West Ham Fans

A riveting brace scored by Dean Ashton within the first ten minutes under the appreciative gaze of England manager Fabio Capello should have provided the springboard for an emphatic victory, but despite dominating the first half West Ham were not at the races for the second and were under the cosh as soon as Wigan scored in the 47th minute , Hammers eventually ran out 2-1 winners.

West Ham United take on Wigan at the Boleyn to open this season's campaign. Having invested so heavily and possibly so unwisely in one Freddie, the club are now having to heap a whole load of pressure on another, Freddie Sears has been forced to step up to the plate following the sale of Bobby Zamora to Fulham and Craig Bellamy's latest injury set back.

West Ham United are the club that the red tops, particularly the Daily Snail, like to give a good kicking to at the moment.

Any Hammers fan will tell you, West Ham United are a club that you are born in to, no matter what happens, the club gets under your skin and then that's it you become locked, hook line and sinker in to a never world of despair and hope.

Despite saying that there would be no further updates until Wednesday, we are able to confirm that Eidur Gudjohnsen will not be heading to the Boleyn. Barcelona´s Gudjohnsen has been a long term target for West Ham, but despite Carlton Cole´s injury and rumours of Kieron Dyer being unfit, Hammers will be unable to recruit the Icelandic International.

Trawling through the various media sources regarding West Ham and the odd contact we have, there appears to be much ado about nothing. Therefore the apologies for not being in the country are not as contrite as they would have been.

Following on from the signing of Valon Behrami, West Ham have moved quickly to ensure the continued services of George McCartney. The five year deal penned will dispell rumours that the former Sunderland captain was going to rejoin the Black Cats.

Like a wounded tiger, West Ham CEO Scot Duxberry proudly announced the arrival of Velon Behrami, "far from depleting our squad we are looking to bring in quality players to supplement what we consider to be an impressive collection of performers, with Kieron Dyer, Julien Faubert and Craig Bellamy all available fans will be able to see just how far the club can progress".

As it happens chance has presented WHF with the opportunity to be able to cover Hammers clash with the MLS All Stars IX in some depth.

Columbus Crew and West Ham United's friendly turned out to be anything but a friendly, off the pitch. The game, which was played in sweltering heat saw Hammers win 3-1 with goals from Dean Ashton and Kyle Reid along with an own goal by Columbus, was marred by a bit of fisticuffs during half time.

The red tops have descended in their vulture like flocks on West Ham United, obviously less than content that the club haven't been providing them with enough copy about transfers, the Sun and the Mirror have latched on to alleged comments made by Hammers stopper Rob Green regarding his contract at the club which has supposedly attracted the likes of Arsenal, Manchester Utd and Aston Villa.

In keeping with their new 'get them young' ethos, West Ham United have secured the services of young Hungarain starlet Balint Bajner from Liberty Arad of Romania.

Bobby Zamora John Paintsil Bobby Zamora and John Paintsil have finally joined Fulham from West Ham United on four and three year deals respectively, the two have moved for a combined fee in excess of £6 Million. Whether this transfer represents good business is a matter of debate and is one for the future, we were the first site to mention Fulham's interest in the Z man but had no idea whatsoever about the transfer of JP at the time, at least it opens up the possibility one or two new players coming in.

The proposed move by Bobby Zamora from West Ham to Fulham has hit an unexpected snag, John Paintsil, who was the additional player involved in the £6.5 Million 'buy one get one free' transfer, has expressed reservations about a move to Craven Cottage.

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While the usual transfer speculation gathers pace around other clubs, West Ham United have gone about their business in a very under stated way, but that is not a bad thing.

Lucas Neill West Ham captain Lucas Neill's agent, Paddy Dominguez, has been strangely quiet about Galatasaray's interest in his client, having already confirmed that the Hammers and Socceroos skipper was going to "finish his career in Australia"

The European Championships provided the red tops with plenty of copy but now they are back with a vengeance. Last season West Ham had a virtual monopoly on outrageous transfer targets, this season will be somewhat different!

There has been plenty of press speculation of late about Croatia manager Slaven Bilic being lined up to replace Alan Curbishley as manager of West Ham

West Ham start the new season with a home match against Wigan and finish the season with a home match against Middlesbrough.