Rob Green

Date of Birth : 18th January 1980 Place of Birth : Chertsey Signed : August 2006 (Norwich) Position : Goalkeeper Height : 6.2 Weight : 12.2 Appearances : 61 Goals : 0 International Appearances : 1

KB: KUMB; HM Hammers Mad; ST Sunday Times; SE Sunday Express; SM Sunday Mirror; OB Observer;
DM Daily Mirror; GU Guardian; TM Times; HD Hammers Diary; SK Sky; DE Daily Express

Sunday Mirror: With Fabio Capello watching, West Ham's young England wannabes did enough to merit victory - albeit a cruel one. Freddie Ljungberg played the ball back to Lucas Neill, whose chip was chested down by Luis Boa Morte. Solano, who had replaced Julien Faubert, slid in to Niemi as the ball span away from him - and it rebounded off him into the net. West Ham manager Alan Curbishley said: "From where I was looking it looked a clean connection. Sometimes when you are at the bottom of the table these things go against you. "But I thought our players were fantastic. Mark Noble did well in a three-man midfield. And I can't forget Robert Green's great save near the end. Given all our injury problems the players are doing really well." Noble virtually ran the game in the second half, playing with a maturity and composure beyond his years. Some of the East End youngster's touches were reminiscent of Glenn Hoddle. Green, also watched by England goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence, produced the save of the match just before Solano's winner. (Anthony Clavane, 24th February, 2008)

The Times: Robert Green had “England’s No 6” stitched on to his gloves, self-mocking his position in the country’s goalkeeping pecking order, but Fabio Capello’s early impressions about the shortcomings of the outfield players would only have been crystallised on the evidence of this encounter. The warm welcome afforded to the England manager soon plummeted into a cold chill as he left Upton Park on Saturday evening. Capello was able to scrub out nine players from the starting line-ups not at his disposal as he took his seat. Only Green and Matthew Upson, the brightest of the West Ham United players, could have been circled for further interest. (Gary Jacob, 11th February, 2008)

Daily Mirror: The identity of the new England boss may be undecided but Dean Ashton and Robert Green provided compelling proof of why they are destined to play under him when appointed. Both have been jinxed on international duty in the past. Ashton's hopes of making his debut against Greece were dashed when he broke his ankle during training with England at Old Trafford and was ruled out for the whole of last season. And Green ruptured his groin when he took a goalkick playing for the B team, an injury which forced him to miss the 2006 World Cup after he had been selected in Sven Goran Eriksson's final 22-man squad. But at Ewood Park yesterday, both men produced commanding displays at their respective ends of the pitch, Ashton putting West Ham ahead with a clinical finish, while Green pulled off a series of fine saves to secure the win. With the England goalkeeping position up for grabs and a vacancy up front alongside Wayne Rooney, Green and Ashton will certainly be in the frame for the next international against Switzerland at Wembley on February 6 if both can stay fit. (David Mcdonnell, 10th December, 2007)

Sky Sports: Minutes before half time referee Mike Riley chose to wave away strong penalty appeals when Green felled Robbie Keane in the box. The visitors increased their tempo in the second period and were rewarded when Green was caught in no-mans land when he attempted to claim a free-kick, allowing Dawson to head into an empty net. In the dying minutes Lucas Neill was adjudged to have fouled substitute Defoe in the area, however a stunning dive from Green denied the former West Ham striker. (25th November, 2007)

Hammers Mad: West Ham United were indebted to goalkeeper Robert Green for a late penalty save in their 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur at Upton Park. Jermain Defoe saw his stoppage-time penalty kick saved by Green to leave Spurs still looking for their first away win of the season. On their last visit to Upton Park back in early March, Spurs had left the heartbroken Hammers rock-bottom of the Premiership thanks to a dramatic injury-time winner, but this around Green's third successive penalty save of the season earned the East Enders the point that they so easily deserved. (25th November, 2007)

Daily Telegraph: Spurs settled the quicker and Aaron Lennon would have given them a flying start but for a marginal offside decision. Green parried a stinging shot by Jermaine Jenas, and Lennon pounced on the loose ball only to find a linesman's flag cutting short his celebrations. But the same official surprisingly kept his flag down just before the interval when Keane ran clear on to a lofted pass by Younes Kaboul and lifted the ball over the onrushing Green. The Tottenham captain went sprawling as Green's legs made contact with his own, but referee Mike Riley dismissed his furious penalty claims. It was a crucial call made more difficult by the suspicion that the bouncing ball was eluding the chasing Keane, but West Ham could count themselves fortunate to escape without a penalty award, let alone the loss of their keeper. (Clive Tyldesley, 26th November, 2007)

Daily Mirror: Defoe, who quit West Ham in 2004, was jeered louder than any of the other England players on duty yesterday. But it looked as if Defoe would have the last laugh when Lucas Neill's clumsy challenge and shirt pull on the Spurs striker this time warranted a penalty award from referee Riley. With regular penalty-taker Keane already having been substituted, up stepped Defoe to fire a low spot-kick to Green's left, but the Hammers keeper pushed the ball on to the post. Green had never saved a penalty before this season but yesterday was the third time he has stopped a spot-kick and none have been sweeter for the West Ham fans. (John Cross, 26th November, 2007)

Hammers Mad: Robert Green was West Ham's hero as Alan Curbishley's side stopped Portsmouth moving up to fourth in the table. Green pulled off a dramatic stoppage-time penalty save from Benjani to deny high-flying Pompey a club record fifth successive Premier League win. The former Norwich stopper had already produced a series of fine saves to stake his claim for a starting place in England's crucial Euro 2008 decider against Croatia next month.

Daily Express: The point West Ham clawed from the fortress of Fratton Park was as much a tribute to Carlton Cole as it was to goalkeeper Robert Green. The unstinting workload Cole took on in the new system Alan Curbishley tried out was matched only by Green's last-minute penalty save. And it could yet see Cole finally accepted by the demanding Upton Park fans who have never really taken to the England Under-21 striker. At times they have made his life a misery, come close to driving him out of the club and even left him wondering if he had any future in the game. But asked to play the lone role up front, Cole was immense and while Green was rightly garlanded with praise for his spot-kick heroics, with Portsmouth failing to score for the first time in six matches, the Hammers showed again they are well equipped to be successful away from home. (Nigel Clarke, 29th October, 2007)

Daily Mirror: Hammers boss Alan Curbishley's Icelandic paymasters are unlikely to be appeased by mid-table consolidation, and he was grateful for the reassurance of Carlton Cole's first goal since January. Former Sunderland defender George McCartney's deep cross, from near the left corner flag, took a deflection and Cole headed firmly beyond Craig Gordon after just eight minutes.... West Ham's back four were adrift in their own post code again when Leadbitter's rising left foot shot was brilliantly tipped against the woodwork by Robert Green. Both managers highlighted Green's save as a turning point, with Keane conceding: "Sometimes you can be critical of your own strikers when they miss chances, but you have to take your hat off the to keeper, it was an unbelievable save." (Mike Walters, 15th October, 2007)

Hammers Mad: Indeed, apart from Dean Ashton's rising 20-yarder that just cleared the crossbar of the otherwise untroubled Manuel Almunia, it was the domineering Gunners who continued to threaten, as Green saved two rasping efforts from Flamini, before beating van Persie's adept, angled, byline free-kick aside. Having lost Scott Parker with a tweaked knee at the interval, Curbishley then saw Ferdinand limp away with a hamstring pull just after the restart and. However, but for the fingertips of the flying Green, the afternoon would have got even worse as the keeper athletically tipped van Persie's 20-yard curler onto his left-hand post. As the hour-mark approached, Almunia was finally called into his first save of the afternoon when Ashton sent a point-plank header into his midriff. Former Gunner Freddie Ljungberg then had an effort ruled out by a controversial offside flag that Curbishley publicly questioned afterwards. Green had single-handedly kept the Hammers in the match during last April's sensational victory at the Emirates Stadium and, yet again, he went on to shoot down the attack with an impressive array of agile stops to thwart Adebayor, Gael Clichy and Flamini. (30th September, 2007)

The Guardian: The pleasure at Upton Park did not lie in refined devastation, although it took Rob Green's agility to prevent further goals after Robin van Persie had scored. Arsenal had to guard a lead and did so with a mixture of obstinacy and controlled passing that thwarted West Ham's bristling bid for recovery. There is some work to be done before Green can challenge in earnest to be England's goalkeeper, but he excelled here and was the main reason why Arsenal's winning margin was so slender. (Kevin McCarra, 1st October, 2007)

Daily Mirror: Robert Green felt "lower than a snake's belly" after his last trip to Reading - but enjoyed sweet revenge on Saturday after an incredible stroke of luck. West Ham keeper Green saved the first penalty of his career - from Kevin Doyle - but only because his injured right leg hurt so much it meant he had no option but to dive left... Even Anton Ferdinand, the epitome of the "Baby Bentley" culture, was outstanding and the superb victory at the scene of their worst humiliation would suggest that the bad old days are behind Hammers. But it was also redemption for in-form Green, who was dropped after he conceded six in January. He produced a string of brilliant saves, including the one from Doyle's 76th-minute penalty, even though he was injured. "I got a dead leg in the first half and I couldn't dive to my right so I had to dive to my left," smiled Green. "You know your luck's in when that happens. I've never saved a penalty before and I've played nearly 300 games. I saved one against Southampton but it got re-taken so that didn't count." (John Cross 3rd September, 2007)

The Observer: Three men deserve special praise. Craig Bellamy, showing pace and poise, scored the first and teed up the second. Matthew Etherington delivered the killer touches for the second goal and then - in the dying moments - the third. And the other West Ham hero was their goalkeeper Robert Green, who made the 76th-minute save from Kevin Doyle's penalty that ensured it would be a far more comfortable end to the game than it could have been for Alan Curbishley's team. (Arindam Rej, 2nd September, 2007)

BBC Sport: Curbishley must have feared the worst when Green felled the on-rushing Dave Kitson in the area with a quarter of an hour to go. But Green redeemed himself, diving across his goal to deny Doyle and also pulling off an even better save to keep out substitute Kalifa Cisse's injury-time strike. The Hammers then broke and fittingly rounded off the win with another breakaway goal, Etherington providing another cool finish after latching on to Carlton Cole's pass. (1st September, 2007)

BBC Sport: Robert Green says he had no hesitation in joining West Ham to revive his Premiership career and England hopes. The 26-year-old keeper signed a four-year deal at Upton Park after completing a medical on Wednesday in a deal which could net Norwich £2m. Green said: "Once I was given the chance to talk to West Ham there was no doubt in my mind what I wanted to do. "Overall, I aim to get back in the England squad, but first I have to get into the West Ham side." (16th August, 2006)