Sport 10-12-2003 who: West Ham United what: Struggle in the First Division with 1-0 home defeat to Stoke City where: Upton Park, LONDON when: Last night snippet: The Hammers, tipped for a swift return to the Premiership after May`s relegation, sit at ninth in Division One this morning after what The Sun calls "a grim defeat to a team with EIGHT successive away defeats." Manager Alan Pardew, boasting just one win in ten games since he took charge of West Ham`s promotion campaign, bemoaned the waste of "a great opportunity to go up the table." "We had too many players far from right and that is not good enough," he added. "This team is living on a bit of a knife-edge." [... more]

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