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Tag Archives: West Ham
Sportsthoughts (164) – Billy Bonds’ Claret and Blue Army!
Yesterday evening, at the London Stadium, the chants of Billy Bonds’s claret and blue army! rang out again, as they once did at Upton Park. The occasion was the naming of the stadium’s East Stand after the great West Ham … Continue reading
lovelondonscenes 159 – A Red Mist at the London Stadium
A week ago West Ham played Fulham at the London Stadium in the evening. We won 3-1 after a shaky start. It had been a lovely day, but the mist descended as the air cooled in the darkness. The effect … Continue reading
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Tagged London, London Stadium, Photography, photos, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (163) – Premier League predictions 2018-19
So, less than a month after the World Cup final, the Premier League is back! Starting with Man Utd v Leicester tomorrow. And I’m more excited than usual. That’s because West Ham have bought well this summer and things just … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, English Premier League, football, Liverpool, Man City, Soccer, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (161). Premier League 2017-18 predictions – half time report
So, the mad Christmas/ New Year fixture pile up is over, managers have had their moan about the strains it puts on the players (they have a point) and attention turns, briefly, to the FA Cup, where most Premier League … Continue reading
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Tagged football, Manchester City, Premier League, Premier League predictions, sports, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (160) – Premier League predictions for 2017-18
Time for the most fruitless exercise of the year – predicting the outcome of this season’s Premier League! Always fun though. All starts again, absurdly, on a Friday – 11 August. Arsenal v Leicester. Same time as the World Athletic … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, English Premier League, football, Manchester City, Soccer, sports, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (158) – Those Premier League predictions!
So, it’s that time of the year to ‘fess up and check my predictions against the outcomes in the Premier League, with the season finishing yesterday. And it’s fair to say that they were even wider of the mark than … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Chelsea, English Premier League, football, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Soccer, sports, Tottenham, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (156) – Dimitri Payet and West Ham: love turns to betrayal
In January, Dimitri Payet, West Ham’s one time hero, refused to play for the club. This is a man apparently on £125,000 a week – football persists in describing salaries as a weekly amount. £6.5 million a year. Refusing to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dimitri Payet, football, London, Soccer, sports, West Ham
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