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Speaking in the run-up to his team’s clash against Stoke City on Saturday, West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce concedes that the targets he set for the side in January are no longer within their reach. The team got off to a good start early in the season and were in the Premier League top four before Christmas, but have since dropped to ninth place. He also addresses West Ham’s chances of snagging a spot in the Europa …

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West Ham may be in the market for a new manager and would liven things up considerably by appointing the otherworldly Argentinian from Marseille • Sam Allardyce does not know whether he will be at West Ham next season There was a stir in the art world a few years back when the great “lost” American painter Nat Tate was dramatically rediscovered. Tate, the story goes, was a member of the New York scene of the 1950s…

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• Manager says he is planning ahead regardless of situation • Allardyce is out of contract at West Ham in the summer • Sherwood returns to Tottenham and a very complex legacy Sam Allardyce is yet to discover whether he will remain West Ham manager next season, but he is planning ahead regardless. Allardyce is out of contract in the summer, leading to speculation over his long-term future at the east London club, who are …

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The veteran striker’s lob against West Brom last weekend was the latest in a collection of stunning goals and his finishing and awkward presence up front will be key to QPR’s survival hopes, starting against Aston Villa on Tuesday • Ramsey puts Sherwood friendship aside to keep QPR up • May 2005: Bobby Zamora strikes gold for the Hammers Joleon Lescott must have thought he had the situation under control. The West Bromwich Albion…

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• Win leaves Leicester awaiting crucial games with relegation rivals • King: ‘It proves to everyone that we mean business’ Leaning against the wall of the corridor outside the Leicester City press room, Nigel Pearson was around three minutes into a typically rambling and discursive response to a straightforward question when a door banged open and to the ill-concealed relief of the assembled journalists, his opposite number Sam Allardyce jovially demanded his presence to share…

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At long, long last, a Leicester City fighting performance has been rewarded with a win, reviving the Foxes’ fading hopes of avoiding relegation. Barely five minutes remained of a flawed but frantically entertaining encounter when the substitute Andy King, a Leicester stalwart if ever there was one, was in the right place at the right time to turn the ball past the Hammers goalkeeper Adrián from inside the six-yard box. Continue reading…

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Live scoreboard! Follow all the day’s goals and games as they happen And email niall.mcveigh.casual@theguardian.com or tweet @niallmcveigh 2.46pm BST Fifteen minutes until kick-off at an assortment of top-flight grounds, including Goodison Park, where Gary Naylor is stationed: 2.42pm BST For shame 2.38pm BST It’s finished Arsenal 4-1 Liverpool at the Emirates, meaning Arsenal are up to second. Barry Glendenning saw the whole thing. 2.37pm BST Goals are flying in…

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Time is running out for Leicester City in the Premier League. Esteban Cambiasso said earlier in the week that staying up would be “like winning a trophy”. There might still be time for a miraculous recovery but that needs to begin with a win against West Ham. “We have to make sure we maximise our home opportunities,” said the Foxes manager, Nigel Pearson. “That really is going to be pivotal.” Graham Searles Kick-off Saturday 3pm

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Only Chelsea can stop Chelsea, Manchester City dropping points at Crystal Palace would not be a shock, and what reception will Raheem Sterling get at Arsenal? West Brom and QPR lost their managers around a month apart, with the surreal Alan Irvine experiment being cut short just after Christmas, and Harry Redknapp’s seemingly inevitable resignation following an unsuccessful January transfer window. Obviously the circumstances were slightly different and Rangers were in a much more …

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Injuries have badly disrupted the Wales midfielder’s career but he is determined to find another club despite being released by Ipswich Town in December Jack Collison is reminiscing about the start of his obsession with football. He remembers that he always had a ball at his feet, whether he was going to the shops or to the park, and that he would dribble around the cushions at home, pretending he was Paul Scholes. Chelsea were his team and he…

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• Sunderland manager outlines plan to steer north-east club to safety • Sam Allardyce toasts first West Ham United win since January For a man who had just watched his new side succumb to a cruel late defeat that hung on a questionable refereeing decision, Dick Advocaat was in a surprisingly talkative mood. Sunderland’s new manager veered away from criticising Lee Mason for his failure to spot Nenê’s blatant foul on Sebastian Larsson in the build-up to Diafra Sakho’s…

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Dick Advocaat has been around long enough to know that football is a cruel game. It had looked like Advocaat’s first game in charge of Sunderland was going to end in a dull stalemate here and there had been a few encouraging signs for his new side, a missed chance here, a flowing move there. Sunderland had also shown resilience in defence throughout a tight second half, until that crucial moment, with two …

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All the action from Upton Park Advocaat demands Sunderland play as a unit to prevent first drop Email: alan.smith.casual@theguardian.com | Tweet: @alansmith90 6.18pm GMT That’s your lot for this half. There were very brief spells of excitement – Defoe shooting over early on and Song’s volley saved by Pantilimon – but apart from that it has been dull. Back in a bit. 6.16pm GMT 45 min +1: We should be thankful for that. 6.15…

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Dick Advocaat’s rescue mission begins at Upton Park. Sunderland replaced Gus Poyet with the Dutchman after the chastening 4-0 home defeat to Aston Villa and hope that he can steer them clear of relegation. Advocaat will see the trip to east London as a good opportunity to hit the ground running as West Ham have not won in the league since 18 January and are likely to be without several key players, including

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Hero worship can be problematic. It makes perfect sense when you are a kid, but it can make you look tragically childish as an adult If you came here looking for a brief recap of Paul Weiland’s 2006 film, Sixty Six, then you are in luck. The story of a Jewish boy whose Shabbos spirit was dampened by his barmitzvah tragically falling on the same day as the World Cup final between England and West Germany in 1966 (spoiler alert…

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• Alleged incident followed Bedfordshire league match • Premier League career ended when he was stabbed in legs • Davenport suffers ‘serious’ injuries after being stabbed The former West Ham defender Calum Davenport has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a team-mate after a local league match in Bedfordshire. Davenport, who plays for Elstow Abbey FC who are top of Division One of the Bedfordshire County Football League, was detained after a man in his thirties received a…

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• ‘We trust in our chance to go through’ says striker after 3-0 win • Assistant wants Sam Allardyce’s contract position to be sorted out Arsène Wenger’s theme of the day after watching his team win their fourth successive game was the enduring and inspiring capacity of football to make a wrong right. Since the calamitous Champions League defeat to Monaco , Arsenal have buckled down with a steely-eyed determination to fuel a sense they can make amends, no matter …

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Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger says his side is not focused on the Premiership title after defeating West Ham 3-0. The Gunners’ victory over West Ham is their seventh win in eight games. Arsenal are currently third in the league table with 57 points, only one point away from second-placed Manchester City. They face Monaco in Champions League on 17 March Continue reading…

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Arsenal made it five Premier League wins in a row here with a straightforward victory against a well-drilled but pallid West Ham. In the process Arsène Wenger’s team kept up the pressure on second-placed Manchester City and played some delightful attacking football with Mesut Özil, Oliver Giroud and Aaron Ramsey all combining beautifully. If at times in the second half Arsenal seemed a little distracted, a team with half an eye on ticking this match …

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• Wenger admits Walcott was difficult to convince last time • James Tomkins out of West Ham’s trip to Emirates • Oxlade-Chamberlain and Wilshere ruled out of England qualifier Arsène Wenger has suggested that he is steeled for another Theo Walcott contract saga but he believes that the climate might have shifted in Arsenal’s favour this time. Walcott signed his last deal in January 2013 , which was worth £100,000 a week over three and a half years, and it …

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In a perfect world Arsène Wenger would be casting an eye towards Tuesday’s Champions League second leg in Monaco and tailoring his team accordingly, but so tight is the battle for top-four places, and so slender are Arsenal’s chances of progress to the quarter-finals after their first-leg disaster and 3-1 defeat, he has no margin for error against a West Ham side who have slipped to 10th but are still very …

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• West Ham short in defence for their trip to Arsenal • Tomkins recently signed a long-term contract with the club • Enner Valencia lacerates big toe after stepping on broken teacup West Ham United have been hit with yet another injury blow with the club confirming the defender James Tomkins has suffered a dislocated shoulder. The 25-year-old has recently signed a new long-term contract until 2020 with the Hammers but could now miss several …

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Arsenal will need to be on Song, Swansea must not be so narrow-minded in midfield against Liverpool and time Rafael got his chance for Manchester United The injuries are starting to bite again for Arsenal. Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Debuchy , Mathieu Flamini and Abou Diaby are all long-term absentees; Aaron Ramsey has only just returned; Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s hamstring went against Manchester United ; the similarly hamstrung Gabriel Paulista is …

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West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce looks ahead to his side’s Premier League fixture against third-placed Arsenal. The manager says the Gunners are a strong team, but have weaknesses that his side can take advantage of and create more goal-scoring chances. The two teams clash on Saturday 14 March Continue reading…

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• West Ham forward needed emergency surgery • ‘It was a freak accident’ says Sam Allardyce • Football’s freak injuries – a Guardian special Enner Valencia could miss West Ham’s match at Arsenal on Saturday after cutting his big toe on a broken teacup. The forward sustained a deep laceration of his big toe on Tuesday evening while at his home, according to the club website . He needed emergency hospital treatment to clean and stitch the wound after…

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Karren Brady is one of the UK’s best known women in business, from Apprentice guru to West Ham vice-chair, and now she’s a Tory peer. So why does she insist that she has no future in politics – and is she really best friends with George Osborne? Karren Brady is telling a room full of Year 10 students that they need to think about how they’re going to make a living, and the …

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