyce: Europa League chance makes contract talks more urgent Sam Allardyce has said that only Harry Houdini could have done a better job than him as the West Ham United manager over the past four years. Allardyce’s future is on the line, with his two-year contract due to expire…

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• West Ham manager has ‘a lot to negotiate’ before resolving future • Allardyce: ‘Whether I’m staying or going, that hasn’t been decided’ Sam Allardyce has acknowledged that West Ham United’s possible qualification for Europe via the Fair Play League has made it even more important to resolve his contractual situation the moment the season ends. The manager’s current two-year deal runs out next month and he said yet again …

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• Former England midfielder is open to permanent Villa move • Cleverley will be out of contract at the end of the season • Aston Villa take step toward safety with confident display against West Ham Looking and sounding like a man enjoying his football again, Tom Cleverley has given the clearest indication yet that he could join Aston Villa on a permanent basis in the summer, by saying that the Midlands club …

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The Tim Sherwood effect continues to transform Aston Villa’s fortunes and Tom Cleverley has benefitted as much as anyone in recent weeks. After failing to get a goal in his first 31 appearances for Villa and struggling to make much of an impact under Paul Lambert earlier in the season, Cleverley scored for the third match in succession to secure a crucial victory and lift Tim Sherwood’s side four points clear of the relegation zone. Available on…

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Another home game, another win – that will be the minimum requirement for Tim Sherwood’s Villa, who are only two points above the drop zone, despite beating Everton at Villa Park last Saturday. Gabriel Agbonlahor returns from injury but will start on the bench against a West Ham side who have a chance to qualify for Europe via the fair play table. What a test for Reece Burke, the 18-year-old …

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• Duff has red card rescinded after being sent off against West Ham • Defender now available to face Hull on Saturday Michael Duff is free to play in the relegation battle at Hull on Saturday after the FA rescinded the red card he received against West Ham. The defender was sent off for tripping Cheikhou Kouyaté in the penalty area during Burnley’s 1-0 defeat at Upton Park last Saturday . Continue reading

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If Burnley’s task was already tough, the challenge now is almost insurmountable. This defeat, courtesy of Mark Noble’s penalty and Michael Duff’s controversial sending off, leaves Sean Dyche’s side eight points adrift of safety with nine points to play for. Their fans still applauded at the final whistle here but the sun is slowly setting on Burnley’s season in the Premier League. That said, there was certainly a sense of injustice in the air following this result, with the referee Jon Moss…

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Sean Dyche must have hoped that his side’s victory over Manchester City in March would kickstart a survival bid but Burnley have not scored and picked up only one point from the five matches since then, and last Saturday’s home defeat by Leicester means they head to east London five points adrift of safety. West Ham, with only one win in their last 13 games, seem ideal opposition. Paul Chronnell Kick-off Saturday 3pm Continue reading…

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• West Ham are charging away fans £55 per adult ticket • Everton club and players to pick up the shortfall Everton fans will have their tickets for the match at West Ham United on Saturday 16 May subsidised by the first-team players and the club. West Ham are charging £55, with £32 tickets available for under-16s and over-65s. Everton are reducing the cost by £10 per person in an effort to make the trip more affordable …

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• Guingamp’s top scorer reveals he will be leaving in the summer • Everton and West Ham reportedly interested in signing Frenchman • The Rumour Mill: Eden Hazard to Real Madrid? Claudio Beauvue looks to be on the move after Guingamp’s top scorer announced he will leave the club this summer. The 27-year-old French striker has been linked in recent press reports with a move to the Premier League, with Everton and West Ham thought to be interested. Continue reading…

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If QPR are to accumulate sufficient points to stay up, Chris Ramsey will have marked this game as a must-win. The manager will be plotting trips to Anfield and the Etihad after this as matches they would not be expected to triumph in. West Ham, currently 10th and with one win from 12 in all competitions, are easing to the finish line and look to be there for the taking. Alan Smith Kick

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West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce says his focus for the team is going to be on winning more matches, saying it is a responsibility for the team to do so. Allardyce says West Ham United have let themselves down over the course of the past 10 to 11 matches, identifying games against Stoke City and Manchester City as particularly poor. He also comments on the rumours over a possible exit by Alan Cresswell Continue reading…

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West Ham were today happily floating around in a PR bubble after their season-ticket pronouncements but are they simply making the most of a “game-changing” slice of good fortune thanks to the £619m Olympic Stadium handover? • West Ham to cut season-ticket prices in first campaign at Olympic Stadium • West Ham face compensation risk over state aid for Olympic Stadium refit Never mind bubbles, West Ham executives were blowing their own trumpets …

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• Cheapest 2016-17 season ticket will cost £289 if club is in Premier League • ‘We have always said our move would be a game-changer,’ says Karren Brady • More football news West Ham United have announced that they will be cutting season-ticket prices for their first campaign at the Olympic Stadium. If West Ham are in the Premier League in 2016-17, their cheapest adult season ticket will cost £289, down from between £620 and £940 for 2014-15. West Ham are the…

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A lack of transparency in the deal that led to Premier League club’s move to the Olympic Stadium risks creating another legacy embarrassment At Westfield shopping centre in Stratford on the fringes of London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park a sleek retail unit nestles alongside upmarket shops. Look a little closer and it becomes clear this is not a mobile phone store or a luxury watch retailer but dedicated to selling season tickets for West Ham’s first season in the Olympic Stadium. Hi-…

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We round up our favourite pictures from Saturday’s and Sunday’s matches in the English top flight and FA Cup semi-finals. Continue reading…

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• Manager admits it was very important to arrest slump • ‘We played especially well until the injury to David Silva’ • Match report: Manchester City 2-0 West Ham • David Silva given all clear after leaving pitch on a stretcher Manuel Pellegrini said it was vital to bounce back from Manchester City’s two consecutive defeats after the 2-0 win over West Ham United on Sunday, with further relief arriving when David Silva, carried off on a stretcher during the match, confirmed his injury…

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Latest updates as Manuel Pellegrini’s side take on West Ham Email michael.butler@theguardian.com | Tweet @michaelbutler18 Keep up with all today’s matches around Europe 12.57pm BST On this day in 1958, one of City’s greatest-ever players Billy Meredith passes away. #mcfc pic.twitter.com/pCK7fmgCOW The Guardian did a nice little piece on Billy Meredith back in 2007, which you can read here . The pre-eminent player of his generation, Billy Meredith was described as the…

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West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce says he has been taken aback by Manchester City’s recent poor performances. Looking ahead to his side’s upcoming clash with the struggling team, Allardyce says Man City’s recent defeats have sent shockwaves through the football world but stresses the team cannot be underestimated. Man City and West Ham meet on 19 April Continue reading…

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Out of contract in the summer and denied an escape to West Bromwich in February, the 31-year-old is throwing his energies into fundraising to help Sierra Leone deal with the Ebola crisis • Sierra Leone doctors on strike over inadequate equipment It is probably just as well Carlton Cole has learned to focus on the bigger picture. Otherwise, the West Ham United striker might well still be stewing over the call from…

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• Aaron Cresswell: ‘We must stay switched on to the end’ • Mark Hughes keen to better last season’s total points Aaron Cresswell accepts West Ham must learn to stay “switched on” until the final whistle to avoid seeing their fruitful season drift away. West Ham looked poised for a second successive home victory when leading 1-0 five minutes into injury time against Stoke, but Marko Arnautovic slammed the ball into the bottom left corner to secure a dramatic…

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Although unhelpful, fresh doubts over the long-term future of the West Ham manager, Sam Allardyce, should not derail West Ham’s hopes of securing a top-half finish. The hosts have lost four of their past five matches and go into the game level on points with Stoke, who have lost their previous three. This hardly suggests a classic is in store but keep an eye on Peter Crouch, who…

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Speaking in the run-up to his team’s clash against Stoke City on Saturday, West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce concedes that the targets he set for the side in January are no longer within their reach. The team got off to a good start early in the season and were in the Premier League top four before Christmas, but have since dropped to ninth place. He also addresses West Ham’s chances of snagging a spot in the Europa …

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West Ham may be in the market for a new manager and would liven things up considerably by appointing the otherworldly Argentinian from Marseille • Sam Allardyce does not know whether he will be at West Ham next season There was a stir in the art world a few years back when the great “lost” American painter Nat Tate was dramatically rediscovered. Tate, the story goes, was a member of the New York scene of the 1950s…

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