• Retractable seating will allow athletics and music events • Taxpayers will get a cut if club is sold on for profit West Ham have finally agreed a 99-year deal to move into London’s Olympic Stadium, sources close to the process have confirmed. The agreement should also open the way for the stadium to be used as a venue for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Negotiations between the London …
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West Ham set to end Olympic Stadium saga with 99-year deal
Posted on 21 March 2013.
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Barry Hearn may move Leyton Orient to Essex if Olympic Stadium bid fails
Posted on 21 March 2013.
• Hearn will press for judicial review but expects to be defeated • Suspects West Ham made sole tenancy a condition of their bid The Leyton Orient owner Barry Hearn has said that he will look to move the club into Essex if he fails in his legal bid to…
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Chelsea’s John Terry struck by coins during win over West Ham United
Posted on 17 March 2013.
• Defender was hit while warming up as a substitute • Frank Lampard also targeted after 200th Chelsea goal The Metropolitan Police is investigating incidents of coin-throwing by West Ham supporters at Chelsea, with the Football Association expected to launch its own inquiry once the referee’s report has been…
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Chelsea v West Ham – live! | Daniel Harris
Posted on 17 March 2013.
Minute-by-minute report: Chelsea are looking to firm up their chances of finishing in the top four in this London derby. Join Daniel Harris Daniel Harris
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Chelsea v West Ham United: squad sheets
Posted on 15 March 2013.
Rafa Benítez returns to the scene of his first defeat as Chelsea manager on Sunday as he takes his team to Upton Park to face a West Ham side who are still without the captain Kevin Nolan. Chelsea will have played three matches in one week after this weekend and…
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Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend | Stuart James, David Hytner and Daniel Harris
Posted on 15 March 2013.
Christian Benteke v Christopher Samba, will Fernando Torres get the chance to score again, and Eamonn Dolan’s big day out 1) Battle of the giants at Villa Park Central defenders up and down the country have struggled to handle Christian Benteke this season, so it will be intriguing to see how Christopher Samba, who at 6ft 4in has a slight height advantage over the powerful Belgian, …
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The Week in Sports – in pictures
Posted on 08 March 2013.
From football in the fog in Huddersfield to synchronised swimming in San Jose – we bring you the best pictures in sport this week
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Leyton Orient contest West Ham’s Olympic Stadium sole tenancy rights
Posted on 06 March 2013.
• ‘LLDC have not stuck by their own rules,’ says Hearn • Orient want West Ham to share Olympic Stadium The Leyton Orient chairman, Barry Hearn, has launched proceedings for a judicial review over the decision to allow West Ham to seek sole tenancy rights to the Olympic Stadium. Hearn believes the London Legacy Development Corporation …
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Stoke City v West Ham United: squad sheets
Posted on 01 March 2013.
West Ham travel to the Britannia Stadium without their captain, Kevin Nolan, out with a toe injury sustained in Monday’s meeting with Tottenham. Both mid-table clubs will be hungry for a win, having lost their most recent engagements while the Stoke manager, Tony Pullis, has been talking down grumblings…
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West Ham United hope Kevin Nolan will be fit for Premier League run-in
Posted on 28 February 2013.
• Midfielder exacerbated toe injury playing against Spurs • West Ham hopeful treatment will enable a speedy return West Ham intensive treatment will ensure a swift return to action for Kevin Nolan after it was confirmed the captain has broken a toe. The 30-year-old midfielder exacerbated an existing injury in Monday’s 3-2 Premier League home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur and …
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West Ham facing ‘major work’ to repair rust at Upton Park ground
Posted on 28 February 2013.
• Local council says substantial repairs are needed to ground • Club still hope to move in to Olympic Stadium West Ham United are facing the prospect of “major work” to repair corrosion at Upton Park if the club are unsuccessful with their bid to move to the Olympic Stadium. The ground would need “substantial repairs” in the next few years, according to…
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West Ham United 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League match report
Posted on 25 February 2013.
On a night when West Ham remembered Bobby Moore they could not achieve the victory that would have served as the perfect tribute to their legendary captain, and it was another legend in the making who made the difference. Local hero Joe Cole struck early in the second half to put the hosts 2-1 up but Tottenham came back to win through a stoppage-time winner from Gareth Bale and climb above Chelsea into third place. As scheduled, a minute’s applause erupted across this ground ahead of kick-off to mark the 20th anniversary of Moore’s passing, with both sets of supporters coming together to remember the legendary defender. The moment…
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Bobby Moore remembered: ‘He was a great man. I’m so sorry we lost him’
Posted on 23 February 2013.
Twenty years after his death, England’s World Cup-winning captain is to be remembered at Wembley and West Ham “I can’t believe how quickly the 20 years have gone,” says Martin Peters. “There was nothing you could say against Bobby Moore. I remember him walking up the steps to collect the World Cup at Wembley. He brushed his hair and wiped his face to make sure he looked clean to meet the Queen, picked up the …
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Book to raise money for charity on 20th anniversary of Bobby Moore’s death
Posted on 23 February 2013.
Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the death of Bobby Moore, captain of England’s World Cup-winning football team, captain of West Ham and national icon. To mark the anniversary, a journalist who became Moore’s life-long friend, Norman Giller, has written and published a book, Bobby Moore The Master . All the profits from the sale of the book will go to the Bobby Moore Fund , a cancer charity run in conjunction…
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West Ham’s move to Olympic Stadium stalls again over approval process
Posted on 18 February 2013.
• LLDC was expected to seal West Ham deal on Tuesday • Premier League club upped their annual rent offer to £2.5m Negotiations over West Ham United’s protracted move into the Olympic Stadium are set to extend beyond Tuesday as a saga that has lasted more than two years limps towards a conclusion. The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) was expected to rubber-…
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Chances of Rugby World Cup games being held at Olympic Park diminish
Posted on 13 February 2013.
• West Ham due to move in from 2016-17 • Construction work would have to pause for World Cup Those in charge of the future of the Olympic Park are increasingly pessimistic about the chances of being able to hold Rugby World Cup matches in the main stadium during 2015. A decision on whether to use the venue is …
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Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham | Premier League match report
Posted on 10 February 2013.
• The best images from Sunday’s matches Charles N’Zogbia has not done a lot to make Aston Villa feel that the £9.5m they paid for him was money well spent but his contribution to his side’s victory over West Ham could turn out to be priceless. Here was what Villa thought they were getting when the French winger arrived from Wigan Athletic two summers ago. Here was the form that once made him one of…
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Premier League: the best of Sunday’s matches – in pictures
Posted on 10 February 2013.
The best of today’s top-flight photographs as Aston Villa host West Ham United and Manchester United host Everton Jonny Weeks
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Aston Villa v West Ham United – live! | Tom Bryant
Posted on 10 February 2013.
Minute-by-minute report: Paul Lambert’s young Villa side still desperately need a win in the battle to avoid the drop. Join Tom Bryant Tom Bryant
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Kevin Nolan believes Andy Carroll is a better team-mate than lodger
Posted on 08 February 2013.
Housemates in their Newcastle days, the captain says England striker has now grown up a bit at West Ham Kevin Nolan looks at the floor, a little sheepishly, laughs and shakes his head. He has just been asked to recall what his wife, Hayley, said about the prospect of Andy Carroll staying with them after he joined West Ham United on loan from Liverpool last summer and Nolan’s reaction is one…
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Sam Allardyce: I was fined for ‘speaking the truth’ about Old Trafford
Posted on 08 February 2013.
• West Ham manager fined for criticising FA Cup penalty • Allardyce claims he was not implying bias against Phil Dowd The West Ham United manager, Sam Allardyce, believes he has been fined by the Football Association for “speaking the truth” in the aftermath of his side’s FA Cup fourth-round replay defeat by Manchester United…
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Andy Carroll’s endurance delights and surprises bubbly West Ham
Posted on 03 February 2013.
• Sam Allardyce praises Andy Carroll’s worth after winner • Michael Laudrup upbeat despite Swansea defeat The overriding emotion provoked by Liverpool’s decision to spend £35m on Andy Carroll two years ago is still one of disbelief but for West Ham United he is worth his weight in gold. Sam Allardyce’s side had toiled badly during his two-month absence, their form unravelling to the…
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West Ham United 1-0 Swansea City | Premier League match report
Posted on 02 February 2013.
How West Ham have missed Andy Carroll. West Ham had only won twice since the striker suffered a knee injury at the end of November, causing them to slip perilously close to the bottom three, and on his first start after his return to fitness his late winner lifted the tension around Upton Park. Sam Allardyce had said before the match that Carroll was not ready …
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Premier League clockwatch – as it happened| Ian McCourt
Posted on 02 February 2013.
Minute-by-minute report: It was a busy day in the Premier League as Everton came back to draw with Aston Villa and Newcastle came from behind to beat Chelsea Ian McCourt
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West Ham’s David Sullivan says agent threatened him with violence
Posted on 01 February 2013.
• Transfer window incident involved co-owner and a player • ‘It feels like gang warfare out there’ West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has claimed that an agent made threats of violence against himself and one of his players during the transfer window. Sullivan told MailOnline: “In this window I have had an agent threaten me and threaten one of our West Ham players with physical violence because he thought he …
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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce to contest FA misconduct charge
Posted on 23 January 2013.
• Allardyce charged by FA after criticising Phil Dowd • Comments arose after defeat by Manchester United Sam Allardyce will contest his misconduct charge from the Football Association and he has requested a personal hearing to plead his innocence, in the wake of his criticisms of the referee Phil Dowd in West Ham United’s 1-0 FA Cup replay defeat …
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