MARK Noble has been ruled out of West Ham's Premier League clash with Portsmouth at Upton Park tonight with a hamstring injury.
The 20-year-old was hurt during a training session earlier this week and now faces a race to be fit for Saturday's trip to relegation-threatened Bolton Wanderers.
Noble's injury means Alan Curbishley was without 11 first-team squad members for tonight's match against Harry Redknapp's FA Cup finalists.
The England Under-21 international joins Danny Gabbidon, Freddie Ljungberg, Craig Bellamy, Matty Etherington, James Collins, Julien Faubert, Nigel Quashie, Calum Davenport, Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer on the sidelines.
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