The West Ham United Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Crystal Palace come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and West Ham United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Dor Turgeman gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Dor Turgeman has just signed for West Ham United, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at West Ham United
Axel Disasi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at West Ham United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
West Ham United add cover with Dor Turgeman
It is the least glamorous business a club does and the reason seasons do not collapse in February. Dor Turgeman is here for the weeks when three men are injured and somebody still has to play.
Market17 Aug 2026
Christopher Brown steps up from the West Ham United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Christopher Brown has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
West Ham United promote Samuel Harris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Harris has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at West Ham United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pablo Felipe is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Daniel Cummings stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniel Cummings and West Ham United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Dor Turgeman
- Boardroom West Ham United spend it where nobody looks