If Gianfranco Zola is concerned about West Ham United's uncertain financial situation, he is not letting on. Rumours continue to circulate surrounding the Hammers' chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, who has reportedly lost in excess of £300million following the nationalisation of Icelandic bank Landsbanki and the collapse of tour operators XL. Click to continue reading...

Valon Behrami was back in training with the Switzerland national team on Thursday, having appeared to have overcome a minor ankle injury. The 23-year-old West Ham United star was treated on the pitch after being on the receiving end of a challenge from Manchester City's Gelson Fernandes on Wednesday. Click to continue reading...

It's just come to my notice that England Under-21s are actually a quite brilliant side! They haven't lost for three years and in that time they've won 16 and drawn nine, averaging over two goals scored per game. Not bad going by anyone's standards. With several of those all-conquering kids already in the full squad I [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham could find themselves in hot-water again after letting an unregistered doctor treat players. The Hammers appointment of Nikos Tzouroudis in July, appears to break Premier League rules as he is not registered with the General Medical Council. The Greek doctors appointment at Upton Park appears to have come about following a recommendation from technical director [. Click to continue reading...

Former West Ham boss Harry Redknapp claims he is worried about the future of the club. The ex-Irons chief fears the east London club could be one of the first to suffer as a result of the credit crunch after owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson lost a huge sum of money in the collapse of Icelandic bank Landsbanki. Click to continue reading...

West Ham United and Switzerland midfielder Valon Behrami is an injury scare ahead of Saturday's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Latvia. The 23-year-old suffered a bruised right ankle following a training ground challenge from Manchester City midfielder Gelson Fernandes on Wednesday. However, the injury is not believed to be serious enough to keep Behrami - a £5million [. Click to continue reading...

Craig Bellamy, oft-injured West Ham striker and captain of Wales, is ascending to new heights in an effort to stay fit. Or at least that's what he's trying to make his body believe. The Wales captain Craig Bellamy has installed an altitude tent in his home and is sleeping in it in an [...] Click to continue reading...

Some news to read as you steal $19,000 worth of bras: How to make your national team? With black magic, of course (mCalcio) Financial crisis hits West Ham (West Ham Offside) The Lampard-Gerrard problem (England World Cup blog) And a poll about the Lampard-Gerrard problem (Liverpool Offside) Rio Ferdinand sticks it to Sepp Blatter (SoccerLens) Why Chelsea are better off [. Click to continue reading...

Have you ever known that the percentage of outlandish news and rumors seems to spike during international breaks? You know, stuff like finding Cesc & Sergio Ramos dotting Milan's lineup next year. Or seeing Juventus switch their interest from one Merseyside-based Spaniard (Xaba) to another (Rafa). Click to continue reading...

I just read this article in some old UK rag --The Sun to be precise-- about how "Morrissey is "obsessed with Millwall and it's culture." He's even alleged to have been spotted swanning around Los Angeles in replica kit with "Mobster" written where a name should be.

That's cool and all but wasn't it just last year that he was wearing Chivas gear onstage and going to Chivas USA matches at the HDC? Click to continue reading...

WEST Ham have moved to play down concerns the club will be adversely affected by Icelandic bank Landsbanki going into administration. The Iceland government took control of Landsbanki on Tuesday, the country's second biggest bank, in order to stop it collapsing. Hammers chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is a major shareholder in the bank and chaired the [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham United striker Craig Bellamy has been sleeping in an altitude tent in a bid to save his injury-plagued career. The 29-year-old Wales international captain has made 12 first-team appearances since joining the Irons from Liverpool in a £7.5million deal in July 2007. This season, Bellamy has been restricted to just 73 minutes of Premier League [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham United have received a boost in their attempts to overturn an independent tribunal's decision to award Sheffield United £30million in compensation over the Carlos Tevez affair. The Irons have appealed to the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) to try and reverse the award, which was made after the tribunal ruled that Tevez [. Click to continue reading...

Sunday was the day that the Aston Villa juggernaut was set to send the Premiership in circles by derailing what is turning out to be one of the most astonishing records in Premiership history. Instead of ranting about what Chelsea football club have done, this will be a more interactive article involving every football fan. Click to continue reading...

I've been mixing with celebrities today.

Well one to be exact.

Billy Bragg.

I went to one of his Jail Guitar Doors events in a South West prison.

He is leading an initiative to take guitars into prisons to inspire and encourage prisoners to use music constructively to escape their surroundings (not literally of course) and express themselves in a way that does not get them into trouble. Click to continue reading...

West Ham's financial situation seems to be going from bad to worse. It is now almost certain that Gianfranco Zola will have to sell players in January. But they are still not exploiting a revenue stream since sponsors XL went bust so we thought we would set them up with Brighton and Hove Albion's old [. Click to continue reading...

Broke Hammers could go from XL to Fatboy Slim West Ham's financial situation seems to be going from bad to worse. It is now almost certain that Gianfranco Zola will have to sell players in January. But they are still not exploiting a revenue stream since sponsors XL went bust so we thought we would set [. Click to continue reading...

Time for a rant!! Not had one for a while! I'm sure a few of you go through the same thing I do when you go and watch your beloved team each week. You buy a season ticket and you sit with your chums. Before the game you have a beer, maybe a cheeky pie and even a Bovril when times are cold. A pint after the game to toast a victory (occasionally) and you have a good day out. Click to continue reading...

With the prediction by Lord Triesman, head of the Football Association, that the current global economic crisis could spell a ‘terrible danger' to clubs with spiralling debt, meaning could we actually see a Premier League club go to the wall? According to Triesman the Premier League is currently in £3bn worth of debt so the [. Click to continue reading...

Danny Gabbidon still has no idea when he will be fit enough to return from a long-term abdominal injury. West Ham United's Wales international defender has not played for the first-team since his late mistake led to the Irons' 2-1 Carling Cup quarter-final defeat to Everton last December. Since then, the 29-year-old has endured a frustrating series [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham will not suffer any repercussions from Landsbanki going into receivership, despite club owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson being a major shareholder in the Icelandic bank. The 67-year-old was the chairman of Landsbanki until he was sacked on Tuesday, after it had been taken over by the Icelandic government to prevent it from becoming insolvent. Click to continue reading...

Indian billionaire Anil Ambani is reportedly considering a bid to buy West Ham United. The 49-year-old communications and energy tycoon arrived in London at the weekend amid speculation that he could make a £150million offer for the Hammers. Ambani has previously been linked with offers for Newcastle United, Everton and Liverpool but has now reportedly set his [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham will have to change their name to Credit Crunch United at this rate because no Premier League club is feeling the pinch quite like the Hammers. Just weeks after shirt sponsor XL.com went bust, Icelandic bank Landbanki - of which club chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is a major shareholder - has gone into receivership. Click to continue reading...

England goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence has told West Ham stopper Robert Green to bounce back from his error-strewn performance against Bolton on Saturday. Green was at fault for the Trotters opener, dropping a routine catch for Kevin Davies to score, and failed to cling on to a low shot which allowed Gary Cahill to bundle the [. Click to continue reading...

Former West Ham United winger Mark Robson has thrown his hat in the ring to become the new manager of League One side Colchester United. The Newham-born 39-year-old, who made 47 appearances for the Hammers during a year-long stay at the club in the early 1990s, has revealed his ambition to succeed Geraint Williams at the [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham are considering a £7million move for rising Hammers star Mark Noble, according to internet reports. The West Ham midfielder is beginning to make a name for himself alongside Scott Parker in the Premier League and is reportedly catching the eye of Spurs' scouts, if football site TribalFootball is to be believed. Click to continue reading...

West Ham have given Diego Tristan a second week to earn a contract. The former Spain striker has been on trial with the Hammers as boss Gianfranco Zola searches for a short-term replacement for injured forward Dean Ashton. Tristan has been without a club since his release by Italian side Livorno at the end of last season. Click to continue reading...

I realise I might be a lone voice in the wilderness here, but I'd just like to stick up for Robert Green if I may.

In the light of West Ham's 3-1 thumping at the hands of Bolton yesterday afternoon, I could easily jump on the bandwagon and take issue with the part he played in conceding all three goals. Click to continue reading...

Week 7 :  EPL West Ham United are meeting Bolton Wanderers in this round of Premier League sunday 5th of october. Watch the match LIVE here ! Click to continue reading...

Gianluca Nani can be forgiven for having enjoyed his 46th birthday. Since being installed as West Ham United's first-ever technical director in June, things have gone rather well for the Italian talent-spotter, who turned a year older on Wednesday. While the Irons' off-field problems have mounted in recent weeks – the acrimonious resignation of Alan Curbishley being [. Click to continue reading...

Saturday, 4 October 2008 Blackburn v Man Utd, 17:30 Paul Ince's Rovers beat Newcastle last week, but Man Utd will be a tougher customer - even without the injured Scholes and Rooney. Fergie faces yet another of his managerial offspring, which has to make him feel old. Prediction: 0-2 Bonus Prediction: Fergie to give Ince deliberately bad "advice" before [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham defender James Collins believes he is "fitter and stronger than ever" after making his first appearance in a claret and blue shirt for some eight months. In front of watching boss Gianfranco Zola, the centre back managed 70 minutes in the reserve side's 4-3 win over West Brom on Tuesday. It was his first competitive [. Click to continue reading...

Carlton Cole insists his game is ready-made for Gianfranco Zola's new attacking formation. The Hammers striker has taken up a position at the head of a three-pronged attack in a 4-3-3 set-up with Matthew Etherington and new signing David Di Michele playing either side. And the move has paid instant dividends, with Cole having a hand [. Click to continue reading...

The F.A. have announced that lucky punters will be able to buy common sense by the bag from their headquarters as of this Saturday, after they have decided no one in the football world has any use for it any more. With the backdrop of multi-billionaire takeovers, Djibril Cisse's haircuts and Alan Hansen's "technical analysis", the [. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you steal a truck carrying 5,000 condoms, 800 HIV tests and a 23-foot inflatable prophylactic*...... The hypocrisy of Zidane? (Guardian Unlimited) And Zidane is angry at other people, as well. (France WCB) Does Berba have Spanish ulterior motives? (SoccerLens) More love for the lovable Werder Bremen. Click to continue reading...