The Board Room Archive

Oh No! Its £5.5m fine

WEST Ham are considering taking legal action against former chairman Terence Brown and chief executive Paul Aldridge after the club was handed a record £5.5m fine.
West Ham United were found guilty of breaching two Premier League regulations relating to the signings last summer of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
The signings of Carlos […]

West Ham United took a small step on the road to recovery with the 2-0 win over Middlesbrough on Saturday, but it will take a giant leap for the team to avoid relegation. Eggert Magnússon, has set the team a target of taking a further 12 points to reach 38 and possible safety this season.
Closing […]

 
Eggert Magnusson: Part Two
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Welcome to the second part of our recent interview with Hammers Chairman Eggert Magnusson.
KUMB: I’d like to ask you about the threat of relegation. Four years ago Terry Brown infamously said ‘there will be no fire-sale at this club’, and that players wouldn’t be leaving. Are we likely to […]

Eggert Magnusson
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It’ s a beautiful warm, spring day in East London. Green Street - fittingly perhaps - reverberates to the sound of reggae emanating from the busy market as I follow that oft-trodden path from Upton Park tube station to the Boleyn Ground.
It’s distinctly cooler inside the (fully air conditioned) ground as […]

 
Icelandic chairman, Eggert Magnusson, has spoken about his time in East London so far. He began by thanking the fans:
“The fans. They have never let us down. Never. Not through all these problems and through all the rumpus they are reading in the press. They know not to believe everything they read, and I want […]