West Ham’s Aaron Cresswell made his international debut v Spain at Wembley, picking up his first cap as a 79th minute substitute for Danny Rose. He was the last of England’s six substitutes- with Walcott, Jagielka, Heaton, Townsend and Rashford also making appearances off the bench [Read more…]
Video- Cresswell makes international debut v Spain as substitute for Rose
November 15, 2016 By Leave a Comment
West Ham player among nominees for BBC’s African Footballer of the Year 2016
November 13, 2016 By Leave a Comment
West Ham’s Andre Ayew is one of five players named by the BBC for the African Footballer of the Year award. The others are Liverpool’s Sadio Mane, Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez, Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and somewhat surprisingly, Manchester City’s Yaya Toure, despite his lack of game time at the Etihad under Pep Guardiola [Read more…]
Video Dimitri Payet goal v Sweden November 2016 | Winner for France
November 12, 2016 By Leave a Comment
It’s hard to keep Dimi out of action these days when he’s playing for France, and he again played a starring role for Les Bleus in this World Cup qualifier, scoring the winner for them against Sweden. Check out his goal v Sweden and the other ones scored in this game [Read more…]
Reid and Cresswell named in Garth Crooks’ team of the week for Round 8
October 18, 2016 By Leave a Comment
West Ham had two representatives in Garth Crooks’ team of the week for Round 8, with both Winston Reid and Aaron Cresswell making it to the BBC analyst’s XI.
While Crooks blasts Martin Atkinson for his controversial decision to send Cresswell off, he also complains about the “lack of atmosphere” at the Olympic Stadium, comparing it to “watching football in the middle of the Nevada Desert” [Read more…]
Video Aaron Cresswell red card v Crystal Palace (two yellows) & Howard Webb’s reaction
October 16, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Aaron Cresswell had an eventful evening in West Ham’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday evening, providing the assist for Lanzini’s goal but then bizarrely getting sent off by collecting two yellows in the space of a minute.
Was Cresswell’s red card a red?
Some weird officiating from Martin Atkinson (many reckoned the first should have been a West Ham penalty and the second should never have been a card in the first place) and here’s a video opinion on the two controversial incidents from Howard Webb [Read more…]
