David Blackmore, Author at Blowing Bubbles

The Long Goodbye: We’ll miss Noble when he leaves West Ham

April 11, 2021 David Blackmore 0

I can still vividly remember Mark Noble’s first penalty for West Ham away at Birmingham City – then owned by Gold and Sullivan – in August 2007 with his spot kick proving to be the

The next few months will tell us exactly what this squad can do

March 13, 2021 David Blackmore 0

There is no denying that we’ve come a long way under David Moyes since he returned for a second stint at the end of 2019. Steering us away from relegation fears last campaign to guiding

European qualification is still possible despite our FA Cup exit

February 14, 2021 David Blackmore 0

As the players emerged from the tunnel at Old Trafford for our FA Cup fifth round tie against Manchester United, I thought back to our memorable quarter final clash there in 2016. As Dimitri Payet

Football was one of my few highs last year and I’m staying positive

January 2, 2021 David Blackmore 0

The lead up to the arrival of the New Year is always a time for reflection for me, and when thinking about my highlights of 2020, they were pretty much all West Ham related. To

Fans return is the first glimpse of hope as we look ahead to 2021

December 6, 2020 David Blackmore 0

They came, they saw and while the two thousand West Ham fans inside the London Stadium didn’t witness a famous victory against Manchester United, it was great to hear them singing Bubbles and urging Rice

We need to become better at breaking down weaker teams

November 21, 2020 David Blackmore 0

The history books will show that we managed to beat Fulham earlier this month and take our tally to 11 points after eight games. But what it won’t show is how much we struggled to

Moyes has mastered Zoom and I could get used to FAB displays

October 22, 2020 David Blackmore 0

In a world of uncertainty during an unprecedented year, I thought there might still be some things we could still rely upon – namely West Ham being, well, West Ham. It all looked to be

It’s in our hands but please don’t let it go down to the final game…

July 4, 2020 David Blackmore 0

The games are coming thick and fast this month but will our return from our first four games since the restart be enough to keep us up? With Villa, Bournemouth and Watford struggling to pick

The Southampton win has given us reason to believe once more

March 3, 2020 David Blackmore 0

What a difference a week makes. The week following our Man City defeat where we attempted to park the bus and failed miserably, I was not looking forward to our visit of Anfield. I even

Jarrod Bowen signs from Hull on five-and-a-half year deal

January 31, 2020 David Blackmore 0

He scored 54 goals in 131 appearances in all competitions for the Tigers

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