Semifinal! 🏴
New Chapter
The current manager Nuno Espírito Santo has remained at West Ham despite relegation and will try to do the same he already did at Wolverhampton some seasons ago – to lead the Hammers back to the Premiership at the first try. There will be a new man though at a key role, being responsible for recruiting the players to achieve this task in one of the toughest leagues in the world: Nils Koppen was appointed the Club’s new Director of Player Recruitment.
The 41-year-old Belgian will join West Ham United from his position as Technical Director at Danish Club FC Copenhagen, where he led the identification and recruitment of all new playing talent. Prior to that role he held similar positions at Rangers in Scotland and Dutch side PSV Eindhoven.
Koppen will begin work at West Ham United as part of a new football leadership structure for the men’s team, tasked with identifying and recruiting the players needed to secure an immediate return to the Premier League.
New kit manufacturer NB has presented the new home and away shirts:
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WM 1978 in Argentinien
Tore: Schachner 9′; Dani 21′; Krankl 76′
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WM 2026 USA, Mexiko, Kanada: Spanien 3 Österreich 0
Kit launch ante portas
West Ham have officially teased their new 2026-27 home kit, giving fans a first glimpse at their inaugural release with new kit supplier New Balance. The club posted a close-up image of the shirt on social media today, signaling that a full reveal is imminent. This marks the beginning of West Ham’s partnership with New Balance, who take over from previous long-term supplier Umbro.
On the same day West Ham confirmed that 42,000 season tickets for the club‘s first season after relegation to the Championship have been sold. This shows the big support from the Claret and Blue Army regardless of the drop from the Premier League.
Excitement and an increasing hope that things are getting better are following David Sullivan’s and Karen Brady’s departure from the Board. The new interim CEO Karim Virani has even launched an official fan consultation on the future of West Ham’s crest which has repeatedly been criticised by some parts of its supporters.
And with the fixture list of the new season now confirmed and opening day in August approaching there could be even more season ticket renewals until the deadline on Friday.
I am looking forward to a new season in a hopefully beautiful new kit, with new opponents to play and a new spirit of winning in search for an instant promotion!
Come on you Irons!
Father and Son Out
But England progress to last XVI
Scotland, Turkey and Uruguay out, Germany and Holland out, too. And England just rescued victory from jaws of defeat against DR Congo courtesy to two second half goals (Harry Kane 75‘, 86‘, both assisted by substitute Anthony Gordon). And tomorrow the Austrian team will play Spain in the round of last XVI.
Algeria 3 Austria 3 – mayhem in injury time!
Algeria and Austria produced an incredible finish as both secured the point they needed to reach the World Cup knockout stages – and eliminated Iran.
Austria – who led twice – were heading out when Riyad Mahrez scored his second of the game to put Algeria 3-2 ahead in the 93rd minute.
Austria and Algeria had gone into this match knowing a draw would take them both through, but in this match there was no sense of a repeat of the ‘Disgrace of Gijon’. With 3-2 Algeria would have not only gone through to the knock-out stages of the World Cup, but would have denied Austria, the country forever intertwined in their history because of that infamous match at the 1982 World Cup in Spain, when West Germany beat Austria 1-0 in a group match, where both teams went through at the expense of Algeria.
But then Sasa Kalajdzic headed an equaliser in 96th-minute – two minutes more than was allotted – just 61 seconds after coming off the bench to secure a point in the most dramatic of finales of this Group J meeting. The goal sparked dramatic scenes of celebration among the Austria contingent in Kansas City.
In snatching that late 3-3 draw, Austria became the first team to avoid defeat in a World Cup match having fallen behind after the 90-minute mark. Victory means that Austria will play Spain on Thursday, 2 July.
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