Results tagged “Joe Cole”

Kevin Mitchell makes his long awaited return to the ring next week and he's raring to go.

The Dagenham-based lightweight takes on John Murray at Excel for the vacant WBO inter-continental title on July 9. It's his first bout since losing to Michael Katsidis in a world title fight at Upton Park last May, and for Mitchell, 26, it's been a long and painful wait.

Liverpool and England star Joe Cole has donated a weekend package at Anfield to raise money for Richard House Children's Hospice.

The former West Ham midfielder, who is a keen supporter of the Docklands charity, is offering four match tickets and paying for hotel and dinner in Liverpool for the group out of his own pocket.

When England walk out to face the USA in their opening World Cup game on June 12 there's one man who might have more reason to feel proud than most.

Around half of England's line-up for that game could be products of West Ham's youth academy, overseen for the past 37 years by Tony Carr.

England midfielder Joe Cole is backing West Ham to beat the drop this season.

The Chelsea player, who began his career at Upton Park, is confident the struggling Hammers have the firepower to stay in the Premier League, even though they have not been finding the net recently.

HE’S the godfather of Green Street, the man who has nurtured the talent emerging from West Ham’s youth academy over the past 35 years.

But academy director Tony Carr is not resting on his laurels because he knows the work he and his staff do is of incalculable benefit to the club, especially in the economic climate.

Freddie Sears, James Tomkins and Jack Collison are the latest academy graduates to make an impression on the first-team squad but Carr is determined to keep the conveyor-belt of talent turning.