The story of the Hammers’ immediate return to the Premier League

A 3-2 defeat to Wigan Athletic on 15 May 2011 brought to an end a six-season stint in the Premier League and saw the Hammers relegated to the Championship for the first time in seven years. It took two seasons to regain our Premier League status following relegation in 2003,…

New Kits Unveiled

The new Home and Away kits were unveiled today with a proliferate of West Ham Legends and Carlton Cole (only joking, I know he is a legend – albeit for mainly jesting reasons). Gone are the days when you eagerly awaited the weekly Shoot magazine to see if your club…

‘Always Believe Innnn’ – Carlton Cole announces his retirement from professional football.

Icons come in all shapes and sizes. As you would probably expect, I’m sat at my computer writing this article – but what you probably wouldn’t have anticipated is that perched next to my PC is a signed photo of Shaka Hislop. Our ill-fated run to the FA Cup Final…