Julien Faubert and John Carew among six players released by West Ham
• Abdoulaye Faye and Papa Bouba Diop also at end of contracts• Hammers hope goalkeeper Robert Green will sign new dealThe newly promoted West Ham United have released Julien Faubert, John Carew, Abdoulaye Faye and Papa Bouba Diop at the end of thei...
Joe Cole eager to return to the Premier League with Liverpool
• Cole targets unfinished business on return to Liverpool• Lille and West Ham both interested in signing playerDespite being targeted by West Ham United, Joe Cole has insisted he still wants to prove himself at Liverpool, where he returned this wee...
Football transfer rumours: Is Joe Cole heading back to West Ham?
Today's Mill is soaking up the sun. Sort of. Hopefully.Good news Vitamin D fans: according to meteorology gossip website, BBC Weather, Great Britain is about to snap up wantaway heavenly body The Sun. After putting his hat on and coming out to play, th...
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...
Big relief for Big Sam Allardyce after fortune smiles on West Ham | David Hytner
Allardyce achieves his aim of taking West Ham straight back to the Premier League, but it was a real nail-biterSam Allardyce did not have to field the question. He knew that it would have been forthcoming in defeat. "Sam, do you fear the sack?" The Wes...
‘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...
How the papers reported Chelsea’s football victory