West Ham United's relegation from the Premier League has been on the cards for some time. This in itself prevents the Hammers' demotion from being a surprise, but a look at the club's squad suggests a bottom placed finished was unexpected and something few predicted at the start of the season.
When Avram Grant replaced Gianfranco Zola as manager in June 2010, optimism at Upton Park was genuine.

Now that they have finished with Sir Alex, the FA has turned its attention to West Ham boss Avram Grant, charging him improper conduct following comments he made about match official Mike Jones after his side's 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Stoke at the weekend.

After the match Grant hit out at Jones' handling of the second half, which began with Stoke being awarded a penalty just 13 seconds after the restart.

Micah Richards' header sent Manchester City into an FA Cup semi-final blockbuster with Manchester United next month as they eded out Championship side Reading.

It will be the Blues' first appearance at that stage of the competition for 30 years and they will hope to avoid the nerves that affected them against the Royals.

Micah Richards' header sent Manchester City into an FA Cup semi-final blockbuster with Manchester United next month as they eded out Championship side Reading.

It will be the Blues' first appearance at that stage of the competition for 30 years and they will hope to avoid the nerves that affected them against the Royals.

BIRMINGHAM, England — Nikola Zigic gave Birmingham City a 1-0 away to West Ham on Sunday that moved the Blues out of the relegation zone and dropped their fellow strugglers to the foot of the Premier League table. The giant Zigic secured a precious three points for the Blues, now 16th in the standings, when [.

Frederic Piquionne looked superb last weekend against Everton in a game West Ham should have won (leading 2-1, Piq was shown a second yellow for celebrating with the fans, and 10-man West Ham subsequently settled for a 2-2 draw). Victor ... Continue reading →

‘It's disgraceful,' came the calls.
‘The law needs to be changed,' yelled others.
Nope, not the laws that allow an innocent man be persecuted by the national media because he likes art and stuff and used to have blue hair, but Frederic Piquionne's sending off against Everton at the weekend.

‘It's disgraceful,' came the calls.
‘The law needs to be changed,' yelled others.
Nope, not the laws that allow an innocent man be persecuted by the national media because he likes art and stuff and used to have blue hair, but Frederic Piquionne's sending off against Everton at the weekend.

1. An away victory for Liverpool. King Kenny will be getting a sainthood soon at his rate. 2. We're not sure he has quite repaid his £24 million just yet, but that was a pretty impressive start to Darren Bent's career at Aston Villa. 3. It was a bad weekend for the blue half of [...]

Dimitar Berbatov scored his third hat trick of the season as Manchester United thrashed Birmingham 5-0 to move two points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Wingers Ryan Giggs and Nani were the other scorers at Old Trafford for United, which swept to an easy victory to now make it 22 games without a defeat.

Dimitar Berbatov scored his third hat trick of the season as Manchester United thrashed Birmingham 5-0 to move two points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Wingers Ryan Giggs and Nani were the other scorers at Old Trafford for United, which swept to an easy victory to now make it 22 games without a defeat.

With the weekend schedule filled with FA Cup games in England, the start of the Clausura in Mexico, and La Liga getting ESPN attention, we take you through the National Teamers Abroad results. In England, Jonathan Spector scored West Ham United's opening goal in the 29th minute in a 2-0 win over Burnley.