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• Hammers co-owner says they stopped ground from becoming white elephant • ‘Stadium was built by very arrogant people that had no foresight’ David Gold has hit back at criticism of West Ham United’s move to the Olympic Stadium by claiming the deal will be beneficial for taxpayers and prevent the ground becoming a white elephant. Asked whether West Ham had got lucky with the controversial deal under which they …

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• Hammers co-owner says they stopped ground from becoming white elephant • ‘Stadium was built by very arrogant people that had no foresight’ David Gold has hit back at criticism of West Ham United’s move to the Olympic Stadium by claiming the deal will be beneficial for taxpayers and prevent the ground becoming a white elephant. Related: How West Ham struck the deal of the century with Olympic Stadium

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• Boleyn Ground will host its last match on Tuesday night • Bilic: ‘It’s impossible to lose the emotion. It can’t be bigger’ Slaven Bilic has told his West Ham players to embrace the emotion of their final match at Upton Park. The Hammers will run out at the Boleyn Ground for the last time when they host Manchester United on Tuesday night. Related: West Ham sell more than 50,000 season tickets for Olympic Stadium Continue reading…

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• Club will play last-ever game at Upton Park on Tuesday night • West Ham now have second most season ticket holders in Premier League West Ham have sold more than 50,000 season tickets for their new home at the Olympic Park – the second highest in the Premier League. Tuesday night’s match against Manchester United will be the club’s last at Upton Park before they move to the Queen Elizabeth …

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• Manager was ‘fuming and angry’ after 4-1 home defeat by Swansea City • Bilic says players should use this period in the club’s history as motivation This result came as a surprise to everyone except the man it appeared to wound the most. Slaven Bilic had warned West Ham against complacency as they entered the final few matches of the season, to “not buy the theory that clubs who are safe…

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Fans, players, directors and staff at West Ham United describe their favourite memories of the Boleyn Ground before the club moves to the Olympic Stadium Continue reading…

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West Ham say goodbye to Upton Park on Tuesday and here they all but said goodbye to their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. A match they appeared certain to win completely got away from them due to a combination of their own sloppiness and ruthlessness on the part of a Swansea team that was heavily changed but looked every inch the outfit that thumped Liverpool six days ago. Defeat left…

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The potential of the Olympic Stadium move is clear, but the memories and history left behind at the Boleyn Ground and some of the matchday traditions and businesses it affects cannot be replicated at their new home When West Ham moved to their current home in 1904, it was at the invitation of Brother Norbert rather than Boris Johnson. But the switch of surroundings was to prove almost as good value, if markedly less controversial, than the club’s looming relocation – …

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• Slaven Bilic confirms Darren Randolph will deputise for Spanish keeper • ‘Whenever he has stepped in he’s been brilliant’ West Ham have been dealt a blow in their bid for European football with goalkeeper Adrián set to be sidelined for their three remaining Premier League matches. The 29-year-old has missed only three games for the Hammers in the league this season, but has been ruled out of Swansea’s visit to…

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West Ham United will play their last ever game at Upton Park on 10 May. We’d like you to share your favourite memories of 112 years at the ground It’s the end of an era for West Ham United on Tuesday 10 May. The game against Manchester United is not only the last home game of this season, but a final farewell to the Boleyn Ground as the club prepare for a new existence at …

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• Belgium striker also wanted by Juventus, Roma and Tottenham • Batshuayi has scored 16 Ligue 1 goals for Marseille this season West Ham United have offered €40m (£31m) to Marseille for Michy Batshuayi but face competition from a host of European clubs including Juventus to sign the Belgium striker this summer. Slaven Bilic’s side are long-term admirers of the 22-year-old, who has scored 16 goals for Marseille this season despite the…

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In March 2013, West Ham United were awarded a 99-year lease to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London. And on 10 May, the Hammers will play their final match at Upton Park. As they prepare to move after 112 years of history and memories, fans whose lives have revolved around the old stadium, the Boleyn Ground, reflect on what will be lost How West Ham struck the deal of the century with move In numbers: West Ham’s deal…

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• Manchester City and Liverpool’s progress key to allocation of spots • Fourth place may not be enough for Champions League qualification Manchester City and Liverpool’s presence in the semi-finals of the Champions League and Europa League respectively means there is a possibility that five English clubs could represent England in European football’s elite competition next season. Related: Leicester City’s triumph: the inside story of an extraordinary season | Stuart

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Claudio Ranieri flies to Italy with Leicester on verge of title, is time running out for Jack Wilshere to make Euro 2016 and will Pellegrini gamble pay off in Madrid? The romantic at heart might hope that Leicester complete their crowning achievement on their own turf by defeating Everton at an incredulous King Power Stadium but the fact we can seemingly afford to be that picky is astonishing in itself and perhaps an …

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• ‘No better midfielders this season,’ than West Ham captain, claims manager • Noble scores twice at West Brom to make it four goals in two games The England manager may have compared him to Grant Holt but for Slaven Bilic the merits of Mark Noble are all too obvious. “There are no midfielders who are having a better season than he is – constantly from the first game …

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West Ham boosted their hopes of ending a second successive season with European competition to look forward to after a clinical victory against a wasteful home side. Related: Leighton Baines finds right chemistry to fire Everton past Bournemouth Related: Newcastle and Andros Townsend sink Crystal Palace to pressure rivals Continue reading…

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Today’s fluff is searching for steel With Roberto Martínez on borrowed time at Everton, the Mirror has declared that Mark Hughes is being considered as his successor for the Goodison Park hot seat. The Stoke City manager spent two seasons at Everton during the twilight years of his playing career, scoring only once in 18 appearances after signing as a 36-year-old. The Stoke Sentinel reports that Hughes’s current charge Marko Arnautovic…

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• Serie A leaders will come to Stratford week before Premier League begins • ‘This will be a game to tell your grandkids you were at’ club chairmen say West Ham’s first game in the Olympic Stadium will be a friendly against Serie A leaders Juventus. The Hammers move from Upton Park to their new home in Stratford next season and will host Juve a week before the campaign starts, on Sunday, 7 August. …

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• Teenager to initially join club’s development squad on 1 July • Martínez says he joined West Ham because of progress club is making West Ham have agreed the signing of teenage striker Toni Martínez from Valencia. The 18-year-old, a Spain Under-17 international, will officially join the Hammers on a three-year contract on 1 July but is already training with his future team-mates. Continue reading…

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Rafael Benítez can expect a warm Anfield welcome, Claudio Ranieri’s striking conundrum and crunch time in the Championship • Vardy accepts FA charge but hopes to avoid extended ban • Leicester and Tottenham dominate PFA Premier League team of the year • Everton’s Funes Mori issues apology for red card against Liverpool • ‘We’ve shown we can fight,’ says Newcastle’s Benítez • Kane: Tottenham striker fired by one-season wonder critics • Leicester and Tottenham dominate…

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This was no surprise result given the circumstances but one in which Andy Carroll fired his calling card in the direction of Roy Hodgson once more. Carroll set West Ham on the way to a comfortable victory over depleted Watford and was his usual swashbuckling self throughout, just weeks before England name their squad for the European Championship. Related: Manchester United’s Matteo Darmian finishes off limp Crystal Palace Related: Ramiro Funes Mori sees red as Liverpool …

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• Gold says ‘elderly Leicester fans turned into monsters’ • Leicester are looking into claims from co-chairmen West Ham co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold have complained of being targeted for abuse by Leicester supporters in Sunday’s draw at the Walkers Stadium. The 2-2 result came as a blow to Leicester’s Premier League title ambitions, with only a late penalty from Leonardo Ulloa sparing the Foxes from defeat. Related: Leicester’s Jamie Vardy set …

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The referee made some controversial but close calls in Sunday’s game, including sending off Jamie Vardy, but pundits and former referees should know better Jon Moss did not have to wait until he had blown the final whistle on Leicester City’s frantic 2-2 draw with West Ham United before being hit by a tidal wave of abuse and criticism. Such is the depressing predictability of modern society an explosion of opprobrium had already shuddered…

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• Keith Hackett says draw against West Ham was ‘too big’ for official • Howard Webb and Graham Poll largely supportive of embattled referee The performance of Jon Moss in Leicester City’s draw with West Ham United has divided opinion with former referees split over his decision-making during the game. The former referees’ head Keith Hackett was daming in his assessment, describing the game as “too big” for Moss and accusing …

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Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri refuses to comment on referee Jon Moss’s controversial decisions during the Premier League game with West Ham United on Sunday, which ended in a 2-2 draw. Ranieri dismisses suggestions that he should be offered a knighthood after Leicester’s successful season Leicester’s Jamie Vardy awaits fate over comments at referee after red card West Ham’s Andy Carroll slams referee Jon Moss after Leicester draw Continue reading…

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• Leicester manager says striker did not dive in clash with Angelo Ogbonna • ‘This is more important than one point. Psychologically it says, we are there’ Claudio Ranieri was delighted with a draw that he claimed was “more important than one point” to Leicester City after a hugely controversial game during which Jamie Vardy was sent off and Jon Moss, the referee, awarded two contentious penalties. Vardy will be suspended for the…

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