Congratulations Mike Ashley and Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson on showing everyone how not to run a Premiership Football Club over the last 48 hours. Both of them have shown incredible levels of naivety in their experience of how to support a manager, keep the fans on side and lose all the good faith they'd generated by selling [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham announced late yesterday that they have signed two new players, Torino striker David Di Michele, and Congolese defender Herita Ilunga from French side Toulouse. Both players arrive at Upton Park on season long loans, with a view to making the signings permanent. In addition to these players word is that Stephen Appaiahwho is now a [. Click to continue reading...

Ok so the dust has settled and my anger has subsided (a bit anyhow) and I have come to the conclusion, that life as a football supporter could be worse... we could be Newcastle! Sure we have no left-back on our squad until at least January, and half the players we have are unfit and unavailable. [... Click to continue reading...

Originally I was going to comment on Alan Curbishley's comment in mid-August when he said in the press to "judge me after the transfer window closes"... I think though that our poor manager no longer has any control over who comes and goes from Upton Park, and personally I think all of us Hammers supporters [. Click to continue reading...

23.33 hrs McCartney's sale is apparently worth between £4.5-8 million. If it is £4.5 I think we got robbed, if it is £8 million then OK I will admit that is good footballing business! 23.28 hrs BREAKING NEWS Robinho won't be coming to West Ham... apparently he is signing for Man City... 23.24 hrs [. Click to continue reading...

So tomorrow marks the return of Paul Ince, the most hated man in modern West Ham history - for the kids out there who can't remember us Hammers dislike Mr Ince because once upon a time, not so long ago, he played for us. That is until one day Man U came along and stole [...] Click to continue reading...

I spent last night down at the Boleyn ground, singing! Oh and watching the Hammers put in a pitiful display of footballing skill. Mostly though I was singing. I was singing a new little ditty called "You're going to get the sack in the morning." It was a catchy little tune, created on the spot by [.. Click to continue reading...

The sale of Anton Ferdinandto Sunderland was confirmed today by the club for an undisclosed fee (rumours estimate his sale cost the Black Cats between £6-8 million). The club website reports that Anton's move was "in the best interest of the club", something that I find hard to believe unless they are speaking in purely [. Click to continue reading...

Following rumours that started circulating this morning in some rags around the country, West Ham's Chief Executive Scott Duxbury issued the following statement: "West Ham United have absolutely no intention of selling Craig Bellamy. "He is under contract and is committed to the club. Craig remains a very important part of our plans for the future. Click to continue reading...

Anyone who cannot make it down to the Boleyn on Wednesday can follow the Hammers in their Carling Cup match against Macclesfield on BBC London 94.9. Click to continue reading...

All signs seem to indicate that Anton Ferdinand is heading to the Northeast to play for Sunderland. A move that I think is bad business by West Ham who seem anything but solid at the back, but the board wants to thin the squad and I guess Ferdinand is part of that cull. Surprising news though [...] Click to continue reading...

Manchester City have problems both on and off the pitch. Off the pitch their future is uncertain; their Thai  owner Thaksin Shinawatra has offered to resign from the club's board and is on the run from the authorities in Thailand. On the pitch, they have problems in attack with Valeri Bojinov, Benjani and Darius Vassell [. Click to continue reading...

If you had to choose songs that summed up some of the Premiership football club managers what would they be?

Scolari?
Megson?
Wenger? (that was meant to be ironic btw!)
'Arry?
Demi-god Sir Alex?
The delicious Roy Keane?

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Sunderland manager Roy Keane has turned his attentions to West Ham striker Carlton Cole, 24, after securing a loan deal for Marseille's Djibril Cisse. (The Sun) BBC SPORT | Football | Gossip | Thursday's gossip column. Somebody actually wants to sign Carlton Cole??? WTF, and at a reported £5 million transfer fee. Click to continue reading...

There is still lots of talk in the gossip columns about Anton Ferdinand, but so far that is all it is - gossip. Then there is more talk about Pinto, a player who has been linked with West Ham on and off all summer... West Ham will hold talks with Chilean striker Sebastian Pinto, with a [...] Click to continue reading...

Sunderland are in preliminary talks with West Ham centre-half Anton Ferdinand and are tracking Manchester City's £1m-rated defender Michael Ball. (Daily Star) But Tottenham are monitoring Ferdinand after the Hammers apparently rejected a £6m bid from the Black Cats. (Daily Mirror) BBC SPORT | Football | Gossip | Tuesday's gossip column. Click to continue reading...

The Black Cats could also complete a £6m (Daily Mirror) or £8m (Independent) deal for West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand this week. BBC SPORT | Football | Gossip | Monday's gossip column. Reports like this have started making me feel as though our new owners have taken West Ham back to the days of being a selling [. Click to continue reading...

If you love statistics, as I do, then you must read Daniel Finkelstein's Fink Tank column in the Times or on the TimesOnline website. Every week he and his team of geeks come up with some wacky statistics to explain why your favourite Premiership team is in the shape they are. This week his maths mates [. Click to continue reading...

If you are any where in the region of East London today, and you listen out your window around 4:45pm you will hear one of two sounds - a groan of "here we go again!" or a great sigh of relief. Yes folks it is the start of the season and Hammers fans around the country [...] Click to continue reading...

Our first match of the season and already I feel it is a must win situation. It will be matches against teams like Wigan, Stoke, West Brom and Hull that will set us up for the rest of the season. If we cannot get it right against these teams then we will have no hope against [...] Click to continue reading...

The date and kick off time for the second round Carling Cup match against League Two Macclesfield has be confirmed. The match will be played on Wednesday, 27 August with a 7:45pm kick-off. It is understood that the club will offer a reduced ticket price for this match, but the prices are yet to be [. Click to continue reading...

Everybody has an opinion. Some are based on instinct, some based on feeling from the heart, like my mate Lenny who insists that West Ham are going to finish fourth! Personally I base my educated guesses on a little bit of instinct, mixed with some research and topped off by my hopes and dreams. Yesterday The Sunday [. Click to continue reading...

Alan Curbishley is upset - the bookies have made him the favourite to get the sack! He does insist that he has "the full backing of the club", but how many times have we heard that before? Personally I think it will be the first eight to ten games of the season that determine the fate [...] Click to continue reading...

The inaugural Bobby Moore Cup was played today, leaving me with some questions: Now that Carlton Cole has managed to score a goal, can we call him 'in form'? Have we sunk to such depths as a club that we might actually be considering signing Ben Thatcher? Is there an actual Bobby Moore Cup? And since the game ended in [. Click to continue reading...

So how did the Hammer do this summer? Lets take a look at their report card; Pre-season Friendly Results: B West Ham Full Squad: B West Ham XI: B Transfer Market Departures: D Good business to get anything for John Paintsil a player who came with great promise, but never got the chance to shine in the Premiership. Click to continue reading...

From Knees Up Mother Brown; Within the last 36 hours Aston Villa are thought to have tempted the Hammers by offering a figure in the region of £25million for Ashton and team mate Anton Ferdinand, whose future at the club had been under threat all summer. Hmm wasn't it like just yesterday that Scott Duxbury said; "Hell would [. Click to continue reading...

More than 20 police force military officers were injured in force followers a Premiership football game derby.

Police said some of their military officers received minor hurts in hassles after the Pittsburgh Of The South City and Aston Pancho Villa lucifer at St Andrew's on Sunday.

Trouble flared outside the land after the game and force spreading to close the Bullring shopping promenade in the metropolis centre.

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