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West Ham fitness boost as Mark Noble returns to training

Mark Noble is back in full first-team training following a leg injury and West Ham’s club captain should be fit to face Hull on Saturday.

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New attack on board over Slaven treatment

Former Hammers players are coming out in force to support Slaven Bilic after a series of veiled threats from the board. After Tony Gale’s attack on them earlier, David Gold, Davis Sullivan and Karren Brady are again being pummelled by another Irons former defender – Danny Gabbidon. And that comes on top of Tony Cottee’s […]

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Hammers play waiting game on stadium ownership

Reports that West Ham will buy the London Stadium and turn it into a proper football stadium have been described as “very premature.” There are no current plans to make an offer to buy with the Irons happy to play a waiting game rather than make the first move. The club believes the stadium is already […]

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Impressive ‘forgotten man’ may get Hull call-up!

Havard Nortveidt has pushed himself into contention for a place in the Hammers line up against Hull this weekend following an impressive display for Norway in midweek. The midfielder has had little chance to perform in his natural role this season and has made just 11 appearances for the team at Premier League level. Most […]

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Gale rips into the Irons board

Former Hammer Tony Gale has ripped into the West Ham board telling them to “keep quiet” and “get behind “manager Slaven Bilic The former central defender has already declared  the club’s summer signings were “useless” but believes that supporters and ex-players are behind Bilic. However, he ripped into the board claiming they were happy to […]

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Stam happy to be linked with Irons job

Jaap Stam has commented on the speculation that he is a target for West Ham should Slaven Bilic fail to turn around the club’s current poor form. And in doing so can probably expect to face some ‘lack of class’ criticism – certainly from us! We have no idea whether there’s any ‘previous’ between himself […]

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The Case for Defoe?

Putting history aside, I am very torn on our Club’s pursuit of Jermain Defoe. If rumours are to be believed, something the Twitter age has made incredibly difficult, he is one of our main targets in the forthcoming summer transfer window. My issue is not whether we should sign Defoe, again history aside he would be a valuable squad member with a proven record at the highest level but my suspicion is that the Club view him as a…

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Irons aim to crush Hull’s on-fire home form

Slaven Bilic, former Hull City top scorer Robert Snodgrass and the West Ham squad will be entirely aware of the task they face when they travel to the KCOM Stadium this weekend. And make no mistake this game is no pushover despite the hosts sitting in 18th place with their t home fearsome pretty fearsome […]

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Rafa Benitez has no intention of joining West Ham

Rafa Benitez has no intention of quitting Newcastle United for West Ham – but still respects the East London club for how they handled his 11th-hour defection to Real Madrid two years ago.

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Snodgrass urges West Ham team-mates to be at their best for Hammers on return to Hull

West Ham star Robert Snodgrass has reminded his team-mates that they will have to perform to the top of their game if they are to grab a win at Hull City on Saturday. The Hammers go to the KCOM Stadium for a Premier League clash in the knowledge that they have failed to pick up a win in their past five top flight games; gleaning just two points from a possible 15. And Slaven Bilic’s troops …

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‘West Ham must spend in summer’

Tony Gale has given his backing to West Ham manager Slaven Bilic and urged the Hammers board to support the Croatian by investing in the summer.

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Tyler’s stats: Mersey young guns

The next round of Premier League fixtures and latest international matches feature in Martin Tyler’s stats column.

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The most injured team is…

Arsenal and Manchester United have suffered from injuries most over the last six years, a Sky Sports study has found.

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£1million Super 6 predictions

Our predictor goes for glory in the £1million round of the Soccer Saturday Super 6 game.

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Gold welcomes huge ‘video ref’ breakthrough

David Gold has welcomed the use of TV technology during last night’s international between France and Spain. The Hammers co chairman is a long time advocate of video refs claiming that such a system does not undermine refs but helps them. And given the number of dodgy decisions suffered by the Hammers in recent seasons […]

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Report: Hammers eye former managerial target

Rafa Benitez is unsurprisingly being linked to the West Ham job should Slaven Bilic fail to turn things around at the club. The Spaniard was of course the board’s No 1 ‘pick’ to replace Sam Allardyce but he instead opted for Real Madrid when they moved late for him at that time. And according to […]

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Bilic retains owners’ support

West Ham’s owners still have faith in manager Slaven Bilic despite his team winning only three of their 11 games this year, according to Sky sources.

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Be careful what you wish for

The West Ham board have come in for some recent criticism for a poor season after the move to the London Stadium. The recent London Stadium survey said 32 percent thought the board were doing a Good or Excellent job, 40 percent thoughts their efforts were average while 28 percent thought they are doing a […]

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Official: West Ham has the best fans in England

It is now official, West Ham has the best fans in England according to a poll of over 14,000 social media users. West Ham won the final of a FL92 Poll which started with all 92 clubs with the Hammers picking up 34% of the vote beating Everton into second place with 26%. Leeds and Sheffield […]

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Cresswell gives his ‘take’ on points tally

Aaron Cresswell has suggested  the Hammers present points tally is proving unacceptable because of an over achievement last season. With just 33 to their name and a season defining four games ahead, Cressie has his own ‘take’ on the issues currently being faced by the club. At the same stage last season the Irons had […]

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Michail Antonio joins Frank Lampard’s team

Michail Antonio joins Frank Lampard team on ITV at 9pm tonight on Play to the Whistle. PREVIEW: @Michailantonio puts his body on the line all in the name of entertainment. Get fit soon Michail, u legend. #PTTW Tonight 9pm @itv pic.twitter.com/BvVHapqOQA — Play to the Whistle (@PTTWOfficial) March 28, 2017

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Hammers could swap one Spanish keeper for another

According to  Spanish website Don Balon, the former Real Madrid and current Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas could sign for a Premier League team in the summer, with Casillas himself said to be prefering a move to London. That report has inevitably led to link all London Premier League sides although West Ham were not actually named […]

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Hammers give Antonio update after Arsenal rumour

Reports that Michail Antonio may return for the game against Arsenal on April 5 have all but been ruled out by the Hammers. The Telegraph is currently running a story on line claiming Michail is back in light training and could even make it for the game at the Emirates. We immediately checked with our […]

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West Ham revolution hits Billericay Town

There’s  a West Ham revolution going on at non-league Billericay Town. Irons fans Glenn Tamplin and Dan Groves say fell out of love with football after their beloved Hammers left the Boleyn Ground. Steele multi-millionaire  Tamplin bought the club in December after deciding the London Stadium was not for him. He is now caretaker manager paying a […]

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Lanzini’s big appeal to team-mates

Manu Lanzini has told the team to start working hard to stop conceding late goals. Tje Argentine midfielder has been in fabulous form over recent games but contnually finds himself on the wrong end of the result And he told the official website: “It’s true that we didn’t play well at Bournemouth in our last […]

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Fredi Kanouté: ‘Muslims have to prove they are not terrorists before talking’ | Paul Doyle

The former Sevilla and Mali striker is proud of his faith and would rather be known for working with orphans than his footballing achievements Fredi Kanouté jokes that he has joined a rock band but none of the motley crew he is touring with claims to be a professional musician. Instead the former West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sevilla striker shares stages around the world with extraordinary characters such as Emi Mahmoud, a former Darfur…

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