West Ham suspend 2 Employees after recent Incidents
Aug 12, 2008 Columbus Crew, Featured Article, MLS All Stars, West Ham News
Head of media, Miranda Nagalingam, and press officer Gemma Clarke have been suspended by the West Ham board following incidents that took place on West Ham’s tour of the USA and Canada.
Complaints about the 2 women were made to the club and a disciplinary process is underway.
I dare say kumb.com will not be losing any sleep over Miranda’s suspension, due to the fact she refused Kumb entry to anymore pre-match interviews back in Oct 07 after they spent 4
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VIDEOS of the West Ham & Columbus Crew Skirmish - Should the MLS Apologise?
Jul 22, 2008 West Ham News
The brawl that happened between Hammers and Crew Fans, should the MLS apologise or should we just forget about it, bearing in mind, The USA now think Hammer supporters are again the thugs we was 30 years ago.
West Ham United-Columbus Crew Fans Brawl (Part 1 of 4)
West Ham United-Columbus Crew Fans Brawl (Part 2 of 4)
West Ham United-Columbus Crew Fans Brawl (Part 3 of 4)
West Ham United-Columbus Crew Fans Brawl (Part 4 of 4)
It looks to me like the Yanks provoked the Hammers fans, but you decide!!
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Game On! (Video)
Jul 22, 2008 MLS All Stars, Matches, West Ham News
Alan Curbishley speaks out after the Columbus Crew game and how he and the team are looking forward to the All-Stars game but also shows his dispair on not making the US tour longer due to Fianacial reason, Curbishley on the Crew Game:
“It was fun, a lot of hard work and a really good test. Columbus is in midseason so we knew it was going to be a tough game,”
Curbishley on what he expects with The MLS All-Stars game:
“Obviously, we know it’s a big game, We know it’s sold out. We’ve got a lot of fans going there who have booked up holidays around the game. We’re going to make sure we’re OK for the game, probably ease up training for the game a little bit. We understand it’s going to be an electric atmosphere, so, game on. We’re looking forward to it.”
Curbishley on how the tour promotes West Ham and soccer in the USA & Canada:
“We wanted to come to America. We wanted to promote ourselves. We want to help America promote soccer and do our part,”
Curbishley said.
“Not only the first team squad came out but a lot of the academy coaches came out to do soccer camps, soccer schools as we go along.
“We’re here for a whole bundle of reasons, and one is to show everybody what we’re about at West Ham.”
“There are one or two things we want to do this week. We want to get fit but we want to give MLS an uplift,”
Curbishley said.
“It’s going back live to England as well (midnight London time). It’s not just being shown here. We’re going to take it seriously.”
“We’ve got to look at the bigger picture and the picture is we’ve got a season to be training for so we’ll work Tuesday and Wednesday a little harder than we would a normal game but certainly come Thursday we’ll be really excited,” Neill said. “Obviously, it’s the best players in America and we’re getting to take it on in what seems to be a really promoted event and we’re privileged to be a part of it.”
and what Curbishley said about the tour and MLS Soccer:
“The whole trip is shorter than we wanted because we wanted to stay longer and probably make base here a bit but the dowry doesn’t allow that, “We’re really excited to be here and the exposure we’re getting is great. We didn’t realize how many American West Ham fans there are. It’s amazing. Major League (Soccer) is trying to take off soccer-wise and you can see by the crowd coming out on a Sunday afternoon it’s really good. They’ve got a lot of work to do but the more publicity and high profile teams from England and all over the world that come to play, the better it will be.”
Video courtesy of MLSNet.com
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Slack Security ends in turmoil as West Ham and Columbus Crew Fans battle
Jul 21, 2008 West Ham News
A group of around 30 West Ham fans were jeered at by more than 100 Crew Fans which led to fights breaking out. No arrests were made.
It was said that the Hammers fans made their way to the corner of the stadium where the hardened Crew fans watch the match.
I find it hard to beleive that Police and security allowed the hammers fans to wander around the seating areas of the stadium and especialy to where home fans congregate.
Lets hope the security at the MLS all stars game in Toronto watch crowd control instead of the match!
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Full Result & Stats: Columbus Crew 1-3 West Ham United
Jul 21, 2008 Columbus Crew, Matches
West Ham United vs. Columbus Crew
Scoring:
WHU — Dean Ashton - Asst (Julien Faubert )
CC — Jason Garey - Asst (Cory Elenio )
WHU — Own Goal (Brad Evans)
WHU — Kyle Reid - Asst (Craig Bellamy )
It was only 4 minutes into the game when Craig Bellamy had a shot at goal just missing wide of the left post, and then in the 6th minute a
great pass from Julien Faubert to Dean Ashton scored from just outside the penalty area, and then a shot from Anton Ferdinand in the 8th minute was deflected away from goal, West Ham was clearly in control of the match and the Crew hardly making any headway, in the 15 minute Dean Ashton took his 2nd shot at goal from 20 yards out for it to fly just past the right post, in the 20th minute a clumsy foul by Lucas Neill against Eddie Gaven gave Crew the chance to equalise with a pass from Cory Elenio to Jason Garey who scored just inside the penalty area, bang on 26 minutes a clumsy defensive error saw Brad Evans score into his own net making it 2-1 to the Hammers
In the 2nd half 2 subs were made West Ham Carlton Cole for Dean Ashton and for Crew Brian Carroll for Eddie Gaven.
It took only 8 minutes for West Ham to score its 3rd goal by Kyle Reid from a pass by Craig Bellamy inside the penalty area.
A great game and second pre season friendly win for the Hammers, Confidence will be abundant for the West Ham players leading up to the MLS All Stars game in Toronto on Thursday.
Game Stats
West Ham United Columbus Crew
Total Shots: 13 12
Shots on Goal: 4 3
Total Saves: 3 1
Fouls: 8 6
Offsides: 4 2
Corner Kicks: 7 6
West Ham United Starting Lineup
1 - Robert Green (GK) 76
2 - Lucas Neill
5 - Anton Ferdinand 84
8 - Scott Parker 71
9 - Dean Ashton 46
10 - Craig Bellamy 87
16 - Mark Noble 57
20 - Julien Faubert 76
27 - Calum Davenport 71
28 - Kyle Reid 57
40 - Joe Widdowson
Substitutes
23 - Jimmy Walker (GK) 76
11 - Matthew Etherington
12 - Carlton Cole 46
17 - Hayden Mullins 57
22 - Tony Stokes 76
31 - Jack Collison 71
44 - Bondz N’Gala 84
45 - Jordan Spence 71
46 - Junior Stanislaus 57
48 - Ashley Miller 87
Columbus Crew Starting Lineup
30 - Andy Gruenebaum (GK)
3 - Brad Evans 71
8 - Duncan Oughton 71
9 - Jason Garey 64
12 - Eddie Gaven 46
13 - Andrew Peterson
23 - Ezra Hendrickson 64
24 - Jed Zayner
26 - Cory Elenio 76
27 - Ryan Junge 64
32 - Steven Lenhart 64
Substitutes
18 - Kenny Schoeni (GK)
6 - Andy Iro 64
10 - Alejandro Moreno 64
14 - Chad Marshall 64
15 - Stefani Miglioranzi 71
16 - Brian Carroll 46
21 - Ryan Miller 71
25 - George Josten 76
29 - Ricardo Pierre-Louis 64
Referee: Ben Chouaf
Referee’s Assistants: Michael Salyers; Jeffrey Mellen
4th Official: Mikael Lundqvist
Time of Game: 90:00
Weather: Partly Cloudy -and- 90 degrees
Attendance: 9,117
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Obua to play for West Ham Tonight
Jul 17, 2008 Transfer Rumours, West Ham News
According to a major media source in South Africa, David Obua gets a chance to impress West Ham United tonight.
The Article reads as Follows:
Obua (24), is in the Hammers side to play Hampton and
Richmond FC, a Conference side in a pre-season match at Beveree Stadium.
This will be the Uganda international’s final chance to impress and seal a dream move to West Ham.
Obua, who has spent the last eight days at Upton Park undergoing trials, has impressed the East London coaching staff.
“Now we want to gauge his match fitness and temperament,”
a source monitoring his stay in London told KickOff.com.
The Ugandan is a free agent after his contract with Chiefs ended on June 30.
However, Obua will not be part of the West Ham squad that embarks on a pre-season tour of the USA and Canada on Friday for two matches against Columbus Crew (July20) and the MSL-All Stars (July24). He will rejoin the team after its 10-day tour of USA.
“He is good on the ball, but we need to test him in the game. Although it is a pre-season game, it is sold out and it will possibly bring out the best in him,”
one of West Ham’s coaching staff reportedly told Julian Ferdinand, the patron of Proline Soccer Academy, Uganda yesterday.
Julian, who is also the father of two English Premiership stars Anton (West Ham) and Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), reportedly offered some pep talk to Obua.
Obua has won over 20 caps for Uganda and was top scorer for the side with five goals during in MTN Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for 2008
make of it what you want but we are to believe that Obua has signed with us and was awaiting a medical to finalise his contract.
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West Ham Players Flight of Hell
Jul 17, 2008 West Ham News
The trip to the USA & Canada is going to be a flight of hell for the West Ham squad when they travel to Ohio (Columbus Crew) & then on to Canada (MLS All-Stars).
The sqaud is to be flown economy class after the company that the MLS Bosses chose to transport the West Ham players went bust.
Tomorrow half the squad will fly to Chicago on a scheduled flight and the rest of the squad will fly out a few hours later, then they will have a 9 hour wait to catch a flight from Chicago to Columbus where they will be playing Columbus Crew on Thursday.
Its ironic that the sponsors of West Ham are XL Airways/Holidays so why cant our sponsors give the squad a private plane? and i may be wrong but its pretty certain that BG owns part of XL Airways.
It looks as though the supporting away fans will have to share seats with Bellamy and Ashton, and maybe some of them can give some advice to Curbs.
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6 Days to go!
Jul 14, 2008 Columbus Crew, Matches
Only 6 days until we see what kind of West Ham team we will be playing in the new season.
Columbus Crew will be welcoming West Ham United on the 20th July to its 22,555 seater stadium based in Ohio’s capital.
The Crew first joined the MLS in 1994 and from there have proved to be a quite successful club, and was the 1st major league stadium built specifically for soccer, with a 2-0 win over the New England Revolution.
Despite losing its last game on Saturday night to Salt Lake after a run of unbeaten matches, Columbus will be no easy task for the Hammers on Sunday, but then the Hammers with a squad of highly trained professionals that play in the toughest league in the World will also be a force to be reckoned with.
Most of our 1st team should be fit and ready for this pre season friendly and eager to prove to the rest of the Premier League what they have to be aware of starting on August 16th.
For those of you travelling to Ohio to watch the match go HERE for any help you need.
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MLS All-Stars Team Announced
Jul 13, 2008 MLS All Stars, Matches
On July 24, MLS will try to make it five-for-five when its All-Stars take on West Ham United at BMO Field in Toronto. A live announcement of the First XI was announced as the MLS All-Stars prepare to battle for a sixth consecutive victory.
The MLS Allstars 1st 11 Team is as follows:
Goalkeeper
Matt Reis, New England Revolution
Defenders
Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Wizards
Frankie Hejduk, Columbus Crew
Michael Parkhurst, New England Revolution
Midfielders
David Beckham, L.A. Galaxy
Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Chicago Fire
Shalrie Joseph, New England Revolution
Sacha Kljestan, Chivas USA
Robbie Rogers, Columbus Crew
Forwards
Landon Donovan, L.A. Galaxy
Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas
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MLS USA: Columbus Crew fixture Confirmed
May 29, 2008 West Ham News
Woohoo! another fixture for the Hammers in the States (sarcasm).
Columbus Crew (sounds like some hoodies in Lewisham) are set to welcome West Ham on July 20th (Sunday) at 5pm, I think thats 9pm BST.
Columbus Crew are rated as a very good team in the MLS eastern league and are in 2nd place so far, just below Chicago Fire.
The Stadium hold 20,000+, so there will be plenty of room for the away followers of
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