Liverpool and Tottenham are entertaining but incomplete, United have a goalkeeper touched with genius on the bench and more • Watch video highlights of all the midweek action (UK only) 1) Work in progress x 2 So much to admire during Wednesday’s Tottenham-Liverpool match , yet in a way that added frustration to an at-times thrilling match. Both teams showed lots of qualities yet also betrayed deficiencies that must exasperate their managers: you were left with…
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Premier League: 10 talking points from the midweek action
Posted on 29 November 2012.
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Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United | Premier League match report
Posted on 28 November 2012.
• In pictures: the best of Wednesday night’s action Manchester United managed to avoid their season-long habit of conceding first by opening the scoring here, but the performance still stuttered enough to concern Sir Alex Ferguson. The Scot’s side maintain their status as Premier League leaders by a point from Manchester City, who also won , but…
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West Ham United in Olympic Stadium box seat
Posted on 28 November 2012.
• Hammers on the verge of being named preferred tenants • Announcement expected next week on stadium’s future West Ham United are on the verge of being named as preferred tenants for the Olympic Stadium in Stratford amid final negotiations to fill a £20m funding gap and bring the long-running saga to a conclusion. The future…
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Premier League clockwatch – live! | Barry Glendenning
Posted on 28 November 2012.
Minute-by-minute report: A busy programme features eight games. Follow all the latest with Barry Glendenning NOW Barry Glendenning
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André Villas-Boas condemns racism in football – video
Posted on 28 November 2012.
Tottenham manager André Villas-Boas condemns racist chants from West Ham fans directed at his team
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Ruud van Nistelrooy acclaims Robin van Persie’s Manchester United form
Posted on 27 November 2012.
• Former United striker delighted by Van Persie’s ‘fantastic start’ • Wayne Rooney worried about West Ham’s Andy Carroll Ruud van Nistelrooy believes Robin van Persie can be the key to Manchester United reclaiming the championship from Manchester City this season. Van Persie has made an impressive start in his debut season, scoring 11 times. …
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André Villas-Boas hits out at West Ham fans for antisemitic chanting
Posted on 27 November 2012.
• ‘It is complete stupidity,’ says the Tottenham manager • Sam Allardyce: guilty fans must be kicked out André Villas-Boas has hit out at the West Ham fans who chanted antisemitic abuse towards Tottenham supporters during Sunday’s London derby at White Hart Lane. A section of West Ham fans mocked the stabbing of a Spurs supporter in Rome …
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Sam Allardyce says West Ham will deal with guilty fans – video
Posted on 27 November 2012.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says the supporters who were responsible for antisemitic chanting against Tottenham will be punished
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Sam Allardyce: fans guilty of antisemitic chanting must be kicked out
Posted on 27 November 2012.
• ‘I was very disappointed to hear what went on,’ says Allardyce • Co-chairman David Gold to lead investigation into chants Sam Allardyce has condemned the West Ham supporters responsible for the antisemitic chanting that marred Sunday’s match against Tottenham at White Hart Lane , urging the authorities to punish the perpetrators who mocked …
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West Ham’s Yossi Benayoun ’embarrassed’ by antisemitic chants
Posted on 26 November 2012.
• On-loan midfielder tweeted condemnation of abuse • Two fans arrested and cautioned by police over incident West Ham’s Israeli midfielder Yossi Benayoun has said he was “embarrassed” by the alleged antisemitic chanting by a section of the club’s supporters during their team’s Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Sunday. West Ham fans were heard apparently mocking the Holocaust …
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Antisemitic chants are sickening – and West Ham fans must show they care | Jacob Steinberg
Posted on 26 November 2012.
For a West Ham fan, there is nothing bigger than a match against Tottenham. Yet on Sunday, as the Spurs goals flew in, I found myself not caring very much about the outcome Eight years ago, I was in my usual seat in the lower tier of the Bobby Moore Stand with a few friends for a nondescript Championship match between West Ham and Plymouth. Indeed the match was …
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FA set to investigate West Ham fans’ alleged antisemitic chanting at Spurs
Posted on 26 November 2012.
• FA spokesman says investigation ‘is likely’ • West Ham fans appeared to mock the Holocaust The Football Association is set to investigate apparent antisemitic abuse by West Ham United fans towards Tottenham Hotspur supporters at White Hart Lane. An FA spokesman said it was “likely” that the governing body would launch a formal investigation once the match officials’ reports had been received. Hammers fans on Sunday appeared to mock the gassing…
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Section of West Ham United support aim antisemitic abuse at Spurs fans
Posted on 25 November 2012.
• FA to consider investigating White Hart Lane incidents • Some West Ham supporters took part in unsavoury chants Tottenham Hotspur fans were subjected to antisemitic abuse from a section of the travelling West Ham United support during their 3-1 derby victory. The Football Association will consider whether to investigate the matter, after it studies reports from the various match officials and delegates and, although the managers from both clubs were nervous about making comment, the situation…
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Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 West Ham United | Premier League match report
Posted on 25 November 2012.
It is eight-and-a-half years since Jermain Defoe left West Ham United but the club’s fans will never forget. The Tottenham Hotspur striker’s every touch here was jeered and the abusive choruses from the away enclosure left him in no doubt as to where his stock stands in the East End. His response on the field, though, was articulate and emphatic. Tottenham had lost their momentum from early in…
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Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United
Posted on 23 November 2012.
Emmanuel Adebayor’s sending-off during last week’s north London derby undeniably skewed the outcome of a match Arsenal went on to win 5-2, but the reality for Tottenham is that they have lost four of their last five league games and are performing like a team short of belief and purpose. That is in contrast to West Ham, whose spirits are high following a good start to their first season back among the elite, although that is sure to be tested by the tough set of seven fixtures to come. This could prove the…
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West Ham United 1-1 Stoke City | Premier League match report
Posted on 20 November 2012.
The stage was set for West Ham United. The club had never been better off at this stage of a Premier League season, confidence was high and Stoke City’s away form had been terrible. Sam Allardyce’s Movember tache looked magnificent and the evening called for his team to cement their…
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London 2012’s golden memories at risk of turning into stadium shamble | Owen Gibson
Posted on 19 November 2012.
Legacy board is still split over the future of the Stratford venue It already seems a long time ago. At one point during Danny Boyle’s madcap, moving Olympics opening ceremony in July the band struck up a few bars of I’m Forever …
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Cost of Olympic Stadium could reach £630m if West Ham move in
Posted on 19 November 2012.
• Conversion for Premier league football would cost £200m • Legacy board will discuss stadium’s future next month If West Ham United are chosen to move into the Olympic Stadium at a crucial London Legacy Development Corporation board meeting next month, the now iconic Stratford stadium is …
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West Ham United v Stoke City – live! | Rob Smyth
Posted on 19 November 2012.
Minute-by-minute report: Will West Ham solidify their place in the top half of the table? Join Rob Smyth NOW to find out Rob Smyth
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What is the future for London’s Olympic Stadium? – video
Posted on 19 November 2012.
Owen Gibson says there are currently two options for the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. Premier League football club West Ham could move in at a conversion cost of £190m (the preference of London mayor Boris Johnson), or it could be used – more quickly – as…
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West Ham United v Stoke City: Squad sheets
Posted on 16 November 2012.
West Ham aim to consolidate their place in the top six, which would set them fair for a tilt at European football. This was not part of the script upon the London club’s promotion but they have thrived as one of …
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West Ham make final improved offer to the LLDC over Olympic Stadium
Posted on 16 November 2012.
• West Ham remain committed but ‘not at any price’ • LLDC wary of projected figures on annual running costs West Ham United delivered a final “take it or leave it” offer to the London Legacy Development Corporation on Friday as the long running saga over the future of …
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Three charged with fraud over Tottenham’s Olympic Stadium bid
Posted on 14 November 2012.
• Charges over alleged ‘unlawful obtaining of information’ • Complaints made by West Ham and park’s legacy company Three people have been charged with fraud over allegations of unlawful obtaining of information linked to Tottenham’s failed bid to take over the Olympic Stadium. The investigation was …
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Olympic Stadium delays branded a ‘farce’ by UK Athletics chairman
Posted on 14 November 2012.
• Ed Warner attacks lack of progress as ‘ludicrous’ • Stadium will not re-open until 2015 at the earliest The delay in re-opening the Olympic Stadium has been branded “a farce” by the UK Athletics chairman, Ed Warner. The London …
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Newcastle United 0-1 West Ham United | Premier league match report
Posted on 11 November 2012.
There were so many men facing their former clubs that it was inevitable a goal from one of them would decide the game. The man was Kevin Nolan, whose fifth goal of the season earned West Ham their first victory on …
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Alan Pardew keen to bring Andy Carroll back to Newcastle United
Posted on 09 November 2012.
• Liverpool’s £35m striker on loan at West Ham until May • ‘He’s not wanted so at some point he’s going to move’ Alan Pardew hopes to re-sign Liverpool’s Andy Carroll when his former Newcastle United striker ends his season-long loan at …
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