Crystal Palace √ WEST HAM UNITED saturday, APRIL 29 2023 | 12:30
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palace √ west ham united sat 29 apr | 12:30
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10 chairman 34 pub talk 40 Ben Bailey Smith 44 Mark Newson 46 over the road 49 south of the river 54 ABCD epl 56 2012/13 revisited 58 from the archive 68 beat brighty 70 stats & results
Directors Chairman Steve Parish, David Blitzer, Joshua Harris, John Textor Chief Financial Officer Sean O’Loughlin Sporting Director Dougie Freedman Club Secretary Christine Dowdeswell Head of Sports Medicine Dr. Zaf Iqbal Academy Director Gary Issott Director of U21 Development Mark Bright Chief Operating Officer Sharon Lacey Chief Commercial Officer Barry Webber General Counsel David Nichol Head of Ticketing Paul McGowan Head of Retail Foz Bowers Chief Marketing and Communications Officer James Woodroof Head of Safeguarding Cassi Wright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott
12 I like to have the ball at my feet. I want to have possession, make good passes and get clean sheets... but I don’t care if I have a good or bad game, as long as I win
Editor Will Robinson Design Billy Cooke, Stu Ellmer, Lucas Gough Contributors Ian King, Robin Johnson, Ben Bailey Smith, Toby Jagmohan, Tommy Macarthur, Israel Haile, Mark Newson, Coral-Jade Haines Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Getty, Toby Jagmohan Printer Bishops Printers
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One of the Premier League’s best passers; a shrewd investor; a multi-lingual, sartorial connoisseur – or all of the above? As broad as Joachim Andersen’s skillset on the pitch is his array of interests off it – as the defender revealed to Robin Johnson over an all-too-brief lunch…
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Worth a try? Probably. Discover the refreshing, crisp and perfectly balanced taste of Carlsberg Danish Pilsner.
Brewed in the UK, the Danish way. Enjoy responsibly.
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Did you know? Founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks F.C, West Ham were an incarnation of the Thames Ironworks Shipbuilding company, run by foreman Dave Taylor and owner Arnold Hills. They initially played in ‘Oxford blue’ – the dark blue colour worn by Oxford University – due to Hills’ background as a student, but soon moved to claret and blue in 1903.
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doc brown Ben Bailey Smith on mysteries within mysteries
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CORAL HAINES Coral Haines on embracing every opportunity
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MARK NEWSOm Mark Newson on a journey through the age groups
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VICTOR AKINWALE Victor Akinwale aims to keep on moving
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Crystal palace f.c. Joel WARD Tyrick MITCHELL Luka MILIVOJEVIC James TOMKINS Marc GUÉHI Michael OLISE Albert SAMBI LOKONGA Jordan AYEW Eberechi EZE Wilfried ZAHA Vicente GUAITA (GK) Jean-Philippe MATETA Jeffrey SCHLUPP Joachim ANDERSEN Nathaniel CLYNE James McARTHUR Will HUGHES Sam JOHNSTONE (GK) Odsonne EDOUARD Chris RICHARDS Cheick DOUCOURÉ Naouirou AHAMADA Nathan FERGUSON Joe WHITWORTH (GK) Jaïro RIEDEWALD David OZOH Kaden RODNEY
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WEST HAM UNITED f.c.
C. Pawson S. Ledger D. Eaton A. Madley J. Gillett A. Holmes
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Łukasz FABIANSKI (GK) Ben JOHNSON Aaron CRESSWELL Kurt ZOUMA Vladimir COUFAL Gianluca SCAMACCA Pablo FORNALS Michail ANTONIO Manuel LANZINI Lucas PAQUETÁ Flynn DOWNES Alphonse AREOLA (GK) Mawel CORNET Danny INGS Jarrod BOWEN Angelo OGBONNA Saïd BENRAHMA Thilo KEHRER Nayef AGUERD Tomáš SOUCEK EMERSON Armstrong OKO-FLEX Declan RICE Joseph ANANG (GK) Kamarai SIMON-SWYER Keenan APPIAH-FORSON Freddie POTTS Oliver SCARLES Kaelan CASEY Divin MUBAMA
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