Hull City
v
West Ham
Sat 21st Nov - Kingston Communications Stadium
Sun 8th Nov - Upton Park
Zola: Backing for Green
Gianfranco Zola refused to blame Robert Green following West Ham's defeat to Bolton at Upton Park.
Green make a horrible blunder to gift Bolton their opener as Gary Megson's side recorded their first away win of the season.
The England keeper made a hash of collecting a long ball dropping it to the feet of Kevin Davies who gleefully hooked the ball into the empty net.
Zola jumped to the defence of Green and says he will not be made the scapegoat for his first league defeat.
"He has all my trust, all of the team's trust. Everyone believes in him.
"Today it has been a bad day, but I am sure next game he is going to save two penalties - football is like that.
"The important thing is that you are always confident in what we are doing, because they are the right things to do for us.
"When you find your team playing well, as we were before the goal, you expect your team to score at any moment and instead when it comes from the opposition, that is quite a surprise."
Zola added: "Everybody knew that it would not be so simple.
"The players need to improve certain things, you need to improve the mentality.
"Sometimes games like this can help you make one step back in order to make two steps forwards. I hope it will be like that."
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Saturday 21st November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Hull vs West Ham |
| Saturday 28th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Burnley |
| Saturday 5th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Man Utd |
| Saturday 12th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Birmingham vs West Ham |
| Tuesday 15th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 20:00 | Bolton vs West Ham |
| Sunday 20th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 16:00 | West Ham vs Chelsea |
| Saturday 26th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:00 | West Ham vs Portsmouth |
| Monday 28th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 12:45 | Tottenham vs West Ham |
| Sunday 10th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | West Ham vs Wolverhampton |
| Sunday 17th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | Aston Villa vs West Ham |
| Tuesday 26th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | Portsmouth vs West Ham |
| Saturday 30th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 6th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Burnley vs West Ham |
| Tuesday 9th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | West Ham vs Birmingham |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 8th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 1 - 2 Everton | |
| Wednesday 4th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 1 Aston Villa | |
| Saturday 31st October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Sunderland 2 - 2 West Ham | |
| Sunday 25th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 2 Arsenal | |
| Saturday 17th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham | |
| Sunday 4th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 2 Fulham | |
| Monday 28th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man City 3 - 1 West Ham | |
| Tuesday 22nd September | |
| Carling Cup | |
| Bolton 3 - 1 West Ham | |
| Saturday 19th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 3 Liverpool | |
| Saturday 12th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Wigan 1 - 0 West Ham | |
| Saturday 29th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 0 - 0 West Ham | |
| Tuesday 25th August | |
| Carling Cup | |
| West Ham 3 - 1 Millwall | |
| Sunday 23rd August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 1 - 2 Tottenham | |
| Saturday 15th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Wolverhampton 0 - 2 West Ham | |
| Saturday 8th August | |
| Friendly Match | |
| West Ham 0 - 1 Napoli | |
| Friday 31st July | |
| Barclays Asia Trophy | |
| Beijing Guoan 0 - 2 West Ham | |
| Wednesday 29th July | |
| Barclays Asia Trophy | |
| West Ham 0 - 1 Tottenham | |
| Friday 24th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| Thurrock 2 - 3 West Ham | |
| Saturday 18th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| Cambridge Utd 1 - 1 West Ham | |
| Sunday 12th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| Grays 1 - 2 West Ham | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 11 |
| 17 | Hull City | 12 | 11 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 12 | 10 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 10 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 12 | 7 |
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West Ham United take on Everton at Upton Park in the Premier League on Sunday.