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• Potts concussed after fall following Sagna collision at Arsenal • West Ham say tests had brought positive results The West Ham defender Daniel Potts has thanked well-wishers for their support after leaving hospital following his head injury scare. The teenager returned home on Thursday after the blow he suffered in his side’s 5-1 defeat at…

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• West Ham player to undergo scans and further assessment • Defender will be out for a minimum of two weeks The West Ham defender Danny Potts will remain in hospital on Thursday for further tests after suffering a head injury during Wednesday night’s 5-1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal, the club have confirmed. The 18-year-old, who had a loan spell at Colchester earlier this season, fell to …

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When Arsenal click as they did for 12 whirlwind minutes at the beginning of the second half, it can feel as if all of their problems, the well-documented angst and the soul-searching, are nothing more than tricks of the imagination. In a game that they had to win, after the dispiriting Premier League losses to Manchester City and Chelsea, …

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• Allardyce charged by FA after criticising Phil Dowd • Comments arose after defeat by Manchester United Sam Allardyce will contest his misconduct charge from the Football Association and he has requested a personal hearing to plead his innocence, in the wake of his criticisms of the referee Phil Dowd in West Ham United’s 1-0 FA Cup replay defeat …

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• Manager concedes he is worried about recent form • Upton Park’s Mohamed Diamé may be a transfer target Arsène Wenger has asked his players to show him what they are made of after admitting he has become concerned by Arsenal’s poor recent form. Wenger’s name was synonymous with success in the English game at the start of his reign, yet Arsenal have found precious little of that commodity in recent times. The Frenchman …

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• Sam Allardyce set to hold talks with Diarra over comments • West Ham manager has been frustrated in transfer market The West Ham United manager, Sam Allardyce, is to hold talks with Alou Diarra after the £2m summer signing said his move to Upton Park had been a waste of time. The 31-year-old was brought…

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Balotelli may be heading for an anonymous exit, Chamakh showed promise while Wenger gets all psychological 1 Balotelli’s last act Among the seven Manchester City substitutes for Fulham’s visit was Mario Balotelli. As his side overcame their poor opponents 2-0 , he was spied having a trot down the touchline to keep warm and sharing a …

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• ‘Rémy will go on and be a great signing for us,’ says manager • Sam Allardyce blames West Ham defenders for Rémy strike The third time was a charm for Loïc Rémy. He had already been caught offside twice in the opening minutes when he latched on to Adel Taarabt’s beautiful, stabbed…

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Harry Redknapp could have seen it coming. It is 14 years since he gave Joe Cole his professional debut for West Ham and was frustrated in his attempts to bring him to Loftus Road this month, so there was an inevitability that the former Liverpool midfielder would score the equaliser that prevented QPR from snatching an improbable and invaluable victory. QPR remain four points adrift at the bottom of the table, but at least …

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• Manager furious after Cup replay against Manchester United • Comments ‘questioned referee’s integrity and/or implied bias’ The West Ham manager, Sam Allardyce, has been charged with misconduct over comments made to the media following the FA Cup third round replay against Manchester United , the Football Association has announced . Allardyce reacted angrily to Phil Dowd’s decision…

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Queens Park Rangers looked dead and buried after their 3-0 home defeat by Liverpool three weeks ago, but since then they have beaten Chelsea, drawn with Tottenham, reached the fourth round of the FA Cup and pipped Newcastle United to the £8m signing of Loïc Rémy from Marseille. The 26-year-old France striker is likely to go straight into the starting line-up at Upton Park, where West Ham have been strong this season. Home fans be…

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For Wayne Rooney it was a bittersweet night. Ultimately it was his goal that put Manchester United into a fourth-round tie against Fulham but he also put a second-half penalty into the Stretford End and it has become such a recurring theme that it would be no surprise now if Robin van Persie takes over from the spot. Sir Alex Ferguson, turning away in disgust, certainly made little attempt to conceal his annoyance at Rooney’s fifth…

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• Referee gives Manchester United penalty but not West Ham • Allardyce may face FA charge after questioning Phil Dowd Sam Allardyce could face a Football Association charge after appearing to accuse Phil Dowd of bias against West Ham United for not awarding a penalty when Manchester United’s Rafael Da Silva handled early in …

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Wayne Rooney makes a promising comeback after a knee injury while Nani was as erratic as ever on his return 1 Ferguson’s men make hard work of easy test Before kick-off Sir Alex Ferguson was in confident mood, telling the United programme: “As regards tonight I feel the advantage has swung our …

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All the best images from the Emirates, where Arsenal take on Swansea City and Old Trafford where Manchester United host West Ham United Steven Bloor

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Minute-by-minute report: Who will make it through to face Fulham in the last 32? Find out with Rob Smyth Rob Smyth

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• Allardyce wins damages after Kean called him ‘a crook’ • Blackburn successor made allegations in the Far East Sam Allardyce has accepted substantial damages from Steve Kean, his successor as manager of Blackburn Rovers, for saying he was fired by the club in 2010 for being a crook. Kean, who himself left Ewood Park last September, had…

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Today’s chatter would quite like to crawl back into bed Groucho Marx famously didn’t want to belong to any club that would accept him as a member and, employing a sort of similar logic, Newcastle surely must be relieved that they are not going to get Loïc Rémy , on the grounds that they should not accept anyone who would rather belong to Queens Park Rangers. Alan…

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• Martin O’Neill awards midfielder ‘excellent’ report • Sam Allardyce admits West Ham ‘didn’t defend correctly’ Maybe, just maybe, the solution to Sunderland’s lack of deep-lying creativity has been staring Martin O’Neill in the face all along. David Vaughan, starting his first Premier League game this season, controlled central midfield while also linking superbly with the similarly excellent Stéphane …

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Almost exactly five years after he was sacked by Newcastle United, Sam Allardyce endured another grim afternoon in the north-east, where his West Ham players were comprehensively outplayed by a much improved Sunderland. Strangely bereft of adrenaline and ambition, Allardyce’s defensively vulnerable, shot-shy side were perhaps pining for the injured Andy Carroll. If their defence had few answers to the persistently awkward questions posed by the outstanding David Vaughan and excellent …

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The Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has made 120 saves this season, the most in the Premier League. West Ham have committed 253 fouls this term, the highest number of any team in England’s top division. Statistics can be misleading but those two tell the story of two respective campaigns; while Sunderland’s has been spent largely with backs to …

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• Allardyce keen to work again with Sweden full-back • Hammers considering improved bid West Ham United have been rebuffed in their attempts to secure Martin Olsson after Blackburn Rovers rejected an offer worth about £2m for the Sweden defender. The 24-year-old full-back, who joined Rovers’ youth academy from Hogaborgs seven years ago, worked with Sam Allardyce during the latter’s spell at Ewood Park and the West Ham manager had…

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The funny old game is dead but the third round of the FA Cup showed that a new set of football phrases is alive and well No broadcaster worth his salt would compare a beaten footballer to a sick parrot these days, but the game remains as clichéd as ever. The funny old game with players who could turn on sixpences is gone, but a new breed of football clichés is emerging. Games …

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Brian McDermott’s employers should not act rashly, Macclesfield’s failure to sell out speaks volumes and other matters arising 1) Reading’s win could be a significant moment in the life of Brian A comfortable 3-1 victory against League One opposition is still a comfortable 3-1 victory and, if there is anything more to be gleaned from Reading’s simple act of…

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• Manchester United leave it late again at West Ham • Robin van Persie sets up rerun of 2001 tie at Old Trafford Manchester United did not need the four minutes of injury time to sculpt their FA Cup lifeline; merely the prospect of them, with all the attendant connotations that have built up over Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign. When the board went up and the Upton Park PA announcer filled everybody in, there was frustration, bemusement and…

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For all his uncommon gifts, West Ham’s returning hero has been unable to find a club where they believed in him enough The first time I came across Joe Cole was back in those days when everybody had heard of him but very few had actually seen him play. Cole was part of a youth team at West Ham that had brought in…

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