West Ham United secured an instant return to the Premier League, as Ricardo Vaz Te’s 87th-minute strike saw off the challenge of Blackpool.
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Blackpool 1 West Ham United 2: Ricardo Vaz Te and Carlton Cole clinch instant return to Premier League
Posted on 19 May 2012.
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Blackpool 1 West Ham United 2: How the players rated in the play-off final at Wembley
Posted on 19 May 2012.
West Ham United won promotion to the Premier League at Wembley courtesy of a 2-1 victory over play-off specialists Blackpool. How did the players rate?
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Sam Allardyce says West Ham United’s play-off final win is the best in his career
Posted on 19 May 2012.
Jubilant Sam Allardyce admitted leading West Ham United to promotion back to the Barclays Premier League was the biggest achievement of his career.
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Big relief for Big Sam Allardyce after fortune smiles on West Ham | David Hytner
Posted on 19 May 2012.
Allardyce achieves his aim of taking West Ham straight back to the Premier League, but it was a real nail-biter Sam Allardyce did not have to field the question. He knew that it would have been forthcoming in defeat. “Sam, do you fear …
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Ricardo Vaz Tê hailed as best ever signing by West Ham manager
Posted on 19 May 2012.
• Portuguese scored winner in Championship play-off final • Sam Allardyce paid relatively small fee for the forward Sam Allardyce hailed Ricardo Vaz Tê as one of his best ever signings after the player he bought from Barnsley in …
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Blackpool Kings Arms 1 West Ham 2 – Played Crap But Never In Doubt!
Posted on 19 May 2012.
So there you have it. We didn’t turn up on the day, Tomkins and Cole apart, but we still waltzed into the Premiership. Blackpool ran their hearts out bless them, and carved out a host of good chances, but a pub…
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‘This was plan B but we did it,’ says West Ham captain Kevin Nolan
Posted on 19 May 2012.
• West Ham are first club to go straight back up since Leicester • ‘This means everything to me’, says Sam Allardyce Ricardo Vaz Tê praised West Ham United’s spirit after his late strike at Wembley sealed an immediate return to the Premier League and an estimated…
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Hammers win promotion after dramatic Blackpool win at Wembley
Posted on 19 May 2012.
Ricardo Vaz Te’s 87th minute winner fired West Ham United back to the Premier League after a gripping 2-1 win over Blackpool at Wembley this afternoon.
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Blackpool 1-2 West Ham United | Championship play-off final report
Posted on 19 May 2012.
Ricardo Vaz Tê spent most of the afternoon infuriating the West Ham faithful with his indecisiveness in front of goal, before redeeming himself three minutes from time with the strike that sends Sam Allardyce and the Irons back into the Premier League after a year’s absence. It…
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Blackpool v West Ham – live! | Evan Fanning
Posted on 19 May 2012.
• Press F5 or auto-refresh for the lastest updates • Email evan.fanning.casual@guardian.co.uk • Tweet Evan, if that’s your thing Goal! Blackpool 0-1 West Ham United (Cole, 34) West Ham have the lead and it’s come out of nowhere. Tom Ince felt he was fouled…
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Carlton Cole warns West Ham United against complacency
Posted on 19 May 2012.
Carlton Cole has warned his West Ham United team-mates against complacency ahead of the Championship play-off final against Blackpool. The Hammers recorded a comprehensive league double over Ian Holloway’s outfit.
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Sunderland’s Craig Gordon Taylor Made To Replace Green
Posted on 19 May 2012.
It would be typical wouldn’t it, if we signed Craig Gordon as an apparently great value replacement for the soon to depart Rob Green? On the face of it, a man with 40 international caps who once commanded a transfer fee of £9million, looks like a snip given he is…
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What the back pages say on Saturday, May 19: Roberto Di Matteo vow to win Champions League
Posted on 19 May 2012.
Roberto Di Matteo has promised to do everything in his power to complete Roman Abramovich’s quest to conquer Europe. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Saturday May 19.
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Liverpool farce is like a reality show… welcome to Kop Idol – Des Kelly
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Insiders tell me Liverpool’s owners are actually closer to making an appointment than many believe but have been busy deciding which scientific method they will use. A tombola or a dartboard?
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Sam Allardyce out to silence his West Ham critics by beating Blackpool
Posted on 18 May 2012.
The under-fire Hammers manager believes the play-off final is bigger than the Champions League because it has the power to change lives Sam Allardyce has an evolutionary theory for his particular species. “As a manager,” he says, “you accept that you need…
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Nervous ahead of the Blackpool game? Why would we be?
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Blackpool 1 West Ham 3 Robert Green: Lars Jacobsen, Daniel Gabbidon, James Tomkins, Wayne Bridge; Gary O’Neil, Mark Noble, Scott Parker; Victor Obinna (2) Frederic Piquionne Robbie Keane (1) Subs: Winston Reid, Luis Boa Morte, Radoslav Kovac West Ham 4 Blackpool 0 Manuel Almunia: Julien Faubert, Winston …
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David Beckham and Barack Obama. – caption competition: May 18, 2012
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Each week, Sportsmail has a caption competition for you to battle it out for a brilliant prize of a £100 Sportsbook bet with our friends at Paddy Power. This week’s picture featuring David Beckham and Barack Obama.
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Hammers pair in Championship Team of Season
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Two of the players who will be bidding to help West Ham United secure an instant return to the Premier League in the play-off final at Wembley tomorrow have been selected in The Football League’s Championship Team of the
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Sam Allardyce exclusive: We’ll all be nervous and losing will be the worst feeling but I still love the play-offs
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Squaring up: either Ian Holloway or Sam Allardyce will get their hands on the Play-off Final trophy tomorrow but the real prize is a passport to the riches of the Premier League The preparation is nearly finished, the fine-tuning almost done — …
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Exclusive – Allardyce: I won’t be sacked if West Ham don’t go up
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Sam Allardyce admits he fears the sack from West Ham – but not if the club lose the Championship play-off final this weekend. The Hammers were favourites to bounce straight back into the Premier League at the first …
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West Ham United v Blackpool play-off final prediction
Posted on 18 May 2012.
West Ham United face Blackpool in the Championship play-off final at Wembley for the right to play in the Premier League next season.
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What the back pages say on Friday, May 18: Fabio Capello wants Chelsea post and Liverpool approach Roberto Martinez
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Fabio Capello wants Chelsea post and Liverpool make Roberto Martinez approach. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Friday May 18.
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Reading target Liverpool outcast Cole as Royals prepare for life back in top flight
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Reading are lining up an audacious raid on Liverpool outcast Joe Cole as the Royals start planning for life back in the Barclays Premier League.
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Warnock Installs Revolving Door In Leeds Dressing Room
Posted on 17 May 2012.
So it is all change at Leeds this summer then. With at least eleven players being pushed out of the door, Warnock will have to keep his fingers crossed that his targets are both available and willing to join his Leeds United bandwagon. Mind you, the initial…
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Au revoir
Posted on 17 May 2012.
This will be my last post until after the Play-Off final. Tomorrow morning I leave bound for London/UK and when I come back I expect to be hung over, croaky in voice, tired (extremely) but with the thought of the impending Premier league season just …
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Ian Holloway pays respect to Sam Allardyce ahead of play-off final
Posted on 17 May 2012.
Ian Holloway feels continued talk about a contrast in styles between his Blackpool side and West Ham United ahead of Saturday’s npower Championship play-off final does a disservice to opposite number Sam Allardyce.
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