West Ham’s new manager Gianfranco Zola came down to earth following a win at the weekend with the Hammers crashing out of the Carling Cup at Vicarage Road thanks to a Hayden Mullins own goal. Fulham is another premiership side from the capital also making a third round exit going down to a late winner from Burnley’s Jay Rodriguez in their 0-1 reversal.
Other scores:
Carling Cup third round
Arsenal 6 Sheff Utd 0
Burnley 1 Fulham 0
Leeds 3 Hartlepool 2
Liverpool 2 Crewe 1
Man Utd 3 Middlesbrough1
Rotherham3 Southampton 1
Stoke 2 Reading 2
Sunderland2 Northampton 2
Swansea 1 Cardiff 0
Watford 1 West Ham 0
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West Ham have confirmed they will be taking the FA arbitration ruling in favour of Sheffield United on appeal.
Spurs manager Juande Ramos says he will axe big name stars if that is what it will take to get the season kick started.
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