Nuno set for West Ham job
West Ham are set to appoint former Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo as head coach after sacking Graham Potter, BBC reports.
Nuno is expected to be in place before Monday’s Premier League match against Everton, having said he has had positive talks with the West Ham board.
Potter, 50, was dismissed on Saturday morning after only eight months in charge, with the club 19th in the table. Potter took charge of 25 West Ham matches after being appointed in January – winning six – and they finished 14th last season.
Nuno, 51, was sacked after 21 months in charge at Forest – and only three games into this season.
Last term the Portuguese guided them to seventh in the table – their highest finish since 1994-95 – as they qualified for Europe for the first time in three decades.
Club Statement: Potter left
On Saturday, 27 September, West Ham United informed in the morning that Head Coach Graham Potter who had joined West Ham in January 2025, has left the Club. This is the Club’s statement:
Results and performances over the course of the second half of last season and the start of the 2025/26 season have not matched expectations, and the Board of Directors believe that a change is necessary in order to help improve the team’s position in the Premier League as soon as possible.
The Club can confirm that Assistant Coach Bruno Saltor, First Team Coaches Billy Reid and Narcis Pelach, Lead Goalkeeper Coach Casper Ankergren, and Goalkeeper Coach Linus Kandolin have also left with immediate effect.
The Board would like to thank Graham and his coaching staff for their hard work during their time with the Hammers and wish them every success for the future.
The process of appointing a replacement is underway. The Club will be making no further comment at this time.
Charlie Kirk Memorial
Charlie Kirk, a well-known US conservative political activist and firm believer in Jesus Christ, founder of Turning Point USA, was killed on September 10, 2025, when speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
A large public memorial was held on September 21, 2025, in Arizona, drawing a huge number of mourners. Albeit there were religious statements like the ones in the video above, commentators said that the event had much of a political rally. President Donald Trump, vice-president J.D. Vance and other high calibre Republicans held speeches at the Memorial.
Pastor Rob McCoy on Charlie Kirk‘s mission ▶️Instagram
Donald Trump praises King Charles III.
In stark contrast to yesterday’s satirical posting (“The Orange One in London”) Hannah Furness, The Telegraph’s Royal editor, wrote about Donald Trump’s speech at the state banquet at Windsor Castle, that this was “the most heartfelt and effective speech I have ever heard at a state banquet like this“.
The president delivered a heartfelt personal tribute to King Charles III, saying he “epitomised the fortitude, nobility and the spirit of the British monarchy and the British people”.
The speech, at the state banquet on 17 September, raised broad smiles from the Royal family and their 160 guests after a day of military spectacle.
The King, for his part, raised a laugh, saying that George Washington and George III could not possibly have imagined such scenes.
The Orange One in London
The Trumps visited the British royal family and enjoyed english hospitality. And how did the first US king since ever like it?
A satirical look into the imaginary diary of the orangest president of all time…
😱👑🏴🇺🇲😂😂
ÖFB Cup Achtelfinale
Die Achtelfinal-Paarungen des ÖFB Cups wurden ausgelost. Rapid spielt auswärts gegen den aktuellen Tabellenführer der 2. Liga, SKN St. Pölten.
Die Auslosung ergab folgende 8 Duelle:
SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz vs. SV Oberbank Ried
SKN St. Pölten vs. SK Rapid
SV Stripfing/Weiden vs. LASK
Admira Wacker vs. SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz
SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten vs. RZ Pellets Wolfsberger AC
KSV 1919 vs. SCR Altach
FC Blau-Weiß Linz vs. TSV Egger Glas Hartberg
FC Red Bull Salzburg vs. WSG Tirol
Die Achtelfinal-Spiele werden von 28. bis 30. Oktober 2025 ausgetragen.
Weitere Termine der Saison 2025/26 im UNIQA ÖFB Cup:
Viertelfinale: 30. Jänner bis 1. Februar 2026
Halbfinale: 3. bis 5. März 2026
Finale: 1. Mai 2026
Another defeat at home…
…for West Hame: 1-2 against Crystal Palace. Under pressure manager Graham Potter has now only won six of his 23 league games and picked up 23 points since replacing Julen Lopetegui in January. The Spaniard also collected 23 points from his spell at the London Stadium, but did so in three fewer games.
Earlier on Saturday, about 3,000 Hammers fans protested before the match, with angry supporters holding flags and banners and chanting about chairman David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady.
Their mood was more disgruntled than disruptive, gloomy than revolutionary, Jim White wrote in The Telegraph; their ire directed at the board and their decision, 10 years ago this season, to relocate from the beloved Boleyn Ground to the entirely unloved London Stadium. They plan to escalate their actions by boycotting the next home game on October 20. Given it is another London derby against Brentford, the call to stay away may well be widely heeded.
The Hammers team had looked better early in the second half at London Stadium and drew level after having been behind at the break, but offered very little once Crystal Palace retook the lead. For the third home game in succession, West Ham have lost to a London rival. And while this was not as embarrassing as the submissions to Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, it was nonetheless a loss that demonstrated that much is going wrong at the club, and of course mounted the pressure on Graham Potter.
West Ham have not won a Premier League game in front of their own supporters since 27 February and have lost all three home matches this season to London rivals Chelsea, Tottenham and Crystal Palace.
Despite defeat, manger Graham Potter described his side’s performance against Palace as “spirited”. “It’s tough, the results are not what we want at all,” the former Chelsea and Brighton boss told Match of the Day.”
“I feel for the players, supporters, everybody connected with the club. We have to stick together and find a solution.”
West Ham fans chanted “sacked in the morning” at Potter during the latest home defeat.
A message from the Board
West Ham’s Board have reacted regarding the fan protests and the “vote of no confidence” which was written by the official WHU Fans’ Advisory Board and other Supporters organisations two weeks ago.
The Board published a Message to all West Ham supporters in which they assured the West Ham faithful that “regular top-half finishes, strong domestic cup runs, and qualification for European competition remain the goals we are working towards”.
The Board emphasised that “West Ham were entering our 14th consecutive season in the Premier League – our longest unbroken top-flight run in the modern era” – but agreed that the supporters were right to have spoken of the need for greater ambition than our position of the past two seasons.
“We know we must do better to deliver more consistently“, the Board wrote and concluded:
“We are proud of our history and our loyal supporter base, and we remain committed to building a Club that reflects both. We look forward to continuing dialogue with the FAB, among other direct channels of communications with our fanbase, and we encourage all supporters to remain engaged as we move forward together.
“The Club would like to place on record its thanks and appreciation to all of our fans, in the UK and all over the world, for their continued backing of West Ham United and the role that they have played in helping us to become one of the biggest and best-supported football clubs in the world.“
▶️ www.whufc.com/message-supporters
It remains to be seen if this message will be – though I doubt it is – enough to stop the protests which have already been announced and prepared for the next two home games against Crystal Palace (20 September) and Brentford (20 October).
Well, these words are one thing, the other thing is that words must be followed by deeds and that the team’s performance will improve. If Graham Potter manages to significantly improve his team’s performances and results in the next few games, the negative mood around West Ham could change – but can we be optimistic in this respect? Crystal Palace, the Hammers’ opponent on Saturday, are unbeaten in 16 games now.
Rapid top, West Ham down
Der SK Rapid unter Trainer Peter Stöger ist erfolgreich in die Saison gestartet und fuhr am Sonntag mit 4:1 endlich auch einen klaren – nicht nur knappen – Sieg ein, mit dem man weiterhin an der Tabellenspitze der österreichischen Bundesliga steht. Während die Stimmung in Hütteldorf sehr gut ist, schaut es in der Premier League für West Ham ganz anders aus:
Vier Spiele, 1 Sieg, 0 Remis, drei – ziemlich heftige – Niederlagen (0:3, 1:5, 0:3) und saisonübergreifend seit sieben Spielen kein Sieg mehr im – bei den Fans daher immer unbeliebteren – London Stadium. Für die nächsten Heimspiele sind Proteste gegen Chairman und Vize Sullivan/Brady geplant.
Ich bin selbst so sauer über diesen nun schon länger andauernden Abstieg, der nach dem Conference League-Sieg 2023 begonnen hat, dass ich bei unserer nächsten London-Reise zur selben Zeit, zu der West Ham spielen wird, Konzerttickets für die Royal Albert Hall gekauft habe!
Dieser Artikel im Telegraph bringt die Stimmung in East London auf den Punkt:
Dabei geht es allerdings anderen Teams nach vier Spielen auch nicht besser, und allein dem Punktestand nach ist noch nicht viel passiert! Es ist aber die Art und Weise, wie man verliert (siehe unten).
Und das fehlende Vertrauen in das Board und auch schon in Manager Potter ist es, das die Fans bereits am Beginn dieser Saison depressiv und wütend werden lässt und die Befürchtung nährt, dass der Klub absteigen könnte, wenn sich nix ändert….
EXTRA TIME 
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