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West Ham conman convicted

Stephen Ackerman of Hillcroft, Loughton, was convicted earlier today of 18 counts of fraud, totalling more than £60,000 at Snaresbrook Crown Court.The jury heard how the 48-year-old had “preyed on the trust” of several Premiership players and staff from West Ham at the club’s former training ground in Chadwell Heath on December 12, 2014. Ackerman, […]

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Why Adrian is still No.1

Adrian was heavily involved in the action at Goodison park touching the ball 49 times which was three more occasions than midfielder Manuel Lanzini and ten more times than right wing-back Edimilson Fernandes. Of those 49 touches, four were saves. His first save was undoubtedly the best. It came on 26 minutes when Ross Barkley collected […]

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Celeb journo lays in to our Sean

Seems our Sean has ruffled the feathers of that well known extremist journalist Rod Liddle (above right) – extreme, in that he manages to find words that suit audiences at both the once upmarket Sunday Times and our friendly readers at the Sun! Rod’s a Millwall fan and may consider himself something of a humourist […]

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Close Goodison after this shocking event!

We’re very grateful that the cockney sense of humour hasn’t deserted us during our times of trouble. What with the London Stadium issues and the defeat against Everton, which left us hovering over the relegation positions, there could be reason to lose the plot a bit. But we’ve been here before and Twitter user West Ham […]

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Former Hammer criticises Bilic

Former Hammer Danny Gabbidon criticised Slaven Bilic tactics in taking off Pedro Obiang yesterday. Speaking on his twitter Gabbidon said “Slaven Bilic got that wrong for me at 1-0 and looking like scoring he brings Obiang off & plays Lanzini CM with Nobes” Gabbidon added on social media “Then watch how many West Ham players […]

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14 St Andrew’s arrests so where’s the media coverage?

The media really cannot complain if many West Ham fans believe they are conducting a campaign against us and the London Stadium. That became crystal clear – if it wasn’t already – by the events at a game between Birmingham and Aston Villa yesterday. The arrests were for a range of offences including violent disorder, […]

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Poll: Which West Ham striker will score first?

West Ham remain the only Premier League team in which a recognised striker has not scored this season after sixteen games which includes ten league games, four Europa League games and two League Cup games. West Ham have six recognised strikers in Diafra Sakho, Andy Carroll, Andre Ayew, Simone Zaza, Jonathan Calleri and Ashley Fletcher […]

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Frustration boiling over but no return dates

West Ham’s top striking duo Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho won’t be risked in match action until there is “absolutely no chance” of any breakdown by either. Hammers fans have become increasingly frustrated at the delay – notably over Carroll – who was expected to be back by the beginning of October. But the club’s medics […]

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Premier League hotlist

Who were the best Premier League players from the weekend games? We take a look at the Man of the Match performances in our hotlist.

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Sergio Aguero is back to his deadly best for Manchester City… but Vincent Janssen is still finding his feet at Spurs

JAMIE REDKNAPP: Sergio Aguero is a penalty box operator. He does the most damage when he gets into the area and scores goals. Against WBA he was in and around the box for most of the game.

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42 attempts and no goals: Zlatan’s shooting struggles

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s barren run, how one team have found their nemesis and the best of the weekend’s Premier League stats.

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Video: Antonio reaction to Everton loss

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Video: Slav speaks about Toffee loss

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Podcast: Don’t believe the media hype

Join ClaretandHugh associate editor Sean Whetstone with fellow podcast presenter John Bucci on the latest episode of the West Ham podcast called Moore Than Just A Podcast out this evening. We discuss the up and downs of the week discussing the magnificent win over Chelsea in the EFL cup before discussing the downs of the […]

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West Ham Striker still to score

No West Ham striker has scored a goal this season despite ten league games and six  European and domestic cup games played so far.  None of the six recognised Hammers strikers have managed to find the target this season. Antonio currently leads the West Ham goal scorers this season with five, Payet and Lanzini have […]

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Carlton Cole returns to West Ham

Former Hammer Carlton Cole has returned to West Ham to keep his match fitness.  Cole has been allowed to train with the team at Rush Green to keep himself fit. The club’s official twitter posted a photo of him on Saturday at Rush Green and we have been told he has been allowed to use […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic says the blame lies solely with his players after sixth defeat of the season at Everton 

Slaven Bilic offered no excuses for the latest defeat in West Ham’s erratic season and insisted his players only had themselves to blame. Bilic refused to see the defeat as being a harsh result.

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Winston Reid to miss Stoke game

West Ham will be without  centre back Winston Reid against Stoke City on 5th November at the London Stadium after he picked up his fifth yellow card this season to face a one match suspension. Referee Anthony Taylor judged Reid handled the ball in the 67 minutes. James Collins or Reece Oxford are likely to […]

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Match in a Minute: Everton 2-0 West Ham

Jamie Redknapp gives his 60-second view on Everton’s 2-0 win over West Ham at Goodison Park on Sunday.

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Second half confidence was ‘the difference’ says Everton manager Ronald Koeman – video

Everton manager Ronald Koeman praises his side’s second half performance in their win over West Ham. Speaking after the 2-0 result on Sunday, Koeman contrasted the two halves by highlighting the differing levels of confidence exhibited by his team, later stating “that was the difference” Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley get Everton back on track against West Ham Continue reading…

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Lukaku revelling in Bolasie link-up at Everton

The summer signing from Crystal Palace was on hand to set up the Toffees’ first goal at Goodison Park and the Belgium international says he’s been a great buy

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‘Hammers crying out for striker’

Graeme Souness thinks West Ham are ‘crying out for a striker’ after seeing them lose 2-0 to Everton on Sunday.

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Barkley can still do much more for Everton, says Koeman

The Dutch coach praised his midfielder after his goal against Slaven Bilic’s side but admits there are still certain aspects of his game that still need improving

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Bilic:”They were more lethal and cruel”

Slaven Bilic put his finger on the Irons problems by describing Everton as “more lethal and more cruel” than the Irons. Speaking after the game he said: “While you are always not happy after a defeat, I am more disappointed because we could have taken something from this game. “I’m not saying that they didn’t deserve […]

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‘Unfortunately he always does that against us’ – Bilic hails ‘world-class’ Lukaku

The Belgium international has scored in each of his last seven Premier League appearances against the Hammers and was on target again at Goodison Park on Sunday

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Oh how these Hammers need a cutting edge

Match Verdict This won’t take long and it doesn’t need great analysis. West Ham were beaten today because they had no striker and thus no cutting edge. And despite all the words, we won’t be winning regularly until either Sakho or Carroll becomes available as opposition teams will know exactly how we are going to set […]

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