After almost three injury-ravaged years, Dean Ashton, as the back pages suggest, will finally hang
up his boots and retire. The player who was once seen as a unique cross between the playing styles
of Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham, will never fully fulfill his potential as a top-class
footballer.
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Soccer Pie 12 November @ 05:14 AM EST
It is starting to look as if West Ham striker Dean Ashton could be forced to retire from the
game at just 25-years-old.
The former Norwich forward broke his left ankle while training with the England squad in 2006
and has been unable to recover from the injury.
Hammer boss Gianfranco Zola had this to say on his situation: "When something like this happens,
it is very much personal.
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Word is Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill and Nigel Reo-Coker are back on good terms. That took a
while.
A couple months ago the two had one of the biggest spats of the season, over the weekend the boss
named the player captain.
Kumbaya.
Now the links:
- Fergie escapes FA punishment (v.
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Striker forced to hang up his boots.
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West Ham striker Dean Ashton expected to retire from football
Dean Ashton is this week expected to announce his retirement from football after losing a long
battle to recover from a broken ankle suffered on England duty more than three years
ago.
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At the beginning of season 08-09, I think you could have had very good odds on Carlton Cole
scoring 5 Premiership goals or more, becoming the fulcrum of the West Ham team and then breaking in
to the England squad. 15 months is a long time ago and in that time Carlton Cole has morphed from a
clumsy, well-built support striker who weighed in with the odd goal to a feared centre forward,
capable of giving the very best defenders a real working over.
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EPL Talk 22 September @ 03:43 PM EST
The missus and I were in Boston this past Saturday afternoon with some time to kill, so I
thought we'd try and find a place to catch the West Ham v Liverpool match. Our journey began in
Cambridge, around Harvard Square. Perhaps it's because the kids at that institution are too busy
planning winter break ski vacations in Austria or copying MySpace to make millions or splitting the
atom or whatnot, but there aren't too many bars in the yard.
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Anfield Talk 08 September @ 11:10 AM EST
Liverpool could have to pay more than ÂŁ1million to sign teenager Max Clayton after complaints
about an unofficial approach from his club Crewe.
The Anfield side are the latest Premier League giants to come under scrutiny for their behaviour in
recruiting top young talent from smaller teams, after a passionate outburst from Gresty Road
director of football Dario Gradi.
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Crewe's Director of Football thinks we should be afraid, very afraid!
Crewe have reported an unnamed Premier League club to the Football Association for an
alleged illegal approach for one of its young players.
Director of football Dario Gradi revealed the Coca-Cola League Two club had complained in the wake
of Fifa's decision to ban Chelsea from signing any players until January 2011.
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Fingers crossed for another Paolo!
West Ham have signed Livorno striker Alessandro Diamanti for an undisclosed fee on a
five-year contract.
Diamanti, 26, scored 18 goals in 37 league and cup matches last season as Livorno were promoted to
Serie A.
Diamanti said he was looking forward to linking up with Hammers boss and fellow Italian Gianfranco
Zola.
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Fantasy EPL 27 August @ 11:49 AM EST
We here at Blog Central have always enjoyed the notion of getting on the bandwagon of specific
players early. Those of you who have been reading know that we were high on Ashley Young before
Watford and Young made their Premier League debut. We were on Dean Ashton as he came on with
Norwich. We were on Milner before he was on the outside of the England squad.
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goalpost.tv 23 August @ 03:41 PM EST
. Image by Getty Images via Daylife Tottenham have continued their good form with a 2-1 victory
over West Ham at Upton Park. The first half was goalless, but the game came alive in the second
half. spurs had to come back from a goal down after England striker Carlton Cole struck [...]
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Reportedly the second richest club in the world behind Manchester City, based in the English
capital, and with a starting eleven who hail from all corners of the Earth; No, not Abramovich's
Chelski, but rather Flavio Briatore's venture just down the road, Queens Park Rangers. Just last
night Flav was sat in the Director's box with his latest swimwear modelling eye-candy, watching the
next instalment of QPR's quite embarrassing soap opera as they go one down to Bristol City.
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EPL Talk 14 August @ 10:53 AM EST
The boys are back in town for the 2009-2010 Premier League season. Click on the above image for
a full-sized picture showing a footballer from each of the 20 Premier League teams. The players are
as follows:
- Arsenal: Theo Walcott
- Aston Villa: Brad Friedel
- Birmingham City: Kevin Phillips
- Blackburn Rovers: Ryan Nelson
- Bolton Wanderers: Gavin McCann
- Burnley: Chris Caldwell
- Chelsea: Didier Drogba
- Everton: Joleon Lescott
- Fulham: Clint Dempsey
- Hull City: Richard Garcia
- Liverpool: Ryan Babel
- Man City: Carlos Tevez
- Man United: Michael Owen
- Portsmouth: David James
- Stoke City: Rory Delap
- Sunderland: Kenwyne Jones
- Tottenham Hotspur: Peter Crouch
- West Ham United: Dean Ashton
- Wigan Athletic: Titus Bramble
- Wolves: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Looking forward to another spectacular season!
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Fantasy EPL 12 August @ 11:00 PM EST
What to say about West Ham? They are the very definition of a midtable club. Ambitious to a
point, but hampered by history and finance. They have a young, exciting squad and a manager in
Zola who will look to utilize that vibrancy. They have a solid defence with depth at center back
and the under-rated Robert Green between the sticks.
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Luca to Link Up With Zola – According to Toni's agent.
Gianfranco Zola's search for a new striker was boosted today with the comments made by agent of
Bayern Munich and Italian forward Luca Toni. Zola has been in market for a new striker since the
departures of both David Di Michele, who returned to Torino after his loan spell came to an end and
Diego Tristan who left on a free transfer to sign for Cadiz of the Spanish Segunda Division.
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According to Martin Spinks at WhyDelilah, Stoke City are "distancing"
themselves from West Ham United striker Dean Ashton as there are
concerns over his fitness. Ashton has had ankle problems in the past.
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According to Darren Lewis at the Daily Mirror, Stoke City are prepared to sign
West Ham United striker Dean Ashton once United are able to sign
a replacement. Stoke City boss Tony Pulis said,
"You are always taking a risk, you are always taking a chance with people who have had
injuries .
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Zola eyes up top notch talent
The Rumour
West Ham United's determination to strengthen their attack by signing Bayern Munich's Luca Toni
and Eidur Gudjohnsen of Barcelona increased as Luis Boa Morte suffered cruciate damage which could
rule him out until the new year.
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Gianfranco Zola declared himself pleased with the side's 2-1 friendly win over Grays Athletic this
afternoon. In the absence of established first-teamers Robert Green, Matthew Upson, James Tomkins,
Mark Noble, Valon Behrami, Luis Boa Morte, Scott Parker, Carlton Cole and Dean Ashton, academy
products Zavon Hines and Cristian Montano scored the goals in a game that also saw the return to
action of Danny Gabbidon.
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1. Real Madrid have agreed to sign defender Raul Albiol from Valencia on a five-year contract, the
Primera Liga club said on Thursday, for around 15million euros. (Reuters)
2. Chelsea's summer of frustration in the transfer market deepened when Adriano Galliani, the Milan
vice-president, said that Alexandre Pato will remain at San Siro while Valencia's David Villa,
another to have attracted covetous glances from Stamford Bridge, ruled out a move to England.
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According to Sky Sports News, Stoke City are considering going after
West Ham United striker Dean Ashton.
According to Martin Spinks at WhyDelilah, Stoke City boss Tony
Pulis would like to sign striker Michael Owen.
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As inevitable as a bubble bursting, as inextricably cinched as the West Ham United board to
pecuniary constipation, Gianfranco Zola is being linked with yet another loan bid for yet another
Inter Milan player; this time the dilatory, brooding Mario Balotelli. Several of the morning papers
credit the Upton Park chief with trying to secure a loan deal for the 18 year-old striker, who has
grown impatient at being continually over-looked by Jose Mourinho.
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The H List 17 June @ 06:11 AM EST
Kyel Reid : Appearances - 0 (2), Goals - 1
I am sure that Kyel Reid is a tremendously nice human being who doesn't staple
vagrants to horses, but as far as his football career goes, he is essentially a mollusc.
Perhaps his biggest defect is his inability to cross the ball, which despite afflicting every
England left winger since John Barnes, is invariably not a positive attribute.
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As news today is slower than a white man in slippers I thought I would feature a little interview
with Trevor Brooking. I stumbled across it yesterday on Wharf.
Interview: West Ham legend Trevor Brooking
By Simon Hayes
West Ham legend Sir Trevor Brooking is urging the club's new owners to build for the future
following this week's takeover.
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EPL Talk 08 June @ 09:38 AM EST
For those not emotionally invested, the sale of a prominent Premier League club is chum in the
water. We want easily caricatured nutballs in charge, huge transfer budgets, grandiose schemes
destined to fail and decimations of the club's staff. We want entertainment.
Given that context and the club's unique penchant for disaster, West Ham's sale was abominable,
substandard and lamentable.
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Soccerblog 08 June @ 07:43 AM EST
CB Holdings is an Icelandic asset management company who paid ÂŁ100m for the club. They are a
subsidiary of the Straumur-Burdaras investment bank, a nationalized entity taken over by the
Icelandic government.
Ginafranco Zola and assistant Steve Clarke jobs are safe and some funds will also be made
available for transfers.
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Hungarian women raced to the Fantasy Premier League finish line with varying physiques and varying
success rates
Let's go month by month and revisit some of our premier league predictions. The good, the bad, and
the ugly. In part I, we look at predictions from 2008. In part II, we'll look at 2009.
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A few links from the past few days. Newcastle and Aston Villa could benefit from West Ham's tiring
of Dean Ashton's fitness. If he could stay healthy... Napoli star Ezequiel Lavezzi is said to be on
Liverpool's radar this summer....
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According to Darren Lewis at the Daily Mirror, West Ham United are prepared to
sell striker Dean Ashton this summer. Ashton has dealt with injury all season.
Newcastle and Aston Villa were once thought to be interested
in the striker and Everton might go after him as a replacement for Jo.
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This weeks little lovely lady is Carly Jee from Essex, a senior support worker and part time
model. Carly is a bit of a minx in front of the camera, in fact the pictures she sent us were so
hot we had to crop half of them out.
Age
23
Marital status
Single, woowhoo!
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Soccerblog 09 April @ 12:01 AM EST
Dean Ashton has been out for ever. The West Ham striker started in blazing fashion and then
suffered a crippling ankle injury which will keep him out for the rest of the 2008-09 season. A
huge blow for goal strapped West Ham. It maybe blasphemy to say this but a few more strikes and the
club would be challenging Arsenal just like Villa and Everton for the last CL spot.
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