https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jan/14/west-ham-fulham-premier-league-match-report

Very very poor
Today
Numbers needed

Totally

45 mill with 12 mil as ad on
Them as in are winning title and champions league
No wonder villa told us go **** your self
Another low ball fake offer than ain’t got half leg
With its on sky news is beyond me because that ain’t an offer

Gomez good little player,played for England not too long ago.
Quite small about 5ft 5',looks it anyway.

So much money been wasted for poor players since the end of last season and Steidten the so called Technical Director mainly responsible for it is still at the club. Potter needs to get him straight off his back and out of the club.

Proper effort that
Well done to boys there

Just came across this great story on the West Ham History website.   There is an opportunity to join the group on the site for those who may be interested.


West Ham United History  ·
Brian Belton  · Yesterday at 00:03  ·
The night before the Cup Final I saw West Ham go to the dogs
Now in the era of the circus that is the Premiership players go on tours of Wembley Stadium the day before a big final - but while on our regular Friday night greyhound racing, my dad and me were chatting with the team at the track. Looking back it's hardly credible just hours later I'd be watching the team at Wembley beating Division One Arsenal and ultimately parading the oldest and most storied trophy in football along the Barking Road.
That said, if you passed some of the players in the street, like Alan Devonshire, who was part of the engine room of that glorious team, you might be pushed to recognise them.
Dev, having swapped a flat cap for his Zapata moustache, has a bit more timber than his younger self, the player that sits in my memory jinking down left wing, still has a smile when reflecting on at the Irons’ warm-up the night before they shocked Arsenal at Wembley 45 years ago (is it really that long ago!!??).
Manager John Lyall’s enlightened decision to let his squad off the leash proved inspired - although it’s hard to imagine the powder-puff crew of today being inclined to be mixing with the plebs having a flutter at the dogs at any point, let alone on the eve of a big final - even if they could find the Niagaras to break the curfew.
As Alan was to say, “Players now would be amazed that John allowed us to go to the dogs the night before that final in 1980 final."
“It was a bit surreal watching greyhounds racing around the Wembley track, knowing we’d be playing on the pitch in the middle of it the following afternoon with 100,000 people in the stadium and millions watching around the world.
“Nearly all the lads were there - from memory, I think only David Cross and Phil Parkes stayed in the hotel - but it was great man-management because it took our minds off the final. I used to own a few dogs back then, so it was a relaxing environment and we were all sensible, only drinking Coke and enjoying the races. These days, players go on guided tours of Wembley the day before a big final - we just had a night at the dogs and a good laugh.
“When we walked out on the pitch the following day, I didn’t feel any nerves. There was no pressure on us because we were massive underdogs as a Second Division club and Arsenal had been in contention for trophies all season.
“Although it was my cross which led to Trevor Brooking’s winner the following day, I didn’t think I played that well personally. It was a hot day, and maybe it was one game too far for me - but it was a terrific team performance because Parkesy barely had to make any saves beyond routine.
“My favourite memory was the day after, when we paraded the Cup at East Ham town hall, and the turnout was incredible. I never knew we had made so many people happy.”
At 68, Devonshire’s love affair with the FA Cup shows no sign of waning. He was probably West Ham’s greatest signing, a £5,000 snip from non-League Southall, when he gave up his £80-a-week job as a forklift truck driver at the Hoover factory in Perivale across town.
At the end of 2024 Alan had been manager of the National League Maidenhead for 800 games over two spells. At the start of this season his crew were 5,000-1 to win the Cup, the Hammers had slightly shorter odds.
Back in 2015, the Magpies signed 6ft 4in defender Max Kilman and sold him to Wolves for £40,000 three years later. Critically, chairman Peter Griffin negotiated a 10 per cent sell-on clause, so when Kilman sealed a £40million move to West Ham in the summer, Maidenhead enjoyed a monster £4m windfall, securing the club’s long-term future.
Dev recalled: “I told the chairman I wasn’t going to ask for an extra half-million in my budget because I know how far this club has come. We were getting crowds of 70 when I first started here - now our average gate is around 1,200 and we can be a thorn in anyone’s side on our day.
“It’s fantastic to see Max doing so well. As a manager, there are few better rewards than seeing young players fulfilling their potential - and of course I couldn’t be happier that he’s landed at West Ham. It’s funny how it’s turned out.”
Talking of the FA Cup Dev reflected: “I still get a buzz when it comes round because I’m lucky enough to have seen how much it means to the fans when you win it.
“To people of my era, it’s still the greatest cup competition in the world, even if it seems to have lost its way a bit. For little clubs like us, it’s a chance to dream.”
Like Alan, for me, the FA Cup remains the preeminent prize in the game. The ever altering European charade, with it's daft also ran trophy and consolation vase, silly processes of qualifying, and waste of space qualifying leagues, populated by the likes of Dynamo Rockall, Vatican Rovers and Locomotive Tabarca, does not have the dignity, gravity or romance of the Cup, it is so transparently a money making show to line the pockets of the already 'cash fat' cats of UEFA, while the Prem feels like a pointless procession, funded by Oil-heads, legalised yank money launderers and an array of shifty, faceless billionaires - Devo and the lads at the dogs that night were and remain part of a different breed, strapped in the decency that comes with a modicum of humility and a sense of humour

£40 million for glass ankles

They must be mad

Nice that little kilman money went to grass roots

let the players let off some steam,  night befor cup final is very inspiring
Wasn’t like todays footballers not approachable
Use see arsenal squad 2005 time rd wharf regular
Use hotel befor match days players be wondering about in coffee shops or Waitrose

Dom Smith
4 hours ago
West Ham have agreed a deal to sign Brighton striker Evan Ferguson on a straight loan.

Ferguson is due to undergo a medical on Sunday and will move to West Ham until the end of the season.

Having come off the bench for Brighton in their 7-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, Ferguson is not eligible to play for West Ham against Chelsea on Monday.

Ferguson will be reunited with Graham Potter, who gave him his debut at Brighton.

West Ham had made a new striker a top priority in January after losing £27million summer signing Niclas Fullkrug to a hamstring injury.

The Hammers have also been without Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio, though Bowen is closing in on a return and is targeting a comeback against Chelsea.

Ferguson has made just two Premier League starts this season, having previously been seen as one of the most promising young forwards in the Premier League under Potter and then Roberto De Zerbi.

Potter has deployed Lucas Paqueta as a makeshift striker in recent weeks.

But West Ham hope to have Ferguson available to face Brentford at home next weekend.

James Ward-Prowse is set to return to West Ham after an agreement was reached with Nottingham Forest to terminate his loan early.

The Englishman has played just three times since Christmas, totalling just 18 minutes of action, and was not even in the squad for Forest’s 7-0 win over Brighton on Saturday.

Ward-Prowse joined Forest on a season-long loan in the summer after Graham Potter’s predecessor, Julen Lopetegui, told him he was not part of his plans for the Hammers’ season.

But West Ham were always keen on adding a central midfielder to their squad this month if a deal was affordable, and Forest have agreed to cancel his loan and allow him to return to the London Stadium after he made just five Premier League starts for them.

Why Brazilian kid only getting 5 min now than
??

Cos missed low block sparrow
Thought Chelsea bang average
Speaks volumes this window
No ambition why ain’t been given
Ammo
Don’t know any new manger that comes in full month befor it’s shuts
Got nothing other than crooked Irish lad

Eli Junior Kroupi Joined
Bournemouth
Line from club was agent tricky
Not for Bournemouth

Fighting for what ?
We ain’t got any fit forwards
So there no fighting anywhere
He play
Potter teams been very defensive cos lack of
Body’s

Where did you dig up that crap sparrow
Non story imo

Fact Cressy coful getting a games speaks volumes

It might be a non story to you fattie but its a West Ham story and as such deserves to be heard on here.


Your views on here over the years are just totally negative and add nothing to this thread and it's time you started to listen to others rather than coming on here everyday slagging off our club.

My views are on this thread over and over again as you well know.

I also like to read other peoples views and they also need to be aired on here.

If you cannot stomach hearing opinions different to yours then why bother starting this thread?


It is a forum and people will all have differing views but all we ever got from you is years of negativity despite much progress since Allardyce got us back out of the Championship.

Club
A statement from the family of Ronnie Boyce
18 hours ago
It is with deep and profound sadness that West Ham United shares the following statement on behalf the family of legendary Hammer Ronnie Boyce:



“We are so very sad to confirm that our beloved husband, father and grandfather Ronnie passed away peacefully on Thursday afternoon.”

“He fought illness in recent years with typical courage, bravery and no fuss, and with such strength. His nickname of ‘Ticker’, as the strong heartbeat of West Ham’s team in the 1960s, could not have been more appropriate.

“He was a Hammer all of his life, from growing up in East Ham to representing the Club as a player and coach across 34 years of dedicated service, and always had time for the fans and people who gave him so much support throughout his time in football.

“He never boasted about his wonderful playing career or achievements, but he was so proud of the fact that he scored the winning goal in West Ham United’s first-ever FA Cup victory, and his love of the Club and the supporters meant so much to him.

“As a family, we were even prouder of the love, support and dedication he gave us all, and of the quiet, honest, decent man that he was. We will miss him greatly and he will never be forgotten.”



The thoughts and condolences of everyone at West Ham United are with Ronnie’s wife Dawn, his sons Gary and Tony, daughter-in-laws Ewa and Sarah, grandsons Ross, Ben, Jack, Elliott and Tom, and all of his family and friends at this sad and difficult time.

Further tributes to Ronnie will appear across Club channels in the coming days and at London Stadium on Saturday ahead of our Premier League fixture against Brentford.


R.I.P Ronnie a fine servant of the club.