Official minutes from London Stadium owners E20 board in late January confirm that the public organisation was looking for ways to reduce cost on stewarding. The papers released online as part of the London Mayor’s transparency programme on the stadium say the company was legally obliged to provide a higher number of stewards even though […]
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Minutes confirm desire for stewarding cost reductions
Posted on 18 March 2018.
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Schwarzer: Hart’s shirt to lose
Posted on 18 March 2018.
Mark Schwarzer says England’s World Cup number-one shirt is Joe Hart’s to lose if he ends the season in good form for West Ham.
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The beautiful game is beginning to reflect all that is ugly in society | David Goldblatt
Posted on 18 March 2018.
Football is increasingly run by mediocre people infected by politics and commerce, yet fans still cling to it as a distraction from real life On 27 June 2016, four days after the EU referendum , England were beaten 2-1 by Iceland in the knockout stages of the European football championships. It was a remarkable display of collective paralysis and the corrosive consequences of fear. Nearly two years later, the country does not appear dissimilar: less than the sum of its …
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West Ham secure meeting with Sadiq Khan about stadium operators
Posted on 18 March 2018.
West Ham have finally secured a meeting with the Mayor of London for crisis talks about the London Stadium four months after their first approach.
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Moyes eyes Carroll return
Posted on 17 March 2018.
West Ham are hoping Andy Carroll will be back in the first team squad for the match against Manchester City on Sunday April 29 but to be definitely available for the away trip to Leicester. Carroll was included for the warm weather training trip to Miami and that was based on the progress he has […]
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Only one thing matters at West Ham right now!
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Having been away for a week following a personal loss I have followed just one issue from deepest Cornwall as far as West Ham is concerned. Some things are bigger – much bigger than football. Losing a loved one is probably the most extreme among them – but unity at such times is critical – […]
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£1million Super 6 jackpot is won
Posted on 17 March 2018.
The £1million Soccer Saturday Super 6 jackpot has been won by 59-year-old Jacqueline Packham thanks to an injury-time Sheffield Wednesday winner.
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Hammers legend has doubts Moyes will stay
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Hammers legend Phil Parkes isn’t sure David Moyes will want to stay at West Ham beyond this season regardless of its outcome. Relegation is on everybody’s mind but Parksey believes two wins will do it for us with Southampton and Stoke there to be taken so long as the fans give it everything they’ve got. […]
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Brady apologises for Hammers’ predicament
Posted on 17 March 2018.
West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady has issued a public apology for the club’s problems on and off the pitch, and said the board takes full responsibility for the Hammers’ predicament.
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International Hammers: Several West Ham Stars Get Senior Call-Ups
Posted on 17 March 2018.
No fewer than seven of David Moyes’ West Ham United first-team squad have received the nod from their senior International managers ahead of this month’s International break over the last few days. On home soil, and in the wake of his return to the starting Xl in last weekend’s Premier League defeat to Burnley, Gareth Southgate has called-up goalkeeper Joe Hart to the latest England squad. Hart will be hoping that his …
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West Ham squad arrive back in the UK
Posted on 17 March 2018.
The West Ham first-team squad arrived back in the UK from Florida in the early hours of this morning after completing five days of warm-weather training in Miami. The players who have been enjoying temperatures in the US as high 30c arrived back to a sub-zero climate and a flurry of snow. They were staying […]
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Zabaleta understands West Ham fans frustration
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Pablo Zabaleta has told the club’s website that he understands the frustration of fans but says everyone needs to pull together and be united. Zaba told Wets Ham TV in Miami “It’s been a difficult season in terms of injuries and many things that sometimes have affected the team. To the fans all we can say […]
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David Sullivan to meet WHUISA next week
Posted on 17 March 2018.
The West Ham United Independent Supporters’ Association (WHUISA) have been invited to meet with WestHam owner David Sullivan next Tuesday the association have announced to their members today. They say as a democratic group, the meeting will be guided by the questions the majority of their paid members would like addressed. The email to paid-up members says […]
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Moore Than Just A Club Writers On: Warm Weather Miami Training Camp
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Following the detrimental Premier League defeat to Burnley, David Moyes’ West Ham United embarked on a five-day warm weather training camp in Miami, Florida, here are the opinions of five moorethanjustaclub.com writers on the trip, some believing the plans should have been cancelled in the wake of three successive losses for the relegation-threatened Hammers and others, quite the opposite. Luke Glanville (@Glanville_Luke) – Site Lead: “It’s my understanding that Moyes and his staff planned…
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Zabaleta calls for unity
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Pablo Zabaleta says he understands the “frustration” of West Ham supporters but has called for unity as the club bids to avoid relegation.
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West Ham fans put their side of the argument to Sky
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Interviews with West Ham fans about their views of what led to last Saturday’s pitch invasions and protest against the board has been broadcast on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday. Interviews with Hammers fans included WHUSIA vice chairman Paul Turner, Sex Drugs and Carlton Cole site founder Dave Walker and retired newspaper journalist Brian Williams. The […]
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Developer sold Boleyn Ground for £19m profit
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Accounts for a company called Boleyn Phoenix Limited appears to suggest that Galliard Homes sold the Boleyn Ground land for a £22m mark on the £38m they paid West Ham. The Boleyn Phoenix hopefully owned by Galliard shows revenue of nearly £60m with the cost of sales of £40m. After spending £38m on the land, Galliard spent […]
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Liverpool fan sympathises with West Ham fans
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Spirit of Shankly member Roy Bentham sees a lot of similarities between Liverpool fans’ own struggle in the late-noughties and West Ham fans against their board. Bentham blogged for the FSF on what its like fighting for your club… “I looked at Saturday’s events in Stratford down in the capital on television and two things instantly came […]
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Gale urges supporters to put their grudges on hold
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Former Hammer Tony Gale has urged West Ham fans to unite behind the team in a bid to avoid another “nightmare” relegation. When recalling the impact that the Bond scheme protests had on his season 1992 season at West Ham, Gale said: “It was an absolute nightmare. The crowd that was normally so with you, […]
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West Ham call emergency Supporters’ Advisory Board
Posted on 17 March 2018.
West Ham has called an emergency meeting of the Supporters’ Advisory Board before the next game against Southampton. The club wrote to members of the advisory board this week saying “Following the events that marred last Saturday’s match with Burnley, we would like to invite you to an Emergency Supporter Advisory Board meeting to be […]
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Karren Brady issues apology to West Ham fans for chaotic season
Posted on 17 March 2018.
Tensions came to a head last weekend with widespread protests directed at the club’s ownership and pitch invaders disrupting play during their 3-0 defeat by Burnley.
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Newham mayor is latest scalp over London Stadium mess
Posted on 16 March 2018.
Self-confessed West Ham fan Sir Robin Wales has been deselected by his party today for the election for Newham mayor after 23 years in power. The Labour mayor of Newham will be replaced in May’s local elections by Rokhsana Fiaz. Sir Robin had faced opposition after Newham council spent over £50m under his leadership on […]
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Brady: Board takes full responsibility
Posted on 16 March 2018.
West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady says the board “takes full responsibility” for the club’s current struggles, in the wake of widespread fan protests at the London Stadium.
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Lanzini caught up in West Ham anti doping admin charge
Posted on 16 March 2018.
The FA have published written reasons for West Ham anti-doping fine. Three strikes were two wrong addresses for Manuel Lanzini and one unnamed Academy player being absent the club claim who was called away on U-23 duty at short notice. FA ‘concerned’ charged West Ham after three breaches in just three months. Earlier this month […]
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Karren Brady apologises and says board takes full responsibility for the mess West Ham are in
Posted on 16 March 2018.
West Ham Vice Chairman has used her Sun column to apologise on behalf of everyone at West Ham and says the Board takes full responsibility for the club’s predicament. Writing for the tabloid Brady Says “FIRST of all I want to apologise on behalf of everyone at the football club for what we witnessed last […]
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War of words continue between Brady and Khan over London Stadium
Posted on 16 March 2018.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has rebuked Karren Brady for claiming that cuts in the London Stadium’s security budget were responsible for the crowd trouble that marred West Ham last Saturday according to the Guardian. West Ham’s vice-chairman wrote to the mayor of London after an emergency meeting between stakeholders on Monday and said David Sadler, […]
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