Ian Holloway lines up crucial money talks with Blackpool chairman
• Blackpool's players 'deserve an awful lot more than they get'• 'I don't think the chairman realises how football is'Ian Holloway will go on holiday to Italy this week before returning to hold talks with Karl Oyston, the Blackpool chairman, about ...
Allardyce praises Cole’s ‘show of love’
• Striker took a pay cut to help fire West Ham back to top flight • Contract talks with Robert Green a priority for West HamDavid Gold had a smile from ear to ear, Mark Noble was proudly wearing the play‑off winner's medal that was going with him...
Chelsea thank Drog for European glory
In a special end-of-season Sunday spectacular, AC Jimbo buys everyone a pastry and dissects Chelsea's win of wins.No one on the panel predicted the final result - except John Ashdown - so expect some soul searching apologies from all.Joining him on the...
Allardyce hails his ‘best ever signing’
• Portuguese scored winner in Championship play-off final• Sam Allardyce paid relatively small fee for the forwardSam Allardyce hailed Ricardo Vaz Tê as one of his best ever signings after the player he bought from Barnsley in January scored the g...
Blackpool 1-2 West Ham United | Championship play-off final report
Ricardo Vaz Tê spent most of the afternoon infuriating the West Ham faithful with his indecisiveness in front of goal, before redeeming himself three minutes from time with the strike that sends Sam Allardyce and the Irons back into the Premier League...
‘This was plan B but we did it,’ says West Ham captain Kevin Nolan
• West Ham are first club to go straight back up since Leicester• 'This means everything to me', says Sam AllardyceRicardo Vaz Tê praised West Ham United's spirit after his late strike at Wembley sealed an immediate return to the Premier League an...
Blackpool v West Ham – as it happened | Evan Fanning
Ricardo Vaz Te scored the vital goal in the dying minutes to send West Ham United back to the Premier LeagueGood afternoon. How are those nerves? Blackpool v West Ham United. Ian Holloway v Sam Allardyce. They say form goes out the window in a cup fin...
Blackpool’s Kevin Phillips seeks last top-flight tour against West Ham
The striker will be 39 by next season but he still feels he has plenty to offer Ian Holloway's side in the play-off finalKevin Phillips, with 275 career goals and counting, is intent on one last tour of the Premier League. Blackpool's penalty-area mast...
Sam Allardyce out to silence his West Ham critics by beating Blackpool
The under-fire Hammers manager believes the play-off final is bigger than the Champions League because it has the power to change livesSam Allardyce has an evolutionary theory for his particular species. "As a manager," he says, "you accept that you ne...
Sam Allardyce out to silence his West Ham critics by beating Blackpool
The under-fire Hammers manager believes the play-off final is bigger than the Champions League because it has the power to change livesSam Allardyce has an evolutionary theory for his particular species. "As a manager," he says, "you accept that you ne...
Ian Holloway demands ‘every ounce’ from Blackpool team at Birmingham
• Tangerines lead 1-0 before second leg of play-off semi-final• Birmingham have lost only one home game this seasonThe Blackpool manager, Ian Holloway, admits it will take a monumental effort from his players to preserve their slender Championship ...
Big relief for Big Sam Allardyce after fortune smiles on West Ham | David Hytner