Hammers chief Sullivan expects Allardyce to lead West Ham into Olympic Stadium November 3, 2014 WEST HAM co-owner David Sullivan has confirmed Sam Allardyce is likely to be Hammers boss when the club moves to the Olympic Stadium, unless a top club or the national team come calling. Allardyce has masterminded a revival in fortunes at the Boleyn Ground this term with West Ham currently flying high and fifth in [...]
Jose Mourinho is right: Football grounds should be cauldrons of noise November 3, 2014 CHELSEA football manager Jose Mourinho is right, as ever. Stamford Bridge, the club’s home stadium, has become too quiet, even though it’s full to the rafters every week with more than 41,000 fans. In the six years since the Special One, as he is known, last plied his trade in west London, the atmosphere at [...]
Premier League: Angry Van Gaal labels sent off Smalling stupid November 2, 2014 MANCHESTER CITY 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 0 PERPLEXED Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal was forced to question the intelligence of one of his players for the second week in a row after Chris Smalling saw red during yesterday’s narrow defeat to bitter rivals Manchester City. The former Fulham defender was dismissed for the first time [...]
Premier League: Kane earns his spurs in late Tottenham salvo November 2, 2014 ASTON VILLA 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 TOTTENHAM manager Maurico Pochettino hinted that match-winner Harry Kane finally warrants a starting berth in his side after the England Under-21 forward climbed off the bench to complete Spurs’ comeback against Aston Villa yesterday. The White Hart Lane club’s miserable run of form looked set to be extended to [...]
Football Comment: Wins keep wolves from City and Spurs door November 2, 2014 WINS are vital to the top clubs and when you go a couple of games without a victory then it’s a crisis so Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini and Tottenham counterpart Mauricio Pochettino will have slept more easily last night having bagged the points as the pressure can mount. Who wants to get the pressure, [...]
BT’s broadband growth slows as market heats up October 30, 2014 BROADBAND customer growth helped boost BT’s profits 13 per cent in the second quarter as the former state monopoly’s free BT Sport offering continued to win customers for the FTSE 100-listed firm. Despite the growth, BT said it added just 88,000 new retail broadband customers in the quarter, 48 per cent of the net new [...]
Redknapp: Tweet ban Ferdinand is among best behaved players October 30, 2014 QPR manager Harry Redknapp has issued a robust defence of Rio Ferdinand’s character following the Hoops centre-back’s receipt of a three-match ban for comments posted on Twitter. Former England captain Ferdinand, 35, was sanctioned by the Football Association (FA) this week after being found guilty of misconduct. He has been accused of sexism for using [...]
Lethal Sakho in contention to face Stoke October 30, 2014 WEST Ham boss Sam Allardyce will give top scorer Diafra Sakho every chance to recover from the shoulder injury sustained against champions Manchester City on Saturday and to prove his fitness ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Stoke City. The Senegalese forward has been a revelation for the high-flying Hammers since his £3.5m summer move from [...]
Manchester derby promises goals October 30, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE MANCHESTER DERBY AND ASTON VILLA AGAINST TOTTENHAM AWESOME attack undermined by dodgy defence: both managers have the same problem to solve in Sunday’s Manchester derby. Manuel Pellegrini has admitted he is “worried” by his team’s form. In little over a week, Manchester City threw away a two-goal lead to hand CSKA [...]
Back winless Villa to go to the dogs again October 30, 2014 PAUL Lambert’s assertion that Christian Benteke could need “six or seven games” to find his best form won’t go down well with Aston Villa fans. Having endured more than eight hours of football without seeing their team score, the Holt End is redefining the phrase ‘long-suffering.’ Along the way Villa have become the ninth side [...]