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People are strange when you’re a stranger, faces look ugly when you’re alone. Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted, streets are uneven when you’re down. – The Doors There is a kind of virtual insanity that is spreading throughout the West Ham United fanbase and it is growing in intensity as each day passes. The alienation that many fans are feeling has been fuelled by comments and actions from the club owners over a period of time…

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In the 18th Volume of our Classic Match series, we delve deep into the archives once more to relive a West Ham United memorable encounter from down the years with you, this time around ahead of the weekend’s Emirates FA Cup Fifth-Round action, it’s a famous outing in Football’s oldest competition. Cast your minds back to the late winter of 2016, “Seven Years” by Lukas Graham was at the very…

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It’s going to be a beautiful weekend. The sun’s gonna shine, the sky will be blue. I think I’m going to head to the gym, pop into the supermarket on the way back home, make myself a gourmet fry up, potter in the garden, then on the pop for the rest of the day. Yes sireee it’s going to be a great weekend. ‘Why is it going to be so…

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In this week’s edition of our weekly Throwback segment, we hear from Jack, 30 and a lifelong West Ham United fan and Season Ticket holder about a special Valentines’ Day table for two in a very unlikely place. “Around six years ago I can vividly remember a February like no other, the big day was fast-approaching, and I had run out of ideas of what I might get my beloved girlfriend Beth. By the …

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Millwall fans have raised over £3,200 for West Ham fan Isla Caton to demonstrate that football has no colours when it comes to cancer. Millwall fan Tony Munday is a whisker away from his target of £2,000 for little Isla Caton. Tony writes on his Justgiving Page. ‘Anyone who knows me will know that I’m a […]

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West Ham are set to go back in for Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter in the summer after the Bournemouth midfielder made his feelings known on being thwarted from moving in the winter window. Arter  has started just 11 games out of the 26 in the Premier League this season and was left unused for the […]

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West Ham’s board would like to get David Moyes tied down to a permanent deal as soon as possible and could even break with tradition by making an appointment before the end of the season. The board may even have talks as early as Monday in a bid to come to an early agreement although […]

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Cheik Kouyate has thanked his team mates for standing by him during what has obviously been one of the most difficult periods of his career. The midfielder played through an ankle problem earlier in the season before suffering a hamstring injury and admits the issues  played on his mind and affected his form. But the […]

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West Ham Legend Billy Bonds tonight sent his heartfelt best wishes to little Isla Caton, the cancer-stricken three-year-old who is at the centre of fundraising activities across the Irons community. ClaretandHugh are so grateful to Bill for donating nine items of his personal memorabilia to be auctioned on the site and are delighted that as […]

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Joshua Okotcha has his eyes firmly set on becoming a first-team player at West Ham! The young centre-back was just 15 when he made his debut for the club’s Under-23 team in October, and recently made his Premier League 2 bow, playing 78 minutes against Sunderland and earning praise from Terry Westley in the process.  […]

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Robert Snodgrass wants to stay at Aston Villa, according to a report from HITC. The Scot moved to Villa Park on loan from West Ham in the summer, having fallen out of favour.  Snodgrass made just 15 appearances for the Irons, but has already made 11 more for the Villans in the Championship. Villa are […]

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West Ham loanee Joao Mario sounds like a man wanting to get a full time gig at the London Stadium. The Inter Milan midfielder has been talking up his position at the club claiming that it’s very important he shows his quality in a West Ham shirt. He said: “I am glad to be here […]

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Self-proclaimed West Ham fan Sir Robin Wales could lose his mayoral seat in Newham this year for the first time in 16 years. In the second ballot by East Ham and West Ham Labour party affiliates, voters opted against the incumbent mayor, Sir Robin Wales, automatically becoming the candidate for May’s elections. In December 2016, […]

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When Winston Reid left his native New Zealand at the age of 10 years old, few would have thought that he would have become the player he is today, to be held in such high regard by players and fans alike. When he moved to Denmark and began to make waves within the Danish footballing system, it became apparent that this lad had the potential for great things and a brilliant footballing career. He joined FC Midtjylland in 2005 in a professional…

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On love lost days and ale massacred nights, a fan dreams of towering spires and getaways to neighbouring European host cities. For that was the journey we were supposed to venture and that was our story yet to be told. Instead West Ham are clinging onto mid table obscurity, precariously teetering before our fate takes us down or hoists us upwards to reach the skies. The next five fixtures may determine whether we should be in a fight until the very …

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West Ham is reportedly free to talk to Nicolai Muller over a free transfer in the Summer which could see the winger see sign a pre-contract with the Hammers. German media suggests the Hammers have been given permission from Hamburg to speak to the 30-year-old who is out of contract with the German club this June. The […]

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West Ham United manager David Moyes has heaped praise of the newest member of his squad, 36-year-old former Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra. The former French International ad free-agent was signed last week, days after the conclusion of a frustrating January Transfer Window for the club, signing on a short-term deal. Speaking in his Press Conference before the Premier League win over Watford at Rush Green Training Ground last…

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The Real West Ham Fan action group has announced the proposed route of the 10th March march. The Action group said on their official Twitter account: “We march as one. This the proposed route. So we’re going to meet at Stratford park which is next to Stratford police station. We will go right out the […]

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Over 80% of supporters believe West Ham will total 40 Premier League points or more by the end of the season thus avoiding relegation. The Claret and Hugh poll of over 1,460 fans reveals that nearly 81% believe the Hammers will tally 40 points or more. The Irons are currently on 30 points after 27 […]

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West Ham supporters have backed East Ham local people and traders in agreeing that the Champions Statue which includes Hammers Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters should stay where it is on the junction of Green Street and Barking road close to where the old Boleyn Ground once proudly stood. Nearly 1,000 fans voted […]

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Former Hammer Sofiane Feghouli says money is not important to him and he left West Ham to compete to win things like league titles. He took a pay cut to move to Turkey. Feghouli joined Galatasaray for a reported €5.5m deal after just one season with West Ham. The Algerian told the French media “First of […]

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KIERON DYER – EXCLUSIVE: Breaking my leg in 2007 was the beginning of a debilitating, dispiriting process that killed my career. It led to the West Ham hierarchy trying to shame me.

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Premier League clubs will see their TV revenue from the UK reduce from the 2019-2020 season. Sky and BT paid £5.1Bn for the UK TV rights to show 168 matches per season in the current deal which runs between 2016-2019 but both broadcasters put in lower bids valuing the new three-year deal at £4.5Bn for 160 […]

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Lots has been said and reported what happened in the Wigan carpark when the West Ham Chairmen spoke with fans after the FA Cup defeat. West Ham season ticket holder Baz Cox has now published a covert video which reveals some of the dialogue between West Ham fans and David Gold post-match. It also dispels […]

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Sky has maintained its position as the main broadcaster of live Premier League football after claiming four of the seven available packages of television rights for 2019 to 2022, it has been announced.

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Sky has extended its Premier League rights through to 2022 and will show more matches than ever before.

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