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[ June 23, 2021 ] Hammers European Return Comes Against Super League Backdrop Features
[ May 26, 2021 ] The Last Word: Will Moyes suffer the same fate as Bilic and Pellegrini? Let’s hope not! Opinion
[ May 26, 2021 ] Forget Shakira’s hips, it’s really the numbers that don’t lie Features
[ May 26, 2021 ] Accounts lay bare the impact of COVID-19 on West Ham and others Features
[ May 26, 2021 ] Will any of our loan rangers ever get their first team chance? Features

Hammers European Return Comes Against Super League Backdrop

June 23, 2021 Blowing Bubbles 0

You have to go back to September 1999 for the last main draw European tie that West Ham United won. They ran out 6-1 aggregate winners over Croatian club Osijek, scoring three goals both home

Forget Shakira’s hips, it’s really the numbers that don’t lie

May 26, 2021 Brian Penn 0

Numbers can be twisted to suit our own ends but essentially they don’t lie – Alan Pardew is statistically the most successful West Ham manager of the last 20 years. The post Harry Redknapp era

Accounts lay bare the impact of COVID-19 on West Ham and others

May 26, 2021 David Blackmore 0

West Ham’s 2019/20 financial results covered an ‘unprecedented’ season when we finished 16th in the Premier League with our finances significantly impacted by COVID-19 and David Moyes replacing Manuel Pellegrini as manager in December 2019.

Will any of our loan rangers ever get their first team chance?

May 26, 2021 Greg Richardson 0

Loan deals can be historically hit or miss. For every Dani, there is a Robbie Keane. For every Alex Song 2014 -15, there is an Alex Song 2015-16. It is best not to catch feelings

‘I was happy sitting on the bench and that’s not me. I wasn’t focused’

May 25, 2021 Bradley Holland 0

It’s no wonder that Jesse Lingard has found himself liberated in a David Moyes built West Ham squad where graft, courage, and endurance are the key attribute to success. With a manager in David Moyes

‘Refereeing is not a science, it’s an art. VAR needs changing’

May 25, 2021 William Pugh 0

I’ve hated watching football this season. More than I can ever remember hating it. I know West Ham are on the verge of their best season since Harry Redknapp was leading us to Intertoto glory.

Quest begins for reinforcements and competition for Rice and Soucek

May 25, 2021 Blowing Bubbles 0

For a while it has been clear that we’ve needed another central midfield option. Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek have been a formidable force this season, but Rice’s recent injury has highlighted the lack of

Fans rejoice as European closed shop gets the chop – for now

May 24, 2021 James Jones 0

When Real Madrid president Florentino Perez recently claimed young fans are losing interest in the game, he wasn’t just showing how out of touch he was with the very people who keep the game alive;

The Blowing Bubbles End of Season Awards

May 24, 2021 Blowing Bubbles 0

Player of the Season: Tomas Soucek James Jones: There are several who deserve it but I’m giving it to Tomas Soucek, purely because I think he’s the most irreplaceable member of our squad and he’s