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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

Rob Lee: “My West Ham career was short but I’m still delighted it happened”

May 24, 2021 Julian Shea 0

Former England midfielder Rob Lee says he played much of his best at Upton Park – so it is West Ham’s loss that just 14 games in his 23-year long professional career were at the

Big Sam left empty handed but others have had much more luck

February 19, 2021 Meirion Williams 0

There is one West Ham manager of recent times that really splits supporters opinions. Some will say he was a necessary evil, others will state that despite what he achieved at the club, he was

Luke Chadwick: ‘We really should have won the league with the squad we had’

February 17, 2021 Julian Shea 0

Life, like football, is all about being in the right place in the right time. And in the case of former West Ham winger Luke Chadwick, although he managed to be in the right place,

Could Reo-Coker have become the Irons icon Noble turned into?

January 7, 2021 Blowing Bubbles 0

Back in 2004, a young dynamic midfielder made his debut for West Ham surrounded by a fanfare of excitement and anticipation. Someone who was both combative and comfortable on the ball. Someone who would go

We’ll never understand how we rejected one of the world’s best

January 4, 2021 Emily Pulham 0

It’s not often that a relegation-threatened football club turns their back on a future Barcelona captain – and somehow gets fined into near oblivion while doing it. But that’s exactly what happened at none other

Big Sam the best? I’d rather we focus on these other managers

December 9, 2020 William Pugh 0

A West Ham season ticket holder recently ranked every Hammers manager since 2000 on Twitter, and I was enraged after reading just one entry. Why? Because sitting there, bold as brass at No 1, this

Flashback: Pardew eyes a striker on West Ham’s return to the big time

October 26, 2020 Julian Shea 0

With the current season seeing games played at strange times in empty grounds, and no sign of normal service resuming soon, looking back to previous seasons is becoming an increasingly popular pastime – and for

Dean Ashton: ‘When my ankle went I thought I’d be out for four months tops’

July 1, 2018 Julian Shea 0

Dean Ashton reflects on his time at West Ham, the FA Cup final and how a freak injury ruined his career.

We must win our mini-league to stand any chance of survival in the Premier League

August 15, 2012 Gary Steer 0

We fall into the largest mini-league and potentially the most exciting one – the bottom half relegation scrap. It is filled with teams who can beat each other on their day.

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

Rob Lee: “My West Ham career was short but I’m still delighted it happened”

Big Sam left empty handed but others have had much more luck

Luke Chadwick: ‘We really should have won the league with the squad we had’

Could Reo-Coker have become the Irons icon Noble turned into?

We’ll never understand how we rejected one of the world’s best

Big Sam the best? I’d rather we focus on these other managers

Flashback: Pardew eyes a striker on West Ham’s return to the big time

Dean Ashton: ‘When my ankle went I thought I’d be out for four months tops’

We must win our mini-league to stand any chance of survival in the Premier League

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

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

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

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