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• Pictures: the best images from Saturday’s Premier League games Stoke City bounced back from conceding early on to see off West Ham United 3-1 at the Britannia Stadium. Andy Carroll opened the scoring in the fifth minute of the Premier League contest with his first goal of the season, rising above Peter Crouch and crashing a header past Asmir Begovic, who had rushed off his line to try to punch the ball away. The hosts equalised in the 32nd minute…

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Minute-by-minute report: It’s a busy round of games in the Premier League and beyond. Follow the latest news with Niall McVeigh Niall McVeigh

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Stoke are without Jonathan Walters and Charlie Adam through suspension but are in good form, having lost just once – to Manchester City – in their last six. West Ham have lost once in five matches with Sam Allardyce named manager of the month in February. West Ham, who have conceded just one in their last four games on the road, have won and drawn in their last two league…

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• West Ham striker tipped to have outside World Cup chance • Everton’s Roberto Martínez welcomes input by on-loan forward Andy Carroll’s road to Brazil could have begun before an audience of millions of television viewers on Wednesday. Instead, Sam Allardyce believes it will start in front of a handful of people in a scratch side featuring his lesser-spotted January signings and semi-fit squad players. West Ham’s record signing was a notable omission from Roy …

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It was a sequel to savour for Everton. Romelu Lukaku has made only two appearances as a replacement for them. Both have come against West Ham. On each occasion, he has scored and it has been a late winner. Six months after his debut, the Belgian staged an action replay to end the Hammers’ winning run and restore Everton to winning ways after consecutive league defeats. If it was billed as the…

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Minute-by-minute report: Arsenal head to Stoke, while there’s a west London derby at the Cottage. Follow the latest with Barry Glendenning Barry Glendenning

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Roberto Martínez is relishing the prospect of striker Romelu Lukaku back in his Everton starting XI, after a lengthy spell out of the side with an injury

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Everton have lost this fixture only once since 1983 but with West Ham arriving on four wins out of four for February and Roberto Martínez’s side slipping down the table since Romelu Lukaku was injured in the loss at Anfield, they will fancy their chances more than usual. Lukaku is available for the first time since while Andy Carroll has served a ban but may start on the bench. Mark Tallentire Kick-off Saturday 3pm…

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• West Brom striker not found to be antisemitic • Player must undergo education programme • Read the FA statement here Nicolas Anelka has been suspended for five matches and fined £80,000 for his quenelle gesture in West Bromwich Albion’s match against West Ham on 28 December. He has also been ordered to complete a compulsory education course by a Football Association hearing at the Grove Hotel in Watford that was looking into the events that …

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• Defender to miss Everton’s game with West Ham • Roy Hodgson to reveal squad on Thursday afternoon Phil Jagielka has been ruled out of England’s friendly against Denmark next week with a hamstring injury. Roy Hodgson will reveal his squad for next Wednesday’s Wembley game on Thursday afternoon. But the Everton defender will not be among those named, and will also miss Saturday’s Premier League match against West Ham …

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• West Ham’s victory against Southampton was fourth in a row • Allardyce: ‘I don’t feel vindicated, I’m just doing my job properly’ Sam Allardyce insisted he did not feel vindicated, but perhaps that question should be asked to the two Davids, Sullivan and Gold. While the rest of the Premier League’s struggling teams opted to make a change at the top, West Ham kept the faith. Now, having secured a …

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From jaded January to fabulous February, West Ham’s season has come full circle. This, their fourth victory in succession, was a win straight from the Sam Allardyce textbook – ruthless, efficient and, at times, unlikely – a further tonic to aid the Hammers’ renaissance and consign the doom around the club last month to a mere lingering memory. Goals from Matt Jarvis, Carlton Cole and Kevin Nolan cancelled out an early effort from Maya …

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Minute-by-minute report: Keep up with all today’s 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League with Niall McVeigh Niall McVeigh

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West Ham come into this fixture having won their last three games 2-0 but they have struggled in recent meetings with Southampton, having won just one of the last eight. Mauricio Pochettino’s team, meanwhile, are unbeaten in six league games and will be looking to win a third consecutive away game for the first time in the top flight – after victories at Fulham and Hull. Alan Smith Kick-off Saturday 3pm Venue Upton Park Last season West Ham 4 Southampton 1 Referee M…

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• West Ham manager calls allegations ‘unfounded’ • Midfielder now on 93-day emergency loan at QPR Sam Allardyce has insisted that Ravel Morrison has a future at West Ham, despite reports that the midfielder’s relationship with the club has broken down over a disagreement about agents. It was reported in The Observer that Morrison was recently invited to a meeting with the agent, Mark Curtis, to see if he wanted to become one of his clients and that pressure has…

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• Deal runs up to Championship play-off final • ‘I just want to help QPR get to the Premier League’ Ravel Morrison has stepped down a division to join QPR’s promotion push on a 93-day emergency loan from West Ham United. As revealed by The Guardian last week, the move will formally take effect on Friday to run up until the Championship play-off final, and Morrison is expected to make his QPR debut against Charlton in…

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• First time he has refereed Saints game since Lallana complaint • FA cleared referee and he will officiate West Ham match Mark Clattenburg is to referee Southampton’s game at West Ham on Saturday, the first time he will have taken charge of a Saints game since they filed an official complaint against him . The Durham official angered Saints when, during their defeat to Everton on 29 December, he told captain Adam Lallana: “You are very different …

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Midfielder who gloriously waltzed through Tottenham Hotspur’s defence is cut loose by club and heading to QPR There is a clip of Ravel Morrison , from an England Under-21s training session, when a corner comes in from the right and no matter how many times you watch it, even in slow motion, it is still almost implausible how he creates that lovely sound of ball against net. It is as if heading the ball, or going for …

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• 93-day loan period coincides with play-off final • Midfielder has fallen out of favour at Upton Park Ravel Morrison is poised to join Queens Park Rangers on loan from West Ham United until the end of the season, with Harry Redknapp, the Rangers manager, hopeful that the midfielder can spark the club to promotion from the Championship. The deal is not expected to be confirmed until next Friday, which would be 93 …

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If West Ham are to remain a Premier League side this year, then there may be a little pocket in Seville that celebrates with them. The Andalucian city produced their man of the match here, with goalkeeper Adrian coming to the rescue of a side that was often outmanoeuvred and outwitted by Norwich City but eventually emerged victorious thanks to late goals from James Collins and Mohammed Diamé. As Collins capitalised on some poor Norwich …

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• Upton Park will be redeveloped after 2016 move • New homes and shops planned for site West Ham have agreed a deal to sell Upton Park to a developer once the club have completed their move to the Olympic Stadium in 2016. The Galliard Group has been named as the successful bidder for the site, with West Ham saying they had chosen a developer with close links to the community and a plan to honour …

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• Nolan scores twice in 2-0 win at Aston Villa • Hammers’ 12 clean sheets is the most in the League West Ham have the hallmarks of a Sam Allardyce team again. Over the course of a dozen years the 59-year-old has established a reputation as one of the most unapologetically efficient managers. It is no coincidence his teams have never been relegated from the top flight. While others flaunted possession-based football, Allardyce…

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After the famine, the feast. This had been a strangely barren season for Kevin Nolan, an ignominious campaign in which he had had as many red cards as goals, but it has been transformed in the space of eight days. February has already yielded successive braces for West Ham’s captain. Once again, he is gorging himself on goals. Once again, he is winning them matches, rather than handing opponents an advantage. Nolan’s patron merits some…

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Paul Lambert says he is pleased with the backing he has received from Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner

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• Independent tribunal rejects Hammers’ case • Suspension starts away to Aston Villa West Ham have failed with a challenge to the Football Association’s decision to uphold Andy Carroll’s three-match suspension. An independent arbitration tribunal on Friday rejected West Ham’s case and Carroll’s ban takes immediate effect. West Ham are unhappy that the England striker’s ban – a consequence of being sent off against Swansea last week after an altercation with the defender …

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Four unmissable media events are coming up over the next couple of weeks. Here they are in chronological order. Note that tickets must be bought for three of them, while the fourth requires advance registration… Life after Leveson: the future of media freedom in the UK Index on Censorship is staging a discussion on press freedom against the background of the continuing row over a new form of press regulation and the introduction of a new defamation law…

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