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• Club expect to learn full extent of ‘significant injury’ to Diafra Sakho • West Ham hopeful Enner Valencia will return before new year West Ham United should find out on Thursday the full extent of Diafra Sakho’s “significant injury” while his fellow forward Enner Valencia could be back in action before the end of the year. Sakho suffered a thigh injury during the 1-1 draw against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, and early reports suggested he would be sidelined …

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The West Ham midfielder’s goal against West Brom was a reminder of the damage that can be done with a deadball – now others need to step up Welcome, Mauro Zárate, we hadn’t really been expecting you, but we’re sure glad you came. We need more like you. Because every football match should have at least one free-kick maestro just as every city should have at least one court and concert hall, ideally to be used …

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Slaven Bilic gives his reaction after West Ham United drew 1-1 with West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League at Upton Park on Sunday. Bilic says West Bromwich Albion deserved some reward for their second half performance, but says his team should have been more than 1-0 up in the first half West Brom fight back to win hard-earned point at West Ham Continue reading…

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Rickie Lambert’s career seemed to be petering out at West Bromwich Albion but the 33-year-old proved that there is life in him yet, as he came off the bench at Upton Park to revive his team and help salvage a point that had looked improbable. The 33-year-old has started only three Premier League games for Albion since tearing himself away from Liverpool in the summer in search of more action and, as with every game since…

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Live updates from the 2.05pm kick-off at Upton Park Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend Email alan.smith@theguardian.com | Tweet @alansmith90 2.01pm GMT The teams are out. Bubbles are reaching the East London sky. We are moments away from kick-off. 1.20pm GMT West Ham: Adrian; Jenkinson, Ogbonna, Reid, Cresswell; Obiang, Kouyate; Moses, Zarate, Lanzini; Sakho. Subs: Song, Tomkins, Carroll, Jelavic, Antonio, Spiegel, Cullen. West Brom: …

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Football grounds reflect the soul of the community and their disappearance from historic locations across the country strikes at the heart of the game • Football stadiums, then and now: interactive quiz (part 1) • Football stadiums, then and now: interactive quiz (part 2) Moss Side, on a dank, inhospitable November’s morning. On Blue Moon Way, mums and dads are on the school run outside Divine Mercy Primary. The house …

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West Ham have not won since defeating Chelsea on 24 October, which will have prompted fears one of the club’s traditional mid-season slumps might be brewing. Last week’s mauling at Tottenham was certainly chastening and Slaven Bilic, shorn of his most creative player, Dimitri Payet, is also without his suspended captain Mark Noble against an Albion side buoyed by beating Arsenal 2-1. Tom Davies Kick-off Sunday 2.05pm Continue reading…

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A thrillingly open Premier League season has left more than half the teams chasing big prizes. We examine the leading contenders’ campaigns so far, how well equipped they are to go the distance – and how the table may look on Boxing Day Verdict so far As good as it gets. Top of the league despite many pre-season predictions of doom, and playing with a thrilling style that helps give their home the most …

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Today’s fluff has started packing boxes already Manchester United are still cooing at Cristiano Ronaldo in the hope that their former hero is planning on scuttling away from crisis club Real Madrid . However there’s no word on whether they’re looking to bring back other members of their 2008 side, such as Nemanja Vidic, Park Ji-sung, Patrice Evra, Dong Fangzhuo and Wayne Rooney. There is word on them peering hopefully at Gareth Bale , who could be off if clever Florentino Pérez quits as …

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• A 35-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen • Taken to east London hospital where condition is stable A 35-year-old West Ham fan was stabbed outside White Hart Lane before Tottenham’s Premier League match with West Ham on Sunday. Related: Tottenham’s two-goal Harry Kane leads way in 4-1 rout of West Ham Continue reading…

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• Manager Pochettino calls 4-1 home victory ‘a complete performance’ • West Ham manager Slaven Bilic admits defeat could have been worse Mauricio Pochettino saluted a “complete performance” from his Tottenham Hotspur team in Sunday’s 4-1 home win over West Ham United and said that he believed they had the quality to finish in the Premier League’s top four. “After the game that we’ve played today, I think that we have quality enough,” Pochettino, the …

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Predictions have been pretty pointless so far in this topsy-turvy Premier League season but much more of this and people are going to start backing Tottenham Hotspur for a Champions League finish. After the encouragement of the performance, if not entirely the result, in the 1-1 draw at Arsenal before the international break they swatted aside a West Ham team who have made a habit of rousing themselves for the big away games. Related: …

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Latest updates as Spurs take on West Ham at White Hart Lane Manuel Lanzini: the bargain of the season? Email nick.ames.casual@theguardian.com | Tweet: @NickAmes82 4.28pm GMT West Ham not been behind before in one of these tough away games this season. Changes the way they want to play. Truth. 4.27pm GMT 28 min: Vertonghen lashes an excitable 30-yarder over with his left foot. 4.26pm GMT 25 min: West Ham almost equalise straightaway! A superb overhead kick from Kouyate strikes the bar…

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West Ham’s midfielder is looking like one of the signings of the season but when he joined it went almost unnoticed, nor had he taken the orthodox route It was a struggle for almost everybody to look beyond Manuel Lanzini’s previous club. The Argentinian attacking midfielder arrived at West Ham United in July on a season-long loan from al-Jazira in Abu Dhabi and facts needed to be faced. When …

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It was difficult to recall a more imposing away-day performance from Tottenham than their display at Arsenal two weeks ago. Despite having less preparation time, the data showed they covered more ground and it said everything that they were disappointed with the 1-1 draw. Top-four belief has been fired and now they need a follow-up showing against West Ham who have excelled in big matches away from home. The visitors must find a way without their…

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• Bilic laments loss of ‘best player’ Dimitri Payet • Diafro Sakho is back but Enner Valencia out Slaven Bilic has called on his players to “step up and do more” when West Ham travel to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday in the absence of the key midfielder Dimitri Payet . The fixture has particular significance for Bilic, being the one in which he made his debut for the club as a player in February 1996. On that occasion West Ham won 1-0, and …

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His autobiography is his 100th book… and it probably won’t be his last As a former scriptwriter on television’s long-running This Is Your Life, I am sure Norman Giller would like to have heard its most famous presenter, Eamonn Andrews, intoning his list of achievements: “Football reporter, ghostwriter, publicist, scriptwriter, producer, puzzle compiler, quiz setter, sports historian, author, blogger, joker, storyteller, jazz fan, drinker and teetotaller… this is your life…

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Most of us had heard about Joe Cole long before he made his debut for West Ham. He was the child prodigy who was meant to light up the Premier League and break records for England. How did he end up on loan at Coventry City? By Tom Mason for These Football Times , part of the Guardian Sport Network “Yes, actual Joe Cole,” the tweet read. “Seriously, Joe Cole. The real Joe Cole.” Coventry …

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• Argentine is on a season-long loan from United Arab Emirates side Al Jazira • Co-chairman Sullivan says ‘any other team’s interest is irrelevant’ The West Ham United co-chairman David Sullivan has warned off rival clubs interested in signing their rising star Manuel Lanzini. The Argentinian midfielder is reportedly a target for Liverpool after his impressive start to life in the Premier League. Lanzini has scored four goals so far …

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With almost one-third of the season gone, two players from Leicester City and two from Southampton make our side but Arsenal provide more individuals than any other club – and there is only one from the leaders, Manchester City Continue reading…

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• FA fine West Ham £40,000 and Chelsea £50,000 after misconduct charges • Both clubs admitted charges after stormy Upton Park game on 24 October West Ham and Chelsea have been fined £40,000 and £50,000 respectively by the Football Association following last month’s clash at Upton Park. Both clubs admitted misconduct charges of failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during West Ham’s 2-1 win . The two clubs have also been severely warned as to their future…

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Perhaps it’s not the best league in the world but who wants a runaway leader? We’ve no idea what’s coming next in Europe’s most compelling competition A third of the way through the Premier League season and it is still to take shape. There is a pleasingly old-fashioned look to the table, with the top seven separated by six points. To put that into context, 12 games into last season, the leaders Chelsea had six points more than Manchester City do now…

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• France midfielder was substituted in 1-1 draw with Everton on Saturday • Payet has scored five goals in 14 appearances since joining from Marseille West Ham have been dealt a huge blow with the news that Dimitri Payet may be ruled out for three months. The French midfielder has been a major factor in West Ham’s fine start to the season after his £10.7m summer move from Marseille but Payet, who has scored five goals in 14 appearances, suffered an ankle …

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• Young pair demonstrate team’s potential in 1-1 draw • Slaven Bilic left frustrated by injuries to attackers At the end of what was a slow-burn, slightly room temperature draw, Roberto Martínez admitted he had been a little torn about his approach at Upton Park, spooked by the rawness of the 6-2 defeat of Sunderland the previous week. At times it showed. Everton sat deep waiting to counterattack. West Ham, who have won well this season…

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Romelu Lukaku continued to wage his personal crusade against West Ham, scoring on his seventh successive appearance against the Hammers on a muggy, wet afternoon at a subdued Upton Park. Otherwise this was a low-pressure meeting of two neat, quick-passing teams, illuminated by some nice touches but little in the way of unbound attacking play. When counterattack meets counterattack the result can often be a little lukewarm. By the end a 1-1 draw was fair…

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• Senegal international was arrested in August • Police investigation clears Sakho of any wrongdoing West Ham’s Diafra Sakho will not face any charges after being arrested in August on suspicion of making threats to kill and intimidating a witness . The Senegal striker Sakho,currently out injured with a thigh strain, was questioned over an alleged domestic assault in August but a statement released by his management company on Tuesday confirmed that no action will be taken against…

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