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West Ham striker Diafra Sakho may be offered new deal

It comes less than two months after the striker spent deadline day trying to push through a move to French side Rennes, where he passed a medical without West Ham’s permission.

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Hammers social club ask for crowd fund rescue

West Ham United Supporters Club closed its Castle street doors to the public recently for essential maintenance.  Claret and Hugh have been told this was carried out primarily to health and safety concerns as the clubhouse needs a major refurbishment to open safety again after years of maintenance neglect. The Hammers social club are now attempting […]

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Are referees behind VAR?

With less than three months until video technology becomes a reality in English football, preparations for its arrival are going up a gear.

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Hammers star in big win

Reece Oxford and Nathan Trott played their part in helping England U20s in a 4-0 friendly win over the Czech Republic at St George’s Park. Both young Hammers started for Keith Downing’s team at the National Football Centre in Staffordshire. Trott, 18, was making his second appearance at this level, while Oxford, also 18, earned his […]

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No 4pm Christmas Eve game for West Ham

West Ham will not be forced to play a 4pm game on Christmas Eve although a 1.30pm game will be televised that day with Arsenal v Liverpool the obvious choice. That was the news from a Premier League meeting today with representatives from Premier league trusts/associations affiliated to the Football Supporters Federation. The West Ham United Independent […]

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Gold reveals good news

David Gold has revealed the Irons have an entirely fit squad for the trip to Burnley with two exceptions. Only James Collins and Domnigos Quina have failed to recover from injury as the squad face a trip to the Premier League surprise packets. So far the Clarets have beaten Chelsea away, and draw at White […]

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Burnley 1-1 West Ham LIVE!

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Exclusive: Sam Speaks: England Youth Star On His Time In Claret & Blue, Dylan Tombides And More

In an exclusive interview, we speak to Watford keeper and former Hammer Sam Howes about his time in East London, his hopes for an exciting future, a Hammer taken far before his time and much more. England Youth International Sam Howes joined the club as a schoolboy several years ago and quickly progressed up the ranks to the U21 and U23 sides whilst still a teenager. Having made his First-Team debut in Australia during the 2014 Pre-Season campaign at the …

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From Non-League Warrior To Premier League Superstar: The Rise Of Michail Antonio

Ten years ago to this very day, Michail Gregory Antonio was preparing for an FA Trophy Third Round Replay against Chipstead with his Tooting & Mitcham United side. Today, we map the progress of Antonio from the Isthmian League Division 1 South to the Premier League in just eight years and explain why he is such an integral part of Slaven Bilic’s starting Xl. Having featured for Tooting until the end of October 2008, …

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Shortest and tallest PL XIs

Gordon Strachan claimed Scotland have a genetic height deficiency after failing to qualify for the World Cup – but what would the shortest and tallest Premier League XIs look like?

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Christmas Eve football – latest from PL

West Ham fans still don’t know whether they will face the prospect of a Christmas Eve match following  a meeting at which the issue was discussed with an independent fans organisation. Instead the PL appear to be hedging their bets and there has to be a possibly they will arriveat some sort of fudged compromise […]

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Zaba is a big Sakho believer

Pablo Zabaleta has become a paid up member of the Diafra Sakho fan club and is a believer in understanding players’ situations. The Argentine believes the striker can have a big impact on the Irons season saying: “He’s a great player, but it is all about confidence. “He’s not been playing much in the Premier […]

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Macari turned down Chelsea for West Ham

Former West Ham manager Lou Macari has revealed he turned down an offer to manage Chelsea weeks before he took over at West Ham. Speaking to Moore Than Just A Podcast in an exclusive interview about his West Ham reign Macari said: “Before West Ham, I had an interview with Ken Bates at Chelsea, he wanted me […]

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Former Hammer cried every day at West Ham

Former Hammer Dani Carvalho says he “cried every day” during his time on loan at West Ham in the nineties under Harry Redknapp. Speaking to Tribuna Expresso, Carvalho said: “For the first two or three weeks I cried every day. “I spent hours on the phone with my parents. I was 18, alone in London, […]

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Former Hammer scores debut goal

Former Hammer Ravel Morrison opened his account for  Mexican club Atlas against Club America at the weekend with a fine goal. After an unsuccessful stint in Italy with Lazio, Morrison’s landed himself a surprising loan in Mexico at top-flight outfit Atlas. In his fifth appearance, the 24-year-old has scored a first goal for the Guadalajara-based club.  The […]

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Where Are They Now? Marco Boogers

When it comes to “worst Premier League signing in history” or “worst signing in football history”, Hammers legend Marco Boogers is certainly a hard man to overlook or beat, actually, the latter was easy. But, how did the Dutch forward find himself in the best league in the world? How did he earn such an infamous reputation during his time in East London? And where is he now? Marco Boogers …

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Reece Oxford release clause revealed

German magazine Kicker claim West Ham has a release clause to bring home Reece Oxford in January should they want to. Kicker says there is a contract clause in which West Ham could end the one-season loan early to bring the 18-year old back to England. The clause could be activated of Oxford does not reach […]

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Arnautovic assists Austrian win

Hammer Marko Arnautovic assisted Austria’s only goal as his country rounded off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory in Moldova. Austria went into the game knowing they could not qualify for the World Cup above Serbia, the Republic of Ireland or Wales at the top of Group D but they finished with pride […]

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Hernandez/Lanzini the ‘must’ Turf Moor partnership

It really shouldn’t need saying again but there is one way for Slaven Bilic to save his job via a top eight finish. Top teams have big players and in Chicharito the Hammers have – for the first time in a long time – a name that’s right up there with the very best. If […]

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Bilic gets Chicharito nudge from Irons media team!

The West Ham media team may have been sending Slaven Bilic a not so coded message when describing Chicharito’s input to the Mexico World Cup campaign. In reporting the striker’s contribution to the game against Trinidad on the Irons official website the writer made it clear perhaps where his feelings laid on using the player […]

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Red cards on the rise?

There have been 12 red cards in the Premier League this season – but are we seeing more dismissals than in previous years?

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Was it a wise board decision to back Bilic?

By Tom Coles It has not been a good start and Slaven Bilic remains in the firing line for the poor performances on the pitch. The pressure has again been mounting but in recent weeks there are marginal signs he is slowly starting to turn things around. The narrow 1-0 victory over Swansea last week […]

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Big job ahead as Burnley develop fine art defending

West Ham will meet a team at Burnley on Saturday who appear to have developed the art of defending down to a near fine art. After seven games the Clarets have conceded a mere five goals – four of  them coming on away trips to Chelsea, Spurs  and Liverpool where they were unbeaten. And the […]

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Obiang praises a boss tipped to replace Slav

Pedro Obiang has been praising the virtues of a man tipped to become a successor to Slaven Bilic. Midfielder Obiang  was signed by Sampdoria when the former Watford boss was in charge of the the Serie A outfit. Obiang, 16 at the time, speaking of his time  under the manager and ahead of a game […]

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Cresswell starts Carroll bandwagon rolling

No sooner has an international break than the ‘Andy Carroll for England” bandwagon starts to roll. This time it’s Aaron Cresswell leading the charge by declaring that “of course he can” bag a 2018 World Cup spot. The same argument is presented every time – that the big man offers a different way of playing […]

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Sullivan jnr responds to Souness

Earlier today ClaretandHugh associate editor Sean Whetstone blogged a defence of Jack Sullivan after ageing pundit Greme Souness chose to tell the teenager his use of social network to be unacceptable. It was of course met with the usual mix of pro and anti comments with the usual whinge that ClaretandHugh is in the pay […]

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