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Last week’s win at Palace was, as the old cliche goes, a breath of fresh air. Passing on the floor, running at defenders, two top drawer goals, Carlton Cole scoring, organisation, three points. It had absolutely everything and was a glimpse of the new philosophy Allardyce is trying to, or rather being forced to, adopt… Read more »

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Following the permanent arrival of Andy Carroll last summer, Allardyce was once again able to persuade the co-owners to use the remainder on acquiring the services of winger Stuart Downing, however it has often been questioned whether Big Sam was right to sign him. A major part of the manager’s thinking was that, with Matt… Read more »

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West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce is easing his players back to match fitness in an attempt to avoid picking up any early season injury concerns.

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Ahead of another weekend of the Barclays Premier League, Sportsmail brings you the latest squad news, odds and stats on every top flight fixture as it breaks.

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Mark Noble’s England credentials splits opinions amongst West Ham fans all over. Some believe he has done enough over the years to warrant a call up to the England squad, others insist he has never been good enough to don the precious Three Lions jersey. Noble captained England at U21 level and has been ever… Read more »

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West Ham United are in talks over a deal for Rennes defender Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik. 

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When the transfer window closes at 11pm on September 1st, West Ham fans will be encouraged by the acquisitions that both the manager and the owners have made over the summer. Although the business has been largely successful, it wouldn’t hurt to make a couple of signings before the September deadline. An injury to club… Read more »

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West Ham midfielder also accused of threat to throw acid Morrison pleaded not guilty to attacks on Reah Mansoor The West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison will go on trial next year over allegations that he threatened to throw acid in the face of his ex-girlfriend and have her killed. The 21-year-old former Manchester United player is also accused of threatening to blow up Reah Mansoors house in a course of harassment against …

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Former Arsenal keepers move to Cagliari called off Almunia has heart condition that can cause sudden death Manuel Almunia is expected to announce his retirement after a heart condition that can cause sudden death was detected at a routine medical. The former Arsenal goalkeeper was close to joining Cagliari earlier this month as a free agent having played the past two years at Watford. However, The Serie A club abandoned the signing of the 37-year-old…

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West Ham United forward Modibo Maiga has joined French Ligue 1 side Metz on a season-long loan deal with a view to a permanent move.

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West Hams latest big-money signing Enner Valencia missed the decisive penalty after an even Capital One Cup tie at Upton Park. There are now two divisions separating the clubs but it is Sheffield United who progressed into the third round after Valencia, a £14m signing from Pachuca , was the only player to miss his spot-kick as the tie could not be decided after extra time. Continue reading…

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West Ham United have been dumped out of the Capital One Cup on penalties by Sheffield United at Upton Park.

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West Ham United have been dumped out of the Capital One Cup on penalties by Sheffield United at Upton Park.

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Take the case of Manchester City and the New York Yankees who have joined forces to fund the expansion New York City FC next year with Frank Lampard and David Villa signed and sealed to play in the side. Or look at Spurs and Toronto FC linking together with Jermain Defoe’s long-term contract, an agreement… Read more »

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West Ham United kick-off their League Cup campaign with a second-round visit from Sheffield United this evening (7.45pm).

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Mutual loathing as Bramall Lane club return in League Cup Relegation after Argentinian signed for West Ham still festers The second round of the League Cup is not usually associated with vitriol, venom and downright loathing but there will be an abundance of all three at Upton Park on Tuesday evening when West Ham welcome Sheffield United for the first time since the clubs had an ever so minor disagreement over a certain Argentinian. The memory of Carlos Tevez and…

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Two weeks ago, on Wednesday 13th August to be exact, Sheffield United were hosting, their ‘local’ rivals Mansfield Town in a dour Capital One cup game. How totally uninteresting. Until that is, the Radio Sheffield commentary team mentioned that the winners of the tie would play West Ham United in the next round With 80 minutes… Read more »

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For 15 minutes, Crystal Palace were pretty good. They pushed West Ham back, created some good chances and the atmosphere was just as buoyant and defiant as it was during that gleeful ride to survival last season. Tony Pulis, who needs Tony Pulis? Not Palace. It was his loss, not theirs, and he did not deserve them anyway. You could sense supporters getting giddy. Palace were too good for Pulis. They were going to beat the odds again. Stick together…

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For some strange reason, Sam Allardyce, Fat Sam or whatever name you want to call him is still the manager of our beloved West Ham. Last season, if we never had the good run of results in February, we would have been relegated and that would have been the end of him. But we survived… Read more »

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Summer signing Mauro Zarate volleyed a debut goal in West Ham’s 3-1 Premier League victory at Crystal Palace to ease the pressure on manager Sam Allardyce.

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Crystal Palaces supporters arrived determined to roar their side on and give a bad week a happy ending. The Palace ultras, that vociferous little group of fans behind one of the goals at Selhurst Park, banged their drums and led the chants and briefly it seemed that everything was going to be all right; it did not matter that Palace have been unwittingly caught up in the Malky Mackay scandal, that their …

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The performance against Spurs last weekend was encouraging. Given the questions surrounding Allardyce’s starting line-up, it turned out to be a decent outing. And I don’t think Allardyce will stray too far from that line-up this afternoon against Palace at Selhurst Park. I think Cheikhou Kouyate will deputise for the suspended James Collins alongside Winston… Read more »

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Don’t get me wrong, when their right back rounded Adrien in the 90th minute to grab victory I felt very sick. Partly because Eric Dier had somehow managed to end up one-on-one with our goalkeeper but most importantly, it felt like we deserved a lot more from the game and we were going to lose… Read more »

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The performance against Spurs last weekend was encouraging. Given the questions surrounding Allardyce’s starting line-up, it turned out to be a decent outing. And I don’t think Allardyce will stray too far from that line-up this afternoon against Palace at Selhurst Park. I think Cheikhou Kouyate will deputise for the suspended James Collins alongside Winston… Read more »

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We’ve teamed up with BetFuze to bring you the best West Ham odds and bookie offers over the course of the season, and after coming to close to tipping you a winner last week, we’ve got a few tasty bets again for you today. Last week we tipped a 0-0 draw with Spurs and, had… Read more »

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We are only on our second game of the season and already it seems like a must win game for many reasons. Some people have commented on the fact that we were unlucky against Spurs. Wellm I’m not too sure about that, West Ham had many goal scoring chances and failed to convert any of… Read more »

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