AC gets with the Programme!

leads a star-studded cast in Saturday's Official West Ham United Programme for the visit of Newcastle United!

The Newcastle fan and former centre forward discusses his formative years at St James' Park, how he was chased by the Hammers as a schoolboy and his drastic change in lifestyle since meeting fiancee Billi Mucklow.

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Supporters can read the very latest news on the Hammers' move to their new Stadium, with a detailed update about the installation of the record-breaking roof and the announcement of the creation of the interactive 'Champions Place' at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Joint-Chairman David Sullivan, manager Sam Allardyce and captain Kevin Nolan pen their exclusive columns, talkSPORT presenter Ian 'Moose' Abrahams meets former West Ham and Newcastle striker Les Ferdinand, while Evening Standard correspondent Ken Dyer chats to assistant manager and one-time Magpies favourite Neil McDonald.

We find out about the Lepine family, who are giving their all for the Hammers Academy, while U18s midfielder Matt Carter is hoping to put injury problems behind him and make his mark this season.

Fans will also find a mixture of popular old - including Hammerabilia, Get with the Programme - and exciting new features - 50 Greatest Matches and The Name Game - inside their Programme.

The Programme also takes an in-depth look at Alan Pardew's in-form squad, with pen pictures, statistics and interviews giving fans the complete guide to the visitors.

There is also the very latest news from the Club's Development Squad and Ladies sections.

With all this and much, much more and priced at just £3.50, the Official Programme is a must-read for all Hammers supporters!

 

The digital edition of the Official Programme will be available on your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android devices alongside PC and Mac. It will be on sale on matchday from 9am for just £1.99.

The digital Official Programme comes with all the content you would expect from the print edition, as well as exclusive video footage, meaning fans from all over the globe can get ahead of the action and read their Programme and enjoy exclusive video interviews and highlights.

If you live overseas, that means you can download your programme before kick-off, with the game being televised live in a large number of countries across the world. The print edition will be available to buy in and around the Boleyn Ground on matchday as usual, packed with all the usual exclusive content.

Available again for the 2014/15 season, the digital programme offers supporters a number of great additional features, including:

• Easy to use page-turning technology
• Simple content navigation and skip-to-page features
• Interactive content including exclusive video footage
• Our programmes remember the last page you were viewing
• Fans can order back-dated issues
• Apple users will have all their issues hosted in one place on Newsstand for easy access

Hammers supporters can subscribe for the whole season from just £24.99 (fans receive all back issues) or buy individual issues for only £1.99.

The Programme is available on Apple iPad and iPhone, as well as Android and via the Pocketmags app on kindle fire and Blackberry Playbook.