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- Australia captain Lucas Neill leads his team to a 4-0 home victory against Qatar.
- Chelsea assistant manager Steve Clarke becomes first team coach at West Ham.
- Czech Republic youth international Goalkeeper Marek Štěch signs a new five year contract with West Ham.
- Scott Parker wins E.ON Player of the Round award after his man-of-the-match display against Hartlepool United in the 4th round of the FA cup.
- After a two-week trial, Spanish striker Diego Tristán signs on a one year deal.
- After being named as an unused substitute in West Ham's first two games, Jordan Spence receives a call-up to the England Under-19 squad. Spence had previously captained both the Under-17 and Under-18 teams.
- After coming on as a half-time substitute, 14 year old striker Robert Hall gets two assists as England Under-16s cruise to a 6-0 win against Northern Ireland.
- Alan Curbishley resigns as West Ham manager, disillusioned by the lack of transfers funds and the enforced loss of key players Freddie Ljungberg, Bobby Zamora, Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney.
- All 3 West Ham United players that are called up to the England squad to play a friendly against Spain, play a part. Matthew Upson and Robert Green were second-half substitutes, while Carlton Cole got his first full international cap and came close to scoring with a great move which just ends with his shot being cleared off the line after Cole had taken the ball around Pepe Reina. Spain eventually win 2-0.
- Attacking Midfielder Freddie Ljungberg retires from playing international football for Sweden to concentrate on playing for West Ham.
- Calum Davenport is loaned to Sunderland for the rest of the season.
- Craig Bellamy signs for Manchester City on a 4 and a half year deal for an undisclosed figure, thought to be around £14 million.
- Dean Ashton signs a new five year contract with West Ham.
- Defender Jordan Spence captains the England Under 19s, in their opening European Under-19 Championship qualifier, to a 3-0 win against Albania U19s.
- Defender Anton Ferdinand completes an £ 8million move to Sunderland.
- Despite a pair of goals from Dean Ashton, West Ham lose 3-2 in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game.
- Gianfranco Zola is officially confirmed as West Ham's new manager.
- Goalkeeper Richard Wright signs for Ipswich for £ 0.5million.
- Hayden Mullins signs for Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee on a 3 and a half year deal.
- Highly-rated Czech Goalkeeper Marek Stech joins Wycombe Wanderers on loan until the end of the season.
- Highly-rated Republic of Ireland youth international striker '''Terry Dixon''' on a three-year contract. Dixon was released by Tottenham Hotspurs after hampering his potential with injuries.
- Hungary Under-21 goalkeeper Peter Kurucz is loaned from Ujpest until the end of the season with a view to a possible permanent transfer.
- In honour of the 50th anniversary of Bobby Moore's début, West Ham permanently retire the No. 6 shirt. Matthew Upson is last player to ever wear the number.
- Julien Faubert is loaned to Real Madrid for the rest of the season with a view to a permanent move.
- Just five days after captaining the England Under 21 team, Mark Noble receives West Ham's first red card of the season against Man City.
- Matthew Etherington signs for Stoke on a 3 and a half year deal for an undisclosed figure, thought to be around £3 million.
- Matthew Upson plays the full 90 minutes as England record a 3-1 win against Belarus.
- Matthew Upson wins his tenth cap for England as they win 5-1 at home to Kazakhstan.
- Midfielder Jack Collison makes his debut for Wales in a 1-0 away win against Iceland.
- Midfielder Mark Noble is handed the captain's armband for the second half as the England Under 21 team finish 2-1 winners against Slovenia.
- Midfielder Nolberto Solano becomes a free agent after his contract with West Ham expires.
- Nigel Quasie is loaned to Wolves for the rest of the season.
- Radoslav Kováč is loaned from Spartak Moscow for the rest of the season. Zola has the option of making it a permanent swith in the summer if he so wishes.
- Reserve team boss Kevin Keen is named as caretaker manager.
- Savio Nsereko signs for West Ham, which is thought to have been in the region of £9 million (depending on appearances), on a four and a half year contract.
- Striker Bobby Zamora and Defender John Paintsil join Fulham from West Ham for a combined fee of £ 6.3million.
- The impressive young Welsh international Jack Collison gets injured playing against Wigan and is expected to be out for 6 to 8 weeks after dislocating his kneecap. It is hoped he could return before the end of the season.
- Valon Behrami gets injured against Man City and is expected to be out for six months with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee.
- West Ham announce the signings of Italy Striker David Di Michele and Congolese Left back Hérita Ilunga, arriving on season-long loans from Torino and Toulouse respectively. Both deals are with a view to possible permanent transfers.
- West Ham decide to appeal to the CAS after a Football Association arbitration panel rules in favour of Sheffield United over the Carlos Tévez affair.
- West Ham defeat Wigan Athletic in their first game of the Premier League season 2-1.
- West Ham draw up a six man short-list for the job of new manager. They are Slaven Bilić, Gérard Houllier, Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Donadoni and Roberto Mancini, with the sixth "remaining confidential."
- West Ham end a run of 8 unbeaten matches in all competitions, by losing to Manchester United 1-0 at Upton Park
- West Ham part company with Freddie Ljungberg on undisclosed terms by mutual consent.
- West Ham sign Austrian Under 19 Midfielder Georg Grasser from Grazer AK for an undisclosed fee.
- West Ham sign Uruguay and former River Plate left back Walter López on a one year deal.
- West Ham sign former Czech Republic Under-21 Goalkeeper Jan Laštůvka from Shakhtar Donetsk in a loan deal to last until the end of the season.
- Winger Matthew Etherington is voted player of the month for September by users of whufc.com.
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