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Grant praises Portsmouth spirit
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Portsmouth manager Avram Grant was pleased with his side's resilience after they recovered from going a goal down for the fourth time in as many games.
Zola: regime change a 'massive' boost
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Manager hopes club is over crisis while new owners launch bid for Blackburn striker
Football in brief: Zola hopes to keep hold of his England players
Saturday 09 January 2010
West Ham United: Manager Gianfranco Zola says he remains hopeful of the club holding onto their England internationals, amid rumours linking his players with high-profile moves.
Zola calls on West Ham fans for help
Monday 04 January 2010
Gianfranco Zola has called on West Ham fans to turn Upton Park into a fortress as he looks to make 2010 a year to remember by guiding the club to Barclays Premier League safety.
Redknapp hits back at Pavlyuchenko
Thursday 31 December 2009
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp insists Roman Pavlyuchenko will not be allowed to destabilise the club's season after revealing the striker's "head wasn't right" to play in a recent game.
Franco injury leaves Zola short of options
Thursday 24 December 2009
West Ham left with no fit senior strikers ahead of the crunch match with Pompey
West Ham set to reject £50m bid from Gold and Sullivan
Tuesday 15 December 2009
The Icelandic bank Straumur which controls West Ham United is set to reject another speculative £50m bid from the former Birmingham City owners David Gold and David Sullivan for the club because it does not come close to the money owed to it.
Cole pledges future to West Ham
Monday 14 December 2009
Injured England striker Carlton Cole has pledged his future to West Ham.
Football in brief: Hammers in no hurry to recall Dyer despite relegation worries
Saturday 28 November 2009
West Ham United: Manager Gianfranco Zola will not rush Kieron Dyer back into the first team, despite the club's poor form. The midfielder, out since September with a hamstring injury, has started only four games since joining from Newcastle in August 2007.
Stoke's Berlin Wall shows no signs of crumbling
Sunday 22 November 2009
It has taken Robert Huth longer than he expected to make his debut for Stoke City. His debut, that is, as a centre-half, the position in which he played for Chelsea and Middlesbrough, and in which he won his 17 caps for Germany before being bought by the Potters for a club record £5m last summer.
Zola warns suitors off Carlton Cole
Friday 20 November 2009
West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has issued a firm "hands off" warning to potential suitors of Carlton Cole as the England striker prepares for his return to first-team action.
Matthew Norman: No wonder the Queen raised an eyebrow while she read it
Thursday 19 November 2009
She may not be a genius but she's clever enough to know that she's parroting gibberish
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Pope Francis: Being an atheist is alright as long as you do good
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'He was always smiling': Lee Rigby named as Woolwich victim
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
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'Something passed underneath us, quite close': Airbus A320 has close encounter with UFO
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Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
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