West Ham are bound for Europe under brilliant Slaven Bilic – if they can keep Dimitri Payet fit October 27, 2015 It's impossible not to be impressed by West Ham this season and in particular the job done by Slaven Bilic since the Croatian took charge as manager in the summer. I remember hearing defender Winston Reid speak after they beat Arsenal on the opening weekend of the Premier League season, and he was full of [...]
Leicester’s Claudio Ranieri challenges Premier League title contenders to turn big wallets into trophies August 10, 2016 Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has thrown down the gauntlet to fellow Premier League contenders and challenged them to turn their big-spending summers into a title charge. Defending champions Leicester have not been shy in bolstering their squad with the signing of six players, including a club-record outlay of £16m for forward Ahmed Musa from CSKA [...]
Revealed: How West Ham owners are free to cash in on Olympic Stadium deal July 31, 2016 West Ham United’s complex deal for the Olympic Stadium, the full details of which are laid bare for the first time today, could make the football club’s wealthy owners even richer than previously thought – at the expense of the taxpayer. As the Hammers prepare to play their first match at the largely public-funded £700m [...]
Sutton United primed for their big moment against Premier League Arsenal February 20, 2017 Fifth-tier Sutton United and fame may be ships which pass in the night but, whatever happens against Arsenal on Monday, beacon-like memories have been made which will sparkle long after the limelight vanishes. The minnows have certainly made their mark during a giant-killing extravaganza which may or may not reach its conclusion in the fifth [...]
Football betting: Blunt Hammers can hold up Manchester City – but not for long August 25, 2016 Pep Guardiola couldn’t have asked for a much better start to life at Manchester City. His four games have seen four wins, 12 goals scored and only two conceded. The Spaniard has taken to English football like a duck to water. West Ham, City’s opponents on Sunday, haven’t had quite as smooth a start to the [...]
Denise Lewis interview: England should expect golden 2018 and best ever Commonwealth Games medal haul November 15, 2016 Headline-grabbing statements about sending the biggest and best prepared squad to the Gold Coast in 2018 rightfully bring the expectation of the nation’s finest ever medal haul, according to Commonwealth Games England president Denise Lewis. Buoyed by the award of £4m worth of National Lottery funding from Sport England, the country’s Commonwealth Games chiefs have [...]
West Ham co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold vow to arrest stuttering season September 26, 2016 West Ham joint-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold have moved to quash unrest among the club’s supporters after the Hammers’ disastrous start to the season plunged to new depths on Sunday. The Irons were thrashed 3-0 by Southampton at the London Stadium, a result which left the east London club marooned in the bottom three [...]
England’s clash with Scotland is not about me or my future, insists interim boss Gareth Southgate November 7, 2016 Interim England boss Gareth Southgate has moved to douse the fanfare surrounding his own position as the Three Lions prepare for a double-header which is likely to decide his long-term future. Southgate has two games of his four-match audition left with Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Scotland and next Tuesday’s friendly showdown against Spain likely [...]
Brighton & Hove Albion chief Paul Barber explains off-field strategy of a Premier League club in waiting March 4, 2017 In less than a decade Brighton & Hove Albion have evolved from a mid table League One side playing at a converted athletics stadium to fewer than 10,000 fans, to a Premier League club in waiting who call the state of the art 30,000 capacity Amex Stadium home. Brighton have been amongst the Championship promotion contenders in three of the [...]
Piescraper: London skyscraper Can of Ham gets boost as building deal signed after six year hiatus January 20, 2015 We've got the Gherkin; we've got the Cheesegrater; we've got the Kettle. Now London's skyline could be about to add another delicious-sounding skyscraper to its line up. The Can of Ham building, designed by architects Foggo Associates, looks to be back on track after a six-year hiatus. Trade journal Construction News reports that [...]