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West Ham slumped to another away defeat and are probably now just another loss away from being in a relegation struggle. Martin Jol said the match tonight was 'vital' to his struggling side, but after this result, it is now Sam Allardyce who is start...

I intimated after the poor defeat against Reading that a victory against the East Anglians on New Year's Day was beginning to look imperative. In truth, I didn't want to press the panic button too soon (particularly as I'm always critical of fans who...

West Ham kickstarted their Barclays Premier League campaign and inflicted a fourth straight defeat on Norwich with a 2-1 win at Upton Park.The Irons, who last won against Chelsea here on December 1, went ahead through a Mark Noble penalty after just ...

Fixtures against Liverpool are always difficult for a West Ham supporter. Since the mid-1960s on, the Hammers have posted an awful record against the mob from Anfield and, although there are a few notable Irons victories amongst games between the ...

Nice to get back to some football after the fracas of the last few days. Nice to turn the clock back too. Unable to travel to Manchester in mid-week and stuck in a dull hotel with little to do other than worry about the score at Old Trafford, I de...

One of the things that I find endlessly fascinating in football is the week-by-week, season-by-season change of fortunes that see supporters cheering heroes one moment and berating failures the next. If you follow a top six club things change rela...

#INSERT type:image caption:Mark Noble celebrates his brace END# Mark Noble's brace helped West Ham continue their fine start to life back in the top flight at the expense of fellow new boys Southampton with a 4-1 win at Upton Park.The Hammers h...

Mark Noble's brace helped West Ham continue their fine start to life back in the top flight at the expense of fellow new boys Southampton with a 4-1 win at Upton Park.The Hammers have adapted to life in the Barclays Premier League far better than the...

It's certainly a boost when a highly-rated player commits to the club, even more so when that player is one that has come up from the academy and - as was witnessed in a Man of the Match performance earlier this week - is in particularly fine form. T...

You know I've always fancied myself as a kind of Dean Moriarty / Neal Cassady sort of bloke. Travelling the highways and byways of Britain and burning, burning like a fabulous roman candle, and as long as ESPN FC don't hold true to their promise of h...

Mark Noble has signed a new three-year contract with West Ham, the club announced Tuesday.

Mark Noble has signed a new three-year contract with West Ham, the club have announced.

Two Mark Noble penalties fired West Ham to the top of the npower Championship for the first time this season after a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest.The midfielder's double from the spot was enough to ensure the pre-season promotion favourites leapfro...

West Ham took advantage of Southampton's inactivity to move three points clear at the top of the Championship with a 2-1 win at home to Nottingham Forest.

West Ham kept up the pressure at the top of the npower Championship with a 1-0 win over 10-man Portsmouth.Mark Noble's first-half penalty proved enough to see off Pompey, who had David Norris sent off after the break.Victory means Sam Allardyce's men...

Mark Noble's early penalty secured the points for West Ham as they laboured to a 1-0 victory over Peterborough in the npower Championship at Upton Park.Sam Allardyce's side are now seven games unbeaten but despite taking the lead and dominating the o...