Olof Mellberg Leaves Aston Villa With Class

Too often footballers are portrayed as money grubbing whores whose only care is the thickness of their wallets or the number of places their faces are plastered. Unfortunately, that's sometimes the case. So it's refreshing to hear stories of the play ...

Is the Premier League Top Four Unbreakable?

As Newcastle's unbeaten run came to an end against Chelsea yesterday, Kevin Keegan looked at Avram Grant's bench and saw Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Andri Shevchenko lounging around. Then he looked at his bench and saw Cacapa. Then he decided the Pre ...

Nani's Headbutt: the Video

Best quote from this video? "I think Lucas mighta provoked him a bit, and Lucas has gone down a bit easy." No kidding. But in the end, it's Nani with the red. It didn't affect this game, which ended with a 4-1 ManU thumping of West Ham. ...

West Ham 2-1 Derby

Although you'd be forgiven for thinking 'same old story', the performance (particularly in the 2nd half) was quite impressive and we looked competative and even the famously un-forgiving national press said so, so it must be true! At times there ...

Pre West Ham Prayers...

Well, not much to say different to the last 20'odd Premier League games, but here's the team news: (Picture: "Behind you, Stephen...") * Mile Sterjovski and Marc Edworthy have resumed training after ankle and rib injuries respectively. Both ...

EPL Round 32: The Tao of Andy

A Taoist proverb tells us "To bend like the reed in the wind, that is the real strength." I would like to revise it to read "To bend like Andy Reid in injury time, that is real awesome." Andy Reid opened his Wearside account today at the Stadiu ...

Is it an omen? - And welcome to the new blog!

Ok so hi. My name is David and together with Jim we have taken over this blog - and not a good omen either for our tenureship as Rovers gave up a one goal lead to loose 2-1 to West Ham. Roque Santa Cruz put us ahead with a diving header. Good to ...

The almost got them edition.

So before I began to write this post, I was convinced that I was going to continue to write about the upcoming doom of Toronto FC, this upcoming season. I even convinced mainstream media to start worrying if Toronto FC in its infancy, has already gotten "

Spurs bounce back; Rip London Rivals 4-0

Coming off of two straight losses since claiming silverware Spurs found themselves in a must win Sunday v. West Ham and, with the exception of the first few minutes of the game, Tottenham Hotspur have seemingly gotten themselves back on track. Two

LFC 4 - 0 West Ham--El Niño Strikes Again!

Thank you, Everton, for keeping our seat warm. I don't really know what else to say other than, "tee-hee!" It's like Christmas came twice this year. All I wanted was for the club to be in good form and now I have it. Apparently, when you have been h

Take That Crisis

As the greatest frontman of all time would say, "We're just waiting ... for the hammer to fallllllll." Chelsea pulled out the whoppin' stick -- the big one -- Saturday, dealing West Ham a decisive 4-0 defeat at Upton Park. The win was a welcome one for

Chelsea 4, West Ham 0 -- In Pictures

Prem Preview: Let's Get Hammered

Chelsea v. West Ham, Saturday March 1 It's a must win for the Blues. We've won three more away games in the league than West Ham has won at Upton Park. Henri Camara could feature for the Hammers. Translation: We'll Win. This guy's not playing.

Hammers Report and Rafa Tidbits

In between illegally downloading episodes of The L Word (it's about lesbians, it's BRILLIANT), I caught the match on ESPN's Gamecast Live since the Communists at Setanta and Fox Soccer Channel refuse to air games that I care about. If you've never used g

It's Hammers Time! (Sorry, I Just Couldn't Resist That One)

I'll be truthful -- I never look forward to this fixture. It just seems that we always seem to struggle at the Boleyn Ground. Or Upton Park as I've always known it. One United player sure to be looking forward to the trip is Carlos Tevez. I'll be curio

Hello, Delicious Adriano Rumors

Guess what, kids! Adriano didn't turn up for training yesterday, which instantly send the rumor mill into a frenzy. He apparently called in to tell the club he was "feeling unwell," but got a bit elusive when asked for details and, given that it's Adriano

EPL Round 10: West Ham Utd FC vs Sunderland AFC

"That's the reality of the Premier League and you have to deal with it. This is probably the best we have played away from home but we have no points. I'm not here to welcome the plaudits, I'm here to win football matches." - Roy Keane Roy I cannot ag

West Ham pregame thoughts

Things I'd like to see happen today at Upton Park: Sunderland come away with road points. That's points with an "S". Michael Chopra gets back in the scoresheet (been a few weeks, hasn't it?). Craig Gordon keeps a clean sheet (only shutout thus

Super Frankie Lampard

Frank Lampard came on as a second-half substitute for England against Estonia on Saturday and was booed. Not for the first time and I am sure until Super Frank retires from representing the England national team it won't be the last time. Why is Fr

John Terry: Will He or Won't He?

I feel so jealous that my fellow 'bloggers' can post goal action of their favourites from the weekend's action and 'appen from the last few weeks LOL LOL LOL!! Anyway. Will he or won't he? Thats the question that is being debated and discussed on t

Hammer Don't Hurt'em!!!: The First Post

"Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well. To what do I owe the extreme pleasure of this surprising visit?" I suppose now that by reading this blog you are either a fan of one of the greatest football teams in England or some Man Utd Fan Glory Seek

It's Hello Carlos Tevez, and Goodbye to Alan Smith

The sense of relief is palpable. Because Tevez is today a United player, but mostly that the whole bizarre/complicated/cloying/odious saga of freeing him from who really knows what at West Has is over. Surprisingly he trained with United today, so with

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I Love Ya Tomorrow!

Never let it be said that the musical Annie couldn't inspire a headline about Carlos Tevez seemingly about to become a Manchester United player. It may happen the day after today. That would be tomorrow.

Today's Quick Bits of United News

*Gabriel Heinze's doggedness will now firmly leave him in the dog house... *If Giuseppe Rossi blossoms in Spain, United will be first in line to bring him back... *Edwin Van der Sar talks of the value of tonights clash with Inter Milan... *West H

Are West Ham Ready to Let Tevez Go? (Sort Of)

The past couple of days have been rife with stories of an apparent thaw in the bitter Carlos Tevez situation. Good. Whether or not anything will come of this, I'll admit I'm yet to be fully convinced. Surely this circus benefits nobody at the end of th

West Ham's Last Day Win at Old Trafford Doesn't Go Down Too Well

This may be slightly off topic, but seeing as we're constantly mentioned in the same sentence as West Ham and Tevez these days, I thought I'd put it on here. Plus the fact that I think its bloody brilliant.

FIFA Asked to Uncover Lingering Tevez Transfer Mess

Goodee. Well not actually, but it's about f*cking time this mess gets sorted out. I hardly reckon I'm the only United fan on planet Earth who's tired of the delay in all of this -- plus just a tad skeptical about Tevez's original deal with West Ham to

Tales of the Unexpected

Are you sitting down? Good. So, the already mildly bizarre and complicated life of Carlos Tevez has today taken a fresh new direction, with news that his slave holder 'economic rights' holder Kia Joorabchian has been charged in Brazil with money-launderin

Progress on the Tevez Front?

Well, well, well... After earlier today describing the Carlos Tevez chase as being "snail's paced", it now seems that if it were indeed a snail, it has managed to acquire a rocket fueled jet pack, for news has just broken that Sheffield United's public

Carlos Tevez Move Remains in Limbo (Shock Horror!)

Another day, another lack of real movement on the snail's paced mission (impossible?) to get Tevez away from The Hammers. West Ham might actually be punished if they allow Tevez to leave for nothing. Meanwhile the chap who supposedly owns the player's