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Spurs fan claims ‘wee’ chuck was ‘prank gone wrong’

The Spurs fan who urinated into a plastic pint cup and threw it at West Ham supporters  claims it wasn’t actually his wee in the container. In apologising for his unpleasant behaviour the man –  Lucas Louka – said  it was a “prank gone wrong”. And he adds that despite the obvious act in the […]

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Martinez Brilliance Gives Westley’s U23s Admirable Victory

A ferocious late strike from prolific Spanish striker Antonio Martinez gave Terry Westley’s young Hammers an impressive Premier League Two win over Manchester City yesterday at The Chigwell Construction Stadium. England Youth International Taylor Richards had given The Citizens an early lead before a magical goal from Nathan Holland levelled things up prior to the break and the aforementioned Martinez effort gave the hosts all three points. Victory for the Claret & Blue starlets means a two-place climb …

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Bilic v Grant – what the stats say

So just how bad are things! I regularly hear on the forums that we are in Avram Grant country as the team staggers through another seriously worrying season – a quarter of which has now passed. Having read this morning that we are gonna suffer the same fate as we did during that disastrous 2010-11 […]

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Ayew crestfallen despite Saturday’s sublime finish at Crystal Palace

The West Ham man talks about losing two points at the death in the Premier League

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This team is rolling over at first sign of a battle

We are delighted to welcome new blogger James Hart to CandH this morning who is committing his thoughts in print for the first time. Well done mate. James tries to find an answer as to why we regularly – as shown against Spurs and Palace – can produce such a mix of the excellent and the […]

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Ayew reckons team must learn from mistakes…oh PLEASE!

Andrew Ayew has turned over a very  new leaf on the pitch with three goals in two games – one a magical strike from distance at Palace which warmed our hearts. Off it however, he, no doubt to be followed by various others players over the next couple of days, are reading from the same […]

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Make no mistake – this Iron is going to the top

Academey boss Terry Westley has revealed just how quickly the outstanding Hammers prospect Declan Rice is growing up. A highly impressive performance against Spurs was followed by an excellent 15 minute sub appearance late on yesterday as Palace stormed the Irons defensive barricades. But the teenager was bang to the fore, making one superb intervention […]

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Bilic: ‘It feels like a defeat’

“It feels like a defeat,” Slaven Bilic told post-match reporters. “We were 2-0 up at half-time and we knew the game was not over. A lot of the guys who played today also played on Wednesday night and Palace put us under a lot of pressure. I’m very disappointed with the penalty, it came too early […]

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Bilic rues Antonio’s costly error in last-gasp draw

The manager bemoaned a lapse of judgement in stoppage time that cost his side two points away to Crystal Palace

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WATCH: Hart’s superb double save

Watch as Joe Hart made a superb double save against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon.

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West Ham Wembley life saver found

The son of a West Ham fan whose father suffered a heart attack at Wembley on Wednesday says he has found the hero West Ham fan who administered CPR and saved his dad’s life. Wayne Perry told Claret and Hugh “The guy’s name who saved my dad’s life is Ian Pearse and we spoke yesterday. I […]

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Hart heartbroken

West Ham goalkeepr Joe Hart was heart broken after victory was snatched from West Ham in the dying seconds of the game against Crystal Palace. Filled with emotion Hart told the BBC “I can’t believe we have done that, We’ve come in quick after the game, we probably shouldn’t have come in quick after the […]

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Spurs fan named and shamed

A Spurs fan who hurled urine at West Ham supporters on Wednesday night at Wembley has been unmasked as an estate agent who had previously carried out a pitch invasion at White Hart Lane. 34-year-old Lucas Louka who lives in Chingford, East London was filmed launching a plastic cup of liquid ­during Wednesday’s match against […]

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Chicharito sends message to the fans

Chicharito will take the first half positives from Selhurst Park into the match against Liverpool  next weekend. The Mexican grabbed a typical ‘fox in the box goal today and said afterwards: “I always say I’d prefer to win matches and change those goals to points. “But yeah it was good feeling for Andre Ayew and me. […]

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Westley: “Martinez is a natural goalscorer”

Hammers under 23s 2 Manchester City under 23s 1 Toni Martinez and Nathan Holland led the charge as the Hammers under 23s came from behind to beat Manchester City at Dagenham today. And that means the young Hammers have beaten the two Manchester clubs and drawn at Chelsea over their last three games. The victory saw […]

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Bilic: Result feels like a defeat

Slaven Bilic says West Ham’s 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace “feels like a defeat”.

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Bilic moans: “The game was over!”

Slaven Bilic put the last gasp loss of a point at Selhurst Park firmly on the shoulders of a bad decision by Michail Antonio as the Irons slumped to what feels like the umpteenth last gasp defeat. He was careful not to personalise his remarks claiming that “we  made the wrong decision” but of course […]

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CandH Player Watch on Mark Noble

CandH introduces a new feature this evening with our Facebook Group member Danny Danielli Leach taking up his new role of tracking a particular Hammer every week in Player Watch. Welcome aboard Dan – thanks and a big well done mate!   After a spirited display in midweek in the Spurs derby, the captain Noble […]

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WATCH: C Palace 2-2 West Ham

Wilfried Zaha’s 97th-minute equaliser earned Crystal Palace a 2-2 draw at home to West Ham.

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WATCH: Noble rages at full-time

West Ham’s Mark Noble was fuming at full-time against Crystal Palace shortly after Wilfried Zaha scored the hosts’ last-minute equaliser.

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How we rated the Irons against Palace

    Hugh hands out the marks on another disappointing afternoon   Hart: A series of remarkable saves made him the man of the match which really tells you all you need to know about the Irons performance 8 Zabaleta: Had his toughest examination of the season against  Zaha and failed it. Forgiven on the […]

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Wilfried Zaha bursts West Ham’s small bubble of optimism

DANIEL MATTHEWS AT SELHURST PARK: Slaven Bilic was right. ‘There is no time and place to go large now,’ he said after his side’s midweek victory at Tottenham.

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Chicharito delighted by Ayew’s strike against Crystal Palace

The West Ham frontman says it was a “good feeling” as he and the Ghanaian both found the back of the net at Crystal Palace

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Arsenal 2-1 Swansea, West Brom 2 – 3 Man City 3pm RESULTS

Arsenal came from behind to see off Swansea City 2-1, while there were also Premier League victories for Liverpool, Manchester City and Stoke City among the 3pm matches.

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Wilfried Zaha’s 97th-minute goal ends West Ham’s resistance at Crystal Palace

The clock had ticked past the allotted minimum of six minutes of added time when the ball reached Wilfried Zaha deep on the left. Crystal Palace had given everything in their demented pursuit of an equaliser in the second half. Joe Hart had made save after astonishing save, including one from James Tomkins in the 91st minute, and they had hit the woodwork twice. They were falling agonisingly short. As Robert Madley prepared to blow for full time, a ninth defeat in…

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Hammers cock it all up again at the death

By Hugh Southon Palace 2 Hammers 2 They chucked it away again in the last 10 seconds and they only have themselves to blame! After taking a two goal lead through Chicharito  and Andre Ayew, the Irons were on cruise control until five minutes into the second half when Ogbonna gave away the most ridiculous […]

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