Sam Baldock has left the Hammers to join Bristol city, the club have confirmed. It's been an odd time for little Sam at the club, he burst on the scene, scored a couple of goals and even made Jon Carew look half useful, got injured and was never really given much of an opportunity again. … Read more
Carlton Cole has revealed that taking his pay cut felt like 'a matter of honour' and that the 'weight is now off my shoulders' after the Hammers got themselves promoted. Carlton famously took a pay cut following our relegation last season, after the club attempted to use him as a makeweight in a move to … Read more
West Ham have confirmed the signing of Allou Diarra from Marseille for an un-disclosed fee. This comes as a bit of a coup for the Hammers, with the player having recently captained France and potentially being named permanent captain. Diarra plays primarily as a centre mid but can also slot in as a centre half, … Read more
West Ham have completed the signing of Modibo Maiga from French club Sochaux today. The lad plays up front or on the wing, which will suit Sam's system well, relying as he does on three attacking players across the pitch in his normal tactics. It's tricky to get excuited about this one, as before our … Read more
The club have confirmed the signature of Mohammed Diame, who joins the club on a bosman from Wigan. The player will join us on 1st July when his current contract runs out. It's a good start to the trasnfer window for us and the lad will do an importantd job like Bouba-Diop did for us … Read more
West Ham return to the PL with a fairly favourable home game against Aston Villa. Well, it could have ben a lot worse, Southampton are at Manchester City, haha! More news as I get it…. Update – the full list is here The start is okay, November/December a bit of a nightmare and the run … Read more
Not a time to look at the performance, let's look at the result Blackpool 1 West Ham United 2 If we didn't deserve it on the day, we deserved it over the season, finishing 11 points above our opponents today. I'm delighted and hope you are too, let's enjoy the moment and then look forward … Read more
A video has been released with hapless Blackburn manager Steve Kean criticising Hammers boss Sam Allardyce. All I can to say to Big Sam is, there can be no bigger compliment than this guy having a go at you. He is up there with Avram Grant in the football management skills stakes and is only … Read more
West Ham put their shaky home form on hold today and gave Brighton a 6-0 thrashing at home, to close the gap on both points and goal difference on wavering Southampton. If there was ever a time for the lads to put in a top performance, today was a good day to do it, and … Read more
A funny few weeks in the world of the Hammers, following the Ipswich debacle, with sparkling away form but the home match blues still haunt the Hammers, culminating in Wednesday's poor show against the Hornets. I still believe it's mostly psychological with the lads, the burden of expectation weighing heavily on their shoulders. Away from … Read more