Ralph Ellis runs you through what we learned from the weekend’s football… with some star turns and a look through the leagues, too.
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What we learned this weekend: Fergie time is turning into Jose time and Patrice Evra should stay
Posted on 23 February 2014.
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Kevin Nolan shines for Hammers as Sam Allardyce gets his swagger back
Posted on 23 February 2014.
One month ago, Sam Allardyce could ill afford to be arrogant. West Ham United had just been humiliated by Manchester City and Nottingham Forest in both cup competitions and had lost eight from 12 in the Barclays Premier League.
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West Ham gain just reward for keeping faith with manager Sam Allardyce
Posted on 23 February 2014.
• West Ham’s victory against Southampton was fourth in a row • Allardyce: ‘I don’t feel vindicated, I’m just doing my job properly’ Sam Allardyce insisted he did not feel vindicated, but perhaps that question should be asked to the two Davids, Sullivan and Gold. While the rest of the Premier League’s struggling teams opted to make a change at the top, West Ham kept the faith. Now, having secured a …
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MAD DOG ON MONDAY: Ray Wilkins’ strength will be desired by many clubs, Sam Allardyce substance over style method works at West Ham United
Posted on 23 February 2014.
Martin ‘Mad Dog’ Allen returns with the latest instalment of his new weekly column for MailOnline Sport. The former Gillingham boss does not hold back with his views on current issues in football.
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West Ham 3-1 Southampton – The best bits
Posted on 23 February 2014.
West Ham continued their fantastic run of form with a 3-1 home victory over Southampton on Saturday, making it four Premier League wins on the bounce. Goals from Matt Jarvis, Carlton Cole and Kevin Nolan secured the victory to lift the Hammers in the top-half of the table and seven points clear of the relegation… Read more »
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The numbers add up for Sam Allardyce… he deserves to be February’s No 1
Posted on 23 February 2014.
Sam Allardyce loves numbers. His is a world populated by shots on goal, penalty-box entries and possession in critical areas. Sometimes, his dedication to data is a source of ridicule.
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MATCH REPORTS: Arsenal and Manchester City wins keep up pressure on Chelsea
Posted on 22 February 2014.
Follow Sportsmail’s coverage of the Barclays Premier League as Arsenal hosted Sunderland in one of five fixtures to kick off the 3pm action.
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Mauricio Pochettino: ‘The stars are never with us when Mark Clattenburg is in charge’
Posted on 22 February 2014.
Mauricio Pochettino says ‘the stars are never with us’ when Mark Clattenburg referees a Southampton fixture – but the Argentine has moved to diffuse the situation.
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Hammers net Saints win
Posted on 22 February 2014.
Kevin Nolan inspired West Ham United to a fourth successive Barclays Premier League victory as Southampton were left to rue missed opportunities at Upton Park.
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West Ham United 3-1 Southampton | Premier League match report
Posted on 22 February 2014.
From jaded January to fabulous February, West Ham’s season has come full circle. This, their fourth victory in succession, was a win straight from the Sam Allardyce textbook – ruthless, efficient and, at times, unlikely – a further tonic to aid the Hammers’ renaissance and consign the doom around the club last month to a mere lingering memory. Goals from Matt Jarvis, Carlton Cole and Kevin Nolan cancelled out an early effort from Maya …
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West Ham United 3-1 Southampton – match facts: Kevin Nolan the hero again as Hammers claim fourth successive win
Posted on 22 February 2014.
Kevin Nolan set up one goal and scored the third as West Ham United shrugged off an early setback to secure their fourth successive victory and move into the top 10 of the Premier League.
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Premier League football clockwatch – live! | Niall McVeigh
Posted on 22 February 2014.
Minute-by-minute report: Keep up with all today’s 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League with Niall McVeigh Niall McVeigh
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West Ham United and Southampton graduate XI… Featuring Walcott, Lampard, Ferdinand and Bale
Posted on 22 February 2014.
Amid all the talk of English football being in crisis, there are two football clubs held up as examples of best practice, two clubs whose accent on youth has been championed – West Ham United and Southampton.
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Proposed starting XI v. Southampton
Posted on 22 February 2014.
Having gone four games unbeaten with three consecutive victories, it’s again difficult to justify a change in the starting XI, but there are a couple of exceptions I would make for the visit of Southampton. Firstly, I’d hand Pablo Armero his debut in place of George McCartney. His pace will give us more of an… Read more »
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‘I knew I was doing too many substances, drinking too much. I didn’t want help.’ But former playboy Frank McAvennie is now on the road to redemption
Posted on 22 February 2014.
During his playing days he was known as the proverbial Jack the Lad, drinking, partying and womanising. Then he hit rock bottom. But now former Celtic and West Ham United striker Frank McAvennie is back in Scotland and on the road to redemption.
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Match Preview: West Ham v Southampton
Posted on 22 February 2014.
It’s funny how much can change in a month, isn’t it? At the turn of the year, a number of embarrassing defeats left sections of the fans calling for Sam Allardyce to be sacked immediately. Now, just four or five weeks later, he’s in the running for February’s Manager of the Month award. Four games… Read more »
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Rickie Lambert reminds me of Teddy Sheringham, says Hammers boss Sam Allardyce as he refuses to rule out renewing interest in Saints striker
Posted on 22 February 2014.
West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce has likened Rickie Lambert to Teddy Sheringham and refuses to rule out renewing his interest in the Southampton striker this summer.
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Liverpool can win the league and Everton may do them a favour, says Martin Keown
Posted on 21 February 2014.
The way Liverpool and Everton managers Brendan Rodgers and Roberto Martinez have their teams playing these days makes you wonder if Merseyside is on the brink of a return to the glory days of the 1970s and 80s.
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Wayne Rooney signs new Manchester United contract: how the Premier League’s highest wage has soared
Posted on 21 February 2014.
Wayne Rooney has signed a new contract at Manchester United which has made him the Premier League’s highest-paid player. Here, Sportsmail charts the rise and rise of the salaries of the top flight’s biggest earners…
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West Ham United v Southampton: match preview
Posted on 21 February 2014.
West Ham come into this fixture having won their last three games 2-0 but they have struggled in recent meetings with Southampton, having won just one of the last eight. Mauricio Pochettino’s team, meanwhile, are unbeaten in six league games and will be looking to win a third consecutive away game for the first time in the top flight – after victories at Fulham and Hull. Alan Smith Kick-off Saturday 3pm Venue Upton Park Last season West Ham 4 Southampton 1 Referee M…
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EXCLUSIVE: Adrian reveals secret love for padel as he prepares to try and equal West Ham United’s all-time successive clean sheet record
Posted on 21 February 2014.
West Ham United goalkeeper Adrian has revealed he harbours secret ambitions away from football – to become the world’s best Padel player. If Adrian keeps a clean sheet against Southampton it will be his fifth in a row, equalling club legend Phil Parkes’ record from 1985.
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Take on Martin Keown and win a FREE BET with Coral
Posted on 21 February 2014.
Chelsea welcome Everton to Stamford Bridge in the first of this weekend’s Premier League fixtures and Martin Keown is backing the hosts to win. Take him on for your chance to scoop a FREE BET.
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Allardyce: Judge me at the end of the season
Posted on 21 February 2014.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce admits the board’s decision to keep faith with him can only be judged at the end of the season.
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Proving we don’t need to rely on him?
Posted on 21 February 2014.
When referee Howard Webb sent Andy Carroll off in West Ham United’s 2-0 victory over Swansea City at the start of February most of the supporters, and most certainly the coaching staff, thought it was the incorrect decision to brandish a straight red card, especially as all at Upton Park had been waiting for him… Read more »
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Striker shortage? New West Ham United loanee Marco Borriello will miss next two weeks with hamstring injury
Posted on 21 February 2014.
Marco Borriello will miss West Ham United’s clash with Southampton on Saturday with a hamstring injury, Sam Allardyce has confirmed.
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Sam Allardyce strongly denies claims he put pressure on Ravel Morrison to switch to his own agent
Posted on 21 February 2014.
Sam Allardyce has strongly denied that he put pressure on Ravel Morrison to sign with his own agent. The West Ham United manager suspects that the source of the claim – which appeared in the press at the weekend – is from within Morrison’s own camp.
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