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The best goals of the week: Dimitri Payet, Quincy Amarikwa and Alex Morgan
Posted on 14 March 2016.
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Photographic evidence: Payet’s no diver LVG
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal made a serious point when claiming that Dimi Payet is a diver in his press conference after the match yesterday. The Dutchman was at pains to point out: “Payet was more or less diving. He was maybe touched, but not enough to fall like that.” That is a very […]
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West Ham striker Andy Carroll desperate to avoid injuries in pursuit of silverware and ‘dreams’ of making Euro 2016 squad
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Whilst chasing FA Cup success and European qualification with West Ham, Andy Carroll has not given up hope of forcing his way into manager Roy Hodgson’s England plans this summer for Euro 2016.
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FA Cup semi-final draw: All you need to know as Manchester United, Crystal Palace, Everton, Watford and West Ham await confirmation of their opponents
Posted on 14 March 2016.
The quarter-finals of the FA Cup delivered some exhilarating fixtures, with Watford ousting back-to-back winners Arsenal and Everton’s Romelu Lukaku coming back to haunt his former employers.
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Manchester United watch French wonderkid Ousmane Dembele in action for Rennes… but face competition from Europe’s top clubs to land £27million…
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Manchester United were among FIVE Premier League clubs represented at Rennes’ match with Lyon on Sunday night where French wonderkid Ousmane Dembele was the main focus.
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John Lyall Gates removed
Posted on 14 March 2016.
The John Lyall gates have been removed from the Boleyn Ground today ready to be relocated and build into to the new club shop outside the former Olympic Stadium. They were originally constructed after West Ham used the £25,000 fee from the 1956 transfer of free-scoring winger Harry Hooper to buy the land that now makes […]
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West Ham are aiming for FA Cup and Champions League, says Andy Carroll
Posted on 14 March 2016.
• ‘We want both, definitely’, says confident striker after Old Trafford draw • Player also says he has not given up hope of playing for England at Euro 2016 Andy Carroll says West Ham United are targeting winning the FA Cup and securing a Champions League place, with the striker also hopeful of being selected for England’s Euro 2016 squad. Slaven Bilic’s side drew 1-1 with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday …
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Bilic fancies Hammers’ chances in FA Cup replay against Manchester United
Posted on 14 March 2016.
West Ham United head coach Slaven Bilic says he fancies the Hammers’ chances against Manchester United in their FA Cup quarter-final replay following a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday.
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Redevelopment of Bolyen Ground gets green light
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Newham Council has finally passed a planning proposal by Barratt Homes and Galliard Homes to redevelopment the Boleyn Ground. The meeting of the council’s Strategic Development Committee last week ends more than a year of arguments and debate between the council, local campaigners and the developers over the future of the Hammer’s old ground. Initially, the […]
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West Ham’s fixture chaos
Posted on 14 March 2016.
West Ham are facing a serious fixture pilie up with an FA Cup replay set to be squeezed in an already bursting schedule. We are still awaiting the official confirmation of the re-scheduling of the Watford and Manchester United Premier league matches due to our FA Cup run. And UEFA’s rules are making re-scheduling difficult with […]
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Courageous defender showed squad spirit
Posted on 14 March 2016.
David Gold has heaped praise on Winston Reid for taking his place in the Irons side at Old Trafford despite not being ready to play in such a high profile game. The co-Chairman had tweeted earlier in the week that the central defender would not be able to make the game as he’d barely rejoined […]
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Irons on £5m bonanza
Posted on 14 March 2016.
The FA Cup Quarter-Final replay at the Boleyn Ground against Manchester United should net the Hammers another £1m on top of the estimated £3.8m they have earned so far in their FA Cup run this season. Assuming West Ham set ticket prices around the £40 mark, a sell out 35,000 capacity crowd will bring in […]
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OK Slav…what’s with the Emenike thing?
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Slaven Bilic has me confused for the first time! Sorry Slav but I’m afraid I really don’t get the Emenike thing at all. As fas as I can make out he has had one decent game against a Championship side in the last round of the Cup. By common consent he performed OK against Rovers […]
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Sad Van Gaal dubs Dimi a diver
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Manchester United’s excuse finding under pressure boss Louis van Gaal ridiculously claimed that Dimi Payet dived in a bid to win yesterday’s match. Mind you, he had little if anything to say about his team’s equaliser which should have been ruled out at a stroke after goalkeeper Darren Randolph was clearly fouled in the build-up. […]
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Premier League and FA Cup talking points from the weekend
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Quique Sánchez Flores is not concerned about Premier League heavyweights circling, Kelechi Iheanacho should start in the Manchester derby, and what is the point of Alexandre Pato being at Chelsea? It seemed a little impertinent to gatecrash Watford’s euphoria by mentioning future problems, but inevitably there it was – the question about whether the team might struggle to hold on to talent that has expressed itself so well this season. Quique Sánchez Flores …
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Slaven Bilic believes West Ham suffered a double injustice at Manchester United and defends Dimitri Payet amid diving claims
Posted on 13 March 2016.
CHRIS WHEELER: Dimitri Payet scored with a sublime freekick but found himself at the centre of a diving controversy after going down under a challenge from Marcos Rojo.
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Slaven Bilic has made West Ham fans’ dreams a reality… they will be confident of beating Manchester United in FA Cup replay
Posted on 13 March 2016.
IAN LADYMAN AT OLD TRAFFORD: West Ham came to Old Trafford on Sunday smelling blood, seeking victory not survival. They came within seven minutes of getting it too.
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Mark Noble’s Post Match Interview
Posted on 13 March 2016.
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Slav’s Post Match Interview
Posted on 13 March 2016.
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United v Irons: The inquest starts here
Posted on 13 March 2016.
The Hammers Chat boys are back with their look at the United/Irons game. There are so many talking points to discuss and Gonzo, Geo and Tom get to grips with most of them. Penalty shouts, perhaps the best free kick many of us have ever seen, goals which definitely shouldn’t have stood – everything comes […]
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Slaven Bilic defends Dimitri Payet against Louis van Gaal’s ‘dive’ accusation
Posted on 13 March 2016.
• Bilic: ‘There is more than a contact. It is definitely not a dive’ • Van Gaal: ‘Payet was more or less diving’ in FA Cup quarter-final Slaven Bilic defended Dimitri Payet against Louis van Gaal’s claim the Frenchman dived for a penalty in West Ham United’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United in the FA Cup sixth-round at Old Trafford. Payet went down in the area as Marcos Rojo …
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Manchester United 1-1 West Ham: Anthony Martial cancels out Dimitri Payet stunner late on to send quarter final to a replay
Posted on 13 March 2016.
MARTIN SAMUEL AT OLD TRAFFORD: It is not quite the year of the underdog, then. Not yet. Not right now. Wait for it, wait for it. There’s still time. Manchester United are still in the FA Cup.
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West Ham are favourites against Manchester United says Paul Scholes
Posted on 13 March 2016.
The Hammers will host United in a replay to decide who will join Everton, Crystal Palace and Watford in the semi-finals of the competition following a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday
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Louis van Gaal the survivor needs silverware to shield him from bullet | Jamie Jackson
Posted on 13 March 2016.
Defeat to West Ham in the FA Cup, ahead of the Europa League tie against Liverpool and 171st Manchester derby on Sunday, could have spelled the end for the Dutchman, but Old Trafford’s Teflon Don lives on Anthony Martial’s late equaliser saved Manchester United and cast him as the man to throw Louis van Gaal a lifeline at the start of eight days which might have marked the beginning of the end …
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Hammers robbed – now to crush United at UP
Posted on 13 March 2016.
It’s the worst cliche in football but it is the only one we can use after the drama of Old Trafford today: We were robbed.” ClaretandHugh chief analyst Leroy Rosenior had said in his preview of the game the Hammers would win if there were no dodgy refereeing decisions – sadly there were and both […]
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Manchester United 1-1 West Ham PLAYER RATINGS: Mark Noble wins midfield battle as Marouane Fellaini struggles yet again
Posted on 13 March 2016.
Manchester United and West Ham will have to do it all again at Upton Park following a quarter-final draw. Here, Sportsmail’s Chris Wheeler rates the performances of every player at Old Trafford.
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