were our former Icelandic owners and now our current bosses intentions to win the Championship within seven years or the Champions League? Our bi-annual dalliance with relegation is confusing me. Exciting as this is, i’m finding it difficult to summon any enthusiasm. Deeds please.
Returning to London after a weekend away, I got on the tube at the same time as Shefield United fans returning home after their Championship play-off final at Wembley. I approached one fan, who was holding a limp team-flag and asked him the score, “lost one nil” he replied. Well, after all the whingeing and [...]
Light at the end of the tunnel? It looked ominous two months ago, an untried manager, an unsettled squad, the backers going bust and the team in free-fall. But it looks like West Ham have got some iron in their management structure and all seem to be singing from the same song sheet. Zola seems [...]
If West ham aren’t careful they will be tip-toeing their way to the Championship. Maybe Curbs saw the looming credit crunch coming that has knocked the Hammers for six, and did a runner. We should have seen it coming. The squad was “trimmed” in the close season in an attempt to cut costs. West Ham [...]
getting to the sharp end of the season, really exciting is n’t it? Do we play Carlton Cole as a lone striker or Carlton Cole as a lone striker? it’s mind numbingly dull at the moment being a west ham fan. bring back the brinksmanship of last year, a non goal here, a unreistered player [...]
Is it me but I find the international breaks a little bit of a distraction from the real business of league football. I miss my (bi) weekly fix of the mood altering drug that is being a West Ham United fan. The highs and lows produced on the whim of the fates is only [...]
Being a team that perennially need to sell their big name players due to our regular dalliances with relegation, I have compiled a list of ex- Hammers and my attitude towards them. Normally these opinions are formed by the terms they left the club, with honour, putting club on a par with their own interests [...]
What must it be like to the the fans boo-boy? You can do no right in the eyes of the hard core. Having a good match is seen as an aberration rather than an improvement. Perhaps being the scapegoat is just the embodiment of the frustrations and dashed hopes of the fans, whose expectations have [...]
Finally was able to make my debut at Upton Park this season for the match yesterday against Middlesbrough. I chose to be “embedded” amongst the away fans and learnt many interesting sociolgical facts about Geordies in general and Alan Shearer in particular. Being sat near the West Ham fans, one particularly obese gentleman dressed in [...]
Languagecaster Podcast: The Big European Leagues
Podcast: Play in new window | Download On this week’s podcast, languagecaster takes alook at the Premier League, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and La Liga. Remember, you can also: Listen only to the main report here – complete with transcript and vocabulary Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in [...]
Languagecaster Podcast: FA Cup Final 2012
On this week’s podcast, we take a look at the English FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool.
Languagecaster Podcast: The Big European Leagues
Podcast: Play in new window | Download On this week’s podcast, languagecaster takes alook at the Premier League, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and La Liga. Remember, you can also: Listen only to the main report here – complete with transcript and vocabulary Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in [...]
Languagecaster Podcast: FA Cup Final 2012
On this week’s podcast, we take a look at the English FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool.
Languagecaster Podcast: The Title Decider – MU vs MC
On this week’s podcast, two fans tell us what they think will happen n the Manchester derby next Monday.
Main Listening Report: European Season Finale – England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Turkey and France
On this week’s main listening report Damian and Damon take a look at some of the key end of season matches in some of the big leagues in Europe.
Main Listening Report: The FA Cup In Numbers
On this week’s main listening report we preview the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Liverpool by taking a look at the oldest competition in the world through numbers.
Main Listening Report: The Manchester Derby
On this week’s main listening report we interview a Manchester United fan and a Manchester City fan and ask them what they think will happen next Monday when their teams clash in the Manchester Derby.
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