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All those hardy souls, including those from West Bromwich, who ventured out in appalling weather to see West Ham take on the Baggies were rewarded with a cagey but energetic relegation 'six pointer' that saw Hammers eventually run out 2 - 1 winners.

West Ham United: Adrian, Cresswell, Reid, Ogbonna, Zabaleta, Kouyate, Lanzini, Obiang, Masuaku, Carroll. Arnautovic. Subs: Hart, Hernandez , Quina, Ayew, Noble, Rice, Haksabanovic.
West Bromwich Albion:Foster; Dawson, Hegazi, Evans, Gibbs; Livermore, ; Brunt, Phillips, Rodriguez; Robson-Kanu. Subs: Myhill, Nyom, McAuley, Yacob, McClean, Krychowiak, Burke.

Hopes that West Ham United could persuade Rafa Benitez to sell them creative midfielder John Jo Shelvey have taken an almighty hit, the player who began his career with the Hammers as a youth player was part of the starting line up for Newcastle in their match against Stoke City.

It's amazing how original the Mirror and countless others are, the day after we ran our Ayew in exchange for Mawson article the Mirror, The Cardiff Centennial and of course our old DDoS friends at C & H and a whole bunch of other sites all ran stories that were extremely similar, however none of them were actually able to name their source and that is because they couldn't!

As the media hunker down in anticipation of the January transfer window opening we can confirm one 'snippet' that is 'from the horses mouth', namely that Hammers are trying to do a 'Good Bit Of Business' by arranging a swap deal with Swansea City involving returning Andre Ayew who they had previously purchased for £20 Million and getting £25 Million rated centre back Alfie Mawson in exchange.

It is the Christmas season and down on the South Coast along with many other traditional holiday resorts Bournemouth do a roaring trade in Pantomime, currently Jack and the Bean Stalk is running at the Pavilion Theatre. If they suddenly need a back up Panto villain then they need look no further than referee Bobby Madley!

Bournemouth: Begovic, Francis, S Cook, Ake, Gosling, Smith, L Cook, Fraser, King, Ibe, Wilson. Subs: Boruc, Pugh, Afobe, Hyndman, Mahoney, Mousset, Simpson.
West Ham: Adrian, Cresswell, Collins, Ogbonna, Zabaleta, Kouyate, Lanzini, Obiang, Masuaku, Ayew, Arnautovic. Subs: Hart, Reid, Carroll, Sakho, Hernandez, Quina, Rice.

Result could have been better yesterday, Little Ed in particular was very 'disenfranchised' much to the chagrin of Lady B he is sure, let's face it following West Ham is a roller coaster ride of happiness and usually despair. Parents who inflicted being a 'Hammer' on their offspring would now make the front page of the 'Evening Excess', or even the Daily Snail, for neglect or abuse or some other Corbynesque misdeed!

West Ham Utd: Adrian, Reid, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Zabaleta, Masuaku, Kouyate, Obiang, Ayew, Arnautovic, Antonio Subs: Hart, Carroll, Sakho, Hernandez, Collins, Quina, Rice
Newcastle Utd: Elliot, Yedlin, Clark, Lascelles, Manquillo, Diame, Saivet, Ritchie, Atsu, Gayle, Joselu Subs: Darlow, Dummett, Murphy, Aarons, Perez, Mbemba, Haidara

Joe Hart desperately needed a good performance for West Ham in the cup game against Arsenal at the Emirates last night in order to keep alive his chance of being England's goal keeper at this year's FIFA World Cup finals in Russia. In a drab game that saw West Ham register NO shots on target despite having Hernandez, Ayew, Carroll, 'Elbows' and Sakho on at various points in the 1 - 0 defeat by Arsenal.