The Premier League has been urged to reconsider reported proposals to play matches on Christmas Eve. Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,Tom Watson MP, has written to the league’s chief executive Richard Scudamore. Some reports have been saying Leicester v Manchester United, Arsenal-Liverpool and West Ham-Newcastle could be moved for live […]
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MP urges PL to drop Christsmas Eve TV plan
Posted on 07 October 2017.
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Chicharito scores
Posted on 07 October 2017.
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Chicharito wants move to Spain for love
Posted on 07 October 2017.
Spanish football website donbalon.com says Hammers striker Chicharito is not a completely happy man in East London and is considering a move in January to be closer to his girlfriend. A report in Don Balon today says the Mexican striker is head over heels in love with the Spanish actress Andrea Duro and knows that remaining […]
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Where Are They Now?: Julien Faubert
Posted on 07 October 2017.
Former French International Julien Faubert will forever be remembered as one of a long list of weird and wonderful Players to have worn the famous Claret & Blue with too many bizarre stories or situations involving the full-back to fit into one Article perhaps. But, what made the paceman’s Career so intriguing? How did his fortunes fluctuate so much during his spell in East London? And where is he now? Julien Faubert Beginning his Footballing journey in picturesque Cannes, France, Faubert…
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POLL: Masuaku get the vote
Posted on 07 October 2017.
Arthur Masuaku is being seen as a better bet for the left wing spot than £24 million record signing at the moment. Hammers fans voting in a ClaretandHugh poll have plumped for the back up left back to Aaron Cresswell on current form. We asked who was the best of the two on the left […]
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Saints enter race for Irons target
Posted on 07 October 2017.
West Ham are set to be rivalled by Southampton in a January chase for Theo Walcott in January. The Irons have the Gunners and England star very much in their sights after inquiries in the summer window but his former club are keen to stage a reunion with the 28 year old. With just 18 […]
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Antonio’s LS honour
Posted on 07 October 2017.
Michail Antonio has been honoured with a giant hanging shirt bearing his name and number at London Stadium. He has been celebrated in recognition of his status as the reigning Hammer of the Year – the first recipient of the prestigious award at the LS. The number 30 shirt will now hang in the concourse […]
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Premier League outlaw West Ham’s pay day loans
Posted on 07 October 2017.
The Premier League have called an end to money loaned against future TV money previously used by West Ham since 2013. “The clubs have agreed a new rule which will mean that any assignments of central funds can only be made to Financial Conduct Authority-registered lenders,” a Premier League spokesman has confirmed. In layman’s terms, […]
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Arnautovic masterminds Austrian win
Posted on 07 October 2017.
Hammer Marko Arnautovic masterminded an Austrian comeback last night for a 3-2 win although his efforts were in vane and Austria won’t be going to the World Cup. Arnautovic’s 16th international goal gave Austria the lead for the first time at 2-1 after Guido Burgstaller had cancelled out Luka Milivojevic’s opener. However, there would be one last twist in […]
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Hammers go head to head with Arsenal for right back
Posted on 06 October 2017.
West Ham are said to be tracking Sporting CP right-back Cristiano Piccini according to reports on Desporto in Portugal today. Spanish club Real Betis sold Piccini to Sporting CP in May this year for €3m with a percentage of the fee going to Fiorentina. The Italian wing-back joined Betis in 2014 on-loan before signing permanently from Fiorentina in the summer of […]
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West Ham United looking to liven up the team next season
Posted on 06 October 2017.
West Ham United looking to liven up the team next season
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Antonio is honoured at the London Stadium
Posted on 06 October 2017.
Michail Antonio has become the latest Hammers hero to be honoured with a giant hanging shirt bearing his name and number at the London Stadium. The 27-year-old gets a shirt as reigning Hammer of the Year just as Payet was displayed last season until his departure. Antonio’s number 30 shirt was unveiled this week alongside […]
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M7: International Football And A Yellow Submarine defeats The U23’s.
Posted on 06 October 2017.
It’s the International break (yawn), this week on A Week in the World of West Ham United. Luke discusses the boredom of a typical international break and reviews all of the action from last weekend. The post M7: International Football And A Yellow Submarine defeats The U23’s. appeared first on Moore Than Just A Club .
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Newcastle Christmas game could move to Friday
Posted on 06 October 2017.
West Ham’s Premier League match against Newcastle on Saturday 23rd December could move to a Friday night on 22nd December. Sky and BT Sport paid a combined £5.136bn for the UK TV rights which works out £11m per match. Sky Sports are legally entitled to two matches every Sunday with 1.30pm and 4pm slots and […]
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Throwback Friday 1966: The Greatest Hammers That Ever Lived
Posted on 06 October 2017.
In this week’s unusual Friday edition of our weekly Throwback segment, we hear from Bill, 80, a lifelong Hammer about the time that West Ham United won the World Cup. “Born in the Royal London Hospital, just before the outbreak of World War II, the prime time of my life was dominated by a golden era and that was the Swinging Sixties. Elvis Presley and The Beatles were rocking, men were…
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Where Are they Now: Posh Boss and a Trailblazer
Posted on 06 October 2017.
Grant McCann 1996-2003 Signed from Northern Irish side Lisburn Distillery in 1996, McCann found first-team chances severely limited during his time with the club making only four substitute appearances, his final game appearance was the 7-1 hammering at Blackburn Rovers in the early stages of Glenn Roeder’s tenure. McCann was perhaps unfortunate to have been vying for a midfield position with the likes of Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick and Joe Cole so it’s no surprise the Ulsterman found …
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Hammers look at former Watford boss
Posted on 06 October 2017.
West Ham is considering an approach for Espanyol Coach Quique Sanchez Flores, according to reports in the Spanish Diario Sport today. The 52-year-old previously managed Watford during the 2015-16 season leading them to the FA Cup semi-finals and a mid-table league position. Flores signed a three-year contract with Espanyol last summer bu the report states he […]
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West Ham could bid for Juventus left back
Posted on 06 October 2017.
The Hammers could make a move Kwadwo Asamoah in January if he refuses to sign a new contract with Juventus. The 28-year-old has one year left on his current contract. According to Calciomercato West Ham are ready to put in a bid for the Ghanaian but will face competition from Galatasaray who are readying a £3.35m bid for […]
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West Ham back big six’s desire for bigger slice of TV cash
Posted on 06 October 2017.
West Ham United have told the Premier League’s big six that they are fully in support of their campaign to have international TV cash based on final table positions.
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Left back agent confirms Hammers interest
Posted on 06 October 2017.
West Ham are in a three-horse race to sign talented Ghana Under-17 defender Rashid Alhassan, GHANAsoccernet.com claim today. Hannover 96 and Chicago Fire in addition to West Ham are all said to keeping tabs on the highly rated young left-back. The 17-year-old has been linked to a host of clubs in recent weeks but the […]
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Former Hammers skipper named as manager of the month
Posted on 06 October 2017.
Former Hammer Kevin Nolan has been named the Sky Bet League Two Manager of the Month for September. Nolan’s Notts County were almost unstoppable in September, winning six successive games to jump to the top of Sky Bet League Two and collecting 18 points from a possible 21. Joining in January after a failed management […]
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Russia copies London Stadium seating idea
Posted on 06 October 2017.
Ekaterinburg Arena in Russia has built temporarily seats on scaffolding outside their stadium to meet a FIFA criteria of 35,000 spectators for the world cup. The London Stadium has often been criticised and mocked for their of scaffolding for the lower tier retractable seating but this new barmy seating in Russia takes it to a […]
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Masuaku or Arnautovic – Who is better on the left wing?
Posted on 06 October 2017.
Arthur Masuaku has proved himself to be just as capable on the left wing as the left back. The left-back signed from Olympiakos in August 2016 for a fee understood to be £6m. Last week he told WHUFC.com “I like to go forward because when I was younger I played left wing, so for me my best position […]
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Ronaldo intervenes in Irons transfer hopes
Posted on 06 October 2017.
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has put a spoke in the wheel of any hopes the Hammers may have of signing William Carvalho in January. The Hammers are still hoping the feud between themselves and Sporting Lisbon will have cooled sufficiently for them to return with another bid in the window with Sporting apparently ready to […]
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Irons medics keep careful eye on striker
Posted on 06 October 2017.
Diafra Sakho is very much in the frame to play a part in the World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde with West Ham medics hoping there is no replay of the horrors that last hit him on international duty. The striker’s long term injury problems began on an international treatment table in 2014 whilst on […]
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Hammers would veto any athletics disruption
Posted on 06 October 2017.
West Ham would veto any possible disruption to football fixtures because of Athletics championships a source close to the club has claimed today. Recent reports have suggested that UK Athletics could bid for the European and World Athletics championships in 2022, 2027 or 2029 but a senior West Ham source has told Claret and Hugh […]
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