05 October 2016
An international break gives time for reflections and my own generally involve the Bolyen. I adoped the Hammers as my club in 1962 and as I wrote in a Facebook status a few days back it has probably represented the biggest adventure of my life. I added: “In terms of unpredictability, intrigue and gossip, there […]
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05 October 2016
West Ham winger Michail Antonio showed off his softer side on Saturday night after driving up to Birmingham to personally deliver a signed shirt to a charity.
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05 October 2016
Michail Antonio, the West Ham winger called up for the last two England squads, is in danger of giving footballers a good name with the way he fulfilled a promise made to a Birmingham charity.
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04 October 2016
A review of Tuesday night's action in the Checkatrade Trophy as Everton U21s, West Ham U21s and Stoke U21s all crashed out.
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04 October 2016
Simone Zaza’s father/agent Calcio Mercato has claimed this evening that the Irons will have to buy his mis-firing striker son permanently should he play ten games in the claret and blue. However, our understanding is, from sources inside the club, that the figure is closer to 16. Some game playing is cloearly going on from […]
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04 October 2016
• Song set to be transferred to hospital in Paris for more treatment • Doctors in Yaounde say 40-year-old is now breathing normally Former Liverpool, West Ham United and Cameroon defender Rigobert Song is set to fly to France for more treatment after coming out of a coma. The 40-year-old was taken to hospital in Yaounde over the weekend after collapsing at home. He is thought to have suffered a cerebral aneurysm. Related: Bob Bradley says ...
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04 October 2016
Former England, Nottingham Forest and Hammers hero Stuart Pearce forsees Michail Antonio following enjoying a great Three Lions career. The former Irons left back gave the £7m Hammer a glowing reference saying: “Antonio is someone I know well and he’s a great player. I was really pleased when he got the call-up for England!” Speaking […]
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04 October 2016
Former Hammer Rigobert Song will be flown to France for treatment after coming out of a coma his doctor claims. 40 year old Song suffered a stroke on Sunday after he collapsed at his home in Yaounde and was immediately transported to hospital in the Cameroon capital. Dr Louis Joss Bitang A Mafok, director of the emergency […]
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04 October 2016
17-year-old disabled Middlesbrough fan, Owen Swift was one of the 3,000 Boro fans who made the trip to the London Stadium at the weekend and was caught up in the crowd problems. He told the Middlesbrough Gazette“We could see West Ham fans drinking alcohol in the stands and they weren’t watching the game,” “When West Ham scored […]
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04 October 2016
West Ham have come out joint 14th in the world as the biggest transfer spenders in the last six years. The September report from www.football-observatory.com says West Ham has spent 95m euros (£83m) since 2010 making them level with reigning Premier League champions Leicester City who spent the same amount. Spurs are in 17th place in […]
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04 October 2016
From Michael Owen to Joe Cole and Fernando Torres, countless wonder kids have fizzled out after scaling wondrous heights in their teenage years.
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04 October 2016
Slaven Bilic wants to train at the London Stadium and has been told it is not a problem. “We can train here as many times as we want,’ Slaven Bilic told reporters last week ‘I asked for that. It’s not a question of can we? We can.’ It is myth that West Ham only gets 25 […]
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04 October 2016
Rigobert Song is reportedly out of a coma, breathing by himself and has been flown to France after suffering a cerebral aneurysm on Sunday.
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04 October 2016
Nigerian team FC Ifeanyi Ubah will this week host West Ham top brass in Lagos and Nnewi in Nigeria in a bid to take the partnership between both football clubs to the next level. A West Ham delegation led by Hammers managing Director, Angus Kinnear with President of FC Ifeanyi Ubah, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah […]
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04 October 2016
How many shots have Manchester United had in a Premier League game without winning and which substitute has scored the quickest goal? Read on for the answers...
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04 October 2016
Reports in Italy warn West Ham could send Simone Zaza back to Juventus as soon as January, rather than buy him outright. The Italian striker joined the Hammers on loan this summer, with the deal automatically becoming permanent on his 15 appearance. That transfer would be worth £17.5m plus bonuses to Juventus who have already budgeted for […]
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04 October 2016
Former Hammer Stewart Downing says he prefers the Boleyn Ground after playing at the London Stadium on Saturday but says the players are going to have to get used it. “Players wise there’s a lot of the same old faces but it felt a bit like going to a different club in terms of the […]
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04 October 2016
Former Hammer James Tomkins admits that Crystal Palace would have preferred the visit of his old club not to be disrupted by the international break. When asked if Palace would have wanted the derby to follow straight on from the 1-1 draw at Everton, Tomkins told eagles.cpfc.co.uk: “For sure. We’d have liked to have played it […]
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04 October 2016
Where are your players off to over the next week? We run through the Premier League players on international duty.
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04 October 2016
Burnley defender Michael Keane has been called up by England for the first time after injury prevented Stoke City full back Glen Johnson's long-awaited return.
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04 October 2016
Former Cameroon international Rigobert Song comes out of a two-day coma and is set to be moved to France for further treatment.
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04 October 2016
The long awaited Ticketmaster Ticket Exchange will be live for visit of Sunderland on 21 October the club have finally announced on WHUFC.com. Despite being announced in July and promised for the start of the Premier League season it never materialised, first because of technical problems with Ticket Master and later over safety concerns after the Watford […]
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04 October 2016
Chelsea have been given an away allocation of 5,200 for the EFL cup game on Wednesday 26 October just 500 seats under the 10% EFL cup requirement. It was was thought that the London Stadium Security Advisory Group (SAG) which includes the Metropolitan Police would look to drastically reduce the away allocation on safety grounds but […]
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04 October 2016
Tottenham's Son Heung-Min has topped this week's Sky Sports Power Rankings.
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04 October 2016
With seven games played, Premier League managers will now have a clear idea of the strengths and weaknesses of their squads - and may already be considering how they can improve in the January transfer window.
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