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It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.
We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
West Ham travel to Birmingham for tomorrow's crucial Premier League clash knowing the Dean Ashton era is officially over.
The big striker announced his retirement this morning after failing to recover from an ankle injury - a further blow to Gianfranco Zola's ailing squad.
Dean Ashton has been forced to retire from football at the age of 26 because of injury.
The West Ham striker's future was increasingly in doubt as he failed to recover from a series of injuries since breaking his ankle on England duty three years ago.
The Italian job is only half done at Upton Park but if Gianfranco Zola has his way it will be a whole lot nearer completion come the end of the season.
Saturday's Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers sees the Irons begin their challenge for a top six finish and UEFA Europa League qualification.
WEST Ham will spend their Bank Holiday weekend in sunny Manchester where they take on Mark Hughes' City side on Sunday afternoon.
The Hammers will be looking for their first away win of the season and their first win on City's home patch since April 2003.
WEST Ham got their Premier League campaign off to a winning start, but have lost Dean Ashton to injury.
The striker picked up a leg injury when taking a free-kick half-way through the second half and hobbled off, having scored both his side's goal in the 2-1 win over Wigan.
WEST HAM’S Premier League campaign closed with an entertaining 2-2 draw last Sunday but already the rumours surrounding the squad have started.
Alan Curbishley’s men sealed 10th spot with Sunday’s point against Aston Villa, thanks to a superb 88th minute strike from Dean Ashton.
But the 24-year-old’s future at the club is in doubt. He wants to stay but talks about extending his contract, which has two years to run, have yet to happen.
An England recall for the games with the USA and Trinidad and Tobago won’t harm his bargaining position and team-mate Robert Green thinks Ashton deserves a long-overdue first cap.
West Ham 2 Aston Villa 2
Dean Ashton's late strike earned West Ham a share of the spoils at Upton Park, and then learned he's made Fabio Capello's latest England squad.
The 24-year-old forward's 88th minute goal, a superb first time effort from the edge of the box, rescued a point for the Hammers after Villa looked set to snatch a win on the last day of the Premier League season.
The point, coupled with Tottenham's 2-0 home defeat against Liverpool, meant West Ham finished 10th in the table, although for most of the second half the most likely outcome looked to be a comprehensive defeat against a determined and enterprising Villa side.
IT'S ALMOST the end of the road for West Ham as they play their last away game of the season against Manchester United this weekend.
Alan Curbishley takes his 100 per cent record against the Premier League Champions to Old Trafford on Saturday (May 3), knowing a point would be good enough to guarantee the Hammers 10th place.
The Irons will be without Freddie Ljungberg, whose cracked rib sustained in last Saturday's (April 26) 2-2 draw with Newcastle will rule him out for a month, and possible the European Championships.
