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Filed: Wednesday, 22nd October 2008
By: Staff Writer
The FA have written to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to indicate that
they will not recognise any decision made in respect of the West Ham United
v Sheffield United case. The Hammers found out earlier today - much to their
annoyance - that the Football Association had contacted the CSA is order to
stress that the recent arbitration panel's decision to allow Sheffield
United to sue for damages should stand.
The letter - written by the FA's head legal representative, Alistair Maclean
- states: "The FA's position is that any award made by an arbitration
tribunal convened under FA Rules is final and binding on the parties. "FA
Rules do not provide for right of appeal to CAS."
The CAS announced last week that they would defer a decision on whether to
hear the case until the end of November. Today's news follows a report at
the weekend that claimed Sheffield United had applied for an injunction
attempting to prevent West Ham from taking the matter further.
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Charles Sale, Sports Agenda: The FA's lawyers demand the final word on the
Tevez affair
Last updated at 11:07 AM on 22nd October 2008
Daily Mail
The FA have caused yet more controversy in Sheffield United's £30million
relegation damages claim against West Ham by interfering in the London
club's attempt to have the matter settled by the Court of Arbitration for
Sport. West Ham are furious that the FA have sent an official letter to CAS
headquarters in Lausanne making it clear Soho Square do not recognise CAS as
a final right of appeal. This is despite FIFA having the CAS option in their
statutes and urging all their national associations to do the same. The
inflammatory correspondence was written by the FA's head of legal and
business affairs, Alistair Maclean. He asks for his letter to be copied to
the panel determining whether CAS has jurisdiction to hear the West Ham
appeal over an FA-instigated tribunal awarding massive damages to Sheffield
United after the Carlos Tevez third party ownership affair.
The letter states: 'The FA's position is that any award made by an
arbitration tribunal convened under FA Rules is final and binding on the
parties. FA Rules do not provide for right of appeal to CAS.' The Premier
League are also on a war footing with the FA for opening up the Tevez can of
worms when their disputes process and two court hearings had declared the
matter closed. This followed West Ham's £5.5m fine for playing Tevez when
his registration was unclear.
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Hammers to run rule over Irish midfielder
10:46am Wednesday 22nd October 2008
Echo
By Rob Pritchard »
WEST Ham United will run the rule over St Patrick's Athletic midfielder
Keith Fahey in this week's FAI Ford Cup semi-final. Saints take on
newly-crowned eircom League of Ireland champions Bohemians at Richmond Park
in Dublin on Saturday, and Fahey is set to be watched by Irons'
representatives, according to a report in Wednesday's Irish Sun. The article
claims Hammers' boss Gianfranco Zola was impressed by Fahey during St
Patrick's recent two-legged Uefa Cup defeat to Bundesliga side Hertha
Berlin. Fahey, who turns 26 in January, has already had one failed stint in
England. The Dublin-born player began his career as a trainee at Arsenal
before joining Aston Villa for £250,000 in 1999. However, he made just one
appearance for Villa in an Intertoto Cup game against French side Lille OSC
in 2002 before returning to his native Ireland and non-league side Bluebell
United in 2002. From there, he was quickly snapped up by St Patrick's. He
initially struggled to make an impact in the capital, however, and moved to
Drogheda United in 2005 but rejoined St Pat's the following year.
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Hammers eye move for St Pat's star - TeamTalk
West Ham are eyeing up St Patrick's midfielder Keith Fahey after his
impressive performances against Hertha Berlin in the UEFA Cup last month.
Gianfranco Zola's chief talent scout Roger Cross will be at St Pat's home
ground, Richmond Park, on Friday to see the 25-year-old in action in person.
Other clubs, including Preston, Norwich and Bristol City, have watched him
play but the Hammers are the first Premier League side to show a definite
interest. Fahey is desperate for another chance to play in England after his
first stint as a youngster with Arsenal. He joined Aston Villa for 300,000
euros in 1999 but made only one appearance in the Intertoto Cup being moving
to St Pat's in 2003, with the League of Ireland side likely to demand a fee
of 500,000 euros for one of their prized assets. Meanwhile, Derry striker
Mark Farren is being eyed up by Brighton after the League One side watched
him for two games.
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HATCHET MAN: Brass-necked FA keen for Carlos Tevez argy bargy to rumble on
Last updated at 10:21 AM on 22nd October 2008
Daily Mail
After gatecrashing the Carlos Tevez saga at the last minute, the Football
Association have the cheek to tell the Court for Arbitration in Sport to
butt out. Their intervention in the matter had already put Premier League
noses out of joint and now Lord Triesman's organisation are taking on
all-comers. Their push for power and political clout seems to know no
bounds. CAS have not even decided themselves whether they can hear West
Ham's appeal against a compensation ruling in favour of Sheffield United,
but the FA have written to them anyway. The FA's stance could cause yet more
trouble too. Imagine if CAS rule they can hear the appeal and make a
judgement in West Ham's favour, Sheffield United will certainly not take
that without a fight. It is a lawyer's dream, but for everybody else it is
just a painful, weeping sore that the FA should stop picking.
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Hammers star calls for patience over new formation
10:10am Wednesday 22nd October 2008
Echo
MARK NOBLE insists West Ham's new formation under boss Gianfranco Zola will
soon start to come to fruition. Despite delivering a more entertaining brand
of football, the Italian's 4-3-2-1 system has yet to deliver on results.
Failure to turn possession into goals has cost the Hammers dear in the back
to back defeats against well-organised outfits in Bolton and Hull City.
However, Noble - who for one is clearly relishing the freedom afforded by
playing as the advanced man in a three-man midfield - reckons the new style
will eventually start to bring success. "The new system is working.
Obviously it's going to be a slow process though," admitted the 20-year-old.
"It's not going to work over months, it's going to be a couple of years when
he finally gets it going. "I'm really enjoying it. Then again, it's only
enjoyable if you're winning. We haven't in the last two games so you can't
laugh and smile." Indeed, it would appear more works needs to be done and
Noble is aware that, with Arsenal and Manchester United next up, the team
need to start converting their chances if they are to keep themselves in the
top half of the Premier League table.
"Twelve points from our opening eight matches is not enough," he said. "We
thought we should have won last week (against Bolton) as well, although it
was a bit of bad luck with (Robert) Greeny dropping the first one. It's
unlike him. "Again at Hull we felt we should have taken the three points as
well. The first half especially the way we played and kept the ball, the way
we passed it. We just couldn't score. "But it hasn't happened and now we've
got Arsenal and Man Utd in the next two games so we've got a big job to try
and do our best to get some points out of them."
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No Arsenal sell-out as fans vote with their wallets
11:31am Wednesday 22nd October 2008
Echo
By Rob Pritchard »
WEST Ham United supporters are threatening to vote with their wallets over
the price of Premier League match tickets. With just three days to go until
the Hammers host Arsenal in what is one of the club's biggest home games of
the season, nearly 1,000 tickets remain unsold. The remaining tickets -
priced between £45 and £63 for adults and £25.50 and £34.50 for under-16s -
are on general sale, but many fans have decided to watch the fixture live on
SKY Sports television or the internet instead. And supporters' disquiet is
evident on on-line fans' forum WestHamOnline.net One, using the avatar Full
Claret Jacket, summed up a number of posts by writing: "I was priced out a
couple of seasons back. "I used to go every home and pretty much every away.
I only attended four games last year and streamed the rest. "I love going to
the games but it costs me a ton (£100) every time when you put in travel,
beer and food - even more if my kids want to go (which they often do) .
"This year I cannot justify the cost of club membership or the ticket prices
when there are so many other more pressing things to spend money on."
Another, Marshboy, said he was being forced to give up his season ticket due
to the spiralling cost. "I won't be renewing next season .15 years I've had
my season ticket and now I just can't afford football anymore."
West Ham have struggled to fill Upton Park this season, with less than
33,000 fans turning out for the Premier League fixtures against Wigan
Athletic and Blackburn Rovers, while just 10,055 showed up for the Carling
Cup second round win over League Two Macclesfield Town. And with many
supporters choosing to tighten their purse-strings in the current uncertain
financial environment, the Boleyn Ground is set to be under its 35,647
capacity again.
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