It’s a game most fans look out for when the fixture list comes out but there will be no sterner test this season than when Tottenham come to town. Spurs have become a well drilled outfit this season, even down to ensuring they get marginal penalty calls. Meanwhile, the Hammers need a couple more points … Read more
Upton Park is slowly fading as memory but the wounds may well be re-opened with the announcement that the public can register for the flats at the newly named Upton Gardens. There are 842 properties in total, ranging from one to four bedroom homes. The site includes a fitness centre, underground parking, 24 hour concierge … Read more
Kevin Nolan has revealed that Slaven Bilic offered him the chance to stay at West Ham but he felt the time was right to move on. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Kevin talks about how he didn’t want to be an ‘enigma in the background’ and wanted new captain Mark Noble to have … Read more
So, we’ve got our man, but what do the opposition think of the one who got away? There’s certainly a tinge of sadness among many, along with some bitterness which I won’t feel too much schadenfreude about having gone through the same with Payet. But we’re defintiely talking of Simone Zaza style relief here..Views courtesy … Read more
I’d like to analyse this more a little later, but wanted to point you in the direction of an excellent article on the Guardian website which has looked at the poor record of Gold and Sullivan when it comes to signing strikers for the club. The saying ‘a stitch in time saves nine’ comes to … Read more
A fantastic response after a terrible 8 days for West Ham United. From Man City tearing us apart to former Hammers favourite Dimitri Payet throwing his toys out of the pram and deciding he wants to leave. Although Payet was on the radar before he joined us, he did not have the same profile that … Read more
I wanted to let it all sink in…this new era, this great leap forward! West Ham United (London) will never be the same again, but will the team fade and die like bubbles or rise like the phoenix of the stadium we have inherited? Only time will truly tell, but this stadium is built for … Read more
Sorry, but I am not one of those fans who wet themselves at a pre season loss. I’m old enough to remember winning every pre season game under Avram Grant, and look what happened there! However, it’s not long before we get down to business for the season, so I thought the time was right … Read more
There remains lots of rumours as to who is coming and going at Upton Park. We can obviously confirm that James Tomkins has gone to Crystal Palace. Whilst it’s sad to see a home grown hammer leave, I don’t feel Tomka has progressed like I hoped he would and perhaps his christmas drinking shenanigans did … Read more
