The West Ham United Courier
Match19 Feb 2028
Still nobody has beaten West Ham United
The unbeaten run reaches 17. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match19 Feb 2028
Adrien Truffert leads the rout of Cardiff City
4‑0, and Adrien Truffert took the headlines on an afternoon when everything West Ham United tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Market21 Feb 2028
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at West Ham United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Manor Solomon is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.27 with 16 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match19 Feb 2028
West Ham United make home a hard place to visit
9 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Market21 Feb 2028
West Ham United promote David Ward from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Ward 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.
Market21 Feb 2028
One of our own: Jack Ross joins the West Ham United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jack Ross is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Feb 2028
One of our own: Jonathan Foster joins the West Ham United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Foster is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
One of those days for Florian Wirtz
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.44, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Adrien Truffert
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Manor Solomon at his very best
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Mohamadou Kanté’s exile