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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: blowing bubbles, blowing bubbles monthly, football latest, hammers, westham news
David Gold has reaffirmed his desire to see thousands of West Ham supporters on their feet in the Olympic Stadium in designated safe standing areas. But in an exclusive interview with Blowing Bubbles Monthly the co-chairman said the club needs to show the stadium is safe and supporters aren’t being anti-social. “Don’t get me wrong,
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: demand-police, hold-crisis, over-violent, sport, tensions-rose
• Club to hold crisis talks with operators after trouble during last match • West Ham demand police presence at the ground West Ham fans are calling for urgent action to resolve stewarding and segregation issues that have marred their move to the London Stadium, as tensions rose between the club and the stadium’s owners over violent scenes on Saturday . Related: West Ham feeling far from home after London Stadium teething problems | Paul MacInnes Continue reading…
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: autos, BBC Sport Online, cricket, horse-racing, latest bbc news, nature, west ham news
West Ham ask E20, which own the club’s London Stadium home, to ensure there is a police presence in the ground after recent trouble.
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: farewell-boleyn, footy news, hammers chat, News, west ham news, whispers, wordpress-org
Exclusive ClaretandHugh understands that police will return to West Ham games for the match against Accrington Stanley and beyond after high powered talks between the club anbd London Stadium operators today. Urgent day long talks have been going on at the club aimed at finding a solution to the stewarding problems which saw so many […]
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, footy news, meta-register, News, whispers
Guest post from a Watford fan at the game on Saturday Walking up to the ground it was nice to see so many families heading to the ground. West Ham have been given a fantastic opportunity to bring in many more fans than they could before and there is a great possibility of encouraging families […]
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, farewell-boleyn, match reports, online soccer news, videos, whispers, wordpress-org
Mark Noble has made it clear heads must not go down in the Hammers camp after the defeat by Watford. And he has called on the players to make sure they keep going hard and repay the fans for the weekend. Noble told the official site: “That is the best we have played for a […]
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: games, gold, News, olympics, podcasts, West Ham United
Ref Watch is back to debate another selection of controversial decisions from some of the weekend’s Premier League matches.
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, hammers chat, News, premier league, whispers, wordpress-org
Michail Antonio is statistically the best goal scorer from headers in Premier League after stats show that the winger dominates in the air. Antonio has scored three headers so far this season and scored a further seven headed goals last season, taking his total to ten since the start of the 2015/16 season. Arsenal’s Olivier […]
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Posted in ClaretandHugh
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: feeling-far, london, sport, watford-fans, West Ham United, west ham united feeds
West Ham United’s move from Upton Park to the London Stadium continues to be problematic, with fans clashing with stewards during Saturday’s 4-2 defeat by Watford. Fans are angry at seating regulations being enforced by stewards not employed by the club, as well as the circumstances around the deal to move from Upton Park at the end of last season. Photograph: Nick Potts / PA West Ham feeling far from home after London Stadium teething problems Continue reading…
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Posted in Guardian.co.uk
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: boxing, cycling, green, racing, sports, super sunday, West Ham United
West Ham have banned 13 fans from the club’s new home for life following disturbances in the crowd during Saturday’s 4-2 defeat to Watford.
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Posted in Uncategorised
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, hammers chat, News, skysports, whispers
West Ham are in the progress of trying to relocate hundreds of fans with young families who want to move to safer areas of the London Stadium over fears of violence and persistent standing. The club have received hundreds of complaints and are looking at the logistics of moving some season ticket holders away from the […]
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Posted in ClaretandHugh
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: facebook, football news, gold, golf, olympics, West Ham United
Adrián has dismissed Troy Deeney’s claim that West Ham tried to “mug us off” in Watford’s 4-2 win on Saturday.
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Posted in Uncategorised
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, match reports, News, videos, whispers
Guest post from a former West Ham steward now working at the London Stadium for OCS who has asked to remain anonymous. “I’ve read on your site lots of stories about how bad the stewarding is and although most complaints are justified I feel that the Stewards who did come over from Upton Park are […]
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Posted in ClaretandHugh
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: article, london, microsoft, online soccer news, upton park
With the Premier League squads announced for each of the 20 clubs after the deadline-day madness, it is now clear just how many academy graduates have made the cut.
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Posted in Dailymail.co.uk
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: article, australia, football news, game, london, microsoft
Slaven Bilic believes he can change the fortunes of West Ham after they fell to a third Premier League defeat of the season. The Hammers cruised to a two-goals lead before losing 4-2 against Watford.
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Posted in Dailymail.co.uk
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: farewell-boleyn, footy news, News, videos, whispers
CandH blogger Rich Sprent gives his views on the stand/sit issue and argues the problem goes back 20 years and that the club is reaping what it has sown. Yes, you really do reap what you sow. The club HAS to take responsibility of 20 years of ‘turning a blind eye’ flouting […]
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, News, upthehammers, west ham news, wordpress-org
David Gold has given the most ironic of reponses to a Twitter follower who couldn’t understand why there were so many empty seats at the London Stadium on Saturday. As the club continues to fnd it way through the various problems surrounding the new stadium a Gol follower asked: “Why so many empty seats and […]
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: boxing, facebook, gold, olympics, sports, West Ham United
West Ham have identified a number of fans involved in the crowd trouble during Saturday’s 4-2 Premier League defeat to Watford.
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Posted in Uncategorised
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: farewell-boleyn, latest football news, News, whispers
Football Supporters Federation (FSF) Case worker, Amanda Jacks will meet with the London Stadium Safety Advisory Board (LS-SAG) together with Westfield Shopping Centre and West Ham’s Safety Officer next week to discuss crowd safety and is asking West Ham supporter feedback and suggestions/solutions for resolving the current issues experienced in the London Stadium in the […]
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Posted in ClaretandHugh
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: meta-register, News, online soccer news, videos, whispers
West Ham are as angry with the way the London Stadium is being run as the fans and will today ramp up the pressure for big and radical changes. The Hammers want a police presence at the stadium but it’s up to the operator to take that option. As tenants, the Irons can only suggest […]
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: farewell-boleyn, football latest, match reports, News, whtid, wordpress-org
David Sullivan jnr ( above left with brother Jack) has claimed a member of the board was spat at by fans during the Watford game. Following West Ham launching an investigation promising a “full review” of security at the former Olympic Stadium after the “segregation line” between Watford and West Ham fans was breached the co […]
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Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: hammers chat, hammers news, latest football news, meta-register, News, whispers, wordpress-org
The London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (LS-SAG) have previously restricted the London Stadium capacity to 57,000 for the first two Premier League matches of Bournemouth and Watford. However it is within their power to reduce the capacity even further in the coming days. ClaretandHugh understands that the LS-SAG, chaired by Newham Council’s enforcement officer, Sheila Roberts were […]
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Posted in ClaretandHugh
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: boxing, gold, green, news story, racing, sports, West Ham United
Troy Deeney has revealed Watford’s remarkable fightback at London Stadium on Saturday was inspired by the belief that West Ham were trying to “mug us off”.
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Posted in Uncategorised
Posted on 12 September 2016. Tags: hammers news, meta-register, News, videos, whispers
Stadium Operators, London Stadium 185 have released a statement following events on Saturday: “London Stadium have identified a number of supporters involved in incidents of disorder during Saturday’s Premier League match between West Ham United and Watford. Our stewards and response teams were called to address isolated instances of violent confrontation which resulted in ten supporters […]
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Posted in ClaretandHugh
Posted on 11 September 2016. Tags: east london, football latest, hammers news, News, science
JAMIE REDKNAPP: The extra few thousand fans at the enlarged Anfield will have given them a huge boost and the challenge for Jurgen Klopp is to now turn their home ground into a fortress.
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Posted in Dailymail.co.uk
Posted on 11 September 2016. Tags: article, australia, blues, football latest, london, west ham united fc, west ham united news
Sportsmail understands English football’s governing body will contact West Ham on Monday morning about the clashes, which saw fans fighting in the stands during Saturday’s home defeat to Watford.
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Posted in Dailymail.co.uk