Summary
IT IS HARD to imagine it happening anywhere now, but when West Ham signed Phil Parkes for a world-record Pounds 550,000 fee for a goalkeeper, they moved the start time of training back by half an hour so the big man could amble in from the other side of London in good time.
There are no such worries with Paul Konchesky, who should be in the line-up for the Hammers' game at Birmingham tonight. Born 10 minutes down the road, he still lives 10 minutes down the road.See the full content of this document
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Local Boy Konchesky Is Rising in the East
Even when he played for Charlton and on loan at Tottenham, he had Paolo Di Canio's signed West Ham No 10 shirt on his wall. A Hammers fan who attended his first game at the age of eight,...
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