In May last year West Ham Joint Chairman David Sullivan made that now famous claim of needing a 20 year a season striker. “We know that we need a top striker which is the hardest thing to sign. We need a 20-goal-a-season striker and that will cost us £25m or £30million. That is where the […]
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Twenty goal striker is no easy feat
Posted on 05 February 2017.
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Fonte: Saints return emotional
Posted on 05 February 2017.
Jose Fonte admitted his relief after securing a 3-1 victory with new club West Ham at St Mary’s on Saturday.
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West Ham charged to train at the London Stadium
Posted on 05 February 2017.
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that West Ham are charged to train at the London Stadium if the training falls outside the twenty hours before or after a scheduled match. The Hammers pay a basic fee of £2.5m per year in stadium rent plus other performance related bonuses for up to 25 matches […]
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West Ham fans set off Pyro at Saints
Posted on 05 February 2017.
West Ham away fans set off a red pyrotechnic at St Mary’s stadium yesterday during the Hammers 3-1 win. The Hammers are not usually connected with the use of smoke bombs or flares and incidents involving West Ham and pyrotechnics remain rare. Being in possession of a pyrotechnic device at a football match, or attempting […]
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Video: Match Vlog
Posted on 05 February 2017.
Some days like Man City last Wednesday are just a complete washout. You leave work early, travel through London during rush-hour, witness a 4-0 thrashing then queue for ages only to miss your connecting train.. . . . . . . . all part of being a West Ham fan really. Other days however are […]
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West Ham United sign is unlikely to be removed
Posted on 05 February 2017.
The illuminated West Ham United sign is unlikely to be taken down for the Athletics World Championships in August this summer. The Athletics meeting requires a clean stadium and in December last year the Times ran a headline saying ‘West Ham sign to be taken down’ However, ClaretandHugh have learnt that other alternatives are being looked […]
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Chelsea coat was honest mistake says steward
Posted on 05 February 2017.
An investigation into a report that a London Stadium steward wore a Chelsea football coat on Wednesday night has claimed it was an honest mistake by the female steward. The steward was photographed wearing the Chelsea coat under her yellow high visibility steward jacket but the stewarding company insist she is not a Chelsea fan and […]
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Bilic grateful for Fonte’s Southampton secrets
Posted on 04 February 2017.
The defender’s insider knowledge proved key to Saturday’s victory over his former club, according to his manager
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£1m investment in London Stadium Wi-Fi
Posted on 04 February 2017.
London Stadium owners E20 Stadium LLP and operators London Stadium 185 plan to invest up to £1m to install free Stadium wide WiFi in the former Olympic Stadium which will installed in the Summer and is scheduled to be ready for the start of next season in August. An original plan to install stadium Wi-fi […]
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Fonte reckons we can win many games
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Jose Fonte hailed a fantastic performance from the Irons as he returned to his old stomping ground of the St Mary’s Stadium. And speaking to whufc.com after the game he commented: “It was a strange experience coming back to Southampton “It was emotional, difficult, but in the end I can say a big thank you […]
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Southampton win was just the tonic we needed
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Despite the disappointing 4-0 loss on Wednesday a loyal Claret and Blue away army of 3,388 supporters made the journey to the south coast on Saturday morning. I had that sinking feeling again after Southampton went one nil up after just twelve minutes, the goal at first looked offside but TV replays showed that Winston Reid […]
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Premier League debut watch
Posted on 04 February 2017.
There were the goalscoring heroes and controversial characters among the Premier League debutants this weekend.
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One picture worth a million words
Posted on 04 February 2017.
More: One picture worth a million words
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French find Payet’s a flop in flab fight
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Dimitri Payet has been heavily criticised over the state of his weight and is getting no honeymoon period to prove his worth back in France. Sports Witness reports: “L’Equipe, the French newspaper, wasted no time in pointing out that he’s added a few extra pounds. The French newspaper reported Payet was around three weeks away […]
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The West Ham goals against the Saints
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Andy Carroll 14 minutes Andy Carroll scores his 6th goal of the season and makes it 1-1⚒ pic.twitter.com/oJ2156uKGg — West Ham HQ (@WestHam_HQ) February 4, 2017 Pedro Obiang 44 minutes GOAL! Pedro Obiang gets his first goal for West Ham and makes it 2-1! COYI⚒ pic.twitter.com/hM8MXcMu2i — WestHamFCLive (@WestHamFCLive) February 4, 2017 Mark Noble Free […]
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Hammers fans respond to great victory
Posted on 04 February 2017.
West Ham grabbed a stunning victory at St Mary’s this afternoon (Sat) with a performance which delighted manager Slaven Bilic and co chairman David Gold alike. Here ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum members @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ give their views on the 3-1 victory at St Mary’s Keith Pivonski Who would be happy to finish 8th??? Graham Hatt Fine […]
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Snodgrass interview after Saints win
Posted on 04 February 2017.
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Bilic praises fantastic Hammers
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic praised West Ham’s complete performance as they returned to winning ways with a 3-1 win at Southampton.
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Positive Carroll update
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic’s decision to take Andy Carroll out of the action was purely for “precautionary reasons.” The manager explained that the big man is still feeling a groin problem but explained that he would be fine and that there is “no problem”. And David Gold told us: “There is no major issue and with the […]
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Puel to address defensive issues
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Claude Puel vowed to address the string of defensive errors that contributed to Southampton’s defeat to West Ham.
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Southampton 1-3 West Ham: Irons show strength of character
Posted on 04 February 2017.
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT ST MARY’S: For the briefest of moments, it looked like it was all going wrong again, as Andy Carroll trudged off the pitch on the same old march of the damned.
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Thrilled Gold names man of the match
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Thrilled David Gold made Pedro Obiang his man of today’s match with Robert Snodgrass a short head behind him. He told ClaretandHugh: Wherever you looked there was a player giving his all – it couldn’t have been a better response after Wednesday night. The manager took all the stick and all the speculation over his […]
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Southampton 1-3 West Ham United
Posted on 04 February 2017.
West Ham come from behind to beat Southampton and move into the top half of the Premier League.
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Snodgrass stars for Slav
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic was thrilled with Robert Snodgrass’ full debut following the midfileder’s impressing outing s a sub on Wednesday night. The former Hull man was in outstanding form and it would have been difficult for Slav to find higher words of praise for the 29 year old. The manager said: “He was brilliant. Great vision, […]
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Slaven delivers his delighted verdict
Posted on 04 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic couldn’t speak highly enough of the Irons performance declaring: “The guys were fantastic, we had a game plan and they executed it in the best way. We were solid behind the ball, we kept the ball, attacked well and it was a great team performance. “We have a team that is working hard for […]
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WATCH: So’ton 1-3 West Ham
Posted on 04 February 2017.
West Ham got back to winning ways as Southampton’s dismal run in the Premier League continued with a 3-1 defeat at St Mary’s.
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