[[ The Academy of Football ... A West Ham United F.C Dynasty ]]

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THE MANCHESTER DOUBLE

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West Ham United vs Manchester City

After a very successful transfer window, West Ham United are 4 games into the league season, and after spending low on 13 players, they come up against the big spenders of the Premier League; Manchester City. The faces of Adebayor, Touré and a certain ex-Hammer Carlos Tevez would not shove fear into the eyes of the opposition, but with their home faithful behind them, West Ham had all chance of pulling off a win.

The Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola started newboys Amr Zaki, Christian Lell and Ryan Shawcross, while there were places on the bench for Pawel Brozek and Roy Beerens. The former Hammer Tevez was almost on the scoresheet, beating Shawcross and Upson before getting a shot away, but it was blocked by Green. West Ham then won a free-kick on the edge of the box. It was chipped in by Noble, nodded down by Cole, but the end product by Boa Morte was hammered over the bar.

Niether team could create any more chances in the first half, and fans were hoping for a more exciting second half. Still there was not a lot of chances made, and the breakthrough could of came on 66 minutes. Cole was brought down on the edge of the box by Lescott, but Given paried away a curling, low shot by the Swiss midfielder Behrami.

After the Hammers made a treble substitution with 20 minutes to go, they were destined to go ahead. Brozek, Beerens and Jimenez were on for Cole, Boa Morte and Noble, and on of them assisted the goal on 80 minutes. After a few passes in the middle part of the pitch, Polish striker Brozek sent Zaki down the middle. The Egyptian held off Lescott, before slotting the ball underneath Given. He was already showing the predatory instincts that he produced at Wigan, and he was looking to continue his goalscoring in the EPL with west Ham United.

The win was sealed just a few minutes before the end of the game. Behrami was sent with a chase for the ball down the right, beating Sylvinho for pace, and after Lescott, who had a poor game, headed the ball straight to Jimenez, the Chilean sub smashed the ball past Given, who was rooted to his spot. It was game over for City, and three points for the Hammers.

FULL TIME: West Ham United 2-0 Manchester City (Zaki 78', Jimenez 89')

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Manchester United vs West Ham United

Zola named the same team as he did for Man City, but they needed to work harder than ever, as they faced England's champions, Manchester United. United had 72,000 fans behind them, whilst West Ham brought 4,000 to the "Theatre of Dreams." The last 10 minutes of the City game were crucial, and that's what could be the key today.

It was West Ham though who started the brighter, and almost had a goal in the first few seconds of the half. Evra ran out of position, and Behrami beat Nani down the right. If Evra was there, he would of put in a challenge, but Nani left the Swiss international to cross the ball into the box, but luckily for United, Noble headed the golden chance over the bar.

West Ham had ran out of steam by the half hour though, chasing around the shadows of Rooney and Valencia. Rooney was struggling down the left wing, but picked out an unmarked Berbatov with a pinpoint cross, leaving the £30 Million man to head home, past Green in the West Ham goal. It was a cruel blow to the HAmmers' spirit, as they had worked their socks off for the whole game so far, and they came crashing back down to earth.

West Ham's engine had definately blown, and Nani added a second goal. Nobody dealt with Berbatov's run, and after his cross, Scholes smashed a volley towards goal, but it bounced back off the post. Green had just got back up off the floor, but Nani squeezed the ball in-between the post and Green. 2-0. Nani did his celebratory flip, and West Ham's chances of winning were almost gone.

Suddenly, a revitalised West Ham side were in the game once more after the break. Behrami pawned the hell out of Evra, after rainbow flicking the ball over the Frenchman, but the cross was turned behind for a corner. Noble volleyed the ball towards goal, after Vidic cleared the cross away, and it was inches away from Van Der Sar's top corner.

And a goalkeeping error put West Ham out of the game for good. Green thought he had collected a long ball, but Rooney intervened, poking the ball past him, and setting up Berabtov for an easy finish. Some fresh legs were needd, and that came in the shape of, yet again, Brozek, Jimenez and Beerens.

That put West Ham to bed, and there was no goals from there on in. Zola was left startled at his team's performance, while Green must of been green-faced at the performance of his shambles defence, even though he was to blame for one of the goals.

MANCHESTER UNITED 3-0 WEST HAM UNITED
Berbatov 29'
Nani 36'
Berbatov 60'

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LIVERPOOL SMASHED AS HAMMERS TAKE CONTROL
WEST HAM UNITED 3-1 LIVERPOOL
Brozek 43'
Jimenez 71'
Collison 90'
Torres 90'


[A brilliant display by West Ham culminated with Jack Collison netting a 90th minute goal]

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FAVES FOR RELEGATION BEAT 4TH PLACE HAMMERS
PORTSMOUTH 2-0 WEST HAM UNITED
Utaka 13' (pen)
Kanu 34'


[Kanu netted Portsmouth's second as they produced a fine result against West Ham United.]

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Hammers defeated by Mexican magician

The reserves are always important, as it gives a chance for players to impress the manager, and try to burst into the first team. We'll follow ther movements of West Ham United, as their mass of new talent tries to win the Premier Reserve League; Southern section. They couldn't have asked for a harder start, as Arsenal come to town. Wenger's kids include Carlos Vela and Jack Wilshere, while West Ham's captain is Jack Collison.

Arsenal were expected to bring slick, passing football to the game, much like the first team, but they never showed it during the course of the first half. West Ham were having chances though. Collison knocked the ball to the back stick, Diouf headed the ball back across goal, but Rene Steer was in-front of Andy Carroll to clear the ball to safety.

The game was turning out to be very boring for all spectators, who had literally fell asleep at the sight of watching the game pass by. The games' scoring opened though on 74 minutes, through the man who was most likely to score at the beginning. Arsenal had dominated possession-wise in the second half, and they turned that into a goal. Carlos Vela raced away from St.Ledger, and when the Irish international thought he had stopped the pacy Mexican, he nutmegged him and curled the ball past Marek Stech.

So, Arsenal ran out 1-0 winners in a truely dire game. The Gunners were favourites for the title before the game, but with Chelsea and the Hammers themselves with a decent reserve team, they'll have to go all the way to prove they are the best reserve team in the Premier League.

WEST HAM UNITED RESERVES 0-1 ARSENAL RESERVES
Vela 73'

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Carling Cup Round 2



Chesterfield V West Ham

SQUADS:

Chesterfield

--- T.Lee ---

--- J.Lowry --- K.Austin --- R.Page --- A.Goodall ---

--- R.Till --- J.Winter --- D.Niven --- G.Robertsen ---

--- M.Gritton --- D.Talbot ---

West Ham United

--- P.Kurucz ---
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--- D.Santon --- M. Da Costa --- S. St.Ledger --- F.Daprela ---
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--- J.Legear --- R.Possebon --- A.Diamanti --- A.Johnson ---
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--- F.Nouble --- M. Diouf ---

Chesterfield 2-3 West Ham

Kick Off is now!

7' CHANCE! Martin Gritton tried his luck from long range, but he had no luck, as young Hungarian 'keeper Peter Kurucz made a fine stop. Gritton is looking to prove his worth to the Spireites fans, as star striker Jack Lester is out with injury.

18' GOALLL! Chesterfield take a shock lead at Saltergate! Drew Talbot's shot was cleared away by Sean St.Ledger, but only too Jamie winter, whose shot form 25 yards out took an age to fly into the top corner, via a touch off the crossbar.

34' GOALL! West Ham United are back on level terms. Frank Nouble got away from veteran defender Robert Page, but his initial effort struck the post, but bounced off the 'keeper and into a good position, leaving Nouble to smash the ball into an empty net. 1-1 now!

HALF TIME- It's a score draw so far, as League 2 side Chesterfield and West Ham are battling it out at Saltergate.

46' WEST HAM UNITED SUB: Nouble << >> Brozek

54' GOAL!! There it is, West Ham go ahead, and it was inevitable. Legear was sent down the right wing by Diamanti, and when he started running he never would stop. He powered his shot past Tommy Lee, to put West Ham in front.

72' GOAL! After three consecutive chances, West Ham finally succumbed. St.Ledger hit the ball straight at Talbot, but he hit the post with his effort. Till came in from the right, and slammed a shot towards goal, but Kurucz tipped that against the post! The West Ham 'keeper looked unbeatable, but Talbot headed the rebound from Till's shot into the back of the net.



FULL TIME - It's into Extra Time here, as the exhausted player will endure another 30 minutes if adrenaline football. It's still 2-2 between Chesterfield and West Ham.

The first half of Extra Time kicks off!

101' OOH! Diouf could of put West Ham ahead AGAIN, just four minutes befoe the extra time interval. A cross by Adam Johnson was almost nodded into the back of the net by Diouf, but the ex-Man United striker couldn't hit the back of the net.

105' A corner was whipped in by Possebon, but headed wide by Manuel Da Costa. That has concluded the first half of extra time, and the second half will start momentarily.

108' GOALLL! West Ham score again, and it's now 3-2! Diouf went on a surging run down the left, before squaring the ball to substitute Pawel Brozek, who tucked the ball into the corner of the net.



FINAL WHISTLE - That's it, and West Ham are through to the next round. Commiserations to Chesterfield, who battled very hard for 120 minutes, but Pawel Brozek put West Ham in the hat for the next round, with the winning goal in Extra Time.

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Are you playing this on Fifa 09?

Anyways, nice win!!

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Yep, it's FIFA 09. One half of this is the League seasson, the other is a save file is Tournament mode of the Premier League Southern Reserve League.

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Ok, **** the reserves idea. Not doing that anymore, so i'll just be doing the normal first team games.

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West Ham United V Derby County

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[ Legear '40 ]


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[ Porter '16 ]
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After a win over Chesterfield in the League Cup in midweek, West Ham were back in London, and ready to take on newly promoted Derby County at Upton Park. A thrashing was expected here, but nothing would be known until the end of the game. Jonathan Legear scored in midweek in his first game for the Hammers, and he gets another start for West Ham, as he plays on the right side of midfield.

with 15 minutes gone in the game, Derby took a shock lead, pretty similar to what Chesterfield did. Robbie Savage of all people broke away from the defence, but his shot was blocked by Green. The ball bounced out to the edge of the box, and Scottish striker Chris Porter lashed the ball in from 20 yards. It was such a slack goal to concede, as the Hammers defence was unbuckled.

Just before half time though, the Hammers struck a nail in Derby's coffin with an equalising goal. After much domination in possession, West Ham broke forward, and Legear left Jay McEveley on his backside. It was only a matter of time before the Belgian was in the box, and he had two options. The first one was to square the ball to Carlton Cole, or to go it alone and shoot. He went for the latter option, and chipped the ball over Roy Carroll to equalise for West Ham.

Derby kicked off for the second half, and they attacked straight away. A first time cross by Lee Croft was met by the head of Rob Hulse, but Green rather dramatically palmed the ball away. The danger wasn't over the yet though. Upson gave the ball straight to Kazmierczak on the edge of the box, but he skied the ball over the bar.

With just 10 minutes left in the game, both teams attacked with all their might. Santon's poor clearance fell to Warnock, but the ball was chipped back into the danger zone by Kazmierczak. Shawcross missed the ball completely, and Porter got in behind, and squeezed the ball into the top corner. Disaster for West Ham, who thought they could battle back from behind to snatch a win, just like what they did against Chesterfield.

The fourth official signalled 4 minutes of added time, and West Ham won a corner kick in the third minute of stoppage time. Rob Green went up for it, as Beerens curled the ball into the mix. Shawcross nodded it on, but Green couldn't apply the finishing touch, sending it straight into the 'keepers arms. Once Carroll had kicked the ball upfield, the game had finihsed, and Derby recorded a shock win at Upton Park. Their fans were really happy at the result. For a fact, West Ham knew the next time these two teams meet, they would have to deal with Porter more carefully.