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Posted on 14 October 2017. Tags: latest football news, News, online soccer news, super sunday, transfer news, westham, whispers
Spurs have put their League Cup tickets against West Ham on 25th October on restricted general sale after it failed to sell out season ticket holders, members and those on the season ticket waiting list. With a reduced Wembley capacity of 50,835 and a sold-out allocation of 4,800 to West Ham, Spurs had just 46,000 tickets […]
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Posted on 14 October 2017. Tags: News, super sunday, westham news, whispers
Slaven Bilic says he is happy to be unpopular with supporters if he believes he is making the best decision for the team. Bilic told the press: “It’s better to be clapped than booed, but at the end of the day I have to trust my decisions. “Those decisions gave us what we wanted. But […]
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Posted on 14 October 2017. Tags: News, upton park, whispers
Diafra Sakho’s contract with West Ham includes a two-year option that the club can trigger it is claimed by the Daily Mail today. The Senegalese striker signed a four-year deal in August 2014 after joining from Metz for an initial transfer fee of £3.5m on a basic wage of £15,000 per week. His wages were later improved as […]
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Posted on 14 October 2017. Tags: cycling, desktop, news story, racing, West Ham United
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic says he is prepared to make unpopular decisions if he believes they are the right ones for the club.
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: article, australia, champagne, footy news, london, science
EXCLUSIVE: Diafra Sakho’s contract with West Ham includes a two-year option that the club can trigger to keep the supposedly unhappy striker at the London Stadium.
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: football latest, News, online soccer news, whispers
Hugh Southon reacts at the end of an international fortnight which has felt like a decade or more It’s been a long and intensely slow news fortnight which appears to be closing with yet another sleepy time story from the Sun.…well it would have to be them wouldn’t it. They have unashamedly recycled the ‘Walter […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: coyi, News, sky sports, super sunday, westham news, whispers
Andy Carrol has told WHUFC.com that his game is not all about goals after admitting it is a long since he scored. Carroll said “The last two weeks have been good. We won the last game, so it was nice to go into the international break on the back of a win. I feel very good. In training, […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: football news, whispers, whtid
By CandH associate editor Sean Whetstone Slaven Bilic has almost a full squad to choose from when West Ham face Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday and all eyes will be on his first choice of striker. The Croatian appears to favor Andy Carroll despite the striker giving away two goals and picking up yellow cards […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: News, sports news, westham fc, whispers
Tony Cottee refuses to budge from the opinion that Diafra Sakho is the best all round striker at West Ham United. And stats released on the official site show the Sengalese striker has the best strike rate of any Irons front man in Premier League history. It reveals that Sak has scored 17 top-flight goals […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: News, online soccer news, transfer news, westham, whispers
Speculation that West Ham could be ready to sell teenage defender Reece Oxford in January has arisen tonight following a Slaven Bilic comment aimed at keeping the teenager’s feet on the ground. The Hammers boss made what the Mirror claim was an “ill advised public sideswipe at the 18-year-old defender.” Their interpretation of the remark came […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: our-attention, premier league, team news, the-intrigue, very-resilient
After the two week international break, we now focus our attention on the intrigue and excitement of Premier League football, in particular a trip to Burnley. Burnley made a fabulous start to the season when they beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. At present they occupy 6th position and have turned out to be very resilient […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: east london, News, whispers
International team-mates Winston Reid and Chris Wood enjoyed a successful with New Zealand when winning in Japan 2-1. Reid wore the captain’s armband and Wood scored and Hammers skipperr knows no will be lost between the pair at Turf Moor tomorrow (Sat). Reid has had a good think about Wood and the Clarets explaining: “We […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: coyi, News, skysports, upton park
This weekends fixture see’s us face Burnley away from home so what better way to get the low-down on the opposition than through their own fans. This week Charlie talks with Natalie who is from the Burnley podcast ‘No Nay Never’ about the Clarets form, expectations and danger-men.
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: football latest, sports news, westham, westham fc, whispers
Slaven Bilic and a squad of 19 players are travelling up to the north west in pursuit of a win over Burnley tomorrow. And as the manager said at his presser, James Collins is the only notable absentee but analysing the squad it looks as though either Declan Rice or Angelo Ogbonna will be the […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: News, online soccer news, whispers
London Stadium caterers Delaware North have revealed a loss of £1.6m in financial accounts published earlier this week. Delaware North Companies (UK) Hospitality Services Limited runs stadium catering for Arsenal, Derby County, Charlton, Fulham as well as the London Stadium said £1.3m of income came from the London Stadium in the first four months of […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: charity, columnist, europe, Moore Than Just a Club, premier, super sunday, top-ten
It has been a very long International week, but the Premier League is back once again for Matchday Eight and it has some real treats in store this weekend, with a battle of giants at Anfield and our Hammers travelling to Turf Moor for an intriguing clash. Liverpool vs Manchester United (Saturday 12:30 PM) It is one of the world’s most-watched sporting events and we now have less than 24 hours to wait for The Reds to host The Red …
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: action, beautiful, british, charity, european, match preview, Moore Than Just a Club, transfer news
As the Premier League returns from the second International Break of the season, we make the tricky trip to face an in-form Burnley side under Sean Dyche. Slaven Bilic’s Boys come into the clash off the back of a late vital win over Swansea City in late September, whereas, The Clarets also enjoyed a one-goal victory in their last game, beating The Toffees at Goodison Park. When? Kick-off is scheduled for 3PM tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 14 October 2017…
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: east london, hammers news, upton park, west ham, whispers
A recent Freedom of Information request to London Stadium owners E20 has revealed West Ham have yet to pay business rates for the Club store, ticket office, boardroom, players lounge and office space they lease from the stadium owners. In an official FOI response from E20 they confirm: “West Ham has not paid E20 for […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: News, West Ham United, west ham world, whispers
West Ham hero George Parris says sorting out how to accommodate strike duo Javier Hernandez and Andy Carroll is key to lifting the team out of their early season sluggishness. Speaking exclusively to Blowing Bubbles, Parris said manager Slaven Bilic faced a challenge but once he got that right, the whole team would benefit. Parris […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: columnist, european, german, italian, Moore Than Just a Club, podcast, westham
West Ham face Burnley this weekend, below are 10 facts about the Hammers’ opponents this weekend: 1. Turf Moor became the first senior football ground to be visited by a member of the Royal family when Prince Albert Victor – son of Edward VII and Grandson of Queen Victoria – watched Burnley lose 4-3 to Bolton on 13th October 1886 while in the town to open a hospital. 2. Burnley have played at Turf Moor since 1883 making Turf Moor the longest continuously …
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: News, sky tv, whispers
Former Hammers hero Trevor Sinclair is hoping and believing that the match at Burnley tomorrow (Sat) is the perfect chance for Arnautovic to announce himself to the fans. And Sinclair also believes the 28-year-old could become the big player in the Hammers squad to see them make a strong finish. Sinclair declared: I was excited […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: analysis, charity, Moore Than Just a Club
A trip to East Lancashire is next up for West Ham after the rather uninspiring win against Swansea last time out. Burnley have started the season well beating Chelsea and Everton away from home as well as earning creditable draws with Tottenham at Wembley and Liverpool at Anfield. Burnley’s achievements last year were built almost completely on their home form, but they have found it very hard to score this time …
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: football banter, latest football news, News, sky tv, westham fc
Slaven Bilic has no big feelings about the Irons playing a Premier League match on Christmas Eve. It is now highly unlikely the Irons will be pitched against Newcastle United on December 24 but it appears it wouldn’t be much skin off the manager’s nose if it were to happen. In his pre-Burnley presser he […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: News, sports news, west ham united fc, whispers
Former Hammer Ashley Fletcher says he has improved as a player since leaving West Ham in the Summer. Speaking to Middlesborough official club website he said “It’s always good as a young player to go out and get league experience,t he success I had there was fantastic and had a big impact on my career […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: footy news, News, sky sports, sky tv, whispers
Confident Andy Carroll claims he and Chicharito can play up front in a 4-4-2.” The pair have partnered one another up front for just 78 minutes as a twin strike force so far this season but the target man believes the pair of them can prove a hit. Despite the awful display against Swansea AC […]
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Posted on 13 October 2017. Tags: article, barcelona, boxing, facebook, health, modern
Fierce rivals Liverpool and Manchester United meet at Anfield as the Premier League returns with a bang. Here’s the best bets for the big one and the rest of the tips across the top flight and beyond.
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