ATHLETICS A WEAKENED Loughton Athletic Club team struggled to make an impact at the final Southern Womens League match of the 2008 season at Thurrock. The team finished in fourth place with 91 points, well behind eastbourne, Walton and Thames
JUNIOR FOOTBALL SNARESBROOK Youth FC U17s returned from a pre-season tour of Holland where they won third place in a tournament. The tour kicked off with a 5-0 friendly win over KFC Herenthout of Belgium. The first goal came from Robert
JUANDE Ramos failed with a dramatic deadline day swoop for Real Betis new boy Sergio Garcia. According to Garcia's former Real Zaragoza team-mate at Ricardo Oliviera, The Spanish star decided it was better for him to remain in his homeland rather than
A NOTORIOUSLY noisy nightspot has been granted a stay of execution after new management promised to keep the volume down. A review of the premises licence at The Players Lounge - formerly the Aurora Bar - in Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, was called by
THE mother of a hit-and-run victim has called for the culprit to hand themselves in, a year after her son's death. Father-of-four Michael McLean, 46,died after being knocked off his bicycle by a car in Forest Road, Walthamstow, on August 28
ARSENE Wenger is confident that his young guns will be able to compete for major trophies this season despite claims that his side lacks strength in depth. The Frenchman is confident however that his young squad can cope with the demands of delivering
A SINGER who has reached the final stages of boot camp in the ITV X-Factor programme will be performing with his local band to raise money for charity. Austin Drage, 22, impressed the judges in his audition when he sang End of the Road by Boyz to Men
A FUNDRAISING family have donated more than £6,000 to a charity which helped their dying son. Harrison Martin was just 17 months old when he died of a rare form of child cancer last December. Since then his family, from Buckhurst Hill, have been on
JAMIE O'Hara has the chance to banish memories of his Carling Cup heartache by playing for the England U21s this Friday night. The young central midfielder wasn't involved for Spurs' victory against Chelsea, and now has the chance to finally put that
WEST Ham target Stephen Appiah is still dreaming of playing in the Premier League, although it remains to be seen if it will be with the Hammers. The midfielder, who is a free agent after agreeing his release from Fenerbahce, had been heavily linked
WALSALL boss Jimmy Mullen is hoping that the Saddlers supporters will come in their thousands to support his side when the face Leyton Orient on Saturday. Mullen has seen his team make a strong start to the new League One season and after the 5-2 thrashing
ON-loan Wigan youngster Luke Ashworth is hoping that his time he spends with the Orient will stand him in good stead when he returns to the JJB next month, writes Craig Rodhouse. Ashworth signed on a one month loan deal in August finally made his first
STUART Pearce has become the latest name to rule himself out of the vacant managers post at West Ham. The England U21 boss, who was a popular figure during his two-year playing spell at Upton Park towards the end of his career, claims he is more the
AN irate motorist who chained herself to the railings of a vehicle pound after being fined £250 has won her parking appeal. Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi was angered when officials gave her the bill but instead of stumping up the cash she decided
ESSEX suffered a seven-wicket defeat in the first leg of their Twenty20 Floodlit Challenge against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl last night in front of a sparse crowd who braved a chilly evening. The visitors, who won the toss, were in dire straits early
ITALIAN coach Davide Ballardini will not be taking over the Hammers hot-seat as he has opted to join Sicilian club Palermo instead. The former Cagliari coach had been linked with the vacant managers post at Upton Park due his friendship with West Ham's
ROADS across the district have been resurfaced as part of £2.2m worth of highway schemes completed by Essex County Council last month. According to the county council, road surveys have placed Essex in the top 25 per cent of all highway authority areas
REPORTED Tottenham target Diego Milito has revealed his reasons behind snubbing the Lillywhites and joining former side Genoa. Milito was hugely popular with the Argentinian side during his first spell with the club and the 29-year-old revealed that
ANTON Ferdinand has taken a thinly-veiled dig at former club West Ham by insisting they should never have sold George McCartney to Sunderland. Full-back McCartney returned to Wearside before the transfer deadline on Monday after a two-year spell with
TOTTENHAM sporting director Damien Comolli's job is reportedly hanging by a thread, after chairman Daniel Levy was left less than impressed with the club's lack of transfer activity on transfer deadline day, writes Craig Rodhouse. Despite signing defender
CYCLING HAINAULT Roads Club rider Paul Godfrey took a break from his usual time trial activties to compete in a road race at the brand new Hog Hill circuit in Redbridge. The two-kilometre track has some arduous climbs and will prove to be a
ARSENAL midfielder Cesc Fabregas believes that there are a lot of similarities between the Gunners and the Spanish national side and has revealed he enjoys playing in both systems. Fabregas has played 32 times for his country and the 21-year-old believes
SUNDERLAND boss Roy Keane has backed Alan Curbishley's decision to quit Upton Park, despite signing the two players the former Charlton boss was most upset about losing. Curbishley quit the Hammers yesterday - blaming a breach of trust and confidence
FORMER West Ham boss Alan Curbishley is looking to return to Premier League management as soon as possible, after leaving the Hammers yesterday. Curbishley resigned from his post as manager yesterday - after the transfers of Anton Ferdinand and George
WEST Ham striker Carlton Cole has revealed he has no intentions to leave Upton Park and would like to pledge his future to the east Londoners. The 24-year-old was subject to a lot of speculation on transfer deadline day, with Sunderland reportedly interested
DESPITE moving to England this summer, French midfielder Samir Nasri feels right at home with most of the dressing room speaking in his native French tongue at the Emirates. The 21-year-old moved to the north Londoners in the summer for £12 million,
JUNIOR CRICKET THE first season of South Loughton Cricket Club’s pioneering disability cricket programme ended with an tournament between Essex, Middlesex and Surrey held at the club’s Roding Road ground. South Loughton has become the base
BOWLS ROUNDUP CENTRAL'S unbeaten run in the Alpha Group Triples League came to an end when they lost the play-off final to a powerful Romford side by two rinks to one. The rink of Mick Bird, Jim Reynolds and Paul Whellams put on
DESPITE the billions rolling into Manchester City Spurs new boy Vedran Corluke claims he is still happy to be at White Hart Lane. The Croatian defender must be the only player happy to be leaving Eastlands, rather than looking to cash-in on
TOTTENHAM midfielder Giovani Dos Santos' decision to join Spurs may have surprised a few people, although he believes his fan club in Mexico will still follow him to London. The 19-year-old playmaker believes his arrival at White Hart Lane will spark
THE trial of a man accused of multiple sex offences against children has begun. Neil Bennett, 50, of Forest Edge, in Buckhurst Hill, faces two charges of rape, two of attempted rape, five of indecent assault, and two of indecency with a child
TOTTENHAM'S new striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has expressed his delight that he wont be partnering Dimitar Berbatov at White Hart Lane this season. The Just as Russian frontman Pavlyuchenko jetted in to agree a £13.8million move to White Hart Lane, Sulking
FORMER West Ham boss Harry Redknapp has ruled himself firmly out of the running to make a sensational return to Upton Park. Following Alan Curbishley departure yesterday, Portsmouth chief Redknapp was quickly installed as one of the favourites to succeed
A WOMAN has raised more than £600 for charity by wearing a wedding dress for a day. Maria Perridge, 44, of Vicarage Road, Leyton, spent last Friday dressed in a secondhand gown and managed to raise about £620 in donations for Diabetes UK. She wore the
MEDIA reports this morning claim that West Ham legend Paolo Di Canio could emerge as the early front runner to get the vacant managers job at his former club thanks to Italian connections with inside Upton Park. Di Canio, who was hero worshipped during
THE father of murdered teenager CJ Hendricks is calling for direct action be taken to prevent more senseless deaths. Charles Hendricks Snr, 55, is trying to come to terms with the death of his son - who was stabbed near Walthamstow bus station - and
WEST HAM chairman and owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson maintains the east London club are heading in the right direction. In the wake of what maybe viewed by most Hammers fans as a fiasco, the Icelandic chief remains calm following the departure of manager
Coca Cola League One, Saturday, September 6, 3pm HEAD TO HEAD: Orient 23, Walsall 20, draws 13. LAST TIME AT THE BESCOT: Walsall 0 Orient 0 (29-01-2008). The Saddlers stretched their unbeaten run in the league to 17 games. After a brilliant start
ORIENT manager Martin Ling is fully aware that striker Jabo Ibehre will be out to prove a point when the O's head for Walsall on Saturday. The 25-year-old, broke his 13 year association with the east Londoners in the summer, when Ling allowed him to
IT was another solid performance at Brighton where we dominated but just couldn’t come up with a goal. Of course after the two heavy defeats at Ipswich and Peterborough it was good that we've kept cleansheets now against Carlisle and Brighton. I feel
