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We look back at all the fixtures on a weekend when Wigan jumped out of the relegation zone and Martin O’Neill lost his job as Sunderland manager Jonny Weeks

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Andy Carroll gave Roy Hodgson a timely reminder of his talents as he inspired West Ham to an impressive win that eased any lingering hopes of relegation at Upton Park. He was not in Hodgson’s party for England’s trip to Montenegro on Tuesday and on this evidence Hodgson will surely considering recalling him for this summer’s …

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With tricky fixtures to come in April against Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United, as well as an awkward trip to Southampton, Sam Allardyce will be looking for maximum points at Upton Park to halt any lingering relegation fears. He welcomes back Kevin Nolan from a broken toe, and needs his captain to hit form immediately if they are to breach a stubborn West Brom…

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Ghost of Seasons Past scares Spurs; Saints ride out a storm; and a ‘delusional manager’ undoes QPR QPR Adam Boxer, QPR.vitalfootball.co.uk Happy with season so far? A disaster. Our brash summer transfer policy combined with a delusional manager made for bleak viewing, culminating in our present perilous position…

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The week in football: Public money, social change, the week’s best ambush plus a ‘two-bob servant of Satan’ Appointment of the week Greg Dyke: hired by the FA to rebuild their fractured relationship with Fifa’s top executives – three years after he gave his view on the football family : “Football is the only business where …

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Questions remain about the club’s relocation to the Olympic Stadium and there is not enough transparency in the figures Peering through unseasonal gloom into an Olympic Stadium that, in three years’ time he hopes will be a sea of 54,000 fans clad in claret and blue, David Gold is battling to dismiss speculation that his rationale for moving from Green Street is to make the club more attractive to potential…

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West Ham United will call the Olympic Stadium home after the government agreed to contribute an extra £25m

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• Former sports minister believes club are getting cheap deal • Caborn wanted original stadium designs to include football The former sports minister Richard Caborn has branded the deal to lease the Olympic Stadium to West Ham as “the biggest mistake of the London Olympics”. Caborn said that he welcomed the fact that the future of the stadium was now settled…

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• West Ham agree 99-year lease and will pay £2m annual rent • Stadium will stage athletics, concerts and other sporting events West Ham have been confirmed as the main tenants of the Olympic Stadium by the London Mayor Boris Johnson, marking a major milestone in a controversial seven-year saga. The club’s…

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• Retractable seating will allow athletics and music events • Taxpayers will get a cut if club is sold on for profit West Ham have finally agreed a 99-year deal to move into London’s Olympic Stadium, sources close to the process have confirmed. The agreement should also open the way for the stadium to be used as a venue for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Negotiations between the London …

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• Hearn will press for judicial review but expects to be defeated • Suspects West Ham made sole tenancy a condition of their bid The Leyton Orient owner Barry Hearn has said that he will look to move the club into Essex if he fails in his legal bid to…

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• Police confirm two men were from West Ham section of crowd • Police are also investigating incidents of coin-throwing Two men were arrested due to alleged racially-aggravated public order offences at the Chelsea and West Ham match on Sunday , police have announced. The two men have been bailed with their return dates set for late March and the Metropolitan Police are also investigating…

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• Defender was hit while warming up as a substitute • Frank Lampard also targeted after 200th Chelsea goal The Metropolitan Police is investigating incidents of coin-throwing by West Ham supporters at Chelsea, with the Football Association expected to launch its own inquiry once the referee’s report has been…

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The script felt prescribed. Frank Lampard had been twitching nervously on the brink of a major landmark for a month, the flurry of goals that had propelled Chelsea through the winter suddenly choked, when Eden Hazard clipped over a mouth-watering centre and, at last, the veteran rose to nod in No 200. There was a quick glance back over his shoulder at the…

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Minute-by-minute report: Chelsea are looking to firm up their chances of finishing in the top four in this London derby. Join Daniel Harris Daniel Harris

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Rafa Benítez returns to the scene of his first defeat as Chelsea manager on Sunday as he takes his team to Upton Park to face a West Ham side who are still without the captain Kevin Nolan. Chelsea will have played three matches in one week after this weekend and…

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Christian Benteke v Christopher Samba, will Fernando Torres get the chance to score again, and Eamonn Dolan’s big day out 1) Battle of the giants at Villa Park Central defenders up and down the country have struggled to handle Christian Benteke this season, so it will be intriguing to see how Christopher Samba, who at 6ft 4in has a slight height advantage over the powerful Belgian, …

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Stoke City’s stadium bans fan from carrying his weekly paper A football fan had his newspaper confiscated as he tried to enter a ground because security staff considered it an offensive weapon. West Ham United fan Chris Barmby was carrying a copy of the Worcester News when he was stopped by guards at Stoke City’s Britannia stadium on 2 March. He was told that it was “new policy” to ban …

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One questions whether this move is really about West Ham, or whether it is more likely a great opportunity to put the club in a lucrative shop window, for sale to the highest bidder come 2016 If I were a West Ham fan I would be worried right now. As early …

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From football in the fog in Huddersfield to synchronised swimming in San Jose – we bring you the best pictures in sport this week

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• ‘LLDC have not stuck by their own rules,’ says Hearn • Orient want West Ham to share Olympic Stadium The Leyton Orient chairman, Barry Hearn, has launched proceedings for a judicial review over the decision to allow West Ham to seek sole tenancy rights to the Olympic Stadium. Hearn believes the London Legacy Development Corporation …

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• Gold and Sullivan gambled on instant return to Premier League • Saga over move to Olympic Stadium set to end this month West Ham’s owners, David Gold and David Sullivan, have sunk a total of £35m into the club since June 2011, according to the club’s newly released accounts. The…

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• Collison goal moves West Ham up to 12th in Premier League • Pattern of away form finally broken by Allardyce’s team Sam Allardyce says the only consideration over his future is that it should be in the Premier League. The West Ham manager’s contract expires at the end of the season…

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West Ham ended a run of five straight Barclays Premier League away defeats as Jack Collison’s strike secured them all three points at Stoke. In a first half of few chances, Hammers defender James Collins’ header clipped the bar before Collison netted in stoppage time, finishing on the turn after collecting a through-ball from his fellow substitute Ricardo Vaz Te. It proved …

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West Ham travel to the Britannia Stadium without their captain, Kevin Nolan, out with a toe injury sustained in Monday’s meeting with Tottenham. Both mid-table clubs will be hungry for a win, having lost their most recent engagements while the Stoke manager, Tony Pullis, has been talking down grumblings…

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• Midfielder exacerbated toe injury playing against Spurs • West Ham hopeful treatment will enable a speedy return West Ham intensive treatment will ensure a swift return to action for Kevin Nolan after it was confirmed the captain has broken a toe. The 30-year-old midfielder exacerbated an existing injury in Monday’s 3-2 Premier League home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur and …

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