Latest transfer gossip is that Matty Etherington is in talks with Stoke City. I hope this is not true as I am a bit of a fan of Mr Etherington. But his off field activities and injuries may have led to Zola losing patience with him. I hope that is not the case. He is [...]

So the kick off for our away tie in Hartlepool has been scheduled for 12:40 on Saturday 24th, so that it fits in with ITV…for the more geographically astute readers, Hartlepool is on the North East coast, approximately 5 hours away…here’s a map:

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That’s a long way to travel to get to an early [...]

The cup tie versus Hartlepool will be shown on ITV1 on Saturday 24th at 12.40pm.
      

The cup tie versus Hartlepool will be shown on ITV1 on Saturday 24th at 12.40pm.
      

The papers are full of reports that West Ham have rejected an 11 million bid for Matthew Upson from Aston Villa and are holding out for 15 million for Scott Parker from Manchester City. Parker is said to be on 70,000 a week at West Ham!
But Arsenal are also said to be interested in Upson, [...]

Reports tonight suggest that Scott Parker has agreed personal terms with Manchester City and will sign within the next 48 hours. However, Sky Sports News says that the two clubs have yet to agree a fee. I hope we do not accept anything less than 10 million.
      

West Ham have drawn first division Hartlepool away in the FA Cup fourth round. Just the sort of match we normally come a cropper in. Not this season, though, I feel. Mind you, Hartlepool are no mugs, as they showed against Stoke. They are 15th in League one, but have a few useful players.
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So, quality result against Barnsley. Not so much because of the opposition but more because that’s our third win on the bounce and Carlton Cole’s third on the trot. Although the fact it was against a team who could have genuinely been a banana skin made it that little bit more enjoyable.

Different seat for me [...]

A job well done. It wasn’t pretty at times, but it was a gritty, effectiove performance from the Hamers which put us into the fourth round draw. bearing in mind how often we have fallen to teams like Barnsley at this stage in the Cup, a comprehensive 3-0 victory has to be seen as highly [...]

Seeing as I shall be out delivering Conservative propaganda important information to the voters of Dagenham & Rainham on Saturday morning, I thought I had better do the Barnsley preview now
I think there might well me quite a few changes in our line-up tomorrow. Scott Parker is banned so I imagine that means [...]