A year to the day since they beat Blackpool in the Championship play-off final, West Ham have the chance to seal a top-half finish in the top tier. That is an admirable achievement and in stark contrast to Reading’s campaign. They came up as champions but have endured a difficult…
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West Ham United v Reading: squad sheets
Posted on 17 May 2013.
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When is it acceptable to leave a football match early?
Posted on 15 May 2013.
If your team aren’t putting in the effort required, why should you bother sticking around to watch them? The reputation of football fans appears to be on the up again. Campaigns calling for a fairer deal on away tickets and the introduction of Safe Standing have shown how supporters can change attitudes when they act together. But scratch the surface and there remains hostility to a…
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Everton 2-0 West Ham United | Premier League match report
Posted on 12 May 2013.
The David Moyes’ era ended at Goodison Park how he would have scripted it and exactly how he deserved it; with fulsome tribute and the victory over West Ham that delivered Everton’s highest points total since the formation of the Premier League in 1992. He can head for Chelsea next Sunday, and Manchester United after that, with Everton’s status as the ascendant team on Merseyside confirmed. Moyes achieved Champions…
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Sam Allardyce ends wait by signing two-year contract at West Ham
Posted on 11 May 2013.
• Sam Allardyce has guided West Ham to Premier League safety • Agreement delayed by ‘legal jargon’ in Allardyce contract Sam Allardyce has ended speculation about his future by signing a two-year contract at West Ham. David Gold, the West Ham co-owner, announced that the 58-year-old would stay on at Upton Park on his personal Twitter account . “I am delighted to announce that our manager Sam Allardyce…
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Everton v West Ham United: squad sheets
Posted on 10 May 2013.
David Moyes should receive a rousing and emotional send-off as he manages Everton for the final time at Goodsion Park after 11 years of tireless rebuilding work. No trophies arrived on his watch but he restored pride and fierce competitiveness to a club that had lost both when he arrived in 2002. The fact Everton …
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West Ham United v Newcastle United: Squad sheets
Posted on 03 May 2013.
Not many would have predicted at the start of the season that West Ham would go into this fixture as the club chasing a top-half finish with Newcastle teetering on the brink of relegation. Alan Pardew’s men are in woeful form having conceded 14 goals in their past five matches and scored just twice. They desperately need…
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West Ham to sign Razvan Rat, Romania’s captain, on free transfer
Posted on 29 April 2013.
• Sam Allardyce sees off Marseille competition to land left-back • Defender will join on a three-year, £35,000-a-week contract West Ham United’s squad strengthening ahead of a second campaign in the Premier League is to begin with the free transfer arrival of the experienced Romania defender Razvan Rat when his contract at Shakhtar Donetsk expires in June. The left-back, who captains his national …
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Joleon Lescott left in England limbo after season of fitful activity
Posted on 28 April 2013.
• Central defender may pay World Cup price for losing place • Manchester City irregular hopeful of playing in FA Cup final Polite yet frank was Joleon Lescott’s response when asked about the threat posed to his England place by John Terry following the Chelsea defender’s decision to end his international…
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Eyewitness: London, England
Posted on 28 April 2013.
Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series
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Manchester City 2-1 West Ham United | Premier League match report
Posted on 27 April 2013.
Until a Yaya Touré rocket settled home nerves on 81 minutes, this was a Manchester City display to illustrate why they have frustrated all season. As with the defeat at Tottenham Hotspur last time out, City were the dominant force but appeared unable to put the boot to West Ham United’s throat to finish them off. Even after Touré’s left-foot stinger …
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Barry Hearn facing defeat over Olympic Stadium after rejection of review
Posted on 26 April 2013.
• Leyton Orient chairman unhappy at decision over tenancy • West Ham expected to be playing in Stratford by 2016-17 The Leyton Orient chairman, Barry Hearn, appears to have definitively lost his long-running crusade to reopen the bidding process for the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, after his case for a judicial review was rejected. West Ham…
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Mancini congratulates Manchester United on title win – video
Posted on 26 April 2013.
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini admits that Manchester United were better than his team across the season
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Manchester City v West Ham United: squad sheets
Posted on 26 April 2013.
The dog days of Manchester City’s failed championship defence are now about them closing the 16-point gap to Manchester United. James Milner, Sergio Agüero and David Silva are all in contention for this game having recovered from their respective injuries and, ahead of the FA Cup final against Wigan on 11 May, …
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Roberto Martínez looks to Lady Luck after Wigan suffer at West Ham
Posted on 21 April 2013.
• Latics lost again despite dominating possession • Manager confident three wins will keep Wigan up Three wins from their final five games, the manager Roberto Martínez believes, will be sufficient for Wigan Athletic to pull off their now customary feat of avoiding relegation by the skin of their teeth. Given the last of those games is against Aston Villa…
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West Ham United 2-2 Manchester United | Premier League match report
Posted on 17 April 2013.
For Manchester United, another game ticked off. Sir Alex Ferguson’s men twice had to come from behind but ultimately this is the kind of resilience that is taking them to their 20th league championship and, in that context, they will probably not care too much that there were only flashes when they were at their best. They had finished the match on top but it…
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West Ham v Manchester United – as it happened | Paul Doyle
Posted on 17 April 2013.
Minute-by-minute report: A late equaliser by Robin van Persie kept the United title bandwagon on the move against West Ham Paul Doyle
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Southampton 1-1 West Ham United | Premier League match report
Posted on 13 April 2013.
Andy Carroll earned West Ham a hard-fought point in miserable conditions at Southampton, bringing the hosts’ three-match winning streak to an end. The on-loan 24-year-old missed last weekend’s trip to parent club Liverpool but made an immediate impact on his return to Sam Allardyce’s starting lineup, …
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Southampton v West Ham United: squad sheets
Posted on 12 April 2013.
Short of a catastrophic collapse Southampton and West Ham are practically guaranteed a place in the Premier League next year but equally neither will want to rest on their laurels for the remainder of this campaign. The hosts come into this one having won their last three matches, against Liverpool, Chelsea and Reading, while West …
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Liverpool 0-0 West Ham United | Premier League match report
Posted on 07 April 2013.
The howls of frustration as Luis Suárez sent a corner straight out of play and Glen Johnson ran into another blind alley encapsulated another story of torment for Liverpool. For West Ham United, however, there was only immense, justifiable satisfaction as they edged closer to Premier League safety. A fine defensive display brought Sam Allardyce’s team a hard-earned point on Merseyside and …
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Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend | Barry Glendenning and Jacob Steinberg
Posted on 05 April 2013.
Nigel Adkins comes face to face with Mauricio Pochettino, Paolo Di Canio can finally let the football do the talking and Harry Redknapp on why QPR don’t need a miracle Is another Carlos Tevez sulk on the way? The Argentinian has already demonstrated occasional reluctance to gad about in a high-vis bib since joining Manchester City, famously declining to warm up…
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West Ham’s Andy Carroll hopes his display attracts England attention
Posted on 31 March 2013.
• England manager sees striker score twice against West Brom • Carroll trusts he will be involved in England set-up again Andy Carroll hopes his impressive two goals will persuade Roy Hodgson that he deserves an England recall this summer. Carroll has endured a difficult time since he joined on loan from Liverpool last August, but the 24-year-old looked back to his…
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West Ham United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion | Premier League match report
Posted on 30 March 2013.
Andy Carroll gave Roy Hodgson a timely reminder of his talents as he inspired West Ham to an impressive win that eased any lingering hopes of relegation at Upton Park. He was not in Hodgson’s party for England’s trip to Montenegro on Tuesday and on this evidence Hodgson will surely considering recalling him for this summer’s …
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West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion: squad sheets
Posted on 29 March 2013.
With tricky fixtures to come in April against Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United, as well as an awkward trip to Southampton, Sam Allardyce will be looking for maximum points at Upton Park to halt any lingering relegation fears. He welcomes back Kevin Nolan from a broken toe, and needs his captain to hit form immediately if they are to breach a stubborn West Brom…
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Premier League fans’ run-in verdict part 2: QPR to Wigan Athletic
Posted on 23 March 2013.
Ghost of Seasons Past scares Spurs; Saints ride out a storm; and a ‘delusional manager’ undoes QPR QPR Adam Boxer, QPR.vitalfootball.co.uk Happy with season so far? A disaster. Our brash summer transfer policy combined with a delusional manager made for bleak viewing, culminating in our present perilous position…
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West Ham secure Olympic Stadium – video
Posted on 22 March 2013.
West Ham United will call the Olympic Stadium home after the government agreed to contribute an extra £25m
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West Ham confirmed as main tenants of the Olympic Stadium
Posted on 22 March 2013.
• West Ham agree 99-year lease and will pay £2m annual rent • Stadium will stage athletics, concerts and other sporting events West Ham have been confirmed as the main tenants of the Olympic Stadium by the London Mayor Boris Johnson, marking a major milestone in a controversial seven-year saga. The club’s…
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