West Ham seek legal action over Carroll dismissal February 6, 2014 WEST Ham co-owner David Gold has vowed to pursue a legal challenge to a three-match ban striker Andy Carroll is due to serve, believing their Premier League status has been put in jeopardy. Carroll was shown a straight red card by referee Howard Webb in last weekend’s 2-0 victory over Swansea after appearing to swing [...]
Football Comment: City and Liverpool deserve trophies but Chelsea don’t May 8, 2014 THEY are the two teams who have played the best football and been the most entertaining to watch, so it only seems right that Manchester City and Liverpool have been neck and neck at the top of the Premier League as the season’s final weekend looms. Surely City will win the title now – it [...]
City reach Wembley final with record win over sorry West Ham January 21, 2014 MANCHESTER City completed the biggest ever margin of victory in a Capital One Cup semi-final last night with a 3-0 second-leg triumph over West Ham wrapping up a 9-0 aggregate win. City, who last lifted the trophy in 1976, struck in the first half through Alvaro Negredo and Sergio Aguero, before Negredo netted his ninth [...]
Premier League: Chelsea lose ground at top as Pellegrini’s men hit five January 29, 2014 AT STAMFORD BRIDGE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 vs MANCHESTER CITY 5 CHELSEA 0 vs WEST HAM UNITED 0 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini refused to label his side Premier League title favourites despite last night’s demolition at White Hart Lane which took them top of the table. Sergio Aguero hit his 27th goal of the season [...]
Moyes: City win will show our strength March 24, 2014 MANCHESTER United boss David Moyes wants his side to prove they can still beat the top flight’s elite and record only their second win of the season against a top-nine team in tonight’s derby with title-chasing Manchester City. In 12 Premier League fixtures since Moyes succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson, United’s sole victory against sides around [...]
Allardyce wary of United despite European ordeal March 20, 2014 WEST Ham boss Sam Allardyce has warned his team not to expect a fatigued Manchester United when the stuttering Premier League champions visit Upton Park tomorrow. United summoned a huge effort to overturn a two-goal deficit and progress past Olympiacos in the Champions League on Wednesday night, but Allardyce insists David Moyes has a deep [...]
Restaurant review: Hispania, Bank March 6, 2014 RESTAURANT HISPANIA72-74 Lombard Street, EC3V 9AYTel: 0207 621 0338 FOOD Four StarsVALUE Four StarsATMOSPHERE Four Stars Cost for two with wine: £110 COMBINING the words “Spanish” and “bank” in recent years has been enough to leave a bad taste in the mouth. Yet despite the somewhat portentous association, a group of brave Asturians have taken [...]
Football Comment: Old hands lend edge in drop fight February 5, 2014 Allardyce and Pulis can make the difference WHILE London’s heavyweights fight it out for the title and European places, West Ham, Fulham and Crystal Palace are locked in a relegation battle that could see the capital’s Premier League six-strong population slashed in half by May. It feels tighter than in previous seasons, with only six [...]
Review: Jason Atherton’s City Social at Tower 42 | City A.M. June 4, 2014 I’ve eaten at altitude so many times recently I now have a permanent nosebleed. It’s all over my shirt and my shoes and my food and nobody cares, because the whole of London has the same problem. All anyone in this city does now is eat atop skyscrapers. Like one of Dr Pavlov’s dogs, I [...]
Review: Jason Atherton’s City Social at Tower 42 | City A.M. June 4, 2014 I’ve eaten at altitude so many times recently I now have a permanent nosebleed. It’s all over my shirt and my shoes and my food and nobody cares, because the whole of London has the same problem. All anyone in this city does now is eat atop skyscrapers. Like one of Dr Pavlov’s dogs, I [...]