West Ham United V Blackpool

West Ham v Blackpool



Npower Championship

Venue: Upton Park Date: Saturday, 15 October Kick-off: 1500 BST
Coverage: Watch highlights on The Football League Show;
listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC local radio;
text commentary on the BBC Sport website

TEAM NEWS

West Ham have lost David Bentley to a knee injury but Winston Reid (hamstring), Mark Noble (toe) and Matt Taylor (calf) could be passed fit.

Right-back Guy Demel is pushing for a Hammers debut after recovering from a hamstring problem.

Blackpool could hand a debut to Lomana LuaLua after signing the forward until the end of the season.

Craig Cathcart is a doubt after he withdrew from the Northern Ireland squad because of a knee problem.

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• West Ham have won 21 of their 51 competitive matches against Blackpool, with the Seasiders winning 17, and 13 drawn.

• The Hammers are unbeaten in six league clashes with Blackpool, winning four and drawing two since a 2-1 defeat at Bloomfield Road in March 1966.

• It's 77 years since Blackpool last took away maximum points from Upton Park.

West Ham United

• West Ham's return of 18 points after the first 10 games is their best for eight years.

• The Hammers are the only club not to trail in at least one Championship game at half-time.

• Sam Allardyce, who will be 57 on Wednesday, began his league managerial career with Blackpool for two seasons from July 1994.

Blackpool

• Blackpool are coming off a 5-0 home win over struggling Bristol City, and are looking for successive league victories for the first time since the opening two fixtures of the season.

• They kicked off the campaign with a 1-0 victory at Hull, but since then have mustered three draws and a defeat in four away league matches.

• Ian Holloway's side have one of the meanest defences in the Championship, with just nine goals shipped in 10 games. Only Middlesbrough have been tighter at the back with five goals conceded.

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Nice Post Jiggs , looks like you just landed yourself a new job " The Official Match Fred Poster "

Going to be the first of 4 very tough fixtures we have coming up , Iam going 2-1 west ham today !! COYI

West Ham United Almunia, Faubert, Tomkins, Reid, McCartney, Collison, Bouba Diop, Nolan, Taylor, Baldock, Carew

Subs: Boffin, Faye, Noble, Sears, Piquionne

Blackpool Gilks, Baptiste, Hill, Crainey, Evatt, Ferguson, Southern, Taylor-Fletcher, Ince, Shelvey, Phillips

Subs: Howard, Eardley, Ormerod, LuaLua, Bogdanovic

The teams are......................

West Ham United: Almunia, Faubert, Tomkins, Reid, McCartney, Collison, Bouba Diop, Nolan, Taylor, Baldock, Carew
Subs: Boffin, Faye, Noble, Sears, Piquionne

Blackpool: Gilks, Baptiste, Hill, Crainey, Evatt, Ferguson, Southern, Taylor-Fletcher, Ince, Shelvey, Phillips
Subs: Howard, Eardley, Ormerod, LuaLua, Bogdanovic

It must be on the radio somewhere , any one got a link ?

Why cant I delete one of those teams Mr boss Geezer ? no delete option

Dont you have the " Edit " option on your posts ?

it disappeared from the first post...... :shock:

Geezer wrote:It must be on the radio somewhere , any one got a link ?

Here you go mate ................ [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] should be the game

Cheers Arran . I always have trouble finding that , must bookmark it

Kray JR wrote:it disappeared from the first post...... :shock:

Probably cos you dont have enuff posts

Geezer wrote:Cheers Arran . I always have trouble finding that , must bookmark it

No probs mate , Lets hope for a west ham win today tho strange that theirs no cole on the bench ?? BFS resting him for the trip to saints on tuesday ??

I have the Edit option on mine but I dont see it on any other posts , will look into it for ya dude

does anyone know the name of the tune that we play at every home game before kick off with the Violins ?? Its such a good tune to have to build up the atmasphere

Bubbles

Geezer wrote:Bubbles

The tune before we play bubbles

Dont know mate but I agree with you , its a good tune to get the peeps going . Maybe an e-mail to the club to find out the name

Come On You Irons!!

There is actually championship football on canal+, too bad it is southampton derby..

Is it this one Arran ?

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Its the same on TV4 sports over here as well ID

Kray JR wrote:Is it this one Arran ?

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Dont matter if it aint , I,m gonna watch that one later more than once

CAREW 1-0 WEST HAM COYI