WEST HAM UNITED
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SOUTHEND UNITED : First XI
Roots Hall
1 - 1 (Mavropanos 45+1')
18 July 2026
Hermansen (Herrick)
Walker-Peters (Battrum)
Mavropanos (Golambeckis)
Kilman (Casey)
Scarles (Mayers)
Bowen (Fearon)
Kante (Ward-Prowse)
Earthy (Ajala)
Lamadrid (Orford)
Taty (Potts)
Pablo (Marshall)
West Ham opened their pre‑season with a lively 1–1 draw at Southend United, a first public glimpse of Nuno Espírito Santo’s new campaign taking shape. A strong XI – Bowen, Mavropanos, Hermansen, Castellanos, Pablo Felipe and a pair of Academy starlets in Scarles and Earthy – controlled the early rhythm without ever fully catching fire.
Southend struck first on 15 minutes, Harry Cardwell burying a penalty after Walker‑Peters was judged to have clipped Josh Popoola. West Ham’s response was sharp: Castellanos saw a goalbound effort smothered, Lamadrid clipped the post, and Bowen twice tested Joe Duncan as the pressure built.
The breakthrough finally came on the stroke of half‑time. Pablo Felipe forced Duncan into a full‑stretch save, Bowen whipped in the corner, and Mavropanos rose to thump a header into the roof of the net. A raft of changes after the interval fractured the flow, but Bowen still threatened to steal it, twice cutting inside and forcing saves from Dennis. Ward‑Prowse bent a trademark free‑kick goalwards late on, yet the match drifted to a stalemate.
A workout more than a spectacle, but West Ham’s sharpness, intent and depth were all on show as pre‑season properly got underway.
Southend United:
Duncan, Daley-Campbell (Trialist), Hartigan (Trialist), Oyebade, Boyes (Trialist), Goodliffe (Cox), Oldaker (Trialist), Cardwell (Twamley), Popoola (Stone), Coker (Kendall), Trialist A (Austin)
CANVEY ISLAND : Under-21
Steve's Taxis Stadium
2 - 1 ( Landers 42', Jephtah Medine 85')
18 July 2026
Hooper (Awesu)
Robinson (Jethro Medine) Montague (Leacock),
Brown (Omotoye)
Jethro Medine (Scanlon), Hargan (Caliste)
Kerr (Brookes)
Beckford (John, Kerr)
Dike (Brown)
Balogun (Jephtah Medine) Landers (Cummings)
West Ham United U21s marked their first public pre‑season outing with a sharp, resilient 2–1 win over Canvey Island at the Steve’s Taxis Stadium, spoiling part of the hosts’ centenary celebrations with a composed and increasingly assertive display.
Canvey started with real bite, pressing high and forcing Fin Hooper into a superb double save – first clawing away Jack Cawley’s header, then bravely smothering Mitchell May’s follow‑up. Once settled, West Ham grew in confidence. Jethro Medine surged forward from left‑back to fire narrowly wide, then immediately impressed at the other end with a crucial block on Archie McFaden.
The breakthrough arrived three minutes before the interval: Junior Robinson’s pinpoint cross, Josh Landers’ ice‑cold first‑time finish. But Canvey struck back with the final touch of the half, Michael Finneran nodding in from a Hobble corner to level matters.
Robson rotated heavily at the break, yet West Ham’s rhythm held. Robinson slipped Gabriel Caliste through for a chance that shaved the far post, while Joe Scanlon produced outstanding defensive awareness to keep Canvey at bay.
Persistence paid late on. Caliste’s teasing delivery found Jephtah Medine ghosting in at the back post, his volley restoring the lead. From there, the young Hammers shut the door, showing maturity and grit to see out a deserved 2–1 victory.
Canvey Island Starting XI:
Casey, Scales, Arrowsmith, Hobble (Salmon), Finneran, Cawley, Ronzo, Salon, McFaden, Wall, May
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