Results tagged “injury”
Carlton Cole has "unfinished business" to attend to when West Ham play Burnley this Saturday.
The sides met at Upton Park in November, when Cole scored in a 5-3 win for the Irons, but he picked up an injury which ruled him out for the next two months.
Tributes have been paid to Sunday Mirror journalist Rupert Hamer who was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan on Saturday morning.
Rupert died when the vehicle he was travelling in with American troops in south Afghanistan was hit by an improvised explosive device. Sunday Mirror photographer Phil Coburn was seriously wounded in the same incident.
West Ham's dreadful December continued as they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Bolton last night.
Irons' goalkeeper Robert Green has to shoulder a large part of the blame for the loss, at fault for two of the home side's goals as the Hammers plunged into the relegation zone.
West Ham head into tomorrow's home clash against Burnley without captain Matthew Upson.
The England defender has picked up a hamstring strain that could rule him out for several weeks, with Scott Parker set to take the captain's armband.
Kenny Jackett looks set to hand new signing Danny Schofield his Millwall debut against Bristol Rovers tomorrow.
The Lions have something of an injury crisis, which means the midfielder signed from Yeovil on deadline day is likely to play at the Memorial Ground.
Millwall's injury woes continued as they were brushed aside by Barnet in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy last night.
The 2-0 defeat at Underhill was almost immaterial as skipper Paul Robinson and striker Jason Price both picked up injuries to add to the number of Lions players sidelined.
West Ham's pre-season trip to China got off to the worst possible start with a defeat and a suspected serious injury to winger Luis Boa Morte.
The Portuguese international was carried off after just 10 minutes of today's game with Tottenham in Beijing, with what is believed to be cruciate ligament damage to his knee.
Millwall captain Paul Robinson will miss the first month of the season after undergoing an operation to repair his broken foot.
The 27-year-old defender, who missed three months of last season after breaking a metatarsal in his right foot, aggravated the injury in training last week.
West Ham striker Carlton Cole will miss the next six weeks of the season with the groin injury he picked up playing for England.
But the good news is the 25-year-old will not need surgery on the problem, which flared up during last Saturday's Wembley friendly against Slovakia.
