Premier League

West Ham 0 Aston Villa 0

Diafra Sakho’s seventh goal in as many Barclays Premier League starts gave West Ham a 2-1 victory over champions Manchester City at Upton Park.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce maintains he has enough to worry about with his own injury-hit side than what Tottenham might do following the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas ahead of their Capital One Cup quarter-final.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce would love to build his team around Andy Carroll next season – and maintains signing the England forward on a permanent deal from Liverpool must be the club’s “main priority” over the summer.

West Ham 1 Arsenal 3

Norwich 0 West Ham 0

Sam Allardyce will hold face-to-face talks with West Ham’s England trio of Robert Green, Scott Parker and Carlton Cole to try to convince them to fight on at Upton Park next season.

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has claimed striker Demba Ba was racially abused by a drunken fan during the club’s end-of-season dinner.

I FULLY appreciate there can be no condoning Wayne Rooney’s outburst to the camera at Upton Park on Saturday because kids everywhere will doubtless end up imitating the angry little gurrier.

Avram Grant remained defiant despite reports he had been in charge of West Ham for the last time in this evening's 3-0 home defeat by Arsenal.

West Ham 0 Arsenal 3

Avram Grant does not believe Manchester United can make it all the way through the season without defeat – but warned Sir Alex Ferguson’s men have a habit of coming good in the end.

Avram Grant hopes this afternoon’s 3-1 victory over fellow strugglers Wigan is the start of better things to come for West Ham.

West Ham 3 Wigan 1

Victor Obinna maintains West Ham’s time is coming – but would take a bad team performance if it meant three points.

DEFIANT West Ham manager Avram Grant maintained his struggling side had again shown enough to secure victory, despite having to once more settle for only a point against West Brom.

WITH the looming prospect of dropping two costly points on Saturday, when Gael Clichy careered down the left flank in the 88th minute against the Hammers, I offered up a little prayer that our profligate French full-back might for once find a team-mate with a decent cross.

Arsenal 1 West Ham 0

IN-FORM striker Carlton Cole struck again as West Ham extended their unbeaten run with a comfortable 2-0 win at Upton Park against fast-fading Hull — who lost a sixth successive Barclays Premier League game.

Tommy Barker is impressed with this ultra-modern waterside property.

West Ham's Steve Lomas has hailed the arrival of Christian Dailly and believes he will give Upton Park a lift.