2012–13 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
Season 2012–13
Chairmen	David Gold David Sullivan
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Team captain	Kevin Nolan
Home stadium	Boleyn Ground Upton Park, London
Premier League	10th
League Cup	Third Round
FA Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Kevin Nolan (10) All comps: 0 Kevin Nolan (10)
Highest home attendance	35,005 vs. Manchester City, Stoke City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Norwich City & Tottenham Hotspur
Highest away attendance	75,572 vs. Manchester United
Lowest home attendance	18,053 vs. Crewe Alexandra (League Cup 2nd Round)
Lowest away attendance	17,363 vs. QPR
← 2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was West Ham United's first season back in the Premier League after a one-year absence. West Ham gained promotion by winning the 2012 Championship play-off final against Blackpool 2–1. It was West Ham's 17th Premier League campaign. They finished the season in 10th place with 46 points.

Season key events

• 21 May 2012: West Ham announced the signing of goalkeeper Stephen Henderson making him the first signing in this transfer window.^[1]
• 23 May 2012: West Ham United released six senior players following the conclusion of the 2011–2012 season. Among those departing were Julien Faubert, John Carew, Abdoulaye Faye, Papa Bouba Diop, Frank Nouble and Olly Lee.^[2]
• 13 June 2012: West Ham United sign goalkeeper Jussi Jääskeläinen on a free transfer to join the club when his contract at Bolton Wanderers expires.^[3]
• 20 June 2012: West Ham United announce the signing of midfielder Mohamed Diamé to join the club after the expiration of his contract at Wigan Athletic.^[4]
• 21 June 2012: After nearly six years with the club, goalkeeper Robert Green fails to agree a new contract and moves to Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer.^[5]
• 1 July 2012: West Ham United announce the signing of George McCartney from Sunderland after a successful loan stint at West Ham during the 2011–12 promotion winning season. West Ham also announce the departure of Marek Štěch by mutual consent.^[6]
• 18 July 2012: The club announce the signing of forward Modibo Maïga for an undisclosed fee from French club Sochaux.^[7]
• 23 July 2012: The signing of young Swiss goalkeeper Raphael Spiegel from Grasshoppers for an undisclosed fee is announced.^[8]
• 1 August 2012: The club announces the return of experienced defender James Collins on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Aston Villa.^[9]
• 10 August 2012: The transfer of French midfielder Alou Diarra from Marseille on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee is confirmed.^[10]
• 18 August 2012: West Ham kick the season off with a 1–0 home win against Aston Villa. James Collins, Jussi Jääskeläinen, Mohamed Diamé and Modibo Maïga all make their competitive debuts.^[11]
• 24 August 2012: The club announces the signing of winger Matt Jarvis from Wolverhampton Wanderers on a five-year contract, with the option for an additional year, for a transfer fee which was a club record but was officially undisclosed.^[12]
• 25 August 2012: West Ham travel to Swansea City for their first away match of the season and are comfortably beaten 3–0.^[13]
• 30 August 2012: Liverpool striker, Andy Carroll signs on a season-long loan with the option to complete a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee in the summer of 2013.^[14]
• 31 August 2012: Yossi Benayoun signs on-loan from Chelsea for the season, becoming their 11th signing of the transfer window.^[15][16]
• 1 September 2012: West Ham bounce back from defeat to Swansea by beating Fulham 3–0 at home.^[17]
• 12 September 2012: West Ham's oldest surviving player, Jimmy Andrews, dies aged 85.^[18]
• 15 September 2012: West Ham earn their first away points of the season in a 0–0 draw with Norwich City.^[19]
• 22 September 2012: West Ham's 100% home record is ended by a 1–1 draw with Sunderland.^[20]
• 25 September 2012: Just over a year after being diagnosed with testicular cancer, striker Dylan Tombides makes his debut for West Ham in a 4–1 home defeat to Wigan in the League Cup^[21]
• 1 October 2012: Eight players receive a yellow card, a Premier League record, as West Ham record their first away win of the season, a 2–1 win at QPR with goals by Matt Jarvis, his first for the club, and Ricardo Vaz Tê.^[22]
• 6 October 2012: The Hammers lose against London rivals Arsenal 3–1 at home. Mohamed Diamé scores his first goal for the club.^[23]
• 20 October 2012: Fellow promotees Southampton are comfortably beaten 4–1 at Upton Park.^[24]
• 27 October 2012: West Ham lose their second away game of the season 2–1 against Wigan.^[25]
• 3 November 2012: The current Premier League champions Manchester City are held to a 0–0 draw by West Ham.^[26]
• 11 November 2012: West Ham win outside London for the first time this season with a 1–0 away win at Newcastle United. It is also their first win away to Newcastle since 1998.^[27]
• 19 November 2012: The Hammers extend their unbeaten run to three games with a 1-1 draw against Stoke City.^[28]
• 25 November 2012: West Ham are beaten 3-1 by London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Andy Carroll scores his first goal for the club.^[29]
• 28 November 2012: Manchester United defeat West Ham 1–0 at Old Trafford.^[30]
• 1 December 2012: West Ham announce that on loan striker Andy Carroll has been ruled out for up to eight weeks due to a knee injury. Later that day, the Hammers complete an emphatic victory against London rivals Chelsea, winning 3–1.^[31]
• 5 December 2012: West Ham are named preferred tenants for the Olympic Stadium.^[32]
• 9 December 2012: West Ham lose 2–3 at home to Liverpool after leading 2–1 at half time. Mohamed Diamé tears his hamstring in the match.^[33]
• 16 December 2012: West Ham pick up a point at The Hawthorns, drawing 0–0 to West Bromwich Albion.^[34]
• 19 December 2012: The Boxing Day clash away at Arsenal is called off due to industrial action on the London Underground.^[35]
• 22 December 2012: Carlton Cole picks up West Ham's first red card of the season in a 2–1 defeat to Everton.^[36]
• 27 December 2012: The FA overturns Cole's red card he picked up against Everton after a successful appeal.^[37]
• 29 December 2012: West Ham are beaten 1–0 by fellow promotees Reading.^[38]
• 1 January 2013: The Hammers start 2013 with a home win against Norwich, 2–1. Joey O'Brien celebrates his 50th appearance for the club with a goal.^[39]
• 5 January 2013 Recently signed from Liverpool, Joe Cole provides the assists for both goals, scored by James Collins, in a 2–2 home draw with Manchester United in the FA Cup third round.^[40]
• 9 January 2013: West Ham co-chairman David Gold is admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia.^[41]
• 12 January 2013: West Ham lose for the first time in 2013 after being beaten 3–0 by Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.^[42]
• 16 January 2013: A 1–0 defeat by Manchester United at Old Trafford sees West Ham exit the FA Cup in the third round.^[43]
• 19 January 2013: Joe Cole rescues a point for West Ham who draw 1–1 at home with QPR.^[44]
• 23 January 2013: A 5–1 defeat by Arsenal at the Emirates gives West Ham their heaviest defeat of the season in a match which also sees Dan Potts taken to hospital with concussion.^[45]
• 22 March 2013: West Ham are confirmed as the anchor tenants for the Olympic Stadium. They will pay £15 million towards the conversion of the stadium, pay £2 million a year in rent and will move to the stadium in 2016.^[46]
• 8 May 2013: Winston Reid is named Hammer of the Year for the 2012–13 season.^[47]
• 12 May 2013: West Ham lose their last away game of the season 2–0 to Everton. West Ham finish with only 11 away goals, the lowest in the league.^[48][49]
• 19 May 2013: On the final day of the 2012–13 Premier League season, West Ham beat already relegated Reading 4–2 with a hat-trick scored by Kevin Nolan. They end the season in tenth place with 46 points collected from 38 matches.^[50]
• 24 May 2013: West Ham achieve the highest average home attendance in their 118-year history: 659,677 supporters attended home games, an average of 34,720 per game.^[51]

Squad

First team squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
13	Stephen Henderson		GK	2 May 1988	Portsmouth
22	Jussi Jääskeläinen		GK	19 April 1975	Bolton Wanderers
30	Raphael Spiegel		GK	19 December 1992	Grasshoppers
Defenders
2	Winston Reid		CB	3 July 1988	Midtjylland
3	George McCartney		LB / CB	29 April 1981	Sunderland
5	James Tomkins		CB / DM	29 March 1989	Academy
17	Joey O'Brien		RB	17 February 1986	Bolton Wanderers
18	Emanuel Pogatetz		LB / CB	16 January 1983	Wolfsburg (On loan)
19	James Collins		CB	23 August 1983	Aston Villa
20	Guy Demel		RB	13 June 1981	Hamburger SV
27	Jordan Spence		RB / CB	24 April 1990	Academy
33	Dan Potts		LB	13 April 1994	Academy
Midfielders
4	Kevin Nolan		CM	24 June 1982	Newcastle United
7	Matt Jarvis		RM	22 May 1986	Wolverhampton Wanderers
10	Jack Collison		CM / LM / RM	2 October 1988	Academy
14	Matthew Taylor		LM	27 November 1981	Bolton Wanderers
16	Mark Noble		CM	8 May 1987	Academy
21	Mohamed Diamé		DM	14 June 1987	Wigan Athletic
23	Alou Diarra		DM	15 July 1981	Marseille
26	Joe Cole		AM	8 November 1981	Liverpool
32	Gary O'Neil		RM	18 May 1983	Middlesbrough
Forwards
8	Andy Carroll		CF / ST	6 January 1989	Liverpool (on loan)
9	Carlton Cole		CF / ST	12 October 1983	Chelsea
11	Modibo Maïga		CF / RW / LW	3 September 1987	Sochaux
12	Ricardo Vaz Tê		ST / RW	1 October 1986	Barnsley
29	Marouane Chamakh		ST	10 January 1984	Arsenal (on loan)
31	Wellington Paulista		ST	22 April 1984	Cruzeiro (on loan)

Reserves & Development Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 39 FW Dylan Tombides 40 MF Matthias Fanimo 41 DF Callum Driver 42 MF George Moncur 43 MF Sebastian Lletget 44 DF Leo Chambers 45 FW Paul McCallum 46 FW Robert Hall 47 DF Elliot Lee

No. Position Player DF Eoin Wearen 24 FW Sean Maguire MF Pelly Ruddock MF Blair Turgott

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 23 MF Alou Diarra (at Rennes) 36 MF Ravel Morrison (at Birmingham City)

Squad statistics

As of 19 May 2013

No.	Pos.	Name	League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total			Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
2	DF	Winston Reid	36	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	1	1	8	0
3	DF	George McCartney	9(3)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	0	1	2	0
4	MF	Kevin Nolan	35	10	2	1(1)	0	0	1	0	1	38	10	3	7	0
5	DF	James Tomkins	18(8)	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	29	1	1	5	0
7	MF	Matt Jarvis	29(3)	2	2	0(1)	0	0	1	0	0	34	2	2	0	0
8	FW	Andy Carroll	22(2)	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	7	5	6	0
9	FW	Carlton Cole	14(13)	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	29	2	2	2	1^1
10	MF	Jack Collison	5(12)	2	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	19	2	0	3	0
11	FW	Modibo Maïga	2(15)	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	19	4	2	2	0
12	FW	Ricardo Vaz Tê	18(6)	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	28	3	5	3	0
13	GK	Stephen Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Matthew Taylor	14(14)	1	5	1(1)	0	0	1(1)	0	0	32	1	5	2	0
16	MF	Mark Noble	25(3)	4	4	0(1)	0	0	1	0	0	30	4	4	7	0
17	DF	Joey O'Brien	32(1)	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	34	2	3	6	0
18	DF	Emanuel Pogatetz	1(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0
19	DF	James Collins	29	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	30	2	2	9	0
20	DF	Guy Demel	28(3)	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	3	2	0
21	MF	Mohamed Diamé	31(2)	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	34	3	0	3	0
22	GK	Jussi Jääskeläinen	38	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	2	0
23	MF	Alou Diarra	1(2)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0
24	FW	Sean Maguire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	Joe Cole	7(4)	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	2	3	2	0
27	DF	Jordan Spence	0(4)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	0
29	FW	Marouane Chamakh	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Raphael Spiegel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	ST	Wellington Paulista	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Gary O'Neil	17(7)	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	27	1	3	2	0
33	DF	Danny Potts	1(1)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
39	FW	Dylan Tombides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
40	MF	Matthias Fanimo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
41	DF	Callum Driver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	George Moncur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
43	MF	Sebastian Lletget	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	Leo Chambers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW	Paul McCallum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	FW	Robert Hall	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
47	DF	Elliot Lee	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	2	–	-	0	-	–	0	–	-	2	-	–	–

¹ Red card rescinded, no suspension served.^[52]

Players that have now left the club

No.	Pos.	Name	League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total			Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
8	FW	Nicky Maynard	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
15	MF	Yossi Benayoun	4(2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 19 May 2013^[53]

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	MF	4		Kevin Nolan	10	0	0	10
2	FW	8		Andy Carroll	7	0	0	7
3	FW	11		Modibo Maïga	2	0	2	4
	MF	16		Mark Noble	4	0	0	4
5	FW	12		Ricardo Vaz Tê	3	0	0	3
	MF	21		Mohamed Diamé	3	0	0	3
7	MF	7		Matt Jarvis	2	0	0	2
	FW	9		Carlton Cole	2	0	0	2
	MF	10		Jack Collison	2	0	0	2
	DF	17		Joey O'Brien	2	0	0	2
	DF	19		James Collins	0	2	0	2
	MF	26		Joe Cole	2	0	0	2
13	DF	2		Winston Reid	1	0	0	1
	DF	5		James Tomkins	1	0	0	1
	FW	8		Nicky Maynard	0	0	1	1
	MF	14		Matthew Taylor	1	0	0	1
	MF	32		Gary O'Neil	1	0	0	1
#	Own Goals				2	0	0	2
TOTALS					45	2	3	50

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Assistant manager	Neil McDonald
Goalkeeping coach	Martyn Margetson
First team coach	Ian Hendon
Development coach	Nick Haycock
Head of sports medicine	Andy Rolls

Last updated: 21 Aug 2012
Source: West Ham United F.C.#Current staff

Pre-season

Austria Wien v West Ham United

7 July 2012	Austria Wien	3–1	West Ham United	Vienna, Austria
15:00 BST	Linz  24' Vršič  27' Jun  75'	Report	Baldock  4'	Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium Attendance: 7,150

Boreham Wood v West Ham United

10 July 2012	Boreham Wood	1–1	West Ham United	Borehamwood
19:30 BST	Effiong  51'	Report	Baldock  27'	Stadium: Meadow Park

Southend United v West Ham United

14 July 2012	Southend United	0–3	West Ham United	Southend
15:00 BST		Report	Maynard  22' Spence  34' Baldock  64'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,135

Oxford United v West Ham United

17 July 2012	Oxford United	1–0	West Ham United	Oxford
19:45 BST	Smalley  36'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 4,780

Colchester United v West Ham United

21 July 2012	Colchester United	1–2	West Ham United	Colchester
15:00 BST	Wordsworth  39'	Report	Maynard  16' Noble  32' (pen.)	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium Attendance: 7,985

FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt v West Ham United

25 July 2012	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0–3	West Ham United	Erfurt, Germany
18:00 BST		Report	Ofosu-Ayeh  47' (o.g.) Vaz Tê  63', 77'	Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 6,750

Dynamo Dresden v West Ham United

27 July 2012	Dynamo Dresden	3–0	West Ham United	Dresden, Germany
18:30 BST	Koch  21' Pepić  51' Köz  82'			Stadium: Glücksgas Stadium

Energie Cottbus v West Ham United

29 July 2012	Energie Cottbus	2–2	West Ham United	Cottbus, Germany
13:30 BST	Adlung  8', 42'	Report	Kazim-Richards  77' Baldock  79'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft

Ipswich Town v West Ham United

4 August 2012	Ipswich Town	3–1	West Ham United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Chopra  15' (pen.) Chambers  19' Scotland  83'	Report	Taylor  73'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 7,682

Braga v West Ham United

10 August 2012	Braga	1–1	West Ham United	Braga, Portugal
20:30	Lima  34' (pen.)	Report	Reid  89'	Stadium: Braga Municipal Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	10th	10th	18 August 2012	19 May 2013
League Cup	2nd round	—	3rd round	28 August 2012	25 September 2012
FA Cup	3rd round	—	3rd round	5 January 2013	16 January 2013

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

The players line-up before the first league game of the season v Aston Villa

West Ham players congratulate Carlton Cole after his goal against Everton

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	West Bromwich Albion	38	14	7	17	53	57	−4	49
9	Swansea City	38	11	13	14	47	51	−4	46	Qualifies for 2013–14 UEFA Europa League
10	West Ham United	38	12	10	16	45	53	−8	46
11	Norwich City	38	10	14	14	41	58	−17	44
12	Fulham	38	11	10	17	50	60	−10	43

Source:
Rules for classification:

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	10	16	45	53	−8	46	9	6	4	34	22	+12	3	4	12	11	31	−20

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: Premier League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	W
Position	8	10	7	8	9	7	8	7	9	9	6	7	8	10	8	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	11	11	14	12	14	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: Premier League
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2012–13 Premier League season were released on 18 June 2012 ^[54] and it was revealed that West Ham's first fixture back in the Premier League was to be at home against Aston Villa and West Ham's season would conclude at home to Reading.

West Ham United v Aston Villa

18 August 2012 1	West Ham United	1 – 0	Aston Villa	London
15:00 BST	Nolan  40'	Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,172 Referee: Mike Dean

Swansea City v West Ham United

25 August 2012 2	Swansea City	3 – 0	West Ham United	Swansea
12:45 BST	Rangel  20',  30' Michu  29' Graham  64' Flores  68'		Cole  38' Nolan  53' Collins  58' Reid  83'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,424 Referee: Martin Atkinson

West Ham United v Fulham

1 September 2012 3	West Ham United	3 – 0	Fulham	London
12:45 BST	Nolan  1' Reid  29' Taylor  41'	Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 33,458 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Norwich City v West Ham United

15 September 2012 4	Norwich City	0 – 0	West Ham United	Norwich
12:45 BST		Report	Collins  41'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,806 Referee: Chris Foy

West Ham United v Sunderland

22 September 2012 5	West Ham United	1 – 1	Sunderland	London
15:00 BST	Nolan  90+3'	Report	Fletcher  9'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 33,052 Referee: Lee Mason

Queens Park Rangers v West Ham United

1 October 2012 6	Queens Park Rangers	1 – 2	West Ham United	London
20:00 BST	Taarabt  57'	Report	Jarvis  3' Vaz Tê  36'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,363 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

West Ham United v Arsenal

6 October 2012 7	West Ham United	1 – 3	Arsenal	London
17:30 BST	Diamé  21',  21' Reid  36' Taylor  85'	Report	41' Giroud  45+1' Gervinho  77',  77' Walcott  83' Cazorla	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,974 Referee: Phil Dowd

West Ham United v Southampton

20 October 2012 8	West Ham United	4 – 1	Southampton	London
15:00 BST	Noble  46', 72' (pen.) Nolan  48' Maïga  87'	Report	Lallana  63'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,925 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Wigan Athletic v West Ham United

27 October 2012 9	Wigan Athletic	2 – 1	West Ham United	Wigan
15:00 BST	Ramis  8' McArthur  47'	Report	Tomkins  90+2'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 19,090 Referee: Jonathan Moss

West Ham United v Manchester City

3 November 2012 10	West Ham United	0 – 0	Manchester City	London
17:30 UTC		Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Howard Webb

Newcastle United v West Ham United

11 November 2012 11	Newcastle United	0 – 1	West Ham United	Newcastle
15:00 UTC	Ben Arfa  76'	Report	Nolan  38' Noble  45' O'Brien  61'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,855 Referee: Mike Dean

West Ham United v Stoke City

19 November 2012 12	West Ham United	1 – 1	Stoke City	London
20:00 UTC	O'Brien  48'	Report	Walters  13'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Chris Foy

Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United

25 November 2012 13	Tottenham Hotspur	3 – 1	West Ham United	London
16:00 UTC	Defoe  33',  44', 64' Bale  58'	Report	O'Brien  7' Noble  29' Carroll  82'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,043 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester United v West Ham United

28 November 2012 14	Manchester United	1 – 0	West Ham United	Manchester
20:00 UTC	Van Persie  1' Carrick  78'	Report	Nolan  7'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,572 Referee: Mike Jones

West Ham United v Chelsea

1 December 2012 15	West Ham United	3 – 1	Chelsea	London
12:45 UTC	C. Cole  63' Diamé  86' Maïga  90'	Report	Mata  13'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Martin Atkinson

West Ham United v Liverpool

9 December 2012 16	West Ham United	2 – 3	Liverpool	London
16:00 UTC	Noble  36' (pen.) Gerrard  43' (o.g.)	Report	Johnson  11' Cole  76' Collins  79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Lee Probert

West Bromwich Albion v West Ham United

16 December 2012 17	West Bromwich Albion	0 – 0	West Ham United	West Bromwich
16:00 UTC		Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,186 Referee: Phil Dowd

West Ham United v Everton

22 December 2012 18	West Ham United	1 – 2	Everton	London
15:00 UTC	C. Cole  14',  67'	Report	Anichebe  64' Pienaar  73' Gibson  90+2'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Reading v West Ham United

29 December 2012 19	Reading	1 – 0	West Ham United	Reading
15:00 UTC	Pogrebnyak  5'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 24,183 Referee: Michael Oliver

West Ham United v Norwich City

1 January 2013 20	West Ham United	2 – 1	Norwich City	London
15:00 UTC	Noble  3' (pen.) O'Brien  26'	Report	Martin  90'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Sunderland v West Ham United

12 January 2013 21	Sunderland	3 – 0	West Ham United	Sunderland
15:00 UTC	Larsson  12' Johnson  47' McClean  74'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,918 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

West Ham United v Queens Park Rangers

19 January 2013 22	West Ham United	1 – 1	Queens Park Rangers	London
15:00 UTC	J. Cole  68'	Report	Rémy  14'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,962 Referee: Howard Webb

Arsenal v West Ham United

23 January 2013 23	Arsenal	5 – 1	West Ham United	London
19:45 UTC	Podolski  22' Giroud  44', 57' Carzola  53' Walcott  54'	Report	Collison  18'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,081 Referee: Andre Marriner

Fulham v West Ham United

30 January 2013 24	Fulham	3 – 1	West Ham United	London
20:00 UTC	Berbatov  10' Rodallega  49' J O'Brien  90' (o.g.)	Report	Nolan  48'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,791 Referee: Chris Foy

West Ham United v Swansea City

2 February 2013 25	West Ham United	1 – 0	Swansea City	London
15:00 UTC	Carroll  77'	Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,962 Referee: Lee Probert

Aston Villa v West Ham United

10 February 2013 26	Aston Villa	2 – 1	West Ham United	Birmingham
13:30 UTC	Benteke  74' (pen.) N'Zogbia  78'	Report	Westwood  87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,503 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur

25 February 2013 27	West Ham United	2 – 3	Tottenham Hotspur	London
20:00 UTC	Carroll  25' (pen.) J. Cole  58'	Report	Bale  13', 90' Sigurðsson  76'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,005 Referee: Howard Webb

Stoke City v West Ham United

2 March 2013 28	Stoke City	0 – 1	West Ham United	Stoke
15:00 UTC		Report	Collison  45'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,250 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Chelsea v West Ham United

17 March 2013 29	Chelsea	2 – 0	West Ham United	London
16:00 UTC	Lampard  19' Hazard  50'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,639 Referee: Michael Oliver

West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion

30 March 2013 30	West Ham United	3 – 1	West Bromwich Albion	London
15:00 UTC	Carroll  16', 80' O'Neil  28'	Report	Dorrans  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,966 Referee: Andre Marriner

Liverpool v West Ham United

7 April 2013 31	Liverpool	0 – 0	West Ham United	Liverpool
13:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,007 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Southampton v West Ham United

13 April 2013 32	Southampton	1 – 1	West Ham United	Southampton
15:00 BST	Schneiderlin  5' Fox  25' Ramírez  59'	Report	Carroll  42',  66' Pogatetz  73' Vaz Tê  83'	Stadium: St Mary's Attendance: 31,984 Referee: Mike Dean

West Ham United v Manchester United

17 April 2013 33	West Ham United	2 - 2	Manchester United	London
19:45 BST	Vaz Tê  16' Diamé  55'	Report	Valencia  31' Van Persie  77'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,692 Referee: Lee Probert

West Ham United v Wigan Athletic

20 April 2013 34	West Ham United	2 - 0	Wigan Athletic	London
15:00 BST	Jarvis  21' Nolan  80'	Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,544 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Manchester City v West Ham United

27 April 2013 35	Manchester City	2 - 1	West Ham United	Manchester
12:45 BST	Agüero  27' Y. Touré  83'	Report	Carroll  90'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,189 Referee: Howard Webb

West Ham United v Newcastle United

4 May 2013 36	West Ham United	0 - 0	Newcastle United	London
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,962 Referee: Phil Dowd

Everton v West Ham United

12 May 2013 37	Everton	2 - 0	West Ham United	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Mirallas  6', 60'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,475 Referee: Phil Dowd

West Ham United v Reading

19 May 2013 38	West Ham United	4 - 2	Reading	London
16:00 BST	Nolan  23', 79', 87' Vaz Tê  34'	Report	McCleary  53' Le Fondre  55'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,973 Referee: Mike Dean

FA Cup

West Ham United v Manchester United

5 January 2013 R3	West Ham United	2 – 2	Manchester United	London
17:30	Collins  27', 59'	Report	Cleverley  23' Van Persie  90'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 32,922 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Manchester United v West Ham United

16 January 2013 R3 Replay	Manchester United	1 – 0	West Ham United	Manchester
20:05	Rooney  9'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 71,081 Referee: Phil Dowd

Football League Cup

West Ham United v Crewe Alexandra

28 August 2012 R2	West Ham United	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	London
19:45	Maynard  34' Maïga  55'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 18,053 Referee: Fred Graham

West Ham United v Wigan Athletic

25 September 2012 R3	West Ham United	1 – 4	Wigan Athletic	London
19:45	Maïga  7'	Report	Boselli  14', 41' Ramis  38' Gómez  84' (pen.)	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 25,934 Referee: Craig Pawson

Transfers

Summer

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
13	GK	Stephen Henderson	Portsmouth	Undisclosed	21 May 2012	[1]
22	GK	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Bolton Wanderers	Free	1 July 2012	[55]
21	MF	Mohamed Diamé	Wigan Athletic	Free	1 July 2012	[56]
3	DF	George McCartney	Sunderland	Free	1 July 2012	[57]
11	FW	Modibo Maïga	Sochaux	Undisclosed	18 July 2012	[7]
30	GK	Raphael Spiegel	Grasshoppers	Undisclosed	23 July 2012	[8]
19	DF	James Collins	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	1 August 2012	[9]
23	MF	Alou Diarra	Marseille	Undisclosed	10 August 2012	[10]
7	MF	Matt Jarvis	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	24 August 2012	[12]
8	FW	Andy Carroll	Liverpool	Season-long loan	30 August 2012	[58]
15	MF	Yossi Benayoun	Chelsea	Season-long loan	31 August 2012	[59]

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Notes
GK	Péter Kurucz	BFC Siofok	Free	8 May 2012	[60]
FW	John Carew	Free Agent	Free	23 May 2012	[2]
DF	Abdoulaye Faye	Hull City	Free	23 May 2012	[2]
DF	Julien Faubert	Elazığspor	Free	23 May 2012	[2]
MF	Papa Bouba Diop	Birmingham City	Free	23 May 2012	[2]
MF	Frank Nouble	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free	23 May 2012	[2]
MF	Olly Lee	Barnet	Free	23 May 2012	[2]
GK	Robert Green	Queens Park Rangers	Free	1 July 2012	[61]
FW	Freddie Sears	Colchester United	Free	29 June 2012	[62]
GK	Marek Štěch	Yeovil Town	Free	1 July 2012	[6]
MF	Ravel Morrison	Birmingham City	Season-long loan	6 August 2012	[63]
MF	Cristian Montaño	Oldham Athletic	Undisclosed	17 August 2012	[64]
FW	Sam Baldock	Bristol City	£1,000,000	21 August 2012	[65]
FW	Nicky Maynard	Cardiff City	£2,500,000	31 August 2012	[66]
GK	Stephen Henderson	Ipswich Town	Five-month loan	16 October 2012	[67]
DF	Danny Potts	Colchester United	One-month loan	22 November 2012	[68]
FW	Robert Hall	Birmingham City	Fifty-day loan	22 November 2012	[69]
MF	Blair Turgott	Bradford City	Loan	22 November 2012	[70]
FW	Paul McCallum	Wimbledon	One-month loan	22 November 2012	[71]

Winter

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
24	FW	Sean Maguire	Waterford United	Undisclosed	3 January 2013	[72]
26	MF	Joe Cole	Liverpool	Free	4 January 2013	[73]
15	FW	Marouane Chamakh	Arsenal	Loan	4 January 2013	[74]
31	FW	Wellington Paulista	Cruzeiro	Loan	11 January 2013	[75]
18	DF	Emanuel Pogatetz	Wolfsburg	Loan	28 January 2013	[76]
	MF	Rinor Nushi	AFC United	Undisclosed	31 January 2013	[77]
	GK	Vit Nemrava	Slovácko	Loan	31 January 2013	[78]

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Notes
MF	Yossi Benayoun	Chelsea	Loan return	3 January 2013	[79]
FW	Rob Hall	Birmingham City	Two month loan extension	8 January 2013	[80]
MF	Blair Turgott	Bradford City	Two month loan extension	8 January 2013	[81]
MF	Alou Diarra	Rennes	End of season loan	31 January 2013	[82]
ST	Paul McCallum	Aldershot Town	One month loan	8 March 2013	[83]
ST	Frédéric Piquionne	Portland Timbers	Free	1 March 2013	[84]
ST	Robert Hall	Bolton Wanderers	End of season loan	28 March 2013	[85]

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External links

• West Ham United FC Official Website