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West Ham have acted with almost indecent haste to strengthen the squad for next season by signing the wonderfully named Romanian Captain Razvan Rat on a free transfer from Shakhtar Donetsk. - West Ham win Rat race, close on Carroll The Hammers ...

"We want you to stay, we want you to stay-ay, Andy Carroll, we want you to stay" So rang the song around the Boleyn as West Ham carried out their traditional lap-of-honour at the finish of Sunday's game. The recipient of the adulation, grinning an...

West Ham's final game of the year against Reading has been designated as a claret and blue festival, with supporters being urged to wear their replica kits or the club colours to celebrate the Hammers' successful return to the top flight and, hopeful...

It's a measure of how many West Ham fans are now starting to reassess the management style and philosophy of Sam Allardyce that news the ex-Bolton, Newcastle and Blackburn boss signed a two-year extension to his contract at Upton Park last week has r...

Following the news that Everton's David Moyes was to take over for Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United next season, there was only ever going to be two headlines after this match. One saw Moyes bidding an emotional farewall to Goodison with a d...

Defender Winston Reid has been deservedly named Hammer of the Year at the Annual Players Awards with Jussi Jaaskelainen getting the vote, perhaps surprisingly, as runner-up. The HOTY award is voted for by the fans and, as such, is a solid acknowle...

"Six foot two, eyes of blue, Billy Bonds is after you lalalalalalalala" The word legend is an over-used epithet is today's language - I was even daubed one last week when I sorted out someone's PC! - but, in football terms at least, West Ham Unite...

The media tried hard - and largely succeeded it must be said - to make this game into a battle of wills between the West Ham and Newcastle old boys; with the Magpies desperate need for points coming up against Sam Allardyce's desire to show his old b...

As West Ham prepare to face Newcastle at Upton Park on Saturday, the Hammers squad is buoyed by the news that Winston Reid has signed a new contract, keeping him to the club till 2015. Meanwhile, Manager Sam Allardyce is also confidently expected to ...

As a young lad growing up in the east end, I had to learn to live with a couple of West Ham 'jokes'. These merry quips - usually delivered by well-meaning opposition supporters who thought they were the height of sophisticated humour - consisted of t...

There's little doubt that when this match at the Ethiad Stadium was selected for the TV cameras, the expectation was that Manchester City would be pushing for the title; probably searching for vital points against a difficult West Ham side who, just ...

In a week in which West Ham fans began getting emails and letters asking for their opinions on the move to the Olympic Stadium; a process that includes some heartstring-tugging videos along with some impressive statistics and plans for the what the f...

On a glorious spring afternoon in bright sunshine and under a heart-warming pure blue sky, West Ham gained three points in this rather unconvincing 2-0 victory against Wigan Athletic, moving the Hammers into the top ten and leaving them in a very han...

It would be terribly wrong to pretend that everyone who follows East London's finest are convinced -- there are many who long to see the back of Sam Allardyce and his supposed 'brand of football' -- but I sense the naysayers are starting to fall into...

West Ham twice led in this pulsating match under the Upton Park floodlights but had to be content with a point when Robin van Persie -- as he had done in the FA Cup back in January -- struck an equaliser to make it 2-2 Wednesday. Manchester United...

The Hammers enjoyed their second successive draw on the road and took another invaluable step towards the 40 point mark in what was otherwise a fairly uninspiring match at St Mary's. This 1-1 draw with Southampton leaves both teams locked together...