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The 2006 FA Cup Final was a football match played between Liverpool and West Ham United on 13 May 2006 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. It was the final match of the 2005–06 FA Cup, the 125th season of the world’s oldest football knockout competition, the FA Cup. West Ham were appearing in their fifth final, they had previously won three and lost once. This was the last final to be held at the Millennium Stadium while Wembley Stadium was rebuilt. The match has been called The Gerrard Final and is widely regarded as one of the greatest cup finals in the history of the competition.

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It’s all eyes on Germany and the Bundesliga where the game is expected to resume on May 9.

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West Ham star Declan Rice has opened up on his shock Chelsea exit at the age of 14, describing it as a “massive disappointment”.

The England midfielder was released by the Blues as a teenager and admits he never saw it coming

The 21 year old joined the Blues’ academy in 2006 but was ultimately released in 2014 as he was left to chase his football dream away from Stamford Bridge.

While Rice has gone on to prove Chelsea wrong as he stars for the Hammers, the midfielder admits the exit really shook him but didn’t sway his desire to become a professional footballer.

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Declan Rice has gone on to star for West Ham after coming through their academy, but it followed his release from Chelsea in 2014 after spending eight years – from 2006 – with the west London club.

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With a new manager, Glenn Roeder, at the helm, and as newcomers to the Premiership, both the team and the fans could look forward to an exciting season. With Ian Pearce and Steve Lomas returning after injuries, Jermain Defoe becoming the club’s top goalscorer, the permanent signing of goalkeeper David James and the return of Don Hutchinson, the club finished the season in seventh place and proved they deserved to be in the Premiership.

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West Ham and Leicester are reported to be eyeing Rangers’ striker Alfredo Morelos.

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Today marks the fifty-day point of no football. The Hammers last played against Arsenal on Saturday 7th March at the Emirates in a match they lost narrowly 1-0.

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Today marks day fifty of the suspension of Premier League football and we learnt much over the last 50 days.

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The Scottish Premier League side could be forced to sell their star striker with the suspension of football due to coronavirus having severe financial implications for several clubs.

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West Ham fan 86-year-old Iris Burroughs courageously beat coronavirus and was surprised with a phone call from Hammers manager David Moyes.

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Manchester United vice-chairman Ed Woodward has blown his manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s view that the club can make bids for top players from cash strapped clubs this winter right out of the water.

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Aston Villa’s first-team squad, coaches and senior management are the latest to agree to a deferral of wages which will see them 25 per cent worse off for four months.

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A growing acknowledgement that sport in general is being studied hard at government level with a possible return to action on the cards has been now reported by the BBC.

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The 1980 Cup Final was the 99th final to be played since 1872, and the 52nd to be played at Wembley since 1923. The tie involved Arsenal, who had played in the previous two FA Cup Finals and were a strong First Division side, and two-time F.A. Cup winners West Ham United, a Second Division side that had only ever played at Wembley five times before and were huge underdogs on the day.

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ClaretandHugh’s Facebook administrator CAROL COMBES always has e very strong view when she commits herself to a blog and in this piece makes her position on the end of season dilemma very clear in this piece!

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Karren Brady has nailed it in her latest column. It’s hard to disagree with a word.

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The English top flight has been indefinitely put on hold because of the pandemic. West Ham went into the hiatus last month level on points with 18th-placed Bournemouth with nine fixtures remaining.

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The sale of Rio Ferdinand to Leeds United contributed towards a dip in West Ham’s otherwise good Premiership form, seeing them 8th by Boxing Day, and mystery surrounded the departure of manager Harry Redknapp on 9 May following a row with chairman Terry Brown over transfer cash for what the club needed to challenge for a top-six finish next season.

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Steven Gerrard’s Glasgow Rangers reportedly want a reported Irons target goalkeeper Robby McCrorie to stay at the club

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West Ham have allegedly been joined in a race for Belgian right back Thomas Meunier by Spurs.

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According to reports this morning the Prime Minister has been briefed for the return of televised behind closed doors football ‘within weeks’.

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Ajax will miss out on a possible title

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Maybe in concentrating on David Moyes delivering vegetables during the present issues we missed the point!

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