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• Manager concedes he is worried about recent form • Upton Park’s Mohamed Diamé may be a transfer target Arsène Wenger has asked his players to show him what they are made of after admitting he has become concerned by Arsenal’s poor recent form. Wenger’s name was synonymous with success in the English game at the start of his reign, yet Arsenal have found precious little of that commodity in recent times. The Frenchman …

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Harry Redknapp could have seen it coming. It is 14 years since he gave Joe Cole his professional debut for West Ham and was frustrated in his attempts to bring him to Loftus Road this month, so there was an inevitability that the former Liverpool midfielder would score the equaliser that prevented QPR from snatching an improbable and invaluable victory. QPR remain four points adrift at the bottom of the table, but at least …

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• Manager furious after Cup replay against Manchester United • Comments ‘questioned referee’s integrity and/or implied bias’ The West Ham manager, Sam Allardyce, has been charged with misconduct over comments made to the media following the FA Cup third round replay against Manchester United , the Football Association has announced . Allardyce reacted angrily to Phil Dowd’s decision…

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For Wayne Rooney it was a bittersweet night. Ultimately it was his goal that put Manchester United into a fourth-round tie against Fulham but he also put a second-half penalty into the Stretford End and it has become such a recurring theme that it would be no surprise now if Robin van Persie takes over from the spot. Sir Alex Ferguson, turning away in disgust, certainly made little attempt to conceal his annoyance at Rooney’s fifth…

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• Referee gives Manchester United penalty but not West Ham • Allardyce may face FA charge after questioning Phil Dowd Sam Allardyce could face a Football Association charge after appearing to accuse Phil Dowd of bias against West Ham United for not awarding a penalty when Manchester United’s Rafael Da Silva handled early in …

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All the best images from the Emirates, where Arsenal take on Swansea City and Old Trafford where Manchester United host West Ham United Steven Bloor

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Minute-by-minute report: Who will make it through to face Fulham in the last 32? Find out with Rob Smyth Rob Smyth

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Today’s chatter would quite like to crawl back into bed Groucho Marx famously didn’t want to belong to any club that would accept him as a member and, employing a sort of similar logic, Newcastle surely must be relieved that they are not going to get Loïc Rémy , on the grounds that they should not accept anyone who would rather belong to Queens Park Rangers. Alan…

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Almost exactly five years after he was sacked by Newcastle United, Sam Allardyce endured another grim afternoon in the north-east, where his West Ham players were comprehensively outplayed by a much improved Sunderland. Strangely bereft of adrenaline and ambition, Allardyce’s defensively vulnerable, shot-shy side were perhaps pining for the injured Andy Carroll. If their defence had few answers to the persistently awkward questions posed by the outstanding David Vaughan and excellent …

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The funny old game is dead but the third round of the FA Cup showed that a new set of football phrases is alive and well No broadcaster worth his salt would compare a beaten footballer to a sick parrot these days, but the game remains as clichéd as ever. The funny old game with players who could turn on sixpences is gone, but a new breed of football clichés is emerging. Games …

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• Manchester United leave it late again at West Ham • Robin van Persie sets up rerun of 2001 tie at Old Trafford Manchester United did not need the four minutes of injury time to sculpt their FA Cup lifeline; merely the prospect of them, with all the attendant connotations that have built up over Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign. When the board went up and the Upton Park PA announcer filled everybody in, there was frustration, bemusement and…

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• Sam Allardyce likely to put new signing in at deep end • ‘I’m probably going to have to throw him straight in’ Sam Allardyce plans to throw Joe Cole in at the deep end by putting him straight into the West Ham team for Saturday evening’s FA Cup match against Manchester United at Upton Park, despite the midfielder only completing the move back to his boyhood club from Liverpool on a free transfer on Friday. He has signed an…

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• Striker will play for West Ham until the end of the season • Chamakh will not be available to face Manchester United West Ham United have signed the striker Marouane Chamakh on loan from Arsenal until the end of the season. The West Ham manager Sam Allardyce confirmed on Friday afternoon that the Moroccan has completed his move across London but not in time …

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West Ham’s much-travelled promotion winner steps out against Manchester United on Saturday after the toughest of journeys Ricardo Vaz Tê has the look of an action hero and his story might have been scripted in Hollywood. The West Ham United forward trades only in the extremes of emotion and…

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Joe Cole’s move back to the club where he started his career has delighted Sam Allardyce

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The Hammers’ favourite son is set to re-sign on Friday but expectations are a whole lot lower this time around The sustained applause that greeted Joe Cole’s introduction as a substitute during Liverpool’s victory at West Ham United last month would have told him how highly regarded he still is at Upton Park and perhaps reminded a player who was once English football’s great white hope what it is like…

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• Cole was earning £92,000 a week at Anfield • Midfielder rejoins his first club at the age of 31 Joe Cole is set to end his unhappy spell at Liverpool by returning to his first club, West Ham United. “I’m not sure if a deal has been totally agreed. I know there have been talks,” said Liverpool’s manager, Brendan Rodgers. Queens Park Rangers’ manager, Harry Redknapp, who managed Cole at West Ham, said…

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Sam Allardyce said this match would be a test of West Ham’s nerve after a recent wobble left them peering anxiously over their shoulders, but by the end of it no one could quite remember what all the fuss was about. They were, however, given a huge helping hand by a curious refereeing…

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Demba Ba is a target for several clubs, Thierry Henry could return to Arsenal and Wesley Sneijder is highly coveted Arsenal Money to spend Arsène Wenger still has a large transfer kitty. Ivan Gazidis, the chief executive, has confirmed this and, in short, Wenger can spend whatever he wants to strengthen the squad. The age-old question, though, concerns whether the manager can find sufficient value in the market or quality that represents an upgrade on what he already…

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• Kevin Nolan says West Ham will overcome slump in form • Pavel Pogrebnyak’s goal gives Reading heart and hope For the first time this season, West Ham are looking nervously over their shoulders. When they beat Chelsea at the start of December there was cautious talk of pushing for Europe but reality has bitten hard. The loss of Mohamed Diamé to a hamstring injury has contributed to a winless run of four matches …

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Alan Pardew’s casualty list at Newcastle grows; Rafael Benítez braced for Goodison banter; Manchester City refuse to panic Arsenal v Newcastle, 5.30pm Saturday 29 December Fortune is not being any kinder to Alan Pardew, whose casualty list was extended at Old Trafford by the injury to Vurnon Anita and who now must…

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• Everton midfielder avoids three-match ban • FA also exonerates West Ham centre-forward Everton and West Ham United have been successful in their appeals against the red cards issued to Darron Gibson and Carlton Cole when the two met at Upton Park on 22 December. Gibson was sent off by …

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Redknapp the man to save QPR; Spurs would be top but for odd substitutions; Fans taking to Big Sam after win over Chelsea QPR – Adam Boxer, QPR.vitalfootball.co.uk 3/10 Are we pleased with how it’s going? Not especially … I don’t things would have felt so bad, though, had we not been promised that our struggles of last season wouldn’t be repeated. We seem to …

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All the key moments from around the grounds in the top flight, including Man City’s late win over Reading and Liverpool’s defeat of Fulham Jonny Weeks

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Not for the first time David Moyes will have his work cut out having lost his top scorer, Marouane Fellaini, to suspension and after revealing there is “quite a lot” of injury news within his first-team squad, without going into specifics. Nine draws have hampered their push for a top-four spot and West Ham, who welcome Jack Collison into the squad for the first…

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• Arsenal confirm game postponed due to industrial action • Match will be played on 23 or 26 January instead Arsenal have confirmed that their Premier League match against West Ham on Boxing Day has been postponed due to the planned industrial action on the London Underground. Arsenal, who postponed their Boxing Day game last year for the same reason, …

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