West Ham United - Season Overview 2009-2010
★ = Dublin Hammers Meeting (Live on television).
✈ = Dublin Hammers Trip.
LP = League Position.
AUGUST 2009
15th Wolverhampton Wanderers (a). 2-0. Noble, Upson. LP:4th.
Calum Davenport and mother attacked and stabbed while at home in the early hours of
Saturday morning.
Jack Collison’s father killed in motorcycle accident on the way to watch the Spurs game.
★ 23rd Tottenham (h). 1-2.Cole. LP:11th.
25th Millwall (h). Carling Cup 2nd Rd. 3-1 (aet). Stanislas x 2 (1 pen), Hines.
Serious crowd trouble before, during and after this game. FA to investigate!
29th Blackburn Rovers (a) 0-0.
West Ham sign striker Alessandro Diamanti from Italian side Livorno.
SEPTEMBER 2009
West Ham sign a 32yr old mexican striker, Guillermo Franco on a 1 yr deal.
12th Wigan Athletic (a). 0-1. LP:13th.
★ 19th Liverpool (h). 2-3. Diamanti (pen), Cole.
22th Bolton Wanderers (a). Carling Cup 3rd Rd. 1-3 aet. Cole.
★ 26th Manchester City (a). 1-3. Cole.
OCTOBER 2009
✈ 04th Fulham (h). 2-2. LP:19th. Cole, Stanislas.
2nd from bottom!
17th Stoke City (a). 1-1. Upson.
★ 24th Arsenal (h). 2-2. Cole, Diamanti (pen).
2-0 down at half time... still 2nd from bottom!
31st Sunderland (a). 2-2. Franco, Cole.
2-0 up at half time... joint bottom!
NOVEMBER 2009
04th Aston Villa (h) 2-1. Noble (pen). Hines.
Green saves a penalty and Hines gets the winner in injury time!
Alan Curbishley wins his case for wrongful dismissal against West Ham.
08th Everton (h). 1-2. Own goal.
21st Hull City (a). 3-3. Franco, Collison, Da Costa.
2-0 up after 16 minutes... 3-2 down after 20! Out of bottom 3!
28th Burnley (h). 5-3. Collison, Stanislas, Cole (pen), Franco, Jimenez (pen). LP:17th.
5-0 up after 70 minutes, fortunately the Burnley come back started late.
DECEMBER 2009
★ 05th Manchester Utd (h). 0-4.
12th Birmingham City (a). 0-1.
15th Bolton Wanderers (h). 1-3. Diamanti.
★ 20th Chelsea (h) 1-1. Diamanti (pen). LP:19th.
26th Portsmouth (h). 2-0. Diamanti (pen), Kovac.
★ 28th Tottenham (a). 0-2.
JANUARY 2010
★ 03rd Arsenal (h). FA Cup 3rd Rd. 1-2. Diamanti.
West Ham are finally bought by Sullivan and Gold.
★ 17th Aston Villa (a). 0.0.
26th Portsmouth (a). 1-1.
30th Blackburn Rovers (h). 0-0.
On the final day of the transfer window, West Ham acquire strikers Benni McCarthy, Mido and Ilan!
FEBRUARY 2010
06th Burnley (a). 1-2. Ilan.
New club owners announce that West Ham are in dire financial trouble. Everyone at the club will need to take a 25% pay cut at the end of the season!
★ 10th Birmingham City (h). 2-0. Diamanti, Cole. LP:14th.
20th Hull City (h). 3-0. Behrami, Cole, Faubert.
★ 27th Manchester Utd (a). 0-3. LP:13th.
MARCH 2010
06th Bolton Wanderers (h). 1-2. Diamanti.
★ 13th Chelsea (a). 1-4. Parker. LP: 16th.
★ 20th Arsenal (a). 0-2.
★ 23rd Wolves (h). 1-3. Franco.
A terrible performance! Fans singing 'your not fit to wear the shirt', relegation looms...
27th Stoke City (h). 0-1.
APRIL 2010
★ 04th Everton (a). 2-2. Da Costa, Ilan.
★ 10th Sunderland (h). 1-0. Ilan. LP:16th.
4 points between West Ham and relegation...
★ 17th Liverpool (a). 0-3.
24th Wigan Athletic (h). 3-1. Cole, Kovac, Parker.
Safe!
MAY 2010
01st Fulham (a). 2-3. Cole, Franco.
✈ 09th Mancester City (h). 1-1. Boa Morte
A so ends a season to forget!
Zola Sacked!
WEST HAM GOALSCORERS - 2009-2010
11 x Carlton Cole (Pen x 1, Carling Cup x 1).
8 x Alessandro Diamanti (Pen x 4).
4 x Junior Stanislas (Carling Cup x 2, 1 x Pen).
5 x Guillermo Franco.
4 x Aranjo Ilan.
3 x Mathew Upson.
2 x Jack Collison.
2 x Manuel Da Costa.
2 x Zevon Hines (Carling Cup x 1).
2 x Scott Parker.
2 x Rades-crap Kovac.
2 x Mark Noble (Pen x 1).
1 x Velon Behrami.
1 x Louis Boa Morte.
1 x Julien Faubert.
1 x Luis Jimenez.
1 x Own goal.