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Posted on 02 August 2017. Tags: football latest, News, skysports, whispers
Chicharito will wear the No. 17 shirt for West Ham it was revealed last night as his favourite number 14 is occupied by Pedro Obiang. The Mexican opted for the number 17 on his back instead. In a Spanish language article on WHUFC.com Chicarito explained his love of the number 14 but said he has done equally well […]
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Posted on 02 August 2017. Tags: hammers news, News, sky tv, westham fc, whtid
Read this article: Video:Altona 93 3-3 West Ham Highlights
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Posted on 02 August 2017. Tags: article, australia, facebook, family, german
West Ham were held to an entertaining draw by Altona 93 on Tuesday night as Winston Reid was sent off. The German fourth tier opposition attacked West Ham from the first minute.
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: boxing, coyi, games, golf, green, news story, West Ham United, westham news
Winston Reid was sent off and Javier Hernandez missed a one-on-one chance on his debut as West Ham drew an incident-packed friendly 3-3 with Altonaer FC on Tuesday.
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: football latest, hammers news, News, online soccer news, whispers
West Ham’s assistant boss Nikola Jurcevic admits the Hammers were not at their best during the game against Altona 93 but reckons Javier Hernandez was the “plus point” from the game! Giving his view after the match he said: “He spent a few days with us and played about 20 minutes which was very important for him […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: coyi, News, sky sports, westham, westham news, whispers
Altona 93 3 Irons 3 You don’t really want to read too much into pre-season matches because a very poor set of results can often be followed by a top start. Any player will tell you that. The opposite is also true! However, when a Premier League team is undone by a level four German […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: german, javier hernandez, opinion, side-proved, their-trade, trade, West Ham United
West Ham United’s penultimate pre-season friendly match ended in an entertaining 3-3 draw tonight. West Ham faced Altona 93, who ply their trade in the German fourth division, with a nearly full strength side. On paper, this was no match. However, the German side proved to be very difficult opposition and took an early lead […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: article, family, health, london, madrid, News
During a training session on Tuesday, Chicharito netted a superb left-foot volley from outside the box past Joe Hart – a brilliant strike that drew cries of celebration and applause from his new team-mates.
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: east london, final, hammers, manuel lanzini, opinion, our-penultimate, westham fc
West Ham are preparing to take on Altona 93 today in our penultimate pre-season friendly. With the kick-off at 17:30, Altona 93 will be the final match in Germany for the Hammers before we jet off to Iceland for a pre-season friendly against Manchester City. These two games will wrap up our pre-season preparations and […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: facebook, flight, Moore Than Just a Club, upton park
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Passchendaele battle during the Great War of 1914-1918. Passchendaele is located in Belgium just across the border from France, and the Germans were entrenched there. Torrential rain turned the battlefields into mud swamp land, where not only did the soldiers have to contend with the shells and bullets from the opposition trenches, but get caught off the marked out tracks, you could be sucked into the mud. Approximately over 270,000 British soldiers alone…
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: News, west ham united fc, whispers
West Ham target Badou N’Diaye has completed a medical at Galatasaray and is set to sign for them reports claim today. A ClaretandHugh’s senior source previously confirmed him as a summer target saying: “We like him and we and we do need a midfielder.” The Hammers were willing to pay £8.5million for N’Diaye, who plays his football for […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: football banter, News, whispers
Bolton Wanderers have confirmed the double signing of Reece Burke and Josh Cullen on loan from West Ham. The duo move to Macron Stadium on deals until January and are reunited with Phil Parkinson having both enjoyed temporary stints with Bradford City under the Whites manager. Speaking to bwfc.co.uk after joining the club, 20-year-old […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: amazon, article, barcelona, madrid, manager, west ham united news
Carlton Cole could be sacked by Indonesian side Persib Bandung after his manager said ‘he plays very badly’ compared to other foreign players.
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: bolton wanderers, loaned-out, reece burke, senior-side, transfer rumours
West Ham United have confirmed on the official website that young duo Reece Burke and Josh Cullen have joined Bolton Wanderers on loan for the first half of the season. Reece Burke and Josh Cullen teamed up with the West Ham senior side in pre-season but have been loaned out until January in the 2017/18 season. […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: charity, club news, football news, match preview, Moore Than Just a Club
Once again, Nigel is back with his hot take of the last week in the Hammers’ world. There appears to be a Scottish flavour to it today… Enjoy! The post Mock the West Ham Week Episode Two appeared first on Moore Than Just A Club .
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: east london, latest football news, News, transfer news, West Ham United, westham, whispers
Carlton Cole has slammed his latest manager Persib Bandung Umuh Muchtar who claims he plays ” very badly ” in comparison to other players who have joined the club. CC moved to Asia in March but now looks set for the axe after failing to score. Cole, however, claims he has only played twice in […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: columnist, hammers news, interview, modern, Moore Than Just a Club, time, transfer news, upton park
In part one of our exclusive interview with Hammers legend Ian Bishop, we speak to the former midfielder about what life was truly like at West Ham in his day. Ian Bishop arrived at Upton Park in 1989, after impressive spells at Manchester City, Bournemouth, Crewe Alexandra and Carlisle United. The elegant midfielder quickly made a name for himself in Claret and Blue, playing a key role in our promotion back to The Top Flight in the 1990/1991 season. The…
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: cricket, gold, golf, nfl, sports, West Ham United
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: latest football news, videos, west ham united fc, whispers
No player in the world genuinely looks forward to, never mind enjoys, pre-season. And any of them say anything different they are lying – after a long summer break the prospect of sweating your conkers off under the eye, notably of a new head of medics, Gary Lewin is not exactly the sort of thing […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: australia, barcelona, boxing, dubai, facebook, whtid
West Ham youngsters Reece Burke and Josh Cullen have joined Bolton Wanderers on five-month loan deals. The highly rated duo will head to the north west in search of first team game time.
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: chinese, europe, facebook, Moore Than Just a Club, online soccer news, west ham news
Bilic rules out further major activity Our Croatian manager Slaven Bilic has all but ruled out any further huge deals in this Transfer Window. We have already tied down the likes of Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez for £24 million and £16 million respectively, as well as capturing the Manchester City duo of England No1 Joe Hart and right-back Pablo Zabaleta. Havard Nordtveit, Enner Valencia Ashley Fletcher and Darren Randolph have all gone in the other direction for fees…
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: footy news, News, premier league, skysports, west ham united fc, whispers
The mystery of a West Ham mural in the process of creation in Priory Road, East Ham has been resolved. The work of art on the side of Fish and Chip shop in Barking road depicts Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking. The creation is the work of Norwich based artist David “Gnasher” Nash who founded Gnashers Murals. […]
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: america, Goal.com, india, kenya, portugal, russia, south-africa
The Mexico international has returned to England with the Hammers and has been fine tuning his finishing skills with some impressive training efforts
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: cricket, golf, nfl, podcasts, racing, skysports, sports, West Ham United
Former Premier League footballer Carlton Cole is likely to be sacked by Indonesian club Persib, after failing to score a single goal this season.
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: desktop, gold, golf, online soccer news, transfer gossip, West Ham United
Carlton Cole has hit back at the manager of Indonesian club Persib, who has claimed that the striker is set to be sacked.
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Posted on 01 August 2017. Tags: News, skysports, westham, whispers
Bookmakers have been creating odds of West Ham chances and prospects in the Premier League which starts in less than two weeks time. West Ham to win the Premier League Best odds: Skybet 500/1 Worst Odds: Ladbrokes 200/1 West Ham to finish in the top four Best odds: Skybet 50/1 Worst odds: William Hill 33/1 […]
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