West Ham 0 Sunderland 3

AS a symbol of West Ham’s season it was just about perfect.

Chelsea 3 West Ham 0

Robbie Keane has spoken of his frustration at spending the last five weeks on the sidelines with a thigh injury.

ROBBIE KEANE looks set to give Giovanni Trapattoni a major boost ahead of the Republic of Ireland’s crucial Euro 2012 qualifier with Macedonia after being named in the West Ham United squad for the FA Cup game with Stoke City tomorrow.

THOMAS HITZLSPERGER hailed a fantastic night for himself and West Ham after helping fire them to a 5-1 FA Cup win over Burnley on his debut.

West Ham 5 Burnley 1

NEW West Brom manager Roy Hodgson admits he never intended to return to management so quickly after being sacked by Liverpool last month.

STABILITY is about as rare as silverware at Upton Park but Avram Grant heads into this week with genuine hope of some of both.

Everton 2 West Ham 2

West Ham 2 Birmingham 1

Matthew Upson and Scott Parker both returned to Avram Grant’s starting XI as the West Ham boss looked to ease the pressure on his shoulders with a win against Birmingham in tonight’s Carling Cup semi-final first leg.

Carlton Cole looks set to return to the West Ham team for tomorrow’s Carling Cup semi-final, first leg against Birmingham.

HAMMERS boss Avram Grant says new faces will be coming to Upton Park this month, with moves underway for Aston Villa midfielder Steve Sidwell as well as the £2 million-rated Cardiff striker Jay Bothroyd.

West Ham 2 Wolves 0

West Ham 1 Everton 1

MARK HUGHES could never have envisaged at the start of the season that he would be fighting to save his position at Fulham and have his own supporters calling for him to be sacked by Christmas.

Fulham 1 West Ham 3

Goalkeeper Robert Green could be back after recovering from a minor hip operation to give West Ham a boost for the St Stephen's Day trip to Fulham.

Robert Green, Victor Obinna and Valon Behrami are all expected to return to the West Ham squad for their crunch December 26 game at Fulham.

West Ham have recalled striker Freddie Sears from his loan spell at Scunthorpe.

Scunthorpe have completed the loan signing of West Ham striker Freddie Sears and he could make his debut in tonight’s clash at Preston.

ONE cynic at half-time in the Britannia Stadium press room wondered aloud if it would be a “particularly good result” if West Ham won the game when Avram Grant wasn’t there (the Israeli coach missed the match because of his observance of Yom Kippur).

Roy Keane angrily accused Crystal Palace players of helping to get striker Jon Stead sent off during the first half of Ipswich’s 3-1 defeat at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace 0 Manchester City 2

THE Football League have turned down a request from Crystal Palace to sanction a replay of Saturday’s stormy clash between the Eagles and Bristol City.

The Football League have turned down a request from Crystal Palace to sanction a replay of Saturday’s stormy clash between the Eagles and Bristol City.

UK referees’ chief Keith Hackett has revealed it is likely to be “a couple of weeks” before Rob Shoebridge takes charge of another match after his blunder during the Coca Cola Championship match between Crystal Palace and Bristol City.

REFEREE Rob Shoebridge has paid for his failure to award Crystal Palace a valid goal in the Eagles’ 1-0 Coca Cola Championship match at Bristol City on Saturday.

Crystal Palace and Bristol City have become embroiled in a bitter war of words after Palace were denied a clear goal by a refereeing error in their Coca-Cola Championship clash at Ashton Gate on Saturday.

West Ham 0 Liverpool 3

West Ham 0 Chelsea 1

West Ham hope to have fit-again Radoslav Kovac back for tomorrow's Barclays Premier League clash against Chelsea at Upton Park.

West Ham 0 West Brom 0

Nigel De Jong returned to the Manchester City side for the Barclays Premier League visit to West Ham.

West Ham are likely to be without England striker Carlton Cole for tomorrow’s trip to Bolton.

West Ham 1 Middlesbrough 1

West Ham chief executive Scott Duxbury insists manager Gianfranco Zola is under no pressure to sell his top stars in the January transfer window.

West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer remains a doubt for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Gianfranco Zola welcomed striker Carlton Cole back from suspension and midfielders Valon Behrami and Jack Collison from injury as West Ham sought a first win in seven games, at home to Portsmouth – a side they had had not beaten in six previous Premier League attempts.

West Ham 1 Everton 3

GARETH SOUTHGATE might dream of turning Middlesbrough into the Arsenal of the north — all flowing football played by bright-eyed tyros — but not every game lends itself to such fantasy football.

Manchester City 3 West Ham 0