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It was not convincing by any stretch and for long periods Bristol City threatened to add their name to the list of giantkilling acts of the weekend, but West Ham United ultimately found a way to overpower the League One club. Daifra Sakho, on as a second-half substitute and making his first appearance since picking up a back injury on New Year’s Day, met Andy Carroll’s cross with a far-post header to …

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Latest updates as Bristol City seek to continue weekend of Cup shocks E-mail nick.miller.casual@theguardian.com | Tweet: @NickMiller79 Scoreboard: all today’s latest scores! 3.02pm GMT And the players are out for the second-half. Difficult to tell if Allardyce looks annoyed or whether that’s just the way his face falls. 3.00pm GMT Some half-time entertainment, and I’ve been reminded this absolutely outrageous dive by Daniel Harris. Step forward ‘Flash’ Gordon Watson, tumbling to win a …

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Intelligent and athletic, sharp and two-footed, Bristol City local boy Joe Bryan is proving he has a range of skills on and off the pitch and is eager to put them to use in his side’s FA Cup fourth round clash with West Ham • Steve Cotterill’s industry inspires Bristol City to fly high • West Ham going for the FA Cup this season, says Sam Allardyce • Bristol City joint top of League One on points •…

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• Former Manchester United midfielder’s contract expires in summer • Clubs in Italy, Spain and Germany have expressed interest Ravel Morrison is prepared to wait until the end of the season before leaving West Ham and the England Under-21 midfielder is considering offers to move overseas when his contract expires. Morrison, 21, has been told he is free to leave Upton Park having fallen out with the manager, Sam Allardyce, last season and he is free …

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Steve Cotterill views this tie against high-flying West Ham as reward for his players’ efforts during a gruelling pre-season training camp in South Africa and Botswana. Pretty much everything has gone right for Bristol City ever since. They sit joint top of League One and will hope to cause an upset in front of the television cameras and a sell-out crowd. West Ham, however, are seventh in the Premier League and ought to fancy their…

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West Ham’s sponsor Alpari FX trading have gone bust after the Swiss Franc rocketed in value. This is just one example of how the sponsors on Premier League shirts have mirrored the market shifts of the past two decades From Japanese electronics to reckless banks and middle eastern airlines, the fate of Premier League shirt sponsors has been tied closely to that of the world economy. West Ham United was…

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• Manager Sam Allardyce confirms club’s interest in midfielder • Fletcher out of favour at Manchester United and could leave • Van Gaal suffers twitchy bum time playing 4-4-2 Sam Allardyce has confirmed West Ham are one of the clubs chasing Darren Fletcher but claims the Hammers are yet to speak to the Manchester United midfielder. Fletcher, who has made 342 appearances for the Red Devils, has only six months left on his contract at Old Trafford and is struggling to establish himself under …

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• Premier League safety all but secured for Hammers • Allardyce made nine changes at Forest in 2013 third round • Match report: Nottingham Forest 5-0 West Ham United West Ham United’s resurgent form this term has emboldened Sam Allardyce enough to target a prolonged challenge for the FA Cup with the team’s Premier League status having effectively been assured by the astute squad recruitment of last summer. The team’s predicament a year ago, when …

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Investment firm which signed a three-year deal with football club in 2013 collapses after suffering large losses in volatile foreign exchange markets West Ham FC’s sponsor, foreign exchange broker Alpari UK, has collapsed into administration after weekend rescue talks failed to deliver a buyer. A team of restructuring experts from KPMG were appointed as special administrators to the firm, which was scuppered by the Swiss central bank’s decision last week to abandon its attempt to peg the …

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Both Man City and Swansea are missing Wilfried Bony, Charlie Austin needs help at QPR and Jermain Defoe gives Sunderland hope The Dozen: our pick of the weekend’s best Premier League photos With Manchester City failing to score at home for the first time since August during the 2-0 defeat by Arsenal , the signing of Wilfried Bony begins to look even more to the point. The frustration for Manuel Pellegrini must be that while Bony is perhaps…

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• Manager criticises his goalkeeper, Allan McGregor, and captain, Curtis Davies • Second-half capitulation deepens Hull’s relegation fears • Match report: West Ham 3-0 Hull City Steve Bruce admitted Hull City had been “awful” during a second-half capitulation at West Ham United, when they shipped three soft goals to lose 3-0 and remain in the Premier League’s relegation zone. The manager’s frustration had been stoked by his team’s failure to capitalise on a positive first-half performance…

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At the interval here, as the Upton Park crowd booed and torpor reigned supreme, it was easy to think of the corresponding fixture from last season. Back in March, West Ham United managed to beat 10-man Hull City but the dissatisfaction at the performance was so strong that they were jeered by the home support at half-time and full-time. A disbelieving Sam Allardyce infamously cupped his hand to …

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Latest updates as Hull City travel to West Ham Email daniel.harris.casual@theguardian.com . Tweet: @DanielHarris Keep up with all today’s latest scores across Europe 12.30pm GMT Perhaps the most depressing aspect of existence is how long it takes for things to fall apart – which on balance, is marginally worse than how long it takes for nothing to happen. But, in the hyperreal world of Football, things are very different, one of the reasons we love it so much. Consider…

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The manager has failed to persuade players to come to Hull but he needs a goalscorer as his side face West Ham on Sunday, having not advanced after their strong finish last season • Brave Hull push Arsenal in FA Cup final • Bruce has failed to move with the times • Sunderland sign Jermain Defoe Hull City travel to West Ham on Sunday needing points – they have slipped into the bottom three – and goals. Steve Bruce is exploring…

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• The 28-year-old forward is now a free agent • Portuguese had been linked with a move to Turkey • Hammers in talks with new shirt sponsor after Alpari collapse Ricardo Vaz Tê has had his contract with West Ham terminated by mutual consent. The 28-year-old forward has been linked with a move to Turkey and can now pursue any new deal as a free agent. The Portuguese player, who began his senior career under Sam …

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• Online foreign exchange broker entered insolvency on Friday • Club believed to be owed £4m on three-year deal West Ham United are in “advanced discussions” with potential new shirt sponsors after their main commercial backer went bust for the second time in six years. The online foreign exchange broker Alpari entered insolvency on Friday morning as a result of the Swiss National Bank’s shock move to decouple from the euro, …

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Sam Allardyce was buoyed by West Ham’s epic FA Cup replay win over Everton on Tuesday and he now wants a tonic in the league, where his team have not won in four matches. His good friend, Steve Bruce, however, is in more desperate need. The Hull manager is enduring what he has called the worst injury crisis of his 17 years in management and, if results go against him on Saturday, his team could kick off at the bottom of…

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Alpari’s insolvency raises questions about what will appear on players’ shirts on Sunday Companies put their names on the shirts of Premiership football clubs in the hope that some of the sporting glamour will rub off on their dull corporporate images. But it doesn’t always work out like that. West Ham’s sponsor, Alpari, sank into insolvency on Friday , caught out by wild spasms in the currency, raising a question mark over whether the …

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Alpari UK, which signed a three-year deal with the football club in 2013, among a string of companies feeling the impact of the sharp move in the currency markets on Thursday The sponsor of West Ham football club, Alpari UK, has become the latest casualty of the currency crisis sparked by the Swiss central bank. Alpari UK, which lists its head office at Bishopsgate in the City, said it was insolvent because…

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• Charges against West Ham midfielder were thrown out • Defence team showed CCTV proving his innocence West Ham’s Ravel Morrison has been cleared of all charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her mother. The 21-year-old was accused of hitting his ex Reah Mansoor, 19, and her mother, Parveen Mansoor, 39, after a night out at a nightclub in his home city of Manchester last July 24. Continue reading…

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West Ham 2-2 Everton (aet; 9-8 pens) Valencia 51 Cole 113; Mirallas 82 Lukaku 97 In a way neither side deserved to lose this pulsating Cup tie, a match that swung dramatically and, quite simply, had everything. It ended with Adrián, West Ham’s goalkeeper, throwing his gloves to the ground and charging in to fire the decisive penalty past Joel Robles – who had missed his own spot-kick seconds earlier – and secure his side’s place in the fourth round…

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FA Cup third-round replay latest from the 7.45pm GMT kick-off at Upton Park Live scoreboard! Follow all the goals and games in the FA Cup replays And email simon.burnton@theguardian.com or tweet @Simon_Burnton 9.09pm GMT 67 mins: Everton make a double substitution, Besic and Barkley coming off and Oviedo and Mirallas coming on. 9.08pm GMT 66 mins: Cresswell now carries the ball 20 yards to the edge of the penalty area and then ignores the unmarked Downing at…

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Everton manager Roberto Martínez says his side expects a difficult match against West Ham United in the third round of the FA Cup on Tuesday. Martínez says West Ham are ‘a confident and dynamic team’ who are outstanding at dead-ball situations. The previous meeting between the two teams ended with a 1-1 draw Continue reading…

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The West Ham midfielder has quit the Indomitable Lions but they are thriving without the star names who contributed to a shameful World Cup campaign • West Ham’s Alex Song announces international retirement • Song omitted from Cameroon’s Africa Cup of Nations squad Last time Alex Song wore a Cameroon shirt, against Croatia at the World Cup, he was sent off five minutes before half-time for dragging his elbow down Mario Mandzukic’s back. That was the centre…

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• Lukaku and Malanda were close friends • ‘Rom is really down about it. We are all supporting him’ • Junior Malanda dies aged 20 after car accident in Germany Romelu Lukaku has declared himself available for Everton’s FA Cup replay at West Ham United despite mourning the death of a close friend Junior Malanda, the Wolfsburg midfielder who was killed in a car accident on Saturday . Police in Germany have opened a manslaughter…

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• Allardyce feels Everton problems stem from Europe • West Ham manager hopes Winston Reid will stay • Match report: Everton 1-1 West Ham Sam Allardyce believes he is more tactically flexible than the Everton manager Roberto Martínez but feels injuries and Europa League commitments are the reason for Everton’s mixed start to the season. Good results have been hard to come by for Everton this season and, after a 1-1 draw with Manchester City…

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