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WEST HAM S decision to give Dean Ashton a new five-year contract in December 2008 cost them a staggering £5.8 million, the latest set of accounts have revealed, writes DAVE EVANS. Ashton announced his retirement from the game just 12 months after signing...
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West Ham correspondent Dave Evans looks back over Gianluca Nani s time at the club - IT WAS PERHAPS the worst kept secret at Upton Park since the stories that Dean Ashton was on the verge of retirement. It took West Ham six months of searching and inter...
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ONE OF the biggest surprises conjured up by current England boss Fabio Capello was the inclusion of goalkeeper Joe Lewis in his squad in 2008, writes DAVE EVANS. The Peterborough number one was drafted in for the matches against Trinidad & Tobago and the...
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FRESH from the under-16s recent successful trip to Bermuda, West Ham academy director Tony Carr will be packing his bags again next month when the under-17s travel to the United States. West Ham take part in the Tiffany Trophy Cup in Washin-gton DC betwee...
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WEST HAM defender Danny Gabbidon is set to return to the bench for Saturday s crunch clash with Bolton at Upton Park on Saturday. The 30-year-old Welsh international has not featured since limping off early on in West Ham s 1-1 draw with Chelsea back in D...
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GIANLUCA NANI, West Ham s first ever technical director, has left the club by mutual consent. The 47-year-old Italian took up his job at Upton Park in June 2008 after a doing a similar job at Serie B outfit Brescia, but after less than two years in the...
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Ipswich Town 1 West Ham 1 HAMMERS youngster Dominic Vose showed his potential with a dramatic last-gasp equaliser to earn the Academy team a point at Ipswich on Saturday. The Suffolk side looked to have snatched the victory when they grabbed a late lead...
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PAST POLL RESULTS
Q: Are you in favour of a move to the Olympic Stadium?
Yes: 39.11%
No: 20.96%
Only if there is no running track: 39.93%
Q: Did Alan Curbishley deserve to win his case against West Ham?
Yes: 48.52%
No: 51.48%
Q: Would you welcome a takeover by former Birmingham supremos David Sullivan and David Gold?
Yes: 48.64%
No: 51.36%
Q: Should West Ham be thrown out of the Carling Cup after the violence and pitch invasions against Millwall?
Yes: 19.34%
No: 70.66%
Q: Where will West Ham finish in the Premier League this season?
Champions League 5.64%
Europa League 20.69%
Just missing Europe 20.06
Mid-table obscurity 27.27%
Slipping into the bottom half 12.54%
Dicing with relegation zone 9.40%
Championship football next season 4.39%
Q: Are you worried by West Ham's lack of activity in the transfer market?
Yes: 61.52%
No: 38.48%
Q: Did the West Ham fans go too far in their abuse of Frank Lampard and John Terry?
Yes: 53.15%
No: 46.85%
Q: Is Diego Tristan worth a new contract at West Ham for next season?
Yes: 22.53%
No: 77.47%
Q: Who would be your Hammer of the Year if you had to vote today?
Scott Parker 47.63%
Valon Behrami 11.74%
Carlton Cole 9.25%
Robert Green 9.25%
Matty Upson 8.57%
Jack Collison 5.64%
Herita Ilunga 3.84%
Mark Noble 2.93%
Someone Else 1.13%
Q: Are West Ham liable for claims of compensation from Neil Warnock and the Sheffield United players?
Yes: 7%
No: 93%
Q: Does Carlton Cole deserve a call-up to the England squad?
A: Yes 61%
No: 39%
Q: If West Ham have to sell one of their best players, who should it be?
Not prepared to entertain the question 47.21%
Craig Bellamy 24.65%
Scott Parker 23.02%
Matthew Upson 3.49%
Rob Green 1.63%
Q: Do you think West Ham will be relegated this season?
Yes: 38.74%
No: 41.26%
Q: Is Gianfranco Zola the man to take West Ham onwards and upwards?
Yes: 70.7%
No: 29.3%
Q: Will West Ham struggle to score goals with Dean Ashton out until March at the earlierst?
Yes: 42.4%
No: 57.6%
Q: Should West Ham’s Icelandic owner cut his losses and sell the club?
Yes: 83.87%
No: 16.13%
Q: Does Lucas Neill deserve a new contract?
Yes: 28.65%
No: 71.35%
Q: Should West Ham play 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 under Gianfranco Zola?
4-3-3: 36.81%
4-4-2: 48.61%
Curbs’ 4-5-1: 14.58%
Q: Was it a mistake to allow Bobby Zamora to go to Fulham?
Yes: 35%
No: 65%
Q: Have West Ham United got the squad to make it into Europe this season?
Yes: 40.1%
No: 59.9%
Q: Is Alan Curbishley in charge of who stays and who comes in to play football at West Ham?
Yes: 31.5%
No: 68.5%
Q: Who do you want to succeed Alan Curbishley?
Slaven Bilic 27.65%
Paolo Di Canio 20%
Trevor Brooking 10.59%
Harry Redknapp 8.82%
Roberto Mancini 7.65%
Someone Else 6.47%
Paul Ince 2.94%
Terry Venables 2.35%
Stuart Pearce 2.06%
Martin Allen 1.76%
Sam Allardyce 1.18%
Martin Jol 0.88%
Glenn Hoddle 0.88%
Marcello Lippi 0.88%
Steve McClaren 0.88%
George Graham 0.88%
Gerard Houllier 0.88%
Iain Dowie 0.88%
Steve Coppell 0.59%
Dennis Wise 0.59%
Mike Newell 0.59%
Kevin Keegan 0.29%
David O’Leary 0.29%
Q: Would you be disappointed to see Anton Ferdinand leave Upton Park?
Yes: 43.6%
No: 56.4%
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