Thought Carlton Cole, who's had a lot of stick this season, had one of his best ever games for West Ham on Saturday. He scored a great goal, set u...

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• Date: Mon 21 May 14:33

A nice picture of Bobby Moore scarfed up from Mike...

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• Date: Mon 21 May 12:51

Match report to come after right royal cockney knees-up...

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• Date: Sat 19 May 22:38

Very grateful to finally have them in my hand, but why is there an ugly bloke on the play-off final tickets? Not sure if this is meant to be a typic...

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• Date: Fri 18 May 10:44

A mixed time for former WHU players in the Premier League. Carlos Tevez ended up with a championship medal at Manchester City, despite bunking off f...

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• Date: Mon 14 May 18:00

The Haye-Chisora bout takes place at Upton Park on July 14. West Ham won't have seen anything like this level of pugilism since Dicksy last got stic...

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• Date: Fri 11 May 09:49

So it's Blackpool - which should make for a much friendlier atmosphere at Wembley. Our biggest danger is complacency having beaten then 4-0 at home ...

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• Date: Thu 10 May 11:35

Nice banner on display at the end of the semi-final caught by the cameras, reading "Chris, you need a new best man, I'm going to Wembley!" Quite rig...

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• Date: Wed 09 May 10:11

West Ham 3 Cardiff 0 (Play-off semi final) There’s a conscious effort not to tell anyone that we’ll see them at Wembley as we leave Ken’s Ca...

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• Date: Tue 08 May 12:46

It's the first play-off second leg we've ever gone into with a lead, but being a WHU fan I'm still feeling a little nervous. Taking my lucky daughte...

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• Date: Mon 07 May 10:51

Cardiff City 0 West Ham 2 (Play-off semi-final first leg) It’s back to the Lucky Pub. The Master Brew is good and eventually we find a ta...

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• Date: Fri 04 May 11:24

Nice of today's Guardian to point out that no relegated club has returned directly to the Premier League through the play-offs since Leicester City ...

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• Date: Thu 03 May 11:35

Interesting that Sir Trevor Brooking was one of the FA men who opted for Roy Hodgson over Harry Redknapp, as he would have known all about Harry's r...

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• Date: Tue 01 May 16:25

One thing the club has done right is keep the price down of the home leg of the play-off. It's £15 for adults and £5 for kids which is very reasonab...

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• Date: Mon 30 Apr 11:21

Whatever happens tomorrow it's been a good year for Winston Reid. Nice to see him score his third goal of the campaign at Leicester and tomorrow wil...

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• Date: Fri 27 Apr 22:29

Some rumours have been going round that if West Ham and Southampton end up with identical goal differences then it goes to a play-off. Apparently th...

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• Date: Thu 26 Apr 09:58

There was an extraordinary piece from Liz Jones in the Daily Mail on Monday. Seems we're all Dickensian urchins down the Irons. "I was shocked at th...

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• Date: Wed 25 Apr 17:19

Leicester City 1 West Ham 2 It’s off to the Lucky Pub somewhere in central London for this one, with Nigel, Gavin, Matt and Lisa and Nigel...

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• Date: Tue 24 Apr 11:08

Well, Middlesbrough's win over Southampton means there's just that slight element of hope of making second place to keep Hammers' fans uncomfortable...

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• Date: Sun 22 Apr 14:32

At least the agony may be over today if Southampton get a draw at Middlesbrough, when all mathematical hope of the top two will have gone. A dilemma...

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• Date: Sat 21 Apr 10:00

My old pal Diego Brown is writing personalised Valentines songs to aid his London to Edinburgh bike ride for charidee, great mates. His latest effor...

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• Date: Thu 19 Apr 10:04

In some ways West Ham have been a little unlucky in that 84 points took Norwich up in second place last season and we could yet make 86 points if we...

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• Date: Wed 18 Apr 11:20

Bristol City 1 West Ham 1 Oh well. Knew it was all over once Carew came on... and according to the radio at least he missed a couple of passable ch...

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• Date: Tue 17 Apr 22:08

Thanks for nothing Peterborough — 2-0 down to Southampton after ten minutes. Half-time now and been listening to the Radio London commentary from Br...

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• Date: Tue 17 Apr 20:50

A lot of discussion about our biggest wins after Saturday's demolition of Brighton. There was the 8-1 against Newcastle in 1986 where Alvin Martin s...

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• Date: Tue 17 Apr 11:17

A big thank you to everyone who has viewed Hammers in the Heart as it's just passed the 200,000 views. It's written mainly for love - though the few...

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• Date: Sun 15 Apr 16:56

West Ham 6 (six) Brighton 0 Match report to come.

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• Date: Sat 14 Apr 21:25

Interesting that Edvard Munch's The Scream is up for sale in the UK just as West Ham look set to miss out on automatic promotion. I've always th...

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• Date: Sat 14 Apr 12:48

A small consolation for Reading defeating Brighton is that we've sneaked almost unnoticed into the play-offs. Brighton in seventh place are now 13 p...

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• Date: Thu 12 Apr 12:20

West Ham 3 Birmingham City 3 We’ve never been served so fast it Ken’s Café. It’s 4pm and brunch for my kids for a quid comes within five min...

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• Date: Tue 10 Apr 16:45

Taking my daughters today in the hope that their 100 per cent record this season will result in a win for the Irons - and also because it's kids for...

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• Date: Mon 09 Apr 12:55

Barnsley 0 West Ham 4 Clearly the lads are inspired by groundhopper Nigel completing his 92 league grounds in the company of Whovian and B...

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• Date: Sun 08 Apr 12:50

Congratulations to my groundhopping pal Nigel Morris, who barring disasters on the way to Barnsley becomes a member of the 92-club this evening. His...

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• Date: Fri 06 Apr 11:51

Big Sam seems remarkably thin-skinned for someone who claimed to have "the skin of a rhino" when he joined the club. The Daily Mirror reports his co...

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• Date: Thu 05 Apr 11:43

James Tomkins is not a midfielder. A great defender, but not mobile enough to play midfield against top class opposition like Reading. Abdo...

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• Date: Mon 02 Apr 17:06

West Ham 2 Reading 4 What a bizarre performance. We play really well for 43 minutes taking an early lead just after Mystic Morris has said you wo...

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• Date: Sat 31 Mar 20:19

Our marketing department is working overtime on alliteration with its "Showdown Saturday" description of today's match against Reading. Only it's a ...

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• Date: Sat 31 Mar 08:30

Now Mad Men is on Sky Atlantic no-one can watch it, but I hear it's set in 1966 now. Is is too much to hope that Lane, the only Brit in the series, ...

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• Date: Sat 31 Mar 08:22

It might help Big Sam if he was less Alpha Male about the "We're West Ham United we play on the floor" chants at Peterborough. His response to press...

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• Date: Thu 29 Mar 11:05

Peterborough 0 West Ham 2 Peterborough is shut when my train arrives at 6.15pm. Groups of forlorn West Ham fans loiter by the splendid cathe...

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• Date: Wed 28 Mar 11:47

Good news is that Vaz Te and Faubert should be fit for tonight's game at Peterborough, where I'll be in attendance. Meanwhile Big Sam has gone on a ...

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• Date: Tue 27 Mar 11:09

For those in despair after six successive draws at least West Ham is now considered high art… Went to see In Basildon at the Royal Court Theatre in ...

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• Date: Mon 26 Mar 10:33

Burnley 2 West Ham 2 Viewed as a single match, you could say this was a good result, coming back from 2-0 down at half-time. But in the con...

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• Date: Sun 25 Mar 12:11

My West Ham book from 2002 West Ham: Irons in the Soul is republished on Kindle today. It's the diary of the 2001-02 season when we had Di Canio, Ka...

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• Date: Fri 23 Mar 14:35

Are we playing badly at home because of the system or underperforming players? If the fans are to get fully behind the side then Allardyce has to ch...

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• Date: Thu 22 Mar 13:39