Daily WHUFC News II - 13th December 2017

Hammers net 13 goals in Margate rout
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West Ham United Ladies secured a sensational 13-0 win over Margate Ladies
thanks to four goals apiece from Ellie Zoepfl and Amber Stobbs. The Irons
led 4-0 in the first half as a brace from Zoepfl, Stobbs' first finish and
an Andria Geogriou goal put the Hammers in firm control. The floodgates
opened in the second half with another nine goals being scored by the away
side, including three more from the No10 and another two by Zoeplf. The
Hammers are back in action on Sunday when they host Crystal Palace at Rush
Green. Kick-off is at 2pm and admission is FREE for Season Ticket Holders,
Claret Members and all Under-16s. Click here for more info. It took the
Hammers just nine minutes to take the lead in this midweek fixture as Stobbs
tucked home after Molly Peters saw an effort well saved. West Ham kept the
pressure on and got their rewards again just a few minutes later as Zoepfl
scored from a narrow angle, making it 2-0 to the visitors.
Stobbs looked for a second as she saw an effort fantastically saved before
smacking the post with a powerful effort, while Zoepfl also hit the
woodwork. The American grabbed her second though, and West Ham's third, just
after half an hour with a glancing header before Georgiou tapped in after a
terrific team move.
Despite leading 4-0 the Ladies showed no signs of letting up in the second
period, with Stobbs shooting into the roof of the net on 54 minutes for her
second goal.
Just a moment later and Zoepfl had her hattrick after an excellent finish,
while substitute Kmita added two goals in just two minutes from close range.
Zoepfl was again on the scoresheet on 75 minutes for her fourth goal,
netting with a low finish, while Stobbs got her hattrick with ten minutes to
go. There was still time for Georgiou to find her second before Stobbs
joined the four-goal club on 85 minutes, giving the Hammers an incredible
13-0 win.

West Ham United Ladies: Kanto, Mackie, Wheeler, Austin (M Kmita 46'),
Auguste; Chong, Georgiou; Zoepfl, Burr (R Kmita 46'), Stobbs, Peters (Swift
66')
Subs not used: Wealthall

Goals: Stobbs 9' 54' 80 85'', Zoepfl 16' 32' 56' 75, Georgiou 35 83', R
Kmita 60' 62', Swift 77'

Margate Ladies: Andrews, Scannell, Green, Thudusion, Aran, Bailey, Cover,
Richardson, Waineright, Heminouay, Thesomma
Subs not used: Powell, Coresna, A Buson, K Buson, Kiss

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Team news: Hammers unchanged for Arsenal derby
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David Moyes has named an unchanged team for West Ham United's home London
derby against Arsenal on Wednesday night. Hot on the heels of Saturday's 1-0
victory over Chelsea, the Hammers will be going for another three point haul
against their London rivals. Adrian remains in goal after his clean sheet
against the Blues, with Winston Reid, Angelo Ogbonna and Aaron Cresswell
lining up in a back three in front of him. Michail Antonio will again play
as a striker, supported by Manuel Lanzini and Marko Arnautovic, with Mark
Noble anchoring the midfield. James Collins returns from a hamstring injury
and is named on the bench for his first involvement since September.

West Ham United: Adrian, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Zabaleta, Noble (c),
Obiang, Masuaku, Lanzini, Arnautovic, Antonio
Substitutes: Hart, Collins, Rice, Carroll, Ayew, Sakho, Chicharito

Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny (c), Monreal, Xhaka, Wilshere,
Maitland-Niles, Ozil, Iwobi, Sanchez, Giroud
Substitutes: Ospina, Chambers, Kolasinac, Coquelin, Elneny, Lacazette,
Welbeck

Referee: Jonathan Moss

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West Ham United Coaching Association Launches
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West Ham United's Academy has launched an Official Coaching Association,
giving coaches the perfect opportunity to utilise the vast experience inside
the Academy of Football, whilst creating a local coaching fraternity which
brings together the professional and grassroots game in a unique and
progressive manner.

Headed up by our Academy Director Terry Westley, the West Ham United
Official Coaching Association brings together local grassroots coaches to
experience best practice sessions from elite Hammers coaching staff,
including former England U21 manager Stuart Pearce, alongside leading guest
figures within the elite sporting industry.

Endorsed by the FA, the association will offer quarterly learning events for
coaches at the famed Academy of Football, Chadwell Heath, where visionary
coaches in the game such as Ron Greenwood and John Lyall developed a string
of Hammers legends, including Bobby Moore, Sir Geoff Hurst, Sir Trevor
Brooking, and in more recent times Premier League winners Rio Ferdinand,
Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick and Joe Cole.

Join the Coaching Association here
These coaching seminars will give coaches the chance to learn in an
informative, interactive environment and will be led by professionals with
vast experience in the sporting industry, whilst also enabling coaches to
share best practice methods and widen their knowledge base.

Regardless of the coach's level, all members of the Association will gain
key insights into building and implementing a coaching philosophy, further
aiding your players' development.

Annual Subscription will also include monthly coaching-led digital content,
a pre-booked place at all four events, exclusive coaching materials and
learning aids.

Places in the association are limited to 100 coaches, so hurry to secure
your place among the most forward-thinking coaches in the area.

Membership of the association will not only give you access to the
experience of professionals operating at the highest level of professional
sport, but also open up a potential pathway to the Academy for your players.

West Ham United Academy Director Terry Westley said: "The West Ham United
Official Coaching Association offers an unmissable chance for local coaches
to access the world class resources available to us as a Premier League
football club.

"As a member of the association, coaches will have learning opportunities
unavailable elsewhere, giving them the tools to take their players to the
next level.

"The benefits for the Club are also clear, as we will be opening up an even
bigger pathway for elite local talent to our world famous Academy, so
membership of the Official Coaching Association will help raise standards
for coaches, players and the Club.

Click here to sign up today, for an annual fee of just £80 or alternatively
book onto any of quarterly events priced at £30 per session.

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Noble: We cannot allow our level to drop at all against Arsenal
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Mark Noble is determined to lead West Ham United to another vital Premier
League victory at London Stadium. The Club captain was in inspirational form
in Saturday's 1-0 win over champions over Chelsea. Not only did the No16 run
an astounding game-high 12.77km, but he also made more passes in the
opposition half than any other Hammer, won three tackles, made two
clearances, two interceptions and regained possession for his team six
times. A repeat performance when Arsenal visit Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
is top of Noble's agenda for Wednesday evening. "We go into the game with
growing confidence after beating Chelsea here on Saturday, but we cannot
allow our level to drop at all against another top team," he wrote in his
Official Programme column. "I said after the game at the weekend that some
people need to realise that we are not 'parking the bus', which is a lazy
cliché, but that we don't have the spending power or the overall quality of
the very biggest teams like Chelsea and Arsenal, so we have to find a
different way to even it up or, on a good day, beat them."

Noble, who earned his Club-record 100th Premier League victory in Claret and
Blue at the weekend, has seen it all during his 13-year career. It is in
circumstances like the present, with his boyhood team fighting for their
top-flight future, that the man appointed skipper two-and-a-half seasons ago
stands tallest. "At times like this, I relish my role as captain of this
football club, my football club," he confirmed. "I've been playing in the
Premier League for more than a decade now and have given my life to this
Club, as this Club has given me my life and career, so I'm going to do as I
always have done and give absolutely everything. "I'm not going to sulk or
chuck my toys out of the pram if I'm not playing every minute of every game.
My job is to look after the changing room and make sure the boys are happy,
creating a positive environment in which we can thrive. "Every player
understands what the manager is trying to do here. We are all professionals
and accept his decisions for the good of the team and the good of the Club,
and that's what every player has done. "That is the approach we need to take
to get out of the mess we find ourselves in, and Saturday showed what that
approach can achieve. "We need to start tonight's game as we started against
Chelsea, on the front foot, full of energy and purpose, not allowing our
opponents to settle. "We've got another battle ahead of us, but we're at
home and the crowd will be behind us for sure and, if we can get another
three points, that would be massive."

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West Ham Ladies 13-0 Margate: Ray 'couldn't be prouder' of players
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West Ham United Ladies general manager Karen Ray has expressed her pride at
the intensity, commitment and effort shown by her side in the 13-0 victory
against Margate. Four goals apiece from Ellie Zoepfl and Amber Stobbs, as
well as braces from Rosie Kmita and Andria Georgiou and a finish by Zoe
Swift earned the Hammers an unforgettable win at Hartsdown Park. Having led
4-0 at half-time, the Irons refused to take their foot off the pedal and
proceeded to net another nine times in the second period. And Ray – taking
charge of her first match as interim first team manager – could not be more
pleased with what she saw from the team. "Midweek away games are always
tough," Ray told whufc.com. "Players have full time jobs so driving two
hours after a long day at work can make it hard to focus. However, we can't
fault the effort and intensity they demonstrated. "This win was all about
the players. They deserved to earn themselves a convincing result. The staff
and I couldn't be prouder of the reaction showed after a tough few weeks.
They dug deep, rallied around each other and played some beautiful
football."
Ray singled out new signing Zoepfl for praise after the American gave what
was arguably her most complete performance since joining the Hammers. The
24-year-old netted four times and was a constant threat to the Margate
defence, and Ray has praised Zoepfl's versatility as well as the creativity
of her entire team. She continued: "If you look at the type of goals we
scored, they're not all the same. We showed our ability to be creative and
relentless in the final third. "Ellie showed how versatile she is; not only
posing a threat in attacking areas by linking up well with the midfielders
but also making runs in behind. A side to her game we hadn't yet had a
chance to see. "I thought we used the pitch really well and made it tough
for Margate to have any possession - winning the ball back early and then
working through their lines quickly making it difficult for them. The second
half we didn't take our foot off the gas and total credit to the players.
You could see the confidence in their performance."

Attention now turns to the league contest against Crystal Palace on Sunday
at Rush Green. Palace currently sit fourth in the Women's Premier League
Southern Division and have proven to be a tricky test this campaign. But Ray
is confident her side have the talent and belief to best this Eagles this
weekend. Ray added: "Our focus now switches to Crystal Palace on Sunday, who
will pose a very different threat. It's tough to only have one training
session to prepare but I believe in this team and their desire to pick up
points."

Sunday's Ladies match with Crystal Palace kicks off at 2pm at the Rush Green
Training Facility, and West Ham United season ticket holders and Claret
Members can attend this fixture for free!
Fans under the age of 16 can also watch the Ladies play the Eagles for free
this Sunday, while general admittance is just £2!

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In their words: The 1980 FA Cup winners
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On May 10 1980 West Ham United, then of the Second Division, bested First
Division side Arsenal in the final of the FA Cup. A rare Trevor Brooking
header gave the Hammers the victory, and a third FA Cup win, as the Irons
bested a Gunners side that had won the previous two finals. Ahead of
Wednesday's clash with the Gunners, the players from that unforgettable day
take a look back at one of the stand-out matches in West Ham history...

Sir Trevor Brooking

The only goalscorer on the day, Brooking found the back of the net with a
rare header in the 13th minute to give the Irons the 1-0 win over Arsenal.
The result was Brooking's second FA Cup with West Ham, having also been in
the team for the 1975 final victory. "I know I wasn't noted for my heading,"
Brooking told the Standard. "Some think that Stuart Pearson's cross simply
hit me on the head and bounced in. It wasn't quite like that. "Stuart
dragged the ball across the face of the goal. I saw it coming my way and had
I stood upright it would have missed me. But I leaned back to put myself in
line with the ball. I made contact with my head and tried to steer it into
the net. At the time - it was the 13th minute - I didn't imagine it would be
the winning goal. "It was one of the great moments of my career. To play in
a Cup Final was a massive event but to score made it really memorable."

Brooking also fondly recalls the celebrations that followed the match, in
particular the parade that took place the next day, where over 200,000
supporters turned out to congratulate the West Ham players. He told BBC
Sport: "The parade is always a bit special because by then you have had 24
hours to enjoy it. We picked up the open-top bus at Stratford Broadway and
then took a route to get us to East Ham town hall, a few miles away. "It
took us more than a couple of hours to get there - they estimated that more
than 200,000 people lined the streets. "The old east end did know how to
celebrate and people had come out from hospitals so you could see various
patients and babies being held up and crying their eyes out. The atmosphere
was fantastic on that Sunday because winning a match like that against
Arsenal was something the east end wanted to celebrate. It is something I
will always remember."

Billy Bonds


Having already captained the Hammers to the 1975 Cup win, Billy Bonds once
again got the illustrious honour of hoisting the FA Cup trophy into the air
in 1980 after the win against Arsenal. "We didn't really go into the game
thinking we were underdogs because, although we were a second division side,
we had a lot of very good players in that team," Bonds recalled to BBC
Sport. "If you look through that team a lot of them became legends at the
club."

When asked about the party after the match Bonds responded: "Do I remember
much about the celebrations? No, not really, apart from that I had to put
our coach Ernie Gregory and physio Rob Jenkins to bed early because they had
both drunk too much out of the Cup."

Alvin Martin

Alvin Martin spent 21 years on the books at West Ham United, but undoubtedly
the highlight in his 598 games for the Club came in 1980, with the defender
a key cog in the 1-0 FA Cup win. Martin is full of praise for the
performance of goalscorer Brooking, remembering that his efforts were
partially down to some criticism he had received from a notable name in
football. "I think I've only looked at that game once, maybe twice," Martin
admitted to the Guardian. "But when you're involved in the game you don't
get a clear perception of it. You have certain memories like the final
whistle, but I looked at the game and I've never seen him [Trevor Brooking]
work so hard in the middle. "That was probably in part due to the criticism
he got from Brian Clough, who had a pop at him prior to the game. Trevor
went out there on a mission. He didn't just create, he worked as hard as any
player I've seen on that day."

Martin continued: "On our day, we knew we could beat anybody. John Lyall was
in the middle of a rebuilding programme. He'd brought Ray Stewart in, Alan
Devonshire and I had made an impact and it was a team that was full of
internationals. As far as I'm concerned, Billy Bonds should have had 50
caps. He only got one and that was down to injury. "Trevor Brooking was a
class performer. We had Frank Lampard. We just struggled for consistency,
but the FA Cup wasn't about consistency. But coming to the final, you know
you're up against it because that was a good Arsenal side."

Alan Devonshire

It was thanks to Alan Devonshire that West Ham reached the FA Cup final in
1980, with the midfielder scoring in the 2-1 win over Everton in the
semi-final replay.
"It was a great day," he told TheFA.com on the final against Arsenal. "I
remember it being very hot and that we were quietly confident. "When we went
on the pre-match walkabout we were in a good mood, and I remember when the
Arsenal players came out they looked very pensive and as if they had the
weight of the world on their shoulders." "We fancied our chances big time.
We started brightly and scored early. From then it was quite comfortable, I
think they only had one or two shots for the whole game. "It was a great
day. Playing in front of 100,000 people in an FA Cup Final, it's what
everyone dreams about as a kid. I was lucky enough to do it and get the win
as well."

John Lyall

Arguably the most illustrious manager in West Ham history, John Lyall
claimed two FA Cups during his tenure as the Hammers boss and also guided
the Club to the final of the European Cup Winners Cup, the League Cup and
winners of the Second Division in 1980/81. Writing a newspaper column the
day after the famous FA Cup win of 1980, Lyall said: "There's an adage I'll
always go along with: 'To be successful you have to take chances.' The
soccer fans wants to be excited by men like Trevor Brooking and Alan
Devonshire. "I'm just delighted for those wonderful fans of ours. We gave
them the opportunity for a typical East London knees-up."

Lyall sadly passed away, at just 66-years-old, in April 2006 after suffering
a heart attack. The legendary manager's legacy is remembered by West Ham
United with the famous gates at the Boleyn Ground renamed 'The John Lyall
Gates' in 2009.

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Stadium losing £190,000 per match, say LLDC
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Filed: Wednesday, 13th December 2017
By: Staff Writer

The LLDC have admitted that the Olympic Stadium loses a small fortune every
time West Ham United play a match there. The shocking revelation was just
one of many made at a London Assembly Budget Monitoring Sub-Committee
meeting this afternoon, chaired by Gareth Bacon, leader of the LA
Conservatives. Bacon, 45, took the London Legacy Development Corporation to
task on several accounts regarding their relationship with West Ham - with
the corporation's Gerry Murphy bearing the brunt of the questioning and
criticism.

In addition to the huge losses encountered every match day, Murphy revealed
that the LLDC has refused to sanction an increased capacity until West Ham
agreed to increase their contribution to the stadium costs. Currently
capped at 57,000, the club have seen bids to raise capacity to 60,000 and
66,000 rejected as a result of the LLDC's stance - and Murphy confirmed that
further legal action would be necessary in order to determine the outcome.
"The concession agreement talks about minimum seating," she said. "There are
more seats available in the stadium, however in order to activate those
seats it would cost E20 additional operating costs. "There is a dispute
with West Ham about what the contract says in terms of capacity. West Ham
have said they absolutely want to increase capacity to 60,000, and further
increase the capaity to 66,000. "LLDC and E20 disagrees with their
interpretation of the contract. We feel that if West Ham want to enjoy more
seats then they should commensurately pay more - and that's the gist of the
disagreement between us which is subject to legal proceedings. "We have had
a number of discussion with West Ham about capacity. Of course it would be
good for us to have higher capacity, if we would get a share of that revenue
- but that is not what West Ham propose."

Murphy, who insisted that "West Ham have a great deal" also revealed that
the cost of moving seats from to and from football mode, initially budgeted
at £50,000 per annum was in the region of £12million last year, largely as a
result of the stadium hosting the World Athletics Championships. "We have
been looking at the overall efficacy of the seating system and there are a
number of proposals for replacing elements of the seating," she added. "They
are in concept design at the moment. "We expect to see some proposals come
forward in the first quarter of next year which may also allow us to reduce
the seat move costs. I think we've gone some way already with configurations
and some minor amendments of the existing system and there is also a review
of the seating system and to see whether there are other things we can do to
substantially improve."

And asked by Bacon why the LLDC hadn't entered discussion with West Ham with
regard to making the stadium more profitable, Murphy insisted that the club
would be heavily involved with their future plans. "We will be talking to
West Ham about all those things, "she replied. "We talk to West Ham all of
the time. We are developing a commercial strategy and West Ham will be part
of that development."

To which Bacon replied: "It doesn't feel like a partnership arrangement from
what I'm hearing today. Partners who are supposed to be working together
don't sue each other."

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Arsenal's Jack Wilshere interests West Ham boss David Moyes
Last Updated: 13/12/17 12:01am
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West Ham boss David Moyes has admitted he would be interested in signing
Jack Wilshere in January if the Arsenal midfielder is made available.
Wilshere has been largely limited to Europa League appearances and the
occasional substitute role in the Premier League for the Gunners this
season. But the 25-year-old, who has six months left on his contract, is in
line to start against West Ham on Wednesday due to an injury to Aaron
Ramsey. Moyes, who believes the January transfer window is vital if West Ham
are to climb away from relegation trouble, said: "Jack Wilshere would be
someone who we'd have to look at if he was available. "I also want to make
sure we're looking at players who can be at the club for a long period and
not just in for a short period. "Then there's also the short-term fix for me
which is how do we get enough wins between now and the end of the season?
There's a balance between that. "That's why those decisions will have to be
mutually taken with [head of recruitment] Tony Henry, the chairman and
myself to make the right deals. "I've got an idea of where I need to
strengthen. We've already said there's a little bit of an imbalance but that
can happen at football clubs. "Could January be the difference between
staying up and going down? I do believe it could. "I think if the right
players are available we should try and do something. If we can get the
right players, that's the big part of it."
West Ham also expressed an interest in signing Arsenal forward Olivier
Giroud in the summer, but were unable to agree a deal. Moyes added: "We've
got a lot of strikers so I think for us to be linked to strikers at the
moment might not necessarily be the right thing. "But who knows? I think
Olivier Giroud is a talented footballer and has a record of scoring goals."

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