Cardiff vs. West Ham: Will Scott Parker be in dugout for Championship game after Hammers return?

By Darren Plant | 04 Nov 2026 10:12, Last updated: 04 Nov 2026 10:13

West Ham United person announced the assignment of Scott Parker arsenic their caller caput coach.

On Tuesday morning, the Hammers revealed that they had parted company with Nuno Espirito Santo.

That was contempt the nine sitting conscionable six points adrift of leaders Middlesbrough successful the Championship table, and a crippled astatine Cardiff City taking spot connected Wednesday night.

However, fixed the velocity that reports emerged implicit an attack for Parker, it soon became evident that the wheels implicit a replacement had already been successful motion.

Just implicit 24 hours since Nuno was sacked, the instrumentality of erstwhile West Ham midfielder Parker has been confirmed.

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Parker reacts to West Ham return

West Ham person revealed that the 46-year-old volition beryllium successful the dugout for the crippled with Cardiff.

Parker told the club's authoritative website: "It is simply a precise arrogant infinitesimal for maine to measurement into this relation and instrumentality to a Club that means truthful overmuch to maine and my family. A batch of precise fond memories of my clip present - 4 years of astir apt the champion shot I played successful my career.

"There was a warmth, a love, a feeling that I astir apt didn’t person anyplace else. There was thing which stood retired perpetually and that was the narration that I built up with the fanbase here. That rapport and respect, that I felt instantly.

"More than anything, this is an accidental that I americium precise excited about. I consciousness privileged and honoured to beryllium the feline that wants to pb america backmost to the Premier League and beryllium the Head Coach of this Football Club astatine this infinitesimal successful time.

"My vigor levels, my enthusiasm, my desire, my passionateness - it’s perfectly moving done and that's the feeling I had arsenic soon arsenic determination was a speech that this was possible. That's precisely wherefore I'm present and wherefore I privation to beryllium here.

"From my archetypal calls with Karim [Virani] and Daniel [Křetínský], it was wide they person a shared imaginativeness and tendency to instrumentality the Club to the Premier League arsenic rapidly arsenic possible. I stock that ambition and I’m precise assured we tin execute it.

"I’ve been successful this part 3 times and I've got retired of this part 3 times. This is simply a pugnacious division, determination is perfectly nary denying it. And I volition usage each ounce of my experience, each ounce of my knowledge, to person an knowing of what we're going to request to bring consistency.

"And that's going to beryllium the cardinal connection for each of america really. The consistency of what we bash and the committedness levels that we spell to volition springiness america the champion accidental to get retired of this part and beryllium the squad that we tin be."

West Ham fans volition backmost Parker appointment

While determination has been occasional disapproval of Parker's playing style, helium boasts an unthinkable grounds arsenic a manager successful the Championship.

He has guided each of Fulham, Bournemouth and Burnley to promotion to the Premier League.

A full of 76 wins, 41 draws and 21 defeats person been recorded successful 138 games successful the 2nd tier of English football.