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Monday 25th February 2013
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hate this lot nearly as much as the scum down the road.
they are planning a memorial for bobby more on that day so they are trying to get the fans and everyone up for there cup final.

West Ham v Tottenham: Hammers warn fans over chanting

West Ham have warned fans against racist behaviour when the Hammers play Tottenham on Monday.

The match, where the 20th anniversary of Bobby Moore's death will be marked, comes three months after anti-Semitic chanting marred the reverse fixture.

Hammers chairmen David Gold and David Sullivan issued a statement on Friday.

"We must be clear that we will pursue the harshest sanctions against any individual who goes against what we stand for as a club," they said.

Two West Ham fans accepted a police caution, and one of them was given a lifetime ban from matches for gestures made at the 25 November match which Spurs won 3-1.

The two cautioned supporters are understood to have made Nazi-style salutes aimed at Tottenham supporters, who traditionally have strong ties with London's Jewish community.

Hammers manager Sam Allardyce said: "I hope there's nothing untoward that happens in terms of chanting.
"Like everybody else we want to try to reduce it to its bare minimum. We'd like to cut it out completely but I don't think that's ever going to be the case when people get involved in emotional situations.

"But if we spot it, we've got to deal with it and hopefully there won't be any."

Jewish co-chairman Gold said after the match at White Hart Lane that West Ham would have a "zero tolerance" policy, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police, towards racist behaviour.

The club say they have taken part in several initiatives aimed at tackling discrimination on the grounds of disability, race, sex, sexual orientation and religion.

"Any fan found to be acting inappropriately - including racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic behaviour - will be punished to the full extent of the law and banned from attending matches," said the statement.

At Monday's Premier League match, former team-mates will attend to pay tribute to ex-West Ham captain Moore, who led England to their 1966 World Cup win.

A minute's applause will be held before kick-off and supporters will display a mosaic depicting his old No.6 shirt.

lets hope our supporters respect the memory of bobby moore. hes one of all of english supporters heroes and does not deserve his memory tarnished due to pathetic squabbling between rival club loyalties. hope our lads do us proud if there is any commemoration.

West Ham defenders James Collins and Joey O'Brien have returned to training and are in contention to play Tottenham at Upton Park.

Collins has been out because of a hamstring injury, while O'Brien was sidelined with a thigh problem.

Tottenham keeper Hugo Lloris is in line to return after being on the bench for Thursday's Europa League draw at Lyon.

Striker Jermain Defoe (ankle), Younes Kaboul, Sandro and Tom Huddlestone (all knee) are unavailable.
MATCH PREVIEW

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has hinted that Tottenham are overly reliant on in-form winger Gareth Bale ahead of Monday's clash at Upton Park.

Bale has scored in each of Tottenham's last three Premier League games and has 17 goals for Spurs this season.
Jermain Defoe scored twice to fire Spurs to victory in the corresponding fixture, when Bale was also on target, but the former Hammers striker is absent through injury this time.

"Recently they've lost their leading goalscorer, who is Jermain Defoe, and (Emmanuel)Adebayor has been away at the Africa Cup of Nations, so from a goalscoring point of view they've had to rely on one man and one man only to come up with the goods," said Allardyce.

"That's Gareth Bale and he's been the major difference between Tottenham and the teams they've played recently."

While Allardyce admits it's a case of stop Bale, stop Tottenham, he acknowledges it's easier said than done.

"Not only has he scored very important goals, but they've been stunning goals at that," he added. "He's going to need some looking after on Monday night."

West Ham have moved to try and avoid any repeat of the anti-Semitic chants that marred the corresponding fixture in a match in which the 20th anniversary of Bobby Moore's death will be honoured.

For Spurs the game comes hot on the heels of securing their Europa League progression on Thursday with a 1-1 draw at Lyon but manager Andre Villas-Boas is unconcerned about any European hangover.

"We've been having some great, great results," he said. "After Europa League games we've always been good in the Premier League. I think it puts us in a good position to face West Ham.

"I don't think it's a distraction, I think it's an inspiration and I hope it can be exactly that against West Ham."
MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Two goals from former West Ham frontman Jermain Defoe saw the Hammers lose 3-1 at White Hart Lane earlier in the season - their 11th consecutive Premier League trip to North London without a win.
The Hammers have only won one of their last 11 league games against Tottenham -1-0 in September 2010 thanks to Frederic Piquionne's goal.
This is the 137th meeting of the two sides. Tottenham lead by 58 wins to 44.

West Ham

West Ham are unbeaten in their last three Premier League home games, with wins against Swansea and Norwich and a 1-1 draw with QPR.
Six of the Hammers' eight league wins this year have come at home, where they have earned 22 of their 30 points. They have lost their last six away games.
The last time West Ham scored more than a single goal in a league match was their 2-1 win over Norwich on New Year's Day.
Leading scorer Kevin Nolan is one goal away from notching his 100th club goal.
Jussi Jaaskelainen could start his 500th English league game, while Sam Allardyce will take charge of his 350th Premier League match.

Tottenham

Spurs are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League games and have only lost once in 14 - a 2-1 defeat at Everton on 9 December.
Tottenham are one of two Premier League clubs unbeaten in 2013 - the other is Manchester United.
Only Manchester United and Chelsea have a better away record than Spurs this year. Victory at West Ham will be a club-record eighth Premier League win on the road.
Tottenham have lost 16 points from winning positions this season, losing four and drawing two games they had previously led.
Gareth Bale has scored four goals in his last three Premier League matches, taking his overall tally for the season to 17.

i think tonights game will be tough, not an easy place to go to. But i think Dembele will score again and we might see a difference in him tonight, hopefully.

Looking forwards to the game, and a win takes us into 3rd place!

COYS!

Link for tonights game >>> CLICK HERE

Really worried about tonight.

We really need this one with the a*se just a point behind and playing them at the weekend.
If we lose tonight and on Saturday they will be in front of us for the first time this season and it's De ja vu.

We have to win tonight.

COYS !!! COYS !!! COYS!!!

Fuckin are is shite, and he don't give a toss. Thanks for putting all your eggs in one basket Levy relying on that tosser

That's ade by the way

Great result, no thanks to ade.coys

ADE NEEDS BE DROPPED HE OFFERS NOTHING IN GAMES FOR WEKS NOW. CANT PLAY ARSENAL WITH PLYERS HIDING. AND I DONT TRUST HIM MENTALLY V ARSENAL EITHER TRIES TO HARD.
PLAY DEMPSEY. BETTER NOT PLAY VERT LB EITHER.
WE MISSED LOT CHANCES TONIGHT AS WELL.

WE MADE HARD WORK OF IT REALLY NOWT NEW WITH US THOUGH.

Gareth Bale continued his incredible scoring run with a stunning last-minute winner against West Ham to lift Tottenham into third in the table.

Bale gave his side the lead with a powerful strike before Hammers forward Andy Carroll won and scored a penalty.

On the 20th anniversary of Bobby Moore's death, Joe Cole put West Ham ahead with a low shot but Spurs drew level when Gylfi Sigurdsson poked home.

And Bale sealed all three points with his eighth goal in six games.

It was another show-stopping performance from Tottenham's man of the moment after a string of superb saves from West Ham keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen looked certain to frustrate Spurs.

Picking up the ball in a central area some distance from goal, he worked it onto his favoured left foot and arrowed a drive, which dipped over Jaaskelainen's outstretched right hand and into the top corner.

The Welshman has now scored eight of his team's last 10 goals in all competitions and 19 in total this season.

Almost single-handedly he has lifted Spurs two points clear of fourth-placed Chelsea going into Sunday's crucial north London derby against Arsenal, who are a further two points back in fifth.

Full report to follow.

how did ade miss that header.
so glad we won. spammers fans love joe cole again lol.
lloris 8 so quick off hes line.
walker 9 brillant game
dawson 8 kept carrole quiet
verts 8 better second half
lennon 7 worked hard but not hes best game.
dembele6 very poor tonight and look like he wanted to get sent off
parker 7 he got better second half. minus point for that tackle that gave the pen away

bale8. brillant goal at the end. minius point for trying the same free kick. should of tried something differnt.
ade 3. hes got worse. did he try and miss that header
holtby 7 worked hard and has a brain.

man of the match avb. brillant subs. bringing on stiggerson and carrol changed the game. then brought jake on .

did you see at the end avb went up to every player and celebrated. team moral at spurs is so good.

Gareth Bale continued his incredible scoring run with a stunning last-minute winner against West Ham to lift Tottenham to third in the table.

Bale gave his side the lead with a powerful strike before Hammers forward Andy Carroll won and scored a penalty.

On the 20th anniversary of Bobby Moore's death, Joe Cole put West Ham ahead with a low shot but Spurs drew level when Gylfi Sigurdsson poked home.

Bale sealed the points from long range with his eighth goal in six games.

It was another show-stopping performance from Tottenham's man of the moment after a string of superb saves from West Ham keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen looked certain to frustrate Spurs.
Picking up the ball in a central area some distance from goal, he worked it onto his favoured left foot and arrowed a drive, which dipped over Jaaskelainen's outstretched right hand and into the top corner.

The Welshman has now scored eight of his team's last 10 goals in all competitions and 19 in total this season.

Almost single-handedly he has lifted Spurs two points clear of fourth-placed Chelsea going into Sunday's crucial north London derby against Arsenal, who are a further two points back in fifth.

For the Hammers, Bale's strike was a devastating blow after a whole-hearted performance which did justice to the memory of England's World Cup-winning captain Moore.

Cole's goal gave them a deserved lead and had substitute Matt Taylor not been thwarted by Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris when through on goal it could have been a different story.

Before kick-off, the Upton Park crowd joined both sets of players in a minute's applause to pay tribute to Moore, who played more than 500 games for West Ham.
Hammers players warmed up in Moore number six shirts, a giant poster of the former defender was unfurled in the corner of the stadium before his three grandchildren placed the match ball on the spot.

Roared on by their impassioned fans, West Ham made the brighter start and Lloris had to make a sharp low save to keep out a shot from Matt Jarvis after neat interplay between Carroll and Cole.

But where there is Bale there is danger and the winger picked up the ball in a central position 25 yards from goal, pushed it past James Collins and lashed a left-footed shot past Jaaskelainen to give Spurs the lead.

West Ham drew level in the 25th minute after Scott Parker's lunging challenge took out Carroll's standing leg and referee Howard Webb pointed to the spot. The England striker rose to his feet and blasted the penalty into the roof of the net.

Spurs looked more likely to take the lead and West Ham were indebted to Jaaskelainen, who pulled off sharp saves either side of half-time to keep out goalbound headers from centre-back Steven Caulker.

Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas introduced Sigurdsson and it almost paid instant dividends as the Icelander curled a shot onto the post from outside the area.

The rebound presented Emmanuel Adebayor with a golden chance, but his tame header gave Jaaskelainen a relatively straightforward save.

West Ham responded to the scare in devastating fashion by scoring from their next attack. Joey O'Brien's lofted pass from the left wing picked out Cole's run and the former England midfielder swivelled before firing off a left-footed effort which bobbled past Lloris and into the far corner.

Tottenham's quest for an equaliser was once again thwarted by the inspired form of Jaaskelainen, who palmed away yet another Caulker header from a corner before deploying all his athleticism to tip a fine curling effort from Bale over the bar.

Lloris pulled off a brilliant stop of his own as he raced off his line to deny Taylor and the miss proved costly to the Hammers as Spurs equalised.

West Ham's defence failed to clear a Bale free-kick from the right and the ball dribbled through to Sigurdsson who poked home at the far post.

A rampant Spurs continued to bombard the home side's goal only to be denied by a goalkeeper at the top of his game as Jaaskelainen tipped Sigurdsson's effort around the post and pushed aside a close-range header from Adebayor.

But just when both sides appeared to have settled for a draw, up stepped Bale to steal the stage.

Not sure, but get the feeling you hate em vis lol

im with vis. i hate the spammers.


We just finished the game with Caulker, Livermore and Carroll on the pitch. How many youth products did The Famous Youth Academy of West Ham have on again? Oh just one, who f*cked off for years and came back only when he was washed up?