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The latest to add to the accolades for Scott Parker has been is club-mate
Carlton Cole
27.04.2011
Carlton Cole has paid tribute to the outstanding Scott Parker after he won
the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award. Parker will
be honoured at a special gala dinner in London in a fortnight's time, and
Cole said the No8 deserved all the accolades. Parker, like hernia-victim
Mark Noble who was hurt at Chelsea last Saturday, is battling to be fit for
the final three weeks of the season. Positive news has come with Jack
Collison's second successive 90 minutes in a run of four games for the
reserves, while Junior Stanislas is close to a first-team training return
after his own hernia issues. Winston Reid has also been back in action on
the practice pitches after a knock. It is Parker, though, that Cole said
everyone was looking to. "Scotty is one of those players that is a leading
player on the pitch, he leads by example, he will say how he feels," Cole
said. "Scotty won't shy away from anything, from a challenge, those are the
sort of characters you need in your team. "Especially when we are fighting
relegation as well, Scotty as a player and a person, is someone who will
always stand up and be counted - you need people like him. "Any accolade he
gets, any pat on the backs, Scotty deserves. That is how I look at it. I
hold him highly up there as one of the best players in the league at the
moment. "For the last three years, as soon as he got over the niggly
injuries he had when he was first here, once he started getting momentum, he
has not stopped. He is like a juggernaught."
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West Ham's Daniel Gabbidon charged over Twitter post
BBC.co.uk
Page last updated at 17:18 GMT, Thursday, 28 April 2011 18:18 UK
West Ham's Daniel Gabbidon has been charged by the Football Association in
relation to recent comments he made on social networking website Twitter.
The Welsh defender, 31, was charged on Thursday with improper conduct and/or
bringing the game into disrepute. Gabbidon, who made the comments after a
2-1 defeat at home by Aston Villa on 16 April, has until 1600 BST on
Wednesday 4 May to respond to the charge.
Team-mate Carlton Cole was fined last week for comments made on Twitter.
Gabbidon posted the message - which included swearing - in the wake of the
defeat at Upton Park, where Gabriel Agbonlahor scored an injury time winner
to keep West Ham deep in relegation trouble. The West Ham player ended his
final Twitter entry by writing: "U know what.... u will never get another
tweet from me again, you just don't get it do you. Bye bye."
Striker Cole was sanctioned by the FA for comments he made on Twitter about
Ghana fans during their friendly against England. He was also charged with
improper conduct and fined £20,000, as well as being warned about his future
conduct. In January, Dutch winger Ryan Babel was fined £10,000 and warned
about his future conduct by the FA over a post he made on Twitter.
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Mark targets Blackburn
KUMB.com
Filed: Thursday, 28th April 2011
By: Staff Writer
Mark Noble could yet figure in West Ham's season-defining final three games
after it was revealed that initial injury fears were unfounded. The
23-year-old midfielder is set to undergo treatment on a hernia problem that,
it had been suggested, could rule him out for the remainder of the season.
However Noble is set to return for the home games against Blackburn and
Sunderland plus the visit to Wigan according to latest reports - although it
is thought that this weekend's trip to Manchester City comes too soon. With
Scott Parker also unlikely to feature at the City of Manchester Stadium and
with Gary O'Neil out until next season, Avram Grant's midfield options are,
once again, extremely limited. Jonathan Spector - who had the game of his
career against the other Mancunian club earlier in the season - is a likely
candidate to start, as is Freddie Sears who has impressed out wide in recent
outings.
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Sullivan says 75% chance of relegation
KUMB.com
Filed: Thursday, 28th April 2011
By: Staff Writer
David Sullivan has spoken for the first time about the possibility of West
Ham being relegated from the Premier League this season. The club's
co-chairman - unusually quiet in recent weeks, in stark contrast to the same
stage of last season when Gianfranco Zola was battling to avoid the drop -
talked about the massive financial implications of relegation, whilst
gloomily predicting that Avram Grant's squad only have 'a 25-30 per cent
chance of staying up'. "There would have to be a dramatic change in players
coming and going as we could only keep those who are committed to the club
and willing to play in the Championship," he told tonight's Standard. "We
would also be totally committed to getting promoted immediately. "It would
be a huge setback if we were to go down but this is the club we support and
David [Gold] and I see it as a long-term project. Whatever happens we will
be sticking with the club. There is no more pressure than the pressure we
put on ourselves. "David and I took over a club £110m in debt. We are
keeping the club afloat and paying down the debt. We remain totally
committed to the club."
Sullivan also claimed that the club's existing '£10-12million [annual] hole
in the cash flow' would rise to £40million should West Ham drop into the
Championship.
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Here we go again...
KUMB.com
Filed: Thursday, 28th April 2011
By: Staff Writer
Danny Gabbidon has become the latest recipient of an FA charge after he was
accused with 'bringing the game into disrepute'. Hot on the heels of team
mate Carlton Cole and manager Avram Grant, the Welsh defender was hit with
the charge after telling followers of his Twitter account 'f*ck the lot of
you will never get another tweet from me again' following the recent 2-1
home defeat to Aston Villa. Gabbidon's outburst is thought to have been in
reaction to a string of negative 'Tweets' from disappointed supporters
immediately following the game which was lost to an injury-time winner.
Unsurprisingly the FA were swift to sniff the opportunity for another
£20,000 boost to their bulging coffers and hit Gabbidon with the charge this
evening. A statement on the FA's site read: "West Ham United defender Daniel
Gabbidon has today been charged with Improper Conduct and/or bringing the
game into disrepute by The FA. "The charge follows media comments made on
Twitter on 16 April 2011. Gabbidon has until 4pm on 4 May 2011 to respond."
Carlton Cole was fined £20,000 and warned over his future conduct for a
Tweet made during the 1-1 draw between England and Ghana at Wembley last
month.
The heinous crime perpetrated by the West Ham striker was to imply - albeit
in jest - that immigration officers were preparing to swoop on the
20,000-strong away support.
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The story of Billie the grey
KUMB.com
Filed: Thursday, 28th April 2011
By: Staff Writer
88 years ago today West Ham faced Bolton in the first ever FA Cup Final
staged at the new Wembley Stadium.
Delayed for over 40 minutes due to the massive crowds estimated to be in
excess of 200,000 (the stadium had a capacity of 127,000) - and by a
compulsory, rousing and heartfelt 'three cheers' for the attending King
George V - the game was eventually - and controversially - won by Wanderers
courtesy of goals from David Jack and Jack Smith.
Jack gave the Trotters an early lead amidst farcical scenes; West Ham
half-back Jack Tresadern became entangled in the crowd, pushed right up
against the touchline after taking a throw-in and Bolton profited from the
resulting space; Jack's shot was hit so hard that it rendered a supporter,
standing behind the net, unconscious upon impact.
More farce followed on the quarter-hour mark as a crowd surge behind one end
led to another charge from the mounted police in order to clear the playing
area. After the Red Cross had attended to a number of injured fans, play
resumed; Dick Richards' shot was cleared off the line as Bolton clung on to
their slender advantage.
The crowd problems - and obvious threat to public safety - forced West Ham
captain George Kay, ironically a former Bolton player, to request an
abandonment of the game; a request Kay persisted with throughout the match,
to no avail. Half-time followed - and went after just five minutes, as the
players were forced to take refreshment on the pitch as the heaving crowds
rendered access the the changing rooms impossible.
Vic Watson - United's biggest attacking threat on the day who remains, to
this day, the club's greatest goalscorer of all time - failed to take
advantage of any half-chances afforded him which proved to be the Irons'
ultimate undoing. The game was won after Wanderers added a controversial
second as referee David Asson adjudged a Smith shot to have carried over the
line.
West Ham protested bitterly; initially the ball had been kept from leaving
the field of play by a spectator on the touchline to Bolton's advantage
before hitting the post and bouncing clear of goal, according to them. Asson
insisted that the ball had instead crossed the goal-line and rebounded off a
spectator, much to the Irons' annoyance.
Charlie Paynter, West Ham's manager was left to rue the impact police horses
had had on the pitch: "It was that white horse thumping its big feet into
the pitch that made it hopeless. Our wingers were tumbling all over the
place, tripping up in great ruts and holes," he reflected.
Despite going home as the losing team, West Ham United's part in football
history was cemented by the appearance of the aforementioned and
now-legendary mounted 'white horse' that appeared amongst the vast throngs
in order to disperse the crowds.
However a little known fact is that the horse - Billy* - was actually grey,
and only appeared white due to the quality of the film used to record the
event.
Billy's mount, PC George Scorey of the Metropolitan Police later recalled
how his job on the day was made easier by the massive crowd's 'good nature'.
Sadly our equine friend passed away just seven years after the match with
which he will forever be remembered; former partner Scorey was subsequently
presented with one of Billy's hooves, mounted, in memory of his former
companion.
Meanwhile, West Ham had to wait another 42 years before finally getting
their hands on the FA Cup...
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Spector - We're stronger now
Hammers star confident of survival
Last Updated: April 28, 2011 10:15am
SSN
Jonathan Spector rates the current West Ham team as superior to the one that
staged a great escape under Alan Curbishley four years ago. The Hammers
looked set to be relegated in 2007 before embarking on a magnificent late
charge, winning seven of their last nine games to beat the drop.
Curbishley's side contained the likes of Carlos Tevez, Yossi Benayoun, Bobby
Zamora and Lucas Neill, but Spector feels West Ham are stronger this term.
The American, one of the few survivors from 2007, is confident the Hammers
can find their best form during the remainder of the season and avoid the
trapdoor once again. "It is a very different team from the one we had that
stayed up four years ago," Spector said in the Daily Mirror. "It is a strong
team that we have right now, probably stronger than we had back then. "It
hasn't happened for us this season but now we have to come together as a
group and get some points."
Massive games
West Ham may be in a better position than they were at the equivalent stage
four years ago but they remain two points adrift of safety with just four
games to go.
The next challenge is a clash with high-flying Manchester City on Sunday,
and Spector is determined to rise to the occasion. "They are massive games
coming up and it is a big stage for us," he told the club's official
website. "There is certainly the added pressure of that Premier League
status, which we definitely want to hang on to.
"Every player wants to play. There could be quite a few players who could
have an important role and have a massive impact on the games we have left.
"There have been times when we have played really good football and a lot of
people have been looking at us and saying: 'They are too good to go down'.
"They were saying that about Newcastle a couple of seasons ago and we don't
want to repeat what they did. "I am not sure there is a secret. It is about
hard work and determination and the guts to want the ball, to want to play
and to stick to your gameplan even if it is not going well for you."
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Jacobsen rallies Hammers
Defender pinpoints Blackburn & Wigan games
By Pete O'Rourke - Follow me on Twitter @skysportspeteo. Last
Updated: April 28, 2011 9:30pm
SSN
West Ham defender Lars Jacobsen insists they can still get out of trouble in
the fight for survival. The Hammers find themselves rooted to the bottom of
the table, two points adrift of safety with only four games left in the
campaign. West Ham face Manchester City, Blackburn, Wigan and Sunderland in
their final four games and Jacobsen admits the games against fellow
strugglers Blackburn and Wigan are games they cannot afford to lose. "As I
see it there are five teams that can be relegated and several of the teams
will meet each other," Jacobsen told onside.dk. "So there can be many
things. We still believe, although it will be difficult.
Must-win
"We cannot afford to lose to either Wigan or Blackburn - they are games we
need to win. "So it is clear that they will be two key battles as they are
two teams who are also struggling and perhaps the two teams we can catch.
"We cannot afford to lose to either Wigan or Blackburn they are games we
need to win. "
First up for West Ham is a trip to Champions League-chasing Manchester City
on Sunday and Jacobsen believes they can get a result at Eastlands. "If we
go with the same attitude we showed against Chelsea I think we have a good
chance to get something from City," added Jacobsen. "I know we lost 3-0 to
Chelsea, but we could have got something from there if we had been a little
sharper as we had many chances."
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