Norwich City are still searching for their first Premier League win of the season after West Ham United battled to a goalless draw at Carrow Road. Chris Hughton’s men enjoyed the better of the first half and felt they should have been awarded a …
Posted on 15 September 2012.
Norwich City are still searching for their first Premier League win of the season after West Ham United battled to a goalless draw at Carrow Road. Chris Hughton’s men enjoyed the better of the first half and felt they should have been awarded a …
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Posted on 14 September 2012.
Norwich’s manager, Chris Hughton, has denied his team are a soft touch despite them not receiving a yellow card in their first three games. Sam Allardyce’s West Ham, conversely, have already picked up four cautions and are renowned for adopting a no…
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Posted on 13 September 2012.
• Vice-chair says club would make legacy hopes a reality • Boris Johnson has taken control of final negotiations As final negotiations over the future of the Olympic Stadium enter a crucial stage, the West Ham United vice-chair, Karren Brady, has insisted that the club’s…
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Posted on 05 September 2012.
Today’s rumour mill is holding back the years 2008, was it really that long ago? In basic terms no, yet as the Conservatives shift further to the right, Lance Armstrong’s credibility as a world-class athlete is blown away and the thought of giving…
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Posted on 04 September 2012.
• Liverpool believed to have option to recall striker from loan • However West Ham’s David Gold optimistic Carroll will stay West Ham United are hopeful of keeping on-loan striker Andy Carroll although his parent club Liverpool are believed to have an option to recall him in January. …
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Posted on 01 September 2012.
It was perhaps to be expected that Andy Carroll’s West Ham debut would be one to remember. Free of the shackles that restricted his progress at Liverpool and without the burdensome £35m price tag hanging over his head like …
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Posted on 01 September 2012.
• Ghana midfielder links up with José Mourinho again • Benayoun returns to club he left five years ago Michael Essien made one of the more unexpected moves on deadline night after the veteran Ghana international agreed a season-long loan move from Chelsea to Real Madrid. The 29-year-old…
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Posted on 31 August 2012.
There are all too many examples to remind us that footballers never really come with a warranty, no matter how much is paid When clubs hurl vast amounts into the transfer market they will often convince themselves that those sums are just the premiums paid…
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Posted on 30 August 2012.
• Green’s QPR place threatened by Júlio César arrival • Allardyce believes Brazilian may struggle in England Sam Allardyce has offered his support to Robert Green, who left West Ham United for Queens Park Rangers in the summer but whose place …
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Posted on 30 August 2012.
• Brendan Rodgers drops demand for permanent £17m deal • Sam Allardyce’s West Ham will pay £1.5m loan fee for Carroll Andy Carroll is poised to join West Ham United on a season-long loan after Liverpool dropped their demand for a permanent…
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Posted on 28 August 2012.
Elite Player Performance Plan will bring science to training while U21 League offers ‘pathway’ to progress for younger players The sun shone on Everton’s pristine Finch Farm training complex on Sunday, although it did not bless the club’s Under-21 hopefuls, who were eclipsed 5-1 by the …
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Posted on 26 August 2012.
• Winger faded in the second half of the defeat at Swansea City • Michael Laudrup praises contribution of Wayne Routledge Sam Allardyce believes Matt Jarvis needs to be given time to settle in before producing his best form for West Ham. The England winger completed his…
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Posted on 25 August 2012.
Swansea go top of the league – at least for a couple of hours – after a stylish and confident win over West Ham It’s Swansea City’s centenary this year. So to celebrate their first appearance on the MBM in their milestone season, let’s go back to the…
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Posted on 24 August 2012.
• Swede, 35, calls it quits after spell in Japanese J-League • ‘I’m grateful for everything football has given me’ The former Arsenal midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg has announced his retirement from the game. The 35-year-old Swede, who has been without a club since his contract …
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Posted on 23 August 2012.
• West Ham in for £10m Jarvis; Sunderland buy £12m Fletcher • Martin O’Neill opens talks for Manchester City’s Adam Johnson Three British players were poised for transfers worth a total of around £32m on Thursday night…
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Posted on 23 August 2012.
• Wolves will receive £7.5m up front for winger Jarvis • Fee matches West Ham’s transfer record for Craig Bellamy Matt Jarvis is undergoing a medical at West Ham United after Wolverhampton Wanderers accepted an offer that could rise to over £10m. West Ham have been pursuing…
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Posted on 17 August 2012.
• Allardyce has made eight signings but wants three more • ‘We have talent but not enough numbers,’ says manager It is a little over 20 months since Sam Allardyce last managed in the Premier League and there is no doubting his enthusiasm at being back. …
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Posted on 17 August 2012.
West Ham are back in the Premier League and the task for their manager, Sam Allardyce, is clear – prevent the club suffering a fifth top-flight relegation in 24 years. He is aiming higher and wants his players to start the new campaign…
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Posted on 17 August 2012.
Of the promoted clubs, are West Ham best equipped for Premier League survival? Will a kind opening fixture list translate to points on the board? And now that Ricardo Vaz Tê has found his scoring boots, can he continue his form into the top flight? Amy Lawrence Paolo
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Posted on 16 August 2012.
• Wolves reject £9.5m offer from West Ham • Transfer is on back-burner, says Sam Allardyce Sam Allardyce has expressed his frustrations over West Ham’s difficulties in signing Matt Jarvis, describing the club’s attempts to secure the services of …
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Posted on 14 August 2012.
• Jack Collison and James Collins pull out of Wales squad • Coleman’s side face Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday The Wales manager, Chris Coleman, has defended Jack Collison and James Collins after the West Ham pair withdrew from the squad to…
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Posted on 30 July 2012.
• Clubs talk about loan followed by signing at end of season • England striker would prefer to return to Newcastle United Andy Carroll will resist a move to West Ham United, even though Liverpool have accepted a bid from the London club…
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Posted on 18 July 2012.
• ‘He has issued legal proceedings,’ says spokesperson • Allardyce acts in response to internet video clip earlier in year Sam Allardyce is taking legal action against his former club Blackburn Rovers and the man who replaced him at Ewood Park, Steve Kean. Allardyce is …
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Posted on 17 July 2012.
• Other bidders are UCFB College and Leyton Orient • West Ham remain favourites to move into stadium West Ham United remain favourites to move into the Olympic stadium after the Games after the club were named as one of four final bidders , while ambitious plans to stage a …
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Posted on 10 July 2012.
Today’s rumours have more potential than Freddy Adu According to the Daily Mail, Roman Abramovich has now “grabbed” the 20-year-old Brazilian midfield sprite Oscar from Internacional. Oscar, who will cost £25m, is described as “a wonderkid”, if only because pretty much…
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Posted on 22 June 2012.
It’s the tie of the century! Can Trevor Brooking et al outwit the Fall? Or will the Mancunian’s brutal sarcasm do for the Irons? Guardian music
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