A busy day of FA Cup fifth-round action yielded plenty of goals and an intriguing line-up of quarter-final fixtures.
Posted on 21 February 2016.
A busy day of FA Cup fifth-round action yielded plenty of goals and an intriguing line-up of quarter-final fixtures.
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
West Ham United will be away to either Shrewsbury or Manchester United in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
Today's goals. #COYI https://t.co/WpT4Gzwkf0 — West Ham Goals (@WestHam_Goals) February 21, 2016 Share This:
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
Everton will face Chelsea at Goodison Park in March with a place in the FA Cup semi-finals up for grabs.
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
Link: FA Cup q-final draw recap
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
See the original post here: FA Cup draw LIVE!
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic likened playmaker Dimitri Payet to Real Madrid’s Luka Modric after the Frenchman inspired their 5-1 FA Cup win at Blackburn.
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
Blackburn Rovers 1 Irons 5 And still Diafra Sakho to come …..! That was my first reaction following a victory as classy and complete a victoty as we are likely to see from our team and yes I can hear the reminders now from the cynical that it was only Blackburn Rovers. But to score […]
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
West Ham United’s talisman Dimitri Payet was the inspiration as they secured a place in their first FA Cup quarter-final for five years with a comfortable 5-1 win at Blackburn.
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
West Ham United took advantage of a Blackburn Rovers implosion after Chris Taylor was needlessly sent off to secure passage into the FA Cup quarter-finals. As Paul Lambert, the Rovers manager, said: “I thought for 55 minutes we were very good. The sending-off kills us, it opens the game up. It’s hard enough against 11, let alone 10.” Continue reading…
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
West Ham came from a goal down to thrash Blackburn 5-1 at Ewood Park and reach their first FA Cup quarter-final for five years.
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
Dean Ashton thinks West Ham have their strongest squad for many years and has predicted they will finish fifth.
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
Slaven Bilic has made it clear he has warned his players not to take today’s game anything less than seriously. And he said that yesterday showed how things can go with Reading beating West Brom and Watford winning only by one goal over Leeds. Slav said: “We have had a lot of games this season […]
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
West Ham Chairman, David Gold confirmed yesterday that the club has applied for permission to increase the Olympic Stadium capacity to 60,000 to meet demand. Last night he further confirmed a 60,000 capacity is not the end and there are further possibilities to increase further to meet demand. The rebuilt stadium currently has 66,510 seats […]
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
Let’s just stop for a moment and consider the fact that this afternoon the Irons will be without seven key players. Now, despite the face we are playing a lowly Championship outfit, I wonder whether we would have been as upbeat had the same position existed last season. I know it’s become a cliche but […]
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
It was a September night in 1962 that I first visited the Boleyn. Having just started my first job in the ‘smoke’ working under an editor named Tony Cottee it was inevitable wasn’t it?. I’d grown up in Kent – a member of a Spuds supporting family – and having played the game every Saturday […]
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
David Gold has claimed there’s a “perfect Boleyn storm” blowing up – today it can become a Hammers hurricane. Our last season at the old lady could hardly be going any better and is already memorable for the arrival of the excellent Slaven Bilic, Dimitri Payet and Manu Lanzini. Seventh place and an FA Cup […]
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Posted on 21 February 2016.
Not many no more about West Ham FA Cup success that Frank Lampard snr – a winner in 1975 and 1980. Frank was an Irons star for 18 years between 1967 and 1985 making 551 appearances for 18 goals before becoming assistant boss to Harry Redknapp. And in a rare interview with Steve Stammers in […]
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Posted on 20 February 2016.
David Gold has made his opinion clear on a former a Hammer who left the club under a big cloud. Told by a follower that bad boy Morgan Amalfitano was a “great player” Gold had no issues with making his feelings pretty clear. The French midfielder fell out with Slaven Bilic early on and the […]
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Posted on 20 February 2016.
Midfielder has 11 games for club and country and second child on the way as he makes up for lost time on Old Trafford margins Bright-eyed, fresh-faced and straight-backed, Corry Evans positively radiates health and fitness. Given his impending schedule, such vitality seems not so much a good thing as an absolute necessity. Evans, who is 25, is not the type to slump or mooch but even he leans, albeit …
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Posted on 20 February 2016.
Slaven Bilic may launch a major surprise at Blackburn tomorrow by handing exciting striker Djair Parfitt-Williams a run out in fifth round clash. David Gold has revealed that the 19 year old is on the squad and it certainly isn’t outside the realms of possibility that the youngster could be called into the action. The […]
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Posted on 20 February 2016.
Slaven Bilic has promised Darren Randolph he will play in the FA Cup final if West Ham get there.
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Posted on 20 February 2016.
Dimi Payet has created the most chances for West Ham with 69 chances followed by skipper Mark Noble at 33 and last year’s hammer of the year Aaron Cresswell. Image courtesy of the Premier League. Share This:
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Posted on 19 February 2016.
Slaven Bilic has urged Andy Carroll to learn to roll with the punches as he bids to end his injury nightmare. West Ham’s record signing is out until next month with a groin problem.
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