Calum Davenport

Best wishes to Calum Davenport after the horrendous stabbing at the weekend, apparently by his sister's boyfriend who has been charged with GBH. Calum's mother was also stabbed and whoever did it is a pathetic coward and will hopefully have plenty of time to reflect on this in jail, where they won't be very popular with any WHU supporters. Get well son, Calum

No one likes them... we don't care

Been watching Green Street after the Carling Cup draw against Millwall, only sadly it seems few of our middle-class home crew are standing their ground. Nigel's in France, Matt's scarpered to Australia and yours truly will be in Saltaire, Yorkshire. So it looks like it's down to Fraser and the Gav to hold the East Stand...

Freddie and the dreamers

It seems 12-year-old Freddie Sears is destined never to score again after his debut winner against Blackburn. His 'goal' against Bristol City for Palace recalled another legendary non-goal 'scored' for Palace by Clive Allen. Even Zola might have used a mild expletive after that piece of myopia...

Still, almost worth it to see Warnock lose it so comprehensively...

Wolves tamed

Wolves 0 west Ham 2

We're walking Hadrian's Wall. Just after we've reached Carlisle and settled down to a Roman pizza, Nigel leaves a message to say we're joint top of the league. We've won 2-0 at Wolves, a great start for the Irons' legions and Wolves thrown into the Vallum.
Hammers for the title anyone?

I have to watch MOTD in mute mode as we're in a family hotel room and the kids are asleep but the evidence is encouraging. Nobes' strikes a fantastic shot into the top corner for our opener and then Green makes several great saves. Dyer (remember him?) has a shot cleared off the line and Collison has another effort saved before Upson rises unmarked to head home from a set piece. Oh, and someone called Faubert played. Mick McCarthy looks like a downcast extra from Brassed Off and Zola's grin illuminates the silent screen. And whatever Shearer is saying, it's better in mute.

Putting in the hours

The average football fan racks up nearly 800 hours a year following
their beloved team, a survey published today reveals.

According to research from Virgin Money, the average fan spends 33 full
days being a supporter - that includes travelling to and from matches,
watching TV, searching the internet and talking about the game with
friends.

Such devotion works out at 15.3 hours a week or 795.6 hours a year.

Mystic Matt asks: "Does it also include sitting for hours with your head in
your hands wondering if Tristan and De Michele will ever score?"

Or indeed several millennia looking at bbcsport.com wondering if we'll ever sign Toni,. Eidur, or any other striker...

Irons take China

Hot off the Blackberry from full-timer Mike in Beijing:

"Horrible stadium. Great big running track around the pitch. About 90 degrees and cloudy, sweating like pig just sitting here. Full strength Spurs on pitch. Hammers not so much warming up but heating up !!

1-0 to the north London slags. Defensive error, shame as we were defending so well. Most expensive loss I've ever watched !!"

"But at least the money you spent to watch it didn't go into White Hart lane…" comments Jo.

And later…

"It was hopeless. Cole up front on his own, we didn't have one strike on target. Boa Morte will be out for a year with cruciate damage, just when he was looking useful.. Zola will have to find money or sell someone fast..."

George Davis (and West Ham) is innocent, OK?

Buried among the Ashes heroics and some old geezer almost winning the Open, was the news that the latest Premier League and FA inquiry into the Tevez affair has found us innocent of any further wrongdoing.

Referring to Tevez's last three games for West Ham, a statement read: "The inquiry has concluded that, on the basis of the evidence available to them, there is no prima facie case that West Ham United and/or its officials did commit any further breaches of Premier League or FA rules immediately after the independent disciplinary commission's decision."

So does this mean Sheffield United will give us our money back?