West Ham United chairman David Gold has revealed that Andy Carroll should be back in action within two to three weeks. The England striker has been sidelined all season with an ankle injury, leaving the Hammers desperately short in front of goal.
Posted on 29 December 2013.
West Ham United chairman David Gold has revealed that Andy Carroll should be back in action within two to three weeks. The England striker has been sidelined all season with an ankle injury, leaving the Hammers desperately short in front of goal.
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Posted on 29 December 2013.
West Ham United have had a loan bid for former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan turned down as their desperate search for a striker continues.
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Posted on 29 December 2013.
Nicolas Anelka is to be the subject of a Football Association investigation after allegations that he used an anti-Semitic gesture. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Sunday, December 29.
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
It’s the halfway point of the season, so can we tell who is going to win the title, who will earn a coveted Champions League place and who will suffer relegation?
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
From Champions League contenders Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton and Spurs to relegation firefighters West Ham United, Stoke and Crystal Palace, it will be the same story this January transfer window: get me a striker.
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
Sam Allardyce lamented West Ham’s injury problems in defence after watching his side score three times but still fail to win after a pulsating 3-3 draw with West Bromwich Albion at Upton Park.
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
West Brom striker Nicolas Anelka has defended his controversial goal celebration during Saturday’s 3-3 draw with West Ham after it emerged the Frenchman could face a Football Association charge.
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
Well, come the end of the day, the result wasn’t as disastrous as it could have been, thanks to every other result going in our favour, including the draws. Hull Tigers are showing what we could be achieving with a half decent squad but, of course, we haven’t got one. So Allardyce has hit the excuse button yet again. Now there’s a surprise! This time it’s the injuries, the lack of recovery time and the fans that are to blame. The injuries that have …
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
• Striker claims ‘quenelle’ was tribute to French comedian • Manager Keith Downing refuses to condemn action West Bromwich Albion’s caretaker manager Keith Downing refused to condemn Nicolas Anelka after the striker apparently made a far-right salute after scoring the first of his two goals in his side’s 3-3 draw with West Ham. Anelka has confirmed to Downing that he did perform what is known as a quenelle, or “reverse Nazi salute”, after…
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
Three goals in four second-half minutes meant Barclays Premier League strugglers West Ham and West Brom had to settle for a share of the spoils from a 3-3 draw at Upton Park.
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
Come the end of this utterly absorbing contest, any doubts over West Ham’s capacity to score goals had disappeared, yet what remains real enough is the sense that this is a club in serious danger of being relegated. Six goals were scored, three by the hosts, and having lost the lead twice West Ham remain in the Premier League’s bottom three. It is now six games without a victory for Sam Allardyce’s men and for all the rare entertainment that was on show in this corner of east …
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
West Ham United’s defensive woes went from bad to worse as centre-back James Tomkins limped off after ten minutes of the Premier League clash against West Brom.
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
Saido Berahino’s clinical finish rescued a point for West Brom in an entertaining bottom of the table clash with West Ham United.
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
Minute-by-minute report: Will the Hammers claw their way out of the bottom three against the managerless Baggies? Find out with Jacob Steinberg Jacob Steinberg
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
As if a relegation battle wasn’t enough, West Ham United are facing a nervous January after it emerged that they may have to sell star youngster Ravel Morrison.
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
As the year draws to a close, Sportsmail takes a look back at the highs and lows and the tos and the fros from the 2013 sporting calendar with a month-by-month review of the most memorable moments.
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Posted on 28 December 2013.
Follow Sportsmail’s coverage of the Barclays Premier League as West Ham United host West Brom at Upton Park to kick off the weekend’s action.
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Posted on 27 December 2013.
Even when he was the new boy on the block at Everton, it didn’t take much to wind Wayne Rooney up on the training ground. He played every game to win it.
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Posted on 27 December 2013.
• West Ham seek Premier League experience in January • ‘My concern is to make sure they can hit the ground running’ Sam Allardyce wants two new signings in January to make an immediate impact on West Ham United’s increasingly fraught battle against relegation. The manager suggested that players with Premier League experience would be the priority but he would also welcome those with big reputations from overseas. He remembers how the mid-season capture of Youri Djorkaeff had helped to save his Bolton Wanderers team in…
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Posted on 27 December 2013.
It’s been a cracker of a season in the Premier League with some sensational individual performances. At the halfway stage, this is my team of the year so far…
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Posted on 27 December 2013.
SSSSHHHH, don’t mention the ‘R-word’. It’s the word that’s scaring the Christmas joy out of everyone connected with West Ham United. Guessed it yet?
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Posted on 27 December 2013.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce believes tomorrow’s clash with West Brom is a “must-win” for his relegation-threatened side.
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Posted on 27 December 2013.
Welcome to Sportsmail’s weekly Fantasy Football column which will try to help you get the edge on your friends, family and Jamie Redknapp. RIK SHARMA considers the key issues in the game.
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Posted on 27 December 2013.
This is the Transfer Column, where Sportsmail delivers the very latest news, gossip and rumours from around the football world three times a week.
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Posted on 27 December 2013.
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Is this the closest Premier League season yet? That might seem a reflection of a compelling title race, but it’s as much an assessment of a relegation scrap that, in recent weeks, has taken on a wonderfully unpredictable edge.
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Posted on 27 December 2013.
The last 12 months has seen some great football. From Robin van Persie, Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez’s goalscoring brilliance, to an unprecedented managerial carousel that saw Sir Alex Ferguson retire and Jose Mourinho return to Chelsea, 2013 threw up a number of brilliant moments.
Posted in Dailymail.co.ukComments Off on Games of the year 2013: Pellegrini pummels Moyes, Bayern blitz the Gunners and Fergie’s farewell