WEST HAM UNITED
FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES &
Memorabilia through the Decade
theyflysohigh : Steve Marsh
A Pictorial History
Glenn Roeder
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GRANT McCANN
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LAURENT COURTOIS
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DON HUTCHISON
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RICHARD GARCIA
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Tomas Repka
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DAVID JAMES
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VLADIMIR LABANT
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EDOUARD CISSE
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GARY BREEN
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LEE BOWYER
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LES FERDINAND
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GLEN JOHNSON
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RUFUS BREVETT
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ANTON FERDINAND
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MATTHEW ETHERINGTON
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ROBERT LEE
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NEIL MELLOR
Born: 4 November 1982, Sheffield
Signed: Liverpool
Date: 7 August 2003
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Debut: Preston North End
Date: 9 August 2003
Appearances: 21
Goals: 2
Transferred: Return Loan
Date: 2 March 2004
Son of former Manchester City and Norwich City star winger Ian Mellor. Mellor progressed through the ranks at Anfield scoring 20 goals from the reserve team. A big, strong, competitive striker, who was exceptional in the air and worked extremely hard for his team-mates. Described by Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier as a “goal-machine”.
The striker joined the Hammers on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool on 7 August 2003 and made his West Ham United bow two days later under new manager Glenn Roeder in the opening Nationwide First Division fixture 3-1 victory against Preston North End at Deepdale.
Mellor’s only goals for the Hammers came in the 3–0 win over Crystal Palace at the end of September, but an injury hit spell at Upton Park plus playing under three different managers (Glenn Roeder, Trevor Brooking and Alan Pardew) as well as being forced to play out of position, proved unsettling. Mellor curtailed his loan period at the Boleyn Ground and returned to Anfield in March 2004 where he hit 10 goals in just four games for the reserves.
In August 2006 he signed for Preston North End on a three-year contract. Injuries plagued his time at Deepdale and on 2 July 2010 he signed on a year-long loan with Sheffield Wednesday making 33 league appearances and scoring 13 goals. Returning to Preston he scored on the opening day of the 2011-12 season and by December of that season he picked up a knee injury which ultimately ended his playing days, on the 9 May 2012 after a combined total 130 league games and 38 goals at Deepdale he announced his retirement.
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DAVID CONNOLLY
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YOUSSEF SOFIANE
Born: 8 July 1984, Villefranche-sur-Saone, France
Signed: Auxerre (France)
Date: 26 June 2002
Fee: Free transfer
Debut: Preston North End
Date: 9 August 2003
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Transferred: Coventry City
Date: 30 August 2005
Fee: Contract terminated
Highly-rated young prospect who became Glenn Roeder’s first summer signing 26 June 2002. 18-year-old French youth international arrived on a free transfer from Auxerre thanks to the odd rules concerning transfers between countries at that time.
Considered to be one of France’s leading lights in the development of youth football. Roeder promised to give him the same fast track into the matchday squad as Jermain Defoe. In reality his opportunities were rare however and he made only two appearances for West Ham, as a substitute in a 2-1 away win against Preston North End at Deepdale 9 August 2003, and in a 3-1 win over Rushden & Diamond in the first round of the League Cup.
He was loaned to Lille in January 2004 until the end of the 2003-04 season, and to Notts County on a one-month loan deal in September 2004, where he made three appearances, scoring one goal. He then joined Dutch club Roda JC on loan through January-May 2005, where he made three substitute appearances.
Despite playing in pre-season games, he was not given a squad number by West Ham for the 2005-06 season and his contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2005.
After trials with MK Dons and Coventry City, he joined Coventry on non-contract terms in October 2005. However, he made only one substitute appearance for the Highfield Road club before being released in January 2006. The nomadic striker then toured the lower league’s of Belgium, Germany, France and Algeria.
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DAVID NOBLE
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KEVIN HORLOCK
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