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West Ham legend Billy Bonds blasts London Stadium as ‘not a football ground’… but tells fans they will get used to it 

West Ham legend Billy Bonds says the London Stadium ‘isn’t a football ground’ and ‘lacks atmosphere’ but has urged the club’s fans to get used to it.

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Video: Boleyn Ground Blown Up

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Slav discusses contract position

Slaven Bilic is entirely unfazed by his contractural situation  claiming his only contract with the club is the next two games. After a poor start to the season speculation has started about if and when he will be offered a new deal but the Croatian is unworried He insists he is only concentrating on ending […]

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Slaven Bilic calls on Reece Oxford to sign new West Ham deal and follow Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard in becoming ‘world class’

Slaven Bilic has urged Reece Oxford to stay at West Ham and follow the example of the impressive alumni at the club to become a ‘world class’ player.

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New arrivals get ready

Alvaro Arbeloa and Edimilson Fernandes may make their West Ham debuts against Accrington Stanley in the EFL Cup tomorrow night. Former Spain and Real Madrid full-back Arbeloa is understood to be ready to make his Hammers bow while 20-year-old Swiss midfielder Fernandes is also in line after his £5.5 million summer switch from FC Sion. […]

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Slaven Bilic describes Accrington clash as first of three cup finals after back-to-back Premier League defeats

The Hammers face Accrington in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night reeling from back-to-back 4-2 defeats to Watford and West Brom in the Premier League.

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West Ham v Accrington preview

Alvaro Arbeloa and Edimilson Fernandes could make their West Ham debuts against Accrington in the EFL Cup.

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Power Rankings PL XI so far

The Premier League season is five matchdays old but which players have been the standout performers?

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Slaven on Stanley

Slaven Bilic has held his pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game against Accrington Stanley.  “This game is a good opportunity for us and we don’t have to travel. We have a good position. This is an interesting competition for us. We don’t play again until Sunday and we will play a mixed team. We need […]

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‘Three cup finals’ for Hammers

Slaven Bilic says West Ham are facing three “mega games” as they aim to kick-start their season following four straight defeats.

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Westley pleased with battling win

Terry Westley was delighted to see the Development side beat Norwich last night but admitted they were not at their best. West Ham United PL2 left it late before  Toni Martinez scored a rebound after his penalty was saved. Marcus Browne made sure of the points in stoppage time. Westley said: “I don’t think we were […]

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Manchester United are bottom of the Premier League table for distance covered as Liverpool and Manchester City top the running stats

After a disappointing run that has seen them lose three games in a row, Jose Mourinho will be looking to find reasons for Manchester United’s loss of form. Perhaps they just aren’t running enough.

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EFL Cup build-up LIVE!

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Football transfer rumours: Héctor Bellerín to Barcelona or Manchester City?

Today’s fluff better read between the lines Roman Abramovich is so “furious” about Chelsea ’s home humbling by Liverpool that his new manager, Antonio Conte , is already in trouble, says the Express in a report labelled as “exclusive” – in a scarlet font that is bright but considerably smaller than the red “ exclusive ” at the top of the Daily Star’s near-identical story. Conte’s “failure to turn around the obvious flaws in the squad” were “brutally exposed” in …

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Feghouli’s heartfelt pledge

Sofiane Feghouli has pledged that “we will  take a long look at ourselves” after the humilation of the weekend at West Brom. The winger appeared as a sub during the game and told the official site: “Each and every one of us will take a long look at ourselves and we all know that we […]

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De Bruyne tops Power Rankings

Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne has topped the Sky Sports Power Rankings this week.

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Le Tiss’ best PL XI so far

We challenged Matt Le Tissier to pick his best XI from the opening five games of the Premier League season.

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David Sullivan: How the other half lives

Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford are invited for a behind-the-scenes tour of the London Stadium courtesy of co-owner Billionaire David Sullivan, as well as enormous Essex home. The show called ‘How the other half lives’ is aired at 9pm tonight on Channel 5. David Sullivan’s home called Birch Hall, near Theydon Bois, Essex comes complete with […]

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Photos: Boleyn Ground Devastation

Those of a nervous disposition should look away. These latest images of the Boleyn Ground show the final scenes of the Hollywood film Final Score with massive destruction of the Boleyn seating areas. The film stars former Bond star Pierce Brosnan and Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista. The movie tells the story of a hero battling against all […]

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West Ham players taken down from London Stadium

Work has already started to install a state of the art HD screen at the London Stadium. Construction workers have removed temporary fabric players containing West Ham players under the illuminated West Ham United sign in preparation for the installation of the massive TV screen.  This picture taken on Monday afternoon shows that the 12 metre […]

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Sack Pearly King Slav? – don’t be daft!

Daily Mirror sports writer MIKE WALTERS – a top bloke and a good pal of ClaretandHugh’s – was at the Hawthorns at the weekend and here brings his thoughts on the Hammers.    NICE foundations, shame about the roof. Most of the falling masonry, roof timber and brickwork has landed on West Ham’s defence after […]

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First pictures: Boleyn Big Bang

One corner of the Boleyn Ground was blown up last night as the pictures below show. A large explosion complete with fireball was staged at West Ham’s former stadium on Sunday night. The controlled blast was part of a forthcoming Hollywood action film called Final Score which is being shot in the Green Street stadium now […]

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Eric Dier under pressure for his place at Tottenham and Manchester United must cut out the clumsy tackles – 10 THINGS WE LEARNED

A big weekend of Premier League football saw Manchester City continue their perfect start to the season, while United dropped points at Watford. Ralph Ellis looks back at all the talking points.

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Optimistic fan sends timely reminder

A ClaretandHugh follower has sent a message to fans telling them how things turned out when we had the sort of disastrous run of results we are currently experiencing. We lost four on the trot and shipped a shed load of goals as things went from bad to worse but everything of course turned out […]

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Ref Watch: Livermore red ‘harsh’

Ref Watch is back to debate another selection of controversial decisions from some of the weekend’s Premier League matches.

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PL head injury rules explained

Should Anthony Martial have been substituted by Manchester United before his error led to Watford’s opening goal on Sunday?

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