alan pardew Archives - Blowing Bubbles

‘Even at a young age, Mark Noble had the makings of being a top pro’

January 12, 2022 Julian Shea 0

Although Mark Noble is destined to end his career as one of that increasingly endangered species, the one-club player, West Ham’s is not the only shirt he has worn in a professional career that began

‘You’d want to be in the trenches with someone like Repka – He was kind of defender you want in your team’

October 15, 2021 Julian Shea 0

Striker Brian Deane looks back on his short-lived time at Upton Park including that memorable debut

Noble is a true professional, but how well has he got on with his managers?

October 12, 2021 Lucy Woolford 0

Mark rarely says a bad word about his bosses, which is amazing considering how many he’s played for

Jimmy Walker: ‘I didn’t have to buy a drink in Essex after my Lampard penalty save’

September 12, 2021 Julian Shea 0

Life may supposedly begin at 40 but in the case of former West Ham goalkeeper Jimmy Walker, one of the most remarkable periods of his life began a decade earlier. Signed on a free transfer

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

alan pardew