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Publisher: Mardibooks Format: Paperback Pages: 259 Author: Martin Godleman About the author I thought it would be appropriate to tell you a little bit about the author before diving into the review. Martin Godleman was West Ham’s in-house commentator for twelve years, from 1991 to 2003. He also produced and done the commentary for the end-of-season DVD’s for ten

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This week the club announced that sportswear company adidas will be returning to make West Ham United’s kits for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 season, with there likely to be a lucrative renewal in time for the following season and the future at the Olympic Stadium. Following three years with Italian company Macron, whose kits were

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A transfer budget of £20 million, and we are reportedly going to  blow £14 million on Andy Carroll? Utter madness! The majority of it to go on Andy Carroll and Mo Diame, with a couple of loans coming in. Well, I’m sorry. Our squad is threadbare and has punched above its weight this season. Our midfield …

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The worst time to make any important decision is when your emotions are at either extreme. You shouldn’t quit your job after one particularly bad run in with the boss. You shouldn’t divorce your spouse because they complain of your obsession with a football club. Well, legal separation in that case is probably justified, but you get the point. When

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West Ham United: Jussi, Reid, O’Brien, Demel, Collins, Reid, O’Neil, Diame, Jarvis, Vaz Te, Carroll Subs: Henderson, Collison, C.Cole, J.Cole, Pogatetz, Taylor, Noble Newcastle United: Elliot; Simpson, S.Taylor, Coloccini (c), Yanga-Mbiwa; Tiote, Cabaye, Gutierrez; Ben Arfa, Cisse, Gouffran Subs: Harper, Williamson, Perch, Gosling, Anita, Campbell, Shola Ameobi

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Now I never do articles like this but it is different this time around. Sky Bet are doing a very good offer at the time of posting. You can join Sky Bet today and you will get a free £10 bet. What makes it even better is the fact that you don’t have to deposit any money to activate this free bet…

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Kick Off: 15:00 Referee: Phil Dowd Ground: The Boleyn West Ham United We have not picked up any new injuries since our win over Wigan two weeks ago. The only players out are defenders James Tomkins and George McCartney.  Previous match:  Manchester City 2 – 1 West Ham Current table standing: 10th

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Tomorrow, we will be hosting a match against Newcastle United – a team that is in the midst of a relegation scrap. Andy Carroll will understandably be feeling mixed emotions ahead of the game. He will be playing against the club that made him what he is today. The club he has supported throughout his entire life. A goal of his could add another nail to the Toon’s …

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First and foremost, I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your kind wishes, in wishing me well in my fight against heart failure. Unfortunately, it has moved up to stage three, which means more hospital visits. But I’m NOT going to let the b****** get me down. However, …

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Lately, I have been spending more time than usual on twitter and seen quite a few of our fans saying “now we are all but safe, we should start playing some of the kids.” As much as I would love to see some of our youngsters get some first-team football, I believe we continue with Sam’s current game plan. Our home record has been admirable. So far, we have …

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Then you suffer, Superstition ain’t the way. We all support West Ham, and want to help our club any way we can. Even though none of us are on the pitch during games, unless for some reason a member of our squad is bored enough to be reading blogs, we all have a…

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Winston Reid, arguably our best player this season, has penned a new contract that will keep him in claret and blue till 2015. Personally, I was beginning to get a bit worried about the Kiwi staying with us in the summer transfer window. Throughout the season I have been looking on our opposition’s forums and have noticed a dramatic increase of recognition for Reid’s contributions from other fans

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It’s time to vote for the player who you think has brought most to the claret and blue of the Boleyn Ground this season, after promotion back to the Premier League it has been a pretty good return for the Hammers, with some good performances and safety reached the team are now targeting a top 10 finish, but who have …

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Even though the result did not go our way yesterday, there was not much room for criticism on our performance, against a club that paid more in transfer fees for one of their players (Yaya Toure) than our entire starting line-up. I don’t usually think of these sort of articles but …

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West Ham United: Jaaskelainen, Reid, Nolan, Jarvis, Carroll, Vaz Te, O’Brien, Collins, Demel, Diame, O’Neil Subs: C.Cole, Collison, Henderson, Taylor, Noble, Pogatetz, J.Cole Manchester City:  Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Lescott, Clichy, Yaya Toure, Barry, Silva, Tevez, Nasri, Aguero Subs: Pantilimon, Kolo Toure, Nastasic, Kolarov, Garcia, Milner, Dzeko

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Kick Off: 12:45 Referee: Howard Webb Ground: Etihad Stadium West Ham United We have not picked up any new injuries since our win over Wigan last week. The only two players out are defenders James Tomkins and George McCartney.  Previous match:  West Ham United 2 – 1 Wigan Athletic Current table standing: 10th Top Scorer: Kevin Nolan – 7* Most Assists: Ricardo Vaz

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Manchester United 3, Aston Villa 0. So that leaves Villa with four games to play. Wigan have five left, but the last game of the season is Villa away to Wigan. Ohhhhh, that’s gonna be tasty for us neutrals if its THE deciding game. Exactly like the playoff final. So Wigan could in theory pick up 15 points, and Villa could

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How do you solve a problem like Ravel? Easy. Put him on the pitch, give him the ball and watch… Ravel Morrison is one of the most technically gifted players I have seen, not only at Birmingham City, but in the Championship. The way he glides past players with ease, the way he picks out a pass that no-one else has …

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“You’re kidding me” was my wife’s response when I told her I had been asked to become a contributor to this site. She did NOT say it with the kind of little smile and sparkle in her eye that said she was impressed. It was more of a “what the hell are those guys in England thinking” kind of look. Be that as…

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I would like to welcome our new author USA Dave to the We love you West Ham team. Since FarehamHammer’s departure, I have been struggling to keep the site active with new material on a daily basis, so I did a bit of sniffing around and unearthed this die hard American West Ham fan.  He has been supporting West Ham since 1994. His first article will be published …

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With the three points we bagged yesterday our point tally now equals 42, the same figure that took us down during the 2002-2003 season, although that is certainly not the case this time around. Yesterday’s performance wasn’t exactly what we wanted, but the outcome is the most important factor at the end of the day.  I am glad Matt Jarvis got a goal. He is certainly starting to grow into

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West Ham United:  Jaaskelainen; Demel, Collins, Reid, O’Brien; O’Neil, Diame, Nolan; Jarvis, Vaz Te, Carroll Subs: C.Cole, Collison, Henderson, Taylor, Noble, Pogatetz, J.Cole Wigan Athletic: Joel, Kone, Alcaraz, McCarthy, Caldwell, Maloney, Gomez, McManaman, Boyce, Figueroa, Scharner Subs: Di Santo, Henriquez, McArthur, Espinoza, Beausejour, Stam, Al Habsi

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Kick Off: 15:00 Referee: Neil Swarbrick Ground: The Boleyn West Ham United Sam Allardyce announced that we have no new injury concerns following our 2-2 draw with Manu. David Gold tweeted that Joe Cole is fit and will be in the squad. Previous match:  West Ham United 1 – 1 Manchester United Current table standing: 11th Top Scorer: Kevin Nolan and Andy Carroll

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Kick Off: 19:45 Referee: Lee Probert Ground: The Boleyn West Ham United West Ham have major injury concerns regarding their defence as James Tomkins picked up an injury against Southampton on Saturday. Winston Reid is a doubt, so we may have to rely on Pogatetz to do the job at centre back. Previous match:  Southampton 1 – 1 West Ham United Current table

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West Ham United: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Collins, Tomkins, O’Brien, O’Neil, Diame, Nolan, Jarvis, Vaz Te, Carroll Subs: Henderson, Potts, Pogatetz, Taylor, Collison, C.Cole, Paulista Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Fox, Lallana, Cork, Schneiderlin, S. Davis, Ramirez, Lambert Subs: K. Davis, Fonte, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Guly, Puncheon, Mayuka

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Kick Off: 3:00 Referee: Mike Dean Ground: St Mary’s West Ham United Andy Carroll is back into contention after missing out against his parent club Liverpool. Mark Noble, Winston Reid, George McCartney and Joe Cole are all set to miss out.  Previous match:  Liverpool 0 – 0 West Ham United  Current table standing: 12th Top Scorer: Kevin Nolan – 6 Most Assists: 

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